NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Oct. 29, 2022 Win NYI 5 vs. COL 4 Dobson, Parise,
Mayfield, Beauvillier,
Nelson
Varlamov (33/37)
Colorado’s Evan Rodrigues and Mikko Rantanen scored three goals in the second frame, but Noah Dobson, Zach Parise, Scott Mayfield, Anthony Beauvillier and Brock Nelson scored five goals to help the Islanders overcome a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Avalanche, 5-4, Saturday night at UBS Arena. Semyon Varlamov earned his second win of the season, turning away 33 of 37 shots faced, and 12 different Islanders found the scoresheet as the club collected their third win in four days.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 28 Robin Salo has been recalled from the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL).
Oct. 21 Robin Salo has been assigned to Bridgeport. Sebastian Aho has been activated off IR.
Oct. 15 Sebastian Aho has been placed on IR with an upper body injury (retroactive to 10/8). Cal Clutterbuck has
been activated off the team’s IR list.
Oct. 4 The New York Islanders signed Mathew Barzal to an eight-year contract.
Sept. 21 The New York Islanders signed Cory Schneider, Nikita Soshnikov and Parker Wotherspoon.

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the Chicago Blackhawks in the first of two meetings between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was December 5, 2021, at UBS Arena. The Islanders last visited the Blackhawks on October 19, 2021, when Oliver Wahlstrom, Anthony Beauvillier and Cal Clutterbuck each scored to help the Islanders capture a 4-1 win at United Center. Tonight’s matchup is the Islanders fourth road game of 2022-23 and the first in a three-game road trip. The Islanders enter tonight’s game having won each of their last three games.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13 vs. FLA

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 vs. FLA – Oct. 20 vs. NJD

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13 vs. FLA

Man Games Lost: 6

vs. THE BLACKHAWKS:
2021-22 1-0-1
Last 5 meetings 2-1-2
Franchise History 44-47-20-6
NYI Home 23-16-15-3
NYI Away 21-31-5-3

ACTIVE NYI LEADERS
2021-22 O. Wahlstrom (2g), J.G. Pageau (1g,1a), M.Barzal (2a)
Points Z. Parise (16), K . Palmieri (15)
Goals Z. Parise (7), K. Palmieri (6)
Assists Z. Parise (9), K. Palmieri (9)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION TIME (ET) TV
Nov. 1, 2022 United Center (Chicago, IL) 8:30PM MSG
Dec. 4, 2022 UBS Arena (Elmont, NY) 7:30PM MSG

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. CHICAGO
Dec. 5, 2021 UBS Arena (Elmont, NY) SO Loss (3-2)
Oct. 19, 2021 United Center (Chicago, IL) Win (4-1)
Dec. 27, 2019 United Center (Chicago, IL) Loss (5-2)
Jan. 22, 2019 United Center (Chicago, IL) SO Loss (3-2)
Jan. 3, 2019 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) OT Win (3-2)

UPCOMING GAMES
Nov. 3 at St. Louis Enterprise Center (St. Louis, MO) 8:00pm
Nov. 5 at Detroit Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.) 1:00pm
Nov. 7 vs. Calgary UBS Arena (Elmont, NY) 7:30pm
Nov. 8 at NY Rangers Madison Square Garden (NY, NY) 7:00pm
Nov. 10 vs. Arizona UBS Arena (Elmont, NY) 7:30pm

COMEBACK WIN
Saturday night, the Islanders hosted the Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche at home at UBS Arena. After the Avalanche opened up a 3-0 lead, five different Islanders found the back of the net in the second and third periods to help the Islanders defeat the Avalanche, 5-4. It was the first time since November 16, 2019 ( a 4-3 SO win vs. Philadelphia) that the Islanders had overcome a 3-0 deficit and won and the first time since February 18, 2018 that the Islanders overcame a three-goal deficit on home ice. It had not happened on home ice and in regulation since 1984. Brock Nelson scored the game-winner, an empty-net goal in the third frame. It was the fifth time in club history that an empty-netter became the eventual game-winning goal. Saturday night’s game was the Islanders’ first set of back-to-back wins this season (after a win in Carolina on October 29) and their third win in three days.

THIRTEEN
Islanders forward Mathew Barzal has recorded ten assists through nine games this season. He is the first Islander since Vladimir Malakhov (1993) to tally ten assists through his first nine games. Barzal has found the scoresheet in each of his last four games, including an assist on Scott Mayfield’s game-tying goal on Saturday night vs. Colorado, and two assists in the Islanders’ 6-3 decision over Carolina on Friday. Barzal is the team leader in assists and points, and his ten helpers are tied for fourth-most in the league (Pastrnak, BOS).

TWELVE
Islanders forward Josh Bailey skated in his 1,000th career NHL game on Friday night at PNC Arena. The Bowmanville, ON native tallied his second goal in two games and the eventual game-winner. It is only the 12th time in NHL history that a player has been credited with the game-winning goal in their 1,000th career NHL game. Bailey joins Bryan Trottier and Denis Potvin as the only skaters in club history to record 1,000 or more games as an Islander, and he became the 73rd player in NHL history to record 1,000 games with the same club.

ELEVEN
Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin turned away all 41 shots he faced on Wednesday night vs. the Rangers, helping the Islanders earn their first shutout of the season. It was the 11th shutout of Sorokin’s career, and the 11th time in franchise history that an Islanders goalie made more than 40 saves while recording a shutout. Including Wednesday, three of those 40-plus-save shutouts are owned by Sorokin. It was the Mezhdurechensk, Russia native’s first career shutout vs. the Islanders’ Metropolitan Division rival, New York Rangers. Sorokin became the sixth goaltender in the NHL to record a shutout this season and the first goaltender in wthe Metropolitan Division to do so.

THREE-GOAL SCORERS
The Islanders are one of two teams (Boston) to have seven players to have scored at least three goals so far. It is the first time since the 1989-90 season that seven Islanders players have recorded at least three goals through the first nine games. All five Islanders who found the back of the net on Saturday night potted their third goal of the season.

PENALTY KILL
The Islanders set an NHL record as they did not allow a power play goal through their first eight games of the season, and went a franchise record 29-for-29 on the penalty kill to start the season. They allowed one power play goal on Saturday night, yet their 96.7% PK remains the best in the league through nine games.

VISITING THE BLACKHAWKS
The Islanders last visited the Blackhawks on October 19, 2021, a 4-1 win at United Center. Oliver Wahlstrom recorded the first two-goal game of his career, and Anthony Beauvillier and Cal Clutterbuck each scored to help the Islanders earn their first win of 2021-22. Tonight’s matchup is the Islanders second straight agaist a Central Division team, after they hosted the Avalanche on Saturday. Last season, the Islanders collected points in nine of their 16 matchups against Central Division teams and finished 2021-22 with a 7-7-2 record against them.
The Islanders active points leader against the Blackhawks is Zach Parise, who has tallied 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in 39 games against Chicago. Kyle Palmieri is second, with 15 points (six goals, nine assists). Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau has found the scoresheet each of the last two times he has played Chicago.

FIFTY
Islanders netminder Semyon Varlamov turned away 33 of 37 shots faced on Saturday night to help the Islanders earn a 5-4 win over Colorado. It was Varlamov’s 50th win as an Islander. He becomes the 12th goalie in franchise history to record 50 wins with the club. It was Varlamov’s 263rd win, good for 11th -most amongst active NHL goaltenders. Through 24 starts against Chicago, Varlamov has recorded a 14-6-4 record, including a .934 SV% and 2.26 GAA. His record against the Blackhawks is second only to Los Angeles’ Jonathan Quick amongst active goaltenders, and he leads active netminders in SV% against them (minimum 10 games played).

BLUELINERS
Islanders defensemen continue to find the scoresheet as two of five goals scored on Saturday night were from defensemen (Dobson, Mayfield). The Islanders have seen nine defenseman goals so far this season, leading the NHL.

Through nine games, Islanders blueliners have recorded 23 points. An Islanders defensman has found the scoresheet in all but one game so far this season.

Alexander Romanov recorded his first points as an Islander in back-to-back games, tallying assists on Friday and Saturday vs. Carolina and Colorado.

Ryan Pulock has recorded assists in each of his last three games.

Adam Pelech notched his second-multi assist game of the season (2a) on Oct. 26 to help the Islanders defeat the Rangers at home. It was his ninth career multi-assist game. Oct. 18, Pelech recorded two assists to help the Islanders to a 5-2 victory vs. San Jose.

Noah Dobson scored the first Islander goal of the season, Thursday Oct. 13. Dobson is the first Islander since Chris Campoli (2007) and only the second in franchise history to find the back of the net in each of the Islanders’ first two games of the season. He was the first Islander defenseman since Johnny Boychuk in 2014 to tally at least one point in the first three games of the season.

Scott Mayfield and Robin Salo each recorded their first career multi-goal games on Oct. 15. It was the first time since January 1993 that two Islanders defensemen have recorded multi-goal outings in the same contest. Robin Salo’s +4 rating on October 15 was a career-high and matched the Islanders’ single-game high set last season by Brock Nelson (Nov. 4 vs. MTL). He is the first Islander defenseman since Denis Potvin (most recently in 1982) to record two goals and record a +4 rating in the same game.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBC Sports Chicago – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst), Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst) and Joe Brand (studio host)
RADIO (Spanish): TUDN-AM 1200 – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 3 vs. LAK, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Nov. 5 at WPG, 2:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Nov. 10 at LAK, 9:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+, Hulu, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Nov. 12 at ANA, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Monday, Nov. 14 vs. CAR, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 28 – Activated Boris Katchouk from IR … Oct. 27 – Placed Tyler Johnson (left ankle) on IR retroactive to Oct. 25 … Oct. 26 – Acquired Cooper Zech via trade with Philadelphia in exchange for Evan Barratt and assigned Zech to Rockford (AHL) … Acquired Cameron Hillis via trade with Montreal in exchange for Nicolas Beaudin and assigned Beaudin to Rockford (AHL) … Oct. 23 – Placed Petr Mrazek (groin strain) on IR retroactive to Oct. 21 … Oct. 21 – Recalled Arvid Soderblom from Rockford and assigned Alec Regula to Rockford … Activated Jake McCabe from IR … Oct. 18 – Assigned Alex Vlasic to Rockford … Oct. 14 – Activated Jason Dickinson from non-roster and reassigned Buddy Robinson to Rockford.

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (3) vs. Minnesota (4) – SO – Sun., Oct. 30, United Center
CHI Goals: McCabe (1), Toews (5), Athanasiou (3)
MIN Goals: Boldy (4), Shaw (1), Boldy (5), Kaprizov (SO)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (32/35, 65:00) MIN – Fleury (23/26, 65:00)
CHI PP: 0/0; PK: 2/2
BUF PP: 0/2; PK: 0/0
Recap: Chicago fell to the Minnesota Wild in their first shootout of the season on Sunday, 4-3 … Jake McCabe scored his first goal of the season and the first goal of the game and extended his point streak to three games (1G, 2A), tying his career long stretch (5x; last: April 16-20, 2022) … Jonathan Toews scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season, extending his point streak to five games (3G, 2A) … Jarred Tinordi notched two assists for his second career multi-point night (April 5, 2014 vs. DET; w/ MTL) … Boris Katchouk posted a career-high six hits … Caleb Jones recorded a career-best five blocked shots.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – NEW YORK ISLANDERS
The Blackhawks went 1-1-0 against the Islanders last season, defeating the club in their most recent contest on Dec. 5 in a shootout … Chicago has points in 10 of their last 12 games against New York (9-0-2) … Andreas Athanasiou has five points (3G, 2A) in his last five games against the Islanders, including two multi-point efforts … Patrick Kane has points (8G, 6A) in nine of his last 12 games vs. the Islanders dating back to Dec. 13, 2014 … Assistant Coach Derek King was selected in the first round (13th overall) of the 1985 National Hockey League Draft by the Islanders … King scored 211 goals and added 288 helpers across 638 regular-season games with the Islanders.

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Nov. 1 | AWAY: Dec. 4
All-Time Record: 53-41-23 | Home: 34-20-6 | Road: 19-21-17
Last Home Win: Dec. 27, 2019 (5-2) | Last Road Win: Dec. 5, 2021 (3-2 SO) | Last Home Loss: Oct. 19,
2021 (1-4) | Last Road Loss: Jan. 3, 2019 (2-3 OT)

BLACKHAWKS VS. NYI ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 11; Jonathan Toews, 6; MacKenzie Entwistle, 1
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 12; Jonathan Toews, 10; Seth Jones, 1
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 23; Jonathan Toews, 16; MacKenzie Entwistle, 1

TEAM NOTES
HARD HITTERS: Chicago has now posted 259 hits through the first nine games of the season which are tied for sixth in the NHL … Jarred Tinordi currently ranks eighth in the NHL and leads the Blackhawks with 34 hits so far this season, while Jujhar Khaira ranks second with 20 hits … The team notched 41 hits on Oct. 13 at Vegas with nine separate Blackhawks players registering at least three hits in the contest … This marks just the fourth time Chicago has had nine skaters post three-or-more hits in a single game since the NHL began tracking the stat in 2005-06, while the club has never had more than nine do so in a regular-season contest.

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews lit the lamp and went 15-for-18 (83.3%) from the faceoff dot on Sunday night … With his goal, Toews extends his current point streak to five games (3G, 2A) … It’s his longest point streak since the 2019-20 season when he tallied points in six-straight games (4G, 9A) from Jan. 9 – 19 … Toews currently leads Chicago with five goals so far this season, while he’s tied for second on the club with seven points (5G, 2A) … The captain also ranks third in the NHL and second on the Blackhawks with a 64.9% faceoff win percentage in 2022-23.

JAKE THE GREAT: Jake McCabe scored a goal and posted four hits against the Wild on Sunday night … McCabe is now riding a three-game point streak (1G, 2A), matching a career best … This marks the sixth time in his career the blueliner has earned points in three consecutive games and the first since April 16 – 20, 2022 … McCabe is tied for fifth on the Blackhawks with 16 hits this season and has logged three points (1G, 2A).

ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane registered an assist on Sunday night against Minnesota and now has points in four of the last five games (2G, 6A) … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … The forward logged three points (1G, 2A) against Edmonton on Thursday, moving him past Doug Weight (755) into fifth place on the League’s all-time assist list among U.S.-born players … The forward paces the Blackhawks with seven assists and nine points (2G, 7A) in nine games this season.

TO THE MAX: Max Domi shared the team lead against the Oilers with three points (1G, 2A) on Thursday for his first three-point game since Dec. 11, 2021 at Seattle while with Columbus (2G, 1A) … He registered a four-game point streak from Oct. 21-27 (3G, 3A) … It marked his first streak of at least four games since the 2020-21 campaign when he also logged points in four-straight games (2G, 3A) from April 6 – 12 … Domi scored a power play goal in Thursday’s contest for his third goal with the man- advantage so far this season … His three power play goals so far in 2022-23 are currently tied for eighth in the NHL and lead the Blackhawks.

COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit in last Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Kraken, marking the team’s third consecutive multi-goal comeback win … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006- 07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).

LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: Jujhar Khaira scored his third career shorthanded on Sunday against Seattle … The Blackhawks have now scored a league-leading four shorthanded goals this season, all of which have come in the past three games … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a Shorthanded goal tied the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).

STICKS AND MILESTONES: Patrick Kane played in his 1,115th career game on Saturday, surpassing Brent Seabrook for third most in franchise history … Jake McCabe notched his 100th career point on an assist in Saturday’s game … Jonathan Toews is just three assists from 500 in his NHL career.

BLACKHAWKS FRANCHISE LEADERS
GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS

1. Stan Mikita 1,396 1. Bobby Hull 604 1. Stan Mikita 926 1. Stan Mikita 1,467
2. Duncan Keith 1,192 2. Stan Mikita 541 2. Patrick Kane 756 2. Patrick Kane 1,188
3. Brent Seabrook 1,114 3. Patrick Kane 432 3. Denis Savard 719 3. Bobby Hull 1,153
4. Patrick Kane, 1,115 4. Steve Larmer 406 4. Doug Wilson 554 4. Denis Savard 1,096
5. Bobby Hull 1,036 5. Denis Savard 377 5. Bobby Hull 549 5. Steve Larmer 923
6. Jonathan Toews 1,022 6. Jonathan Toews 361 6. Duncan Keith 520 6. Jonathan Toews 858
7. Eric Nesterenko 1,013 7. Dennis Hull 298 7. Steve Larmer 517 7. Doug Wilson 779
8. Bob Murray 1,008 8. Tony Amonte 268 8. Jonathan Toews 497 8. Dennis Hull 640

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 0-0-0
Two-Days Rest: 3-1-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-0-0
First Game of a B2B: 0-1-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-1-0

BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-0-0
Tuesday: 1-0-0
Wednesday: 0-1-0
Thursday: 0-2-0
Friday: 1-0-0
Saturday: 1-0-1
Sunday: 1-0-0