NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:
RECENT TRANSACTIONS & UPDATES
Nov. 27 Sebastian Aho has been placed on IR (retroactive to Nov. 24)
Nov. 26 The Islanders have acquired forward Tyce Thompson from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Arnaud Durandeau.
INJURIES DATE (GAMES MISSED)
Sebastian Aho Nov. 25 (One)
2023-24 Man Games Lost: 18
THE ISLANDERS VS. NEW JERSEY
LAST FIVE MEETINGS (3-1-1)
Oct. 20, 2023 UBS Arena L/OT (5-4)
Mar. 27, 2023 UBS Arena W (5-1)
Dec. 9, 2022 Prudential Center W (6-4)
Oct. 20, 2022 UBS Arena L (4-1)
Apr. 3, 2022 Prudential Center W (4-3)
TEAM NOTES
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the New Jersey Devils in the second of four meetings between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was Oct. 20, when Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri each recorded multi-goal games to help the Islanders capture a point in overtime at UBS Arena. The Islanders have earned points in their last six straight games, and enter tonight’s matchup with a 6-2-0 record their last eight visits to Prudential Center. The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup with points in their last six straight games (3-0-3), following a 1-0 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night at home. Friday night in Ottawa, the Islanders recorded a season-high three goals in the second period to defeat the Senators, 5-3. The Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, on Wednesday night, earning their first regulation win since November 2 at Washington. They snapped a seven-game winless streak on Nov. 18 in Calgary, their first shootout win of the season.
SPLIT SHUTOUT
Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin turned aside all 40 shots he faced on Saturday night in a shootout loss to Philadelphia. It was Sorokin’s 18th career shutout and second of the 2023-24 campaign, and the ninth time this season that Sorokin has faced at least 35 shots. Sorokin’s effort helped the Islanders become the first NHL team this season to have multiple goalies record multiple shutouts. The last time the Islanders reached a shutout after a scoreless regulation and overtime was Dec, 19, 2022, in Colorado. Sorokin was also in net for that game and turned aside 46 shots faced. Saturday’s matchup was the sixth time in franchise history that the Islanders played a scoreless game decided by a shootout (2-4).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY/Illness OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Timo Meier Lower-body Nov. 16 (suffered 11/14) 5
Tomas Nosek Upper-body Nov. 22 (suffered 11/18) 3
Curtis Lazar Lower-body Nov. 25 (suffered Nov. 24) 1
2023-24 Total Man-Games Lost : 47
The Week
The Devils are scheduled to play in three games this week, while also visiting Philadelphia on Thursday and then hosting San Jose on Friday night.
Last Game
The Devils hosted the Sabres for the second time this season, and also snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Devils improved to 2-0-0 against Buffalo in 2023-24, after the team defeated the Sabres 5-4 on Oct. 27, at the Rock.
The Devils recorded the first goal in a game for the fourth time this season and improved to 3-1-0 when earning the contest’s first goal.
New Jersey recorded four goals in the first period, which tied a season-high for the most goals scored in a single period. The last time that the Devils scored four goals in a period this season was on Oct. 25, vs Washington during the second period (6-4, L).
The Devils recorded a season-high seven goals in a game. The last time that the team scored seven, or more, goals in a game was Apr. 6, 2023, vs Columbus, after an 8-1 win.
New Jersey recorded seven, or more, goals in a game four times last season.
The Devils allowed three shots in both the first and second periods of play in the game. The three shots against mark the fewest that the team allowed in a game this season. Prior to tonight’s contest, the fewest shots that the Devils allowed in a period was four (3rd per., Oct. 27, vs BUF, 5-4, W).
Buffalo experienced the last 12:07 of the first period without a shot on goal and didn’t register its next shot until 1:53 into the second period (J. Skinner PPG). The Devils went 14:00 without allowing a shot against.
Jersey’s team concluded its fourth back-to-back set for 2023-24 and improved to 4-3-1 overall in back-to-back games. The team is now 1-2-1 in the second half of a back-to-back set in 2023-24.
The team logged 34 hits, which marked a season-high (prior 32, twice, last: vs FLA, Oct. 16, 4-3, L).
The team outshot Buffalo 38-12, while the most shots that the team earned in a game this season was 41 (Nov. 5, at CHI, 4-2, W ). The last time that the Devils allowed fewer than 12 shots on goal in a game was Apr. 12, 2013, vs Ottawa in a 2-0 loss, 11 shots against.
Eight different Devils players earned a multi-point game: D. Mercer, T. Toffoli, J. Bratt, L. Hughes, O. Palat, N. Hischier, A. Holtz, D. Hamilton).
Last season, the most amount of Devils players who earned a multi-point effort in a single game was six, which was logged on Apr. 6, 2023, vs Columbus in an 8-1 win.
It marked the first time since Mar. 10, 2010, vs the New York Rangers that the Devils witnessed eight different skaters earn a multipoint game in a contest.
In 2023-24, Vancouver is the only NHL team who witnessed more multi-point efforts in a single game, after the team had nine different skaters recorded two, or more, points in a contest via Nov. 2, 2023, vs San Jose.
2023-24 TEAM STATS
RECORD ON DAYS OF THE WEEK
The Devils record on Tuesday in 2023-24…1-2-0
Record in night games in 2023-24…9-8-1…home: 4-4-1…road: 5-4-0
Record in day games in 2023-24…0-1-0…home: 0-1-0…road: 0-0-0
RECORD BY DIVISION/CONFERENCE:
MET: 2-4-0
ATL: 4-2-0
CEN: 3-3-1
PAC: 0-0-0
EAST: 6-6-0
WEST: 3-3-1
RECORD WHEN SCORING FIRST
Scoring first…3-1-0…Trailing first…6-8-1 GF/GP, 3.53 8 th SA/GP, 29.2 9 th SF/GP, 32.3 8 th
The team’s six wins when trailing first ranked (tied DAL) second in the NHL, per Nov. 24. Colorado ranked for this matter with seven wins.
OVERTIME/SHOOTOUT
OT: 1-0
SO: 0-1
VS NYI
The Devils and New York face-off for the second of four matchups this season:
Mar. 24 at NYI, 5:00 P.M.
Apr. 15 vs NYI, 7:00 P.M.
The Devils defeated the Islanders in the first matchup, after a 5-4 overtime win on Oct. 20, 2023, at UBS Arena. Jack Hughes recorded a four-point (2g-2a) effort and earned the overtime game-winning goal.
ALL-TIME vs NYI
Record: 96-131-22-16
Home: 56-53-11-10
Road: 40-78-11-6
