The New York Islanders are in Columbus to face the Blue Jackets today. Here’s the pre-game report.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Islanders have won all three games against the Blue Jackets this season, including two wins where the Blue Jackets were shutout.
The Islanders have been good on the road this season, with a record of 21-13-3. The Blue Jackets have only been okay at home this year, with a record of 20-16-2.
The Islanders have been slightly better in their last 10 games (6-4-0) than the Blue Jackets (5-4-1).
PLAYERS TO WATCH Below we look at notable players that have recently performed well or underperformed.
HOT STREAK CBJ: Josh Anderson has nine points in his last six games. CBJ: Boone Jenner has six points in his last seven games. CBJ: Zach Werenski has seven points in his last eight games. NYI: Brock Nelson has six points in his last six games.
COLD STREAK CBJ: Cam Atkinson has one point in his last seven games. CBJ: Oliver Bjorkstrand has three points in his last 12 games. CBJ: Brandon Dubinsky has no points in his last 15 games. CBJ: Pierre-Luc Dubois has two points in his last 12 games. CBJ: Matt Duchene has three points in his last 12 games. CBJ: Artemi Panarin has four points in his last 10 games. CBJ: Alexander Wennberg has one point in his last 17 games. NYI: Anthony Beauvillier has two points in his last 13 games. NYI: Casey Cizikas has no points in his last seven games. NYI: Jordan Eberle has two points in his last 13 games. NYI: Ryan Pulock has two points in his last 13 games.
GOALIE MATCHUP (Projected Starters, Unconfirmed at time of post) NYI: Thomas Greiss has a 8-6-3 career record and .903 save percentage against Columbus. CBJ: Sergei Bobrovsky has a 15-8-0 career record and .924 save percentage against the Islanders.
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 CBJ
OVERPERFORMERS Josh Bailey= 0.75 PPG (28 GP, 21 Points), Career= 0.54 PPG Jordan Eberle= 0.88 PPG (25 GP, 22 Points), Career= 0.72 PPG Leo Komarov= 0.50 PPG (14 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.36 PPG Scott Mayfield= 0.50 PPG (8 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.26 PPG Ryan Pulock= 0.67 PPG (6 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.43 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE Anthony Beauvillier= 0.38 PPG (8 GP, 3 Points) , Career= 0.40 PPG Casey Cizikas= 0.35 PPG (23 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.32 PPG Cal Clutterbuck= 0.26 PPG (39 GP, 10 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG Tanner Fritz= 0.00 PPG (1 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.20 PPG Tom Kuhnhackl= 0.18 PPG (11 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG Nick Leddy= 0.42 PPG (36 GP, 15 Points), Career= 0.43 PPG Anders Lee= 0.67 PPG (21 GP, 14 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG Matt Martin= 0.14 PPG (22 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.19 PPG Adam Pelech= 0.20 PPG (10 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG Devon Toews= 0.50 PPG (2 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.38 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS Matt Barzal= 0.43 PPG (7 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.90 PPG Johnny Boychuk= 0.17 PPG (23 GP, 4 Points), Career- 0.30 PPG Thomas Greiss= .903 SV%, Career= .915 SV% Brock Nelson= 0.30 PPG (23 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG
CBJ INDIVIDUAL vs NYI
OVERPERFORMERS Josh Anderson= 0.64 PPG (11 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.47 PPG Cam Atkinson= 1.00 PPG (24 GP, 24 Points), Career= 0.65 PPG Oliver Bjorkstrand= 0.82 PPG (11 GP, 9 Points), Career= 0.46 PPG Brandon Dubinsky= 0.80 PPG (55 GP, 44 points), Career= 0.53 PPG Pierre-Luc Dubois= 0.86 PPG (7 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.66 PPG Ryan Dzingel= 0.67 PPG (9 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.51 PPG Artemi Panarin= 1.27 PPG (11 GP, 14 Points), Career= 0.98 PPG David Savard= 0.48 PPG (21 GP, 10 Points), Career= 0.30 PPG Zach Werenski- 0.72 PPG (11 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.55 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE Sergei Bobrovsky= .924 SV%, Career= .919 SV% Nick Foligno= 0.55 PPG (38 GP, 21 Points, Career= 0.52 PPG Boone Jenner= 0.47 PPG (19 GP, 9 Points), Career= 0.48 PPG Dean Kukan= 0.00 PPG (3 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.19 PPG Adam McQuaid= 0.12 PPG (25 GP, 3 points), Career= 0.14 PPG Riley Nash= 0.33 PPG (21 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.32 PPG Markus Nutivaara= 0.25 PPG (8 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG Alexander Wennberg= 0.45 PPG (20 GP, 9 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS Matt Duchene= 0.56 PPG (18 GP, 10 Points), Career= 0.75 PPG Seth Jones= 0.32 PPG (19 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.49 PPG
General Summary
The Islanders have won all three games this season against the Blue Jackets. Advantage NYI.
The Islanders have been better on the road than the Blue Jackets have been at home and have been slightly better in their last ten games as well. Advantage NYI.
The Blue Jackets have three players on hot streaks and seven players on cold streaks. The Islanders have one player on a hot streak and four on cold streaks. No advantage.
Sergei Bobrovsky has historically been better against the Islanders than Thomas Greiss has been against the Blue Jackets. Advantage CBJ.
The Blue Jackets have nine players who have historically overperformed against the Islanders and two who have underperformed. The Islanders have five skaters who have underperformed and three who have overperformed. Advantage CBJ.
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