Know The Enemy – Devils vs New York Islanders
A few notes and stats to get you caught up on today’s opponent –
Devils (31-32-4 / 16-14-3 at home) vs Islanders (27-32-10 / 11-17-5 on the road)
- Game info: 7:00 p.m. start time at Prudential Center. TV: MSG (HD) RADIO: WFAN 660 AM
- For tickets and ticket price data for this game, click here.
- No word yet on who will get the start in net.
- The Devils have 16 points in their last 10 games.
- The Devils have played eight consecutive one-goal games and 16 of their last 18 games have been decided by 1 goal. They are 15-2-1 in those games.
- Ilya Kovalchuk has 29 points (15g-14a) in his last 26 games. The Devils are 21-3-2 in those games.
- This is the fifth of six meetings between the teams this season. The Devils are 2-2 in the previous meetings, winning the last two games.
- Islanders are in 5th place in the Atlantic division, 13th in the Eastern conference, and 26th in the NHL overall.
- For a look at the Devils’ playoff chances, click here.
| Isles | Stats | Devils |
| 69 | GP | 67 |
| 27 | W | 31 |
| 32 | L | 32 |
| 10 | OT | 4 |
| 64 | P | 66 |
| 0.464 | P% | 0.493 |
| 2.74 | G/G | 2.09 |
| 3.09 | GA/G | 2.55 |
| 17.9 | PP% | 15.8 |
| 82.7 | PK% | 83.7 |
| 29.4 | S/G | 28.7 |
| 31.8 | SA/G | 26.6 |
| 50.2 | FO% | 51.5 |
2010-2011 Islanders
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 91 | C | John Tavares | 66 | 24 | 32 | 56 | -18 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 208 | 11.5 |
| 26 | L | Matt Moulson | 69 | 29 | 16 | 45 | -11 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 14.6 |
| 15 | R | PA Parenteau | 68 | 16 | 28 | 44 | -7 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 12.0 |
| 40 | R | Michael Grabner | 65 | 28 | 14 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 181 | 15.5 |
| 57 | R | Blake Comeau | 64 | 19 | 21 | 40 | -14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 11.7 |
| 51 | C | Frans Nielsen | 62 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 137 | 6.6 |
| 47 | D | Andrew MacDonald | 54 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 6.1 |
| 12 | C | Josh Bailey | 57 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 11.6 |
| 36 | D | Travis Hamonic | 49 | 3 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.4 |
| 21 | R | Kyle Okposo | 25 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 9.1 |
| 38 | D | Jack Hillen | 54 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 5.6 |
| 27 | D | Milan Jurcina | 39 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 5.7 |
| 24 | D | Radek Martinek | 51 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2.9 |
| 17 | L | Matt Martin | 55 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 |
| 93 | C | Doug Weight | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| 28 | C | Zenon Konopka | 69 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -12 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| 58 | L | Jesse Joensuu | 31 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 12.5 |
| 8 | D | Bruno Gervais | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| 7 | R | Trent Hunter | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| 6 | D | Ty Wishart | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 37 | C | Jeremy Colliton | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| 10 | D | Mike Mottau | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| 4 | D | Mark Eaton | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| 25 | R | Nino Niederreiter | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 59 | C | Micheal Haley | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| 14 | L | Trevor Gillies | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| 42 | D | Dylan Reese | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| 71 | D | Mark Katic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 81 | C | Justin DiBenedetto | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 49 | R | Rhett Rakhshani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| # | Goalie | GPI | GS | Min | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | Sv% | G | A | PIM |
| 39 | Rick DiPietro | 21 | 21 | 1233 | 3.36 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 628 | 69 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 35 | Al Montoya | 12 | 10 | 685 | 2.01 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 317 | 23 | .927 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 60 | Kevin Poulin | 10 | 7 | 491 | 2.44 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 20 | .924 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Nathan Lawson | 9 | 7 | 364 | 4.12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 232 | 25 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mikko Koskinen | 4 | 4 | 208 | 4.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 15 | .873 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NEW JERSEY Devils vs. NEW YORK Islanders
All-Time regular season record vs Isles:
(W – L – T – OT L – SO L)
72 – 80 – 16 – 2 – 3
Goals for: 542 Goals against: 573
All-Time post season record vs Isles:
4 – 2
Goals for: 23 Goals against: 18
Home games vs Isles: 45 – 34 – 7 – 1 – 1
Road games vs Isles: 31 – 48 – 9 – 1 – 2
Last season: 4 – 2
Nov 6, 2009 @ NJ – New Jersey 2 – 1 NY Islanders
Nov 28, 2009 @ NJ – New Jersey 6 – 1 NY Islanders
Jan 18, 2010 @ NYI – NY Islanders 4 – 0 New Jersey
Jan 23, 2010 @ NYI – New Jersey 4 – 2 NY Islanders
Mar 13, 2010 @ NYI – NY Islanders 4 – 2 New Jersey
Apr 10, 2010 @ NJ – New Jersey 7 – 1 NY Islanders
This season: 2 – 2
Friday November 26th, 2010 – NJ 0 – 2 Islanders
Thursday December 23rd, 2010 – Islanders 5 – 1 NJ
Monday January 17th, 2011 – NJ 5 – 2 Islanders
Sunday March 6th, 2011 – NJ 3 – 2 Islanders (SO)
Saturday March 12th, 2011 – Islanders at NJ
Wednesday March 30th, 2011 – Islanders at NJ
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