NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Tuesday, March 21 Win NYI 7 vs. TOR 2 Parise, Fasching,
Clutterbuck (2),
Holmstrom, Dobson, Lee
Sorokin (25/27)
Cal Clutterbuck recorded his first career three-point game, while Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Anders Lee and Noah Dobson
each recorded multi-point contests as the New York Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-2, on Tuesday night at
UBS Arena. Hudson Fasching and Simon Holmstrom each scored, while Ilya Sorokin captured his third win in his last
three starts to help the Islanders improve to 7-2-1 in their last ten games.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 20 Otto Koivula has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Samuel Bolduc has been recalled from loan.
Mar. 14 Jean-Gabriel Pageau has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Mar. 11 Cal Clutterbuck has been activated off the team’s IR list.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 – Jan. 21

8 Noah Dobson Jan. 23 – Jan. 28

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29, Feb. 18 – Feb. 24

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6, Feb. 20 –

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3, Jan. 21 – Mar. 9

20 Hudson Fasching Jan. 19 – Jan. 28

21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 – Jan. 21

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20, Mar. 21 –

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

36 Otto Koivula Mar. 11 – Mar. 15

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Feb. 14 – Mar. 11

Man Games Lost: 182

RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, Mar. 21 vs. Toronto W (7-2)
Saturday, Mar. 18 at San Jose W (4-1)
Wednesday, Mar. 15 at Anaheim W (6-3)
Tuesday, Mar. 14 at Los Angeles L (5-2)
Saturday, Mar. 11 vs. Washington L (5-1)
Thursday, Mar. 9 at Pittsburgh W/OT (4-3)

VS. COLUMBUS:
Last five meetings (5-0-0)
Dec. 29, 2022 UBS Arena W (2-1)
Nov. 26, 2022 Nationwide Arena W, 3-2
Nov. 12, 2022 UBS Arena W/OT 4-3
Mar. 31, 2022 UBS Arena W, 5-2
Mar. 29, 2022 Nationwide Arena W, 4-3

Franchise History 25-16-1-7
NYI Home 16-4-0-4
NYI Away 9-12-1-3

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 12, 2022 UBS Arena W/OT, 4-3
Nov. 25, 2022 Nationwide Arena W, 3-2
Dec. 29, 2022 UBS Arena W, 2-1
Mar. 24, 2023 Nationwide Arena 7:00pm

TEAM NOTES
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth and final matchup between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was December 29, 2022, when Jean-Gabriel Pageau tallied a goal and an assist in the 2-1 Islander win. The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup with a six-game win streak against the Blue Jackets, and an 8-1-1 record in their last ten meetings against them. The Islanders improved to 7-2-1 in their last ten games on Tuesday night. They matched their season-high seven goals (Oct. 15 vs. Anaheim) in a 7-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Islanders have also won their last three straight games and have a 5-1-1 record in their last six road games.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:

Mar. 24, 2023 Game No. 71 (22-41-7, 51 pts.)
vs. New York Islanders (37-27-8, 82 pts.), Nationwide Arena Home Game No. 36 (13-20-2, 28 pts.)
The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.

THE LAST GAME: MAR. 21, 2023 – CBJ 7 at WSH 6 (OT)
CBJ Goal Scorers: Robinson (9), Boqvist (4), PP – Roslovic (8), Boqvist (5), Bemstrom (6), Jenner (24), OT – Roslovic (9)
WSH Goal Scorers: Ovechkin (40), Oshie (19), Sheary (13), Milano (11), Jensen (3), Jensen (4)
Goalies: CBJ – Tarasov (31/37); 62:07); WSH – Lindgren (32/39; 62:43)
CBJ PP: 1/1; PK: 1/1 | Shots: CBJ: 39 / WSH: 37
3 Stars: 1. Roslovic, CBJ; 2. Ovechkin, WSH; 3. Jensen, WSH
Noteworthy: CBJ went 1-2-1 in their season series vs. WSH… CBJ scored a season-high 7 goals, with 12 skaters recording a point and 7 skaters registering multiple points… CBJ earned their 11th comeback victory of the season, trailing 3-1 after the 1st period and 5-3 after the 2nd period… Laine recorded his 7th multi-assist/16th multi-point effort of the campaign (0-2-2) and has now registered multiple points in 3-straight contests (1-5-6)… Gaudreau tallied 2 assists for his 13th multi-assist/17th multi-point effort of the season… Roslovic notched his 3rd multi-goal contest of the season with 2-0-2… Boqvist notched his 3rd career multi-goal game with 2 goals.

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (64 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (57 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (55 games)
Kuraly (left oblique strain); expected 6 weeks (9 games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 454

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 23 Loaned Sillinger to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 22 Assigned Tarasov to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 20 Signed McKown to three-year, entry level contract beginning in the 2022-23 season
Mar. 18 Assigned Pyyhtia from TPS (Liiga) to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 16 Signed Butler to a three-year entry level contract beginning in the 2023-24 season
Mar. 10 Added Tarasov to the roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)

TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan

AGAINST THE ISLANDERS
2022-23 Series: 0-2-1 (0-1-0 vs. NYI)
2021-22 Series: 1-3-0 (1-1-0 vs. NYI)
All-Time Series: 23-18-1-7 (15-5-1-4 vs. NYI)
Last 10 (Overall | Home): 2-6-2 | 5-4-1
All-Time GF/GA: 141/137
All-Time SF/SA: 1,604/1,517
All-Time PP: 37-of-165
All-Time PK: 116-of-138
THE LAST GAME VS. NYI: DEC. 29, 2022 – CBJ 1 at NYI 2
CBJ Goal Scorers: Bemstrom (3)
NYI Goal Scorers: Pageau (8), PP – Barzal (8)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (34/36; 57:47); NYI – Sorokin (20/21; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/2; PK: 2/3 | Shots: CBJ: 21 / NYI: 36
3 Stars: 1. Pageau, NYI; 2. Sorokin, NYI; 3. Barzal, NYI
Noteworthy: CBJ lost their 7th-straight game… NYI scored 2 goals in the 2nd period while CBJ scored lone goal with 22 seconds left in the game… Bemstrom scored to give him 2-1-3 in his last 4 appearances… Bjork registered an assist for the 2nd-straight game (1-2-3)… Gaudreau tallied his team-leading 25th assist of the season.

SEASON SERIES LEFT: Series is complete.

NOTED (Team Highlights vs. NYI)
CBJ are 9-11-2 vs. NYI since the start of 2016-17 but NYI has won the last 6 outings (CBJ; 0-5-1)… The home team is 8-3-1 in the last 12 meetings of the series dating back to 3/11/19… CBJ have killed off 24-of-29 NYI power play attempts over last 14 games (82.8 pct.)… NYI have posted 7 of the 11 shutouts in the all-time series, including the most recent occurrence on 3/10/22 at NYI… NYI has recorded all 3 hat tricks in the all-time series with the most recent recorded by Anders Lee in a 6-0 Isles win at NYI last season on 3/10/22.. Most goals scored vs. NYI: 7 – 2x (MR: 2/25/17)… Most goals allowed vs. NYI: 5 (1/10/15).

NOTED (Player Highlights vs. NYI)
Bayreuther tallied his 1st career assist on 11/18/18 at NYI… Gudbranson made his NHL debut on 10/8/11 at NYI… Jenner notched his 200th career NHL point (goal) on 10/19/19 vs. NYI… Laine skated in his 400th career NHL game on 3/31/22 at NYI… Peeke skated in his 100th career NHL game on 3/29/22 vs. NYI… Robinson skated in his 200th career NHL game on 11/12/22 at NYI.

SCORING NOTABLES vs. NYI
• Bemstrom – 3-1-4 in 6 career GP, including goals in both of his games against the club this season (2-1-3)
• Gaudreau – 4-11-15 in 14 career GP, including 3 multi-point outings in the last 5 games against NYI (1-6-7), and points in 10 of the last 11 games played (3-11-14)
• Jenner – 5-7-12 in 27 career GP, including points in 3 of his last 4 home games against New York (2-1-3)
• Laine – 2-5-7 in 13 career GP, including points in his last 2 home games against the Isles (1-2-3) and 1-5-6 in 6 career home outings

PLAY OF LATE
The Blue Jackets improved to 6-7-3 in their last 16 games following a 7-6 overtime victory at Washington on Tuesday. The club has registered points in 10 of its last 18 contests (7-8-3), with wins against four of the top-14 teams in the League in points (Toronto-5th; Dallas-8th; Edmonton-10th; Winnipeg-14th). The club has collected points in 11 of its last 18 games away from Nationwide Arena dating back to January 23 (7-7-4).

2022-23 TEAM QUICK HITS
• CBJ, who picked up their 11th comeback victory of the season (5 by multiple goal deficits) with a 7-6 OTW at WSH on Tue., have come-from-behind to win in 6 of their last 9 victories
• CBJ have killed off 59-of-75 opponent power play attempts over the last 30 games since Jan. 12 (78.7 pct.)
• CBJ blueliners have collected 7-23-30 in the last 20 games and have now recorded 28-79-107 in 70 games
• CBJ finished with a season-high 12 skaters recording a point on Tuesday at WSH (also on Nov. 17 vs. MTL)
• CBJ have had 38 different players play in a game this season (34 skaters, 4 goaltenders)
• CBJ have recorded 44 multi-goal periods this season, including scoring 2 goals in the 2nd period and 3 goals in the 3rd on Tue.
• CBJ were tied for 3rd-youngest team in the NHL (ARI and NJD) to start the season at 25.9, trailing only BUF (25.0) and OTT (25.7)