VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTRS NOTES:

GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 29-18-3, 61 points (14-13-0 at Home, 15-5-3 on Road)

DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Jan. 28 at New York Islanders AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Feb. 7 at Nashville Predators AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Feb. 9 at Minnesota Wild AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Feb. 12 vs. Anaheim Ducks AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Feb. 16 vs. San Jose Sharks AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM

GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
January 27 – Vegas Golden Knights 1, New York Rangers 4
The Vegas Golden Knights (29-18-3) were taken down by the New York Rangers (27-17-8), 4-1, on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. Chris Kreider opened the scoring three minutes into the first period. With less than one minute remaining in the first, Vincent Trocheck extended the Rangers’ lead to 2-0. In the middle frame, Phil Kessel scored the Golden Knights’ first and only goal making it 2-1. In the final period, Filip Chtil scored the third goal for New York, bringing the lead to 3-1. Jimmy Vesey then potted the empty netter securing the 4-1 victory.

LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS

• Kessel’s goal placed him in the 99th spot of all-time goal scorers in the NHL

Against the Islanders
The Golden Knights’ matchup against the Islanders marks the second of two meetings this season. Vegas owns a 4-4-1 record with New York and a 2-1-1 advantage when playing on Long Island. In their last meeting, Reilly Smith had two power-play goals for the Golden Knights, but the home team was overpowered in the third period as the Islanders came away with a 5-2 victory. Smith has seven points in nine meetings with the Islanders (3-4—7), recording at least a point in six of the nine contests.

2022-23 Season NYI Series: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 0-0-0)
Dec. 17 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, New York 5)
Jan. 28 – at New York

2021-22 Season NYI Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Oct. 24 – at Vegas (Vegas 0, New York 2)
Dec. 19 – at New York (Vegas 4, New York 3 SO)

NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Friday, Jan. 27 Win NYI 2 vs. DET 0 Lee, Nelson Sorokin (23/23)
Anders Lee opened the score with his 18th goal of the season, while Ilya Sorokin turned aside all 23 shots he faced to help the New York Islanders defeat the Detroit Red Wings, 2-0, Friday night at UBS Arena. Kyle Palmieri tallied two assists and Brock Nelson scored a goal and an assist to help the Islanders snap a six-game winless streak and improve to 1-1-0 in their three-game season series against the Red Wings.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Dec. 17, 2022 T-Mobile Arena W (5-2)
Jan. 28, 2023 UBS Arena 7:30pm
Jan. 23 Cal Clutterbuck has been placed on IR (upper body). Samuel Bolduc has been recalled from loan (Bridgeport). Hudson Fasching has been placed on IR (lower body). Dennis Cholowski has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Kyle Palmieri and Adam Pelech have been activated off the team’s IR. Jan. 21 Cal Clutterbuck is out indefinitely with an upper body injury. Aatu Raty has been recalled from loan (Bridgeport). Jan. 19 William Dufour has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Hudson Fasching is day to day with a lower body injury.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 – Jan. 21

8 Noah Dobson Jan. 23 –

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6

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

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

20 Hudson Fasching Jan. 19 –

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

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 109

RECENT RESULTS
Friday, Jan. 27 vs. Detroit W (2-0)
Wednesday, Jan. 25 at Ottawa L (2-1)
Monday, Jan. 23 at Toronto L (5-2)
Saturday, Jan. 21 vs. Carolina L (5-2)
Thursday, Jan. 19 at Buffalo L/OT (3-2)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Dec. 17, 2022 T-Mobile Arena W (5-2)
Jan. 28, 2023 UBS Arena 7:30pm

UPCOMING GAMES
Feb. 6 at Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, PA) 7:00pm
Feb. 7 vs. Seattle UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 9 vs. Vancouver UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 11 at Montreal Bell Centre (Montreal, QC) 12:30pm
Feb. 14 vs. Ottawa UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. LAS VEGAS:
Dec. 17, 2022 T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, NV) Win (5-2)
Dec. 19, 2021 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) SO Loss (4-3)
Oct. 24, 2021 T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, NV) Win (2-0)
Feb. 15, 2020 T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, NV) Loss (1-0)
Dec. 5, 2019 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) OT Win (3-2)

vs. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS:
2022-23 1-0-0
Last five games: 3-1-1
Franchise History 5-3-1
NYI Home 2-1-1
NYI Away 3-2-0

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Vegas Golden Knights in the second and final matchup between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was December 17, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena. Brock Nelson and Zach Parise each tallied a goal and an assist, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau recorded two assists to help the Islanders earn a 5-2 win in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights last visited the Islanders on December 19, 2021, a 4-3 shootout decision in the Golden Knights’ favor. The Islanders have collected points in their last three straight matchups against the Golden Knights. Tonight’s matchup finishes off the Islanders’ busiest month on home ice in their 2022-23 regular season schedule, and is the last game before their bye week and All-Star Break. It is their eighth contest at UBS Arena in the last 19 days. The Islanders also finish off their tenth of 15 back-to-back games they will play this season. It is the only time in the 2022-23 schedule that the Islanders will play both ends of a back-to-back on home ice. They enter tonight’s matchup 5-3-1 on the back-end of back-to-back games.

BOUNCING BACK
The Islanders snapped a six-game winless streak last night, as they blanked Eastern Conference foe, the Detroit Red Wings, in a 2-0 decision. It was the first time the Islanders shut out the Red Wings since December 13, 2013. It was the Islanders’ first win since January 14, and they collected their 24th win of the season as they outshot the Red Wings 28-23. Brock Nelson’s third-period tally broke an 11-game streak in which the Islanders had been held without a goal in the third period.

PENALTY KILL
The Islanders have killed 30 of their last 31 home-ice penalties. The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup 90.9% on the penalty kill at home, leading the NHL. Since December 4, they are 96.8% on the penalty kill at UBS Arena, allowing just one power play goal in their last 12 home games. Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield leads the Islanders and is fifth in the NHL in shorthanded time on ice this season. He has skated 156:46 on the penalty kill in 51 games this season.