The Arizona Coyotes are in New York to face the Islanders today. Here’s the pre-game report.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Islanders have won two of their last three games against the Coyotes since 2017-18, including a 3-1 win earlier this season.
The Islanders have been good at home this year, with a 22-12-4 record. The Coyotes have been okay on the road, with a 18-17-3 record.
The Islanders are 5-5-0, nearly an identical record to the Coyotes who are 4-4-2.
PLAYERS TO WATCH Below we look at notable players that have recently performed well or underperformed.
HOT STREAK Oliver Ekman-Larsson has 12 points in his last 15 games.
COLD STREAK ARI: Alex Galchenyuk has three points in his last 11 games. ARI: Clayton Keller has two points in his last seven games. NYI: Anthony Beauvillier has two points in his last 12 games. NYI: Jordan Eberle has one point in his last 12 games. NYI: Andrew Ladd has one point in his last eight games. NYI: Nick Leddy has one point in his last seven games. NYI: Ryan Pulock has two points in his last 12 games.
GOALIE MATCHUP (Projected Starters, Unconfirmed at time of post) ARI: Darcy Kuemper has 1-2-1 career record against the Islanders with a .892 save percentage. NYI: Thomas Greiss has a 3-3-1 career record against the Coyotes with a .927 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 ARI
OVERPERFORMERS Josh Bailey= 0.86 PPG (14 GP, 12 Points), Career= 0.54 PPG Anthony Beauvillier= 1.00 PPG (4 GP, 4 Points) , Career= 0.40 PPG Johnny Boychuk= 0.46 PPG (13 GP, 6 Points), Career- 0.30 PPG Thomas Greiss= .927 SV%, Career= .915 SV% Brock Nelson= 0.73 PPG (11 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG Adam Pelech= 1.00 PPG (3 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE Casey Cizikas= 0.22 PPG (9 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.32 PPG Jordan Eberle= 0.70 PPG (33 GP, 23 Points), Career= 0.72 PPG Tanner Fritz= 0.00 PPG (1 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.20 PPG Leo Komarov= 0.33 PPG (9 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.36 PPG Andrew Ladd= 0.56 PPG (27 GP, 15 Points), Career= 0.57 PPG Matt Martin= 0.08 PPG (13 GP, 1 Points), Career= 0.19 PPG Scott Mayfield= 0.33 PPG (3 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.26 PPG Ryan Pulock= 0.67 PPG (3 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.43 PPG Devon Toews= N/A, Career= 0.39 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS Matt Barzal= 0.33 PPG (3 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.91 PPG Cal Clutterbuck= 0.12 PPG (25 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG Nick Leddy= 0.29 PPG (21 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.43 PPG Anders Lee= 0.22 PPG (9 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG
ARI INDIVIDUAL vs NYI
OVERPERFORMERS Alex Galchenyuk= 0.94 PPG (17 GP, 16 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG Niklas Hjalmarsson= 0.40 PPG (15 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.22 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE Josh Archibald= 0.00 PPG (2 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG Lawson Crouse= 0.00 PPG (3 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.22 PPG Jakob Chychrun= 0.25 PPG (4 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.32 PPG Jason Demers= 0.36 PPG (14 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.33 PPG Christian Dvorak= 0.25 PPG (4 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.45 PPG Oliver Ekman-Larsson= 0.54 PPG (13 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.51 PPG Conor Garland= 0.00 PPG (1 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.40 PPG Alex Goligoski= 0.56 PPG (25 GP, 14 Points), Career= 0.47 PPG Vinnie Hinostroza= 0.00 PPG (3 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.43 PPG Clayton Keller- 0.67 PPG (3 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.71 PPG Mario Kempe= 1.00 PPG (2 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.19 PPG Jodan Oesterle= 0.67 PPG (3 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.28 PPG Richard Panik= 0.50 PPG (10 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.39 PPG Brad Richardson= 0.36 PPG (14 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.31 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS Michael Grabner= 0.27 PPG (11 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.45 PPG Darcy Kuemper= .892 SV%, Career= .915 SV% Derek Stepan= 0.54 PPG (35 GP, 19 Points), Career= 0.68 PPG
General Summary
The Islanders have won two of their last three games against the Coyotes, including one in Arizona this December. Advantage NYI.
The Islanders have been much better at home this season than the Coyotes have been on the road. Advantage NYI.
The Coyotes have one key player on a hot streak and two on cold streaks. The Islanders have five players on a cold streak. Advantage ARI.
Thomas Greiss has a .927 save percentage against Arizona, while Darcy Kuemper has a .892 save percentage against the Islanders. Advantage NYI.
The Islanders have five skaters who have historically overperformed against Arizona and four who have underperformed. Arizona has two skaters who have overperformed and two who have underperformed. No advantage.
Puck drop is at 3 p.m.
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