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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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