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Pre-game Report: NYI @ MTL

March 21, 2019, 2:31 PM ET [282 Comments]
Ben Shelley
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The New York Islanders are in Montreal to face the Canadiens tonight. Here’s the pre-game report.


HEAD TO HEAD

The Islanders defeated the Canadiens 2-1 in the last meeting between the two teams that took place one week ago in New York. Before last game, Montreal had won the last three matchups.

The Islanders have been very good on the road this season, with a 20-12-3 record to show for.
The Canadiens have a near identical home record of 20-12-4 this year..

Both teams have been average in their last ten games, with each at 5-5-0.


PLAYERS TO WATCH
Below we look at notable players that have recently performed well or underperformed.

HOT STREAK
MTL: Brendan Gallagher has 17 points in his last 20 games.
MTL: Andrew Shaw has 14 points in his last 18 games.

COLD STREAK
MTL: Phillip Danault has one point in his last six games.
MTL: Jonathan Drouin is pointless in his last nine games and has points in just one of his last 17 games.
MTL: Jesperi Kotkaniemi has no points in his last six games.
MTL: Jeff Petry has no points in his last nine games.
NYI: Josh Bailey has no points in his last seven games.
NYI: Anthony Beauvillier has two points in his last 10 games.
NYI: Jordan Eberle has one point in his last 10 games.
NYI: Thomas Hickey has one point in his last 20 games.
NYI: Andrew Ladd has four points in his last 15 games.
NYI: Ryan Pulock has two points in his last 10 games.


GOALIE MATCHUP
MTL: Carey Price has a career 11-6-4 record vs NYI and a .911 save percentage.
NYI: Thomas Greiss has a 4-3-1 career record vs MTL and a .934 save percentage.


PERFORMANCE VS OPPONENT
Below, we look at how each player has historically performed vs the opponent.

*Note: I realize PPG isn’t an accurate measure for defenders, but without getting into point shares/deeper defensive stats, analysis for defense will be based on their offensive history.*


NYI INDIVIDUAL vs MTL

OVERPERFORMERS
Thomas Greiss= .934 SV%, Career= .915 SV%
Thomas Hickey= 0.50 PPG (16 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.26 PPG

NO DIFFERENCE
Josh Bailey= 0.50 PPG (34 GP, 17 Points), Career= 0.54 PPG
Matt Barzal= 0.83 PPG (6 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.91 PPG
Anthony Beauvillier= 0.50 PPG (8 GP, 4 Points) , Career= 0.40 PPG
Leo Komarov= 0.38 PPG (21 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.36 PPG
Tom Kuhnhackl= 0.00 PPG (5 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG
Matt Martin= 0.22 PPG (27 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.19 PPG
Brock Nelson= 0.53 PPG (17 GP, 9 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG
Adam Pelech= 0.43 PPG (7 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG
Devon Toews= 0.00 PPG (1 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.38 PPG

UNDERPERFORMERS
Casey Cizikas= 0.18 PPG (17 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.32 PPG
Cal Clutterbuck= 0.11 PPG (18 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG
Jordan Eberle= 0.47 PPG (15 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.71 PPG
Andrew Ladd= 0.35 PPG (34 GP, 12 Points), Career= 0.57 PPG
Nick Leddy= 0.24 PPG (17 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.44 PPG
Anders Lee= 0.40 PPG (15 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG
Scott Mayfield= 0.00 PPG (6 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.26 PPG
Ryan Pulock= 0.00 PPG (5 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.44 PPG


MTL INDIVIDUAL VS NYI

OVERPERFORMERS
Jonathan Drouin= 0.88 PPG (8 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG
Brendan Gallagher= 0.72 PPG (18 GP, 13 Points), Career= 0.60 PPG
Tomas Tatar= 0.76 PPG (17 GP, 13 Points), Career= 0.56 PPG

NO DIFFERENCE
Joel Armia= 0.43 PPG (7 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.33 PPG
Jordie Benn= 0.10 PPG (10 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.23 PPG
Paul Byron= 0.47 PPG (15 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.42 PPG
Christian Folin= 0.29 PPG (7 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.19 PPG
Jesperi Kotkaniemi= 0.50 PPG (2 GP, 1 point), Career= 0.45 PPG
Brett Kulak= 0.33 PPG (3 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.15 PPG
Artturi Lehkonen= 0.25 PPG (8 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.35 PPG
Victor Mete= 0.00 PPG (5 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.16 PPG
Jeff Petry= 0.33 PPG (18 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.35 PPG
Nate Thompson= 0.24 PPG (21 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.20 PPG
Jordan Weal= 0.29 PPG (7 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG

UNDERPERFORMERS
Phillip Danault= 0.14 PPG (7 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.47 PPG
Max Domi- 0.43 PPG (7 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.67 PPG
Carey Price= .911 SV%, Career= .918 SV%
Andrew Shaw= 0.15 PPG (13 GP, 2 points), Career= 0.45 PPG
Shea Weber= 0.40 PPG (15 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.58 PPG


General Summary

The Islanders won their last game against Montreal, but the Canadiens beat the Islanders in their last three meetings before that. No Advantage.

The Islanders’ road record and the Canadiens’ home record are nearly identical. No advantage.

Gallagher and Shaw are both on hot streaks while the Islanders don’t have anyone on a significant hot streak. Advantage MTL.

Greiss has been better than Price this season and has historically been better vs MTL than Price has been vs NYI. Advantage NYI.

Drouin, Gallagher and Tatar, three of Montreal’s top four scorers have historically overperformed vs NYI. Only NYI overperforming skater vs MTL is Thomas Hickey. Advantage MTL.


Puck drop is at 7:30 pm.
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