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Pre-game Report: NYI @ DET |
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The New York Islanders are in Detroit to face the Red Wings tonight. Here’s the pre-game report.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Islanders have won their last four games against Detroit, including two games this year in December. The other two wins came in the back half of the 2017-18 season.
The Islanders have been good on the road this year, with a 19-11-3 to show for.
The Red Wings have the least home wins in the Eastern Conference this season and are tied for the least home wins in the league, with a 13-18-3 record.
The Islanders are 6-4-0 in their last ten games, while the Red Wings have struggled, going 1-8-1.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Below we look at notable players that have recently performed well or underperformed.
HOT STREAK
DET: Dylan Larkin had 21 points in his last 19 games before being injured.
DET: Thomas Vanek has 17 points in his last 22 games.
NYI: Ryan Pulock has 14 points and is a plus-17 in his last 20 games.
COLD STREAK
DET: Andreas Athanasiou has three points in his last 10 games.
DET: Tyler Bertuzzi has one point in his last 8 games.
DET: Anthony Mantha has one point in his last 6 games.
DET: Frans Nielsen has two points in his last 11 games.
NYI: Mathew Barzal has no goals and six points in his last 12 games.
NYI: Anthony Beauvillier has five points in his last 22 games.
NYI: Jordan Eberle has seven points in his last 24 games.
NYI: Anders Lee has eight points in his last 24 games.
NYI: Nick Leddy has six points in his last 24 games.
GOALIE MATCHUP
DET: Jimmy Howard has a 1-4-1 career record vs NYI and a .904 save percentage.
NYI: Thomas Greiss has a 5-2-1 career record vs DET but just a .884 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 DET
OVERPERFORMERS
Josh Bailey= 0.85 PPG (20 GP, 17 Points), Career= 0.54 PPG
Matt Barzal= 2.20 PPG (5 GP, 11 Points), Career= 0.92 PPG
Matt Martin= 0.42 PPG (19 GP, 8 Points), Career= 0.20 PPG
Brock Nelson= 0.76 PPG (17 GP, 13 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG
Ryan Pulock= 0.80 PPG (5 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.45 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE
Casey Cizikas= 0.38 PPG (16 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.32 PPG
Cal Clutterbuck= 0.33 PPG (36 GP, 12 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG
Thomas Hickey= 0.19 PPG (16 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.26 PPG
Leo Komarov= 0.33 PPG (15 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.36 PPG
Andrew Ladd= 0.65 PPG (31 GP, 20 Points), Career= 0.57 PPG
Nick Leddy= 0.47 PPG (30 GP, 14 Points), Career= 0.44 PPG
Anders Lee= 0.64 PPG (14 GP, 9 Points), Career= 0.61 PPG
Adam Pelech= 0.33 PPG (6 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.24 PPG
Devon Toews= N/A, Career= 0.36 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS
Anthony Beauvillier= 0.14 PPG (7 GP, 1 Point), Career= 0.41 PPG
Jordan Eberle= 0.55 PPG (22 GP, 12 Points), Career= 0.72 PPG
Valtteri Filppula= 0.26 PPG (19 GP, 5 Points), Career= 0.52 PPG
Thomas Greiss= .884 SV%, Career= .915 SV%
Scott Mayfield= 0.00 PPG (5 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.27 PPG
DET INDIVIDUAL VS NYI
OVERPERFORMERS
Madison Bowey= 0.67 PPG (3 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.22 PPG
Danny DeKeyser= 0.50 PPG (14 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.27 PPG
Darren Helm= 0.63 PPG (16 GP, 10 Points), Career= 0.36 PPG
Niklas Kronwall= 0.67 PPG (18 GP, 12 Points), Career= 0.45 PPG
Dylan Larkin= 1.00 PPG (11 GP, 11 Points), Career= 0.66 PPG
Anthony Mantha= 1.00 PPG (6 GP, 6 Points), Career= 0.58 PPG
NO DIFFERENCE
Tyler Bertuzzi= 0.50 PPG (4 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.49 PPG
Trevor Daley= 0.30 PPG (23 GP, 7 Points), Career= 0.30 PPG
Jacob de La Rose= 0.29 PPG (7 GP, 2 Points), Career= 0.15 PPG
Christoffer Ehn= 0.00 PPG (2 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.16 PPG
Luke Glendening= 0.25 PPG (16 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.23 PPG
Filip Hronek= 0.00 PPG (1 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.46 PPG
Ryan Kuffner= N/A, Career= N/A
Frans Nielsen= 0.50 PPG (8 GP, 4 Points), Career= 0.55 PPG
Michael Rasmussen= 0.00 PPG (2 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.29 PPG
Thomas Vanek= 0.75 PPG (40 GP, 30 Points), Career= 0.77 PPG
Luke Witkowski= 0.00 PPG (4 GP, 0 Points), Career= 0.09 PPG
UNDERPERFORMERS
Andreas Athanasiou= 0.33 (9 GP, 3 Points), Career= 0.50 PPG
Jimmy Howard=.904 SV%, Career= .914 SV%
General Summary
The Islanders have won their last four games vs MTL. Advantage NYI.
The Islanders have been good on the road this year, the Red Wings have not been good at home. Advantage NYI.
Howard historically has a better save percentage against NYI than Greiss does against Detroit. Advantage DET.
Key players for both teams have overperformed against one another. No advantage here.
Puck drop is at 1 pm.
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