Know The Enemy – Devils vs New York Islanders
A few notes and stats to get you caught up on today’s opponent –
New Jersey Devils (11-8-1 / 6-5-0 on the road) at New York Islanders (5-10-4 / 5-5-2 at home)
- Game info: 3:00 p.m. ET start at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. TV: MSG+ 2 RADIO: WFAN 660 AM. Islanders TV: MSG+ RADIO: WRHU 88.7 FM
- For tickets and ticket price data for this game, click here.
- Johan Hedberg gets the start in goal today.
- Nick Palmieri has been sent down to Albany.
- Patrik Elias continues his early-season success with an assist against Columbus. He has 20 points in 20 games and has only three games this season where he hasn’t registered a point.
- Ilya Kovalchuk needs two points to reach the 100-point mark with the Devils. He will be playing in his 124th game with the team tonight.
- Kovalchuk has eight goals and 11 assists in his last 13 games against the Isles.
- The Islanders are 5th in the Atlantic Division, 15th in the Eastern Conference, and 29th in the NHL overall.
- This is the first of six meetings between the teams this season. The Devils won four of six meetings last season.
Projected Lineups:
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| F PARISE – HENRIQUE – KOVALCHUK SYKORA – ELIAS – ZUBRUS TEDENBY – CARTER – CLARKSON PELLEY – SESTITO – JANSSEN |
F MOULSON – TAVARES – PARENTEAU GRABNER – NIELSEN – OKPOSO ULLSTROM – BAILEY – MARTIN PANDOLFO – REASONER – HALEY |
| D GREENE – LARSSON TALLINDER – FAYNE VOLCHENKOV – SALVADOR |
D HAMONIC – MACDONALD STREIT – STAIOS MOTTAU – JURCINA |
| G BRODEUR HEDBERG |
G DIPIETRO MONTOYA |
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Stats |
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| 20 | GP | 19 |
| 11 | W | 5 |
| 8 | L | 10 |
| 1 | OT | 4 |
| 23 | P | 14 |
| 0.575 | P% | 0.368 |
| 2.45 | G/G | 2.00 |
| 2.70 | GA/G | 3.37 |
| 12.3 | PP% | 15.9 |
| 93.8 | PK% | 80.0 |
| 27.8 | S/G | 28.7 |
| 28.8 | SA/G | 31.9 |
| 47.8 | FO% | 47.7 |
2011-2012 Islanders
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 91 | C | John Tavares | 19 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 11.8 |
| 15 | R | PA Parenteau | 19 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8.6 |
| 2 | D | Mark Streit | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| 26 | L | Matt Moulson | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 14.6 |
| 51 | C | Frans Nielsen | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 |
| 40 | R | Michael Grabner | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14.6 |
| 21 | R | Kyle Okposo | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| 11 | R | Brian Rolston | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| 12 | C | Josh Bailey | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| 17 | L | Matt Martin | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| 24 | D | Steve Staios | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| 3 | D | Travis Hamonic | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| 29 | L | Jay Pandolfo | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| 16 | C | Marty Reasoner | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| 4 | D | Mark Eaton | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| 27 | D | Milan Jurcina | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| 47 | D | Andrew MacDonald | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| 10 | D | Mike Mottau | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| 14 | L | Trevor Gillies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 57 | L | Blake Comeau | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| 18 | L | Micheal Haley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 41 | L | David Ullstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 25 | R | Nino Niederreiter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| # | Goalie | GPI | GS | Min | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | Sv% | G | A | PIM |
| 20 | Evgeni Nabokov | 8 | 8 | 382 | 2.83 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 18 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Al Montoya | 6 | 5 | 345 | 2.43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 14 | .926 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Rick DiPietro | 7 | 5 | 314 | 3.44 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 18 | .885 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Anders Nilsson | 2 | 1 | 99 | 4.85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 8 | .849 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NEW JERSEY Devils vs NEW YORK Islanders
All-Time regular season record vs Isles:
(W – L – T – OT L – SO L)
74 – 80 – 16 – 2 – 3
Goals for: 549 Goals against: 577
All-Time post season record vs Isles:
4 – 2
Goals for: 23 Goals against: 18
Home games vs Isles: 47 – 34 – 7 – 1 – 1
Road games vs Isles: 31 – 48 – 9 – 1 – 2
Last season: 4 – 2
Fri Nov 26 2010 at NYI – Islanders 2, New Jersey 0
Thu Dec 23 2010 at NJ – Islanders 5, New Jersey 1
Mon Jan 17 2011 at NYI – New Jersey 5, NY Islanders 2
Sun Mar 6 2011 at NYI – New Jersey 3, NY Islanders 2 (SO)
Sat Mar 12 2011 at NJ – New Jersey 3, NY Islanders 2 (OT)
Wed Mar 30 2011 at NJ – New Jersey 3, NY Islanders 2
This season:
Fri Nov 25 2011 – NJ at NYI
Sat Nov 26 2011 – NYI at NJ
Sun Mar 4 2012 – NJ at NYI
Thu Mar 8 2012 – NYI at NJ
Sat Mar 10 2012 – NJ at NYI
Tue Apr 3 2012 – NYI at NJ
LET’S GO DEVILS!
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