Anyone else confuse some of these?

Hedwig
Hodor
Hegseth
Horvat
Hagar
Hagrid
Hollweg
Holden
Horton
Horvath

I kindly asked GPT to update this chart, and it did the best it could.

Keep in mind that Makar was 22 years old when he first reached a cumulative +6, for regular season games.... Schaefer is +19, at 18 years old.

Well, it's one louder

Is it just me, or does our new coach look like a quail?

Every time Isles face Hurricanes

Pens could have won this game with a half-injured Bing Crosby.

Four of the last seven games have been four of NYI's worst seven performances of the season.

I'm still most disappointed with their 3rd period vs Ottawa, but 2nd period vs PIT and 1st vs CHI were also dreadful.

Can't afford to lose games in single periods.

"I didn't get punched in the nose repeatedly, Sid, by Darius Kasparaitis so that you could sit out games against the New York Islanders."

-Mario Lemieux, probably

Even-strength scoring-chance attempts, last 15 team-games, top 11 defensemen:

41 Schaefer
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32 Werenski (13 games played)
31
30
29
28 QHughes
27
26 Karlsson
25
24
23 Hutson
22 Bouchard, Makar, Spence
21 Faber, Dickinson, McNabb

Data via Natural Stat Trick

Matthew Schaefer now has 15 primary points (7 goals, 8 primary assists) in the past 18 games.

That's tied with Karlsson and McAvoy for the most in the NHL over that stretch, by defensemen.

Stats via Natural Stat Trick.

Isles won, PIT and CBJ lost in regulation, Eiserman scored for BPT, Eklund first assist + good reviews.

Schenn, Heineman, and Ritchie provide secondary scoring, 2 more assists for Schaefer.

It's a great day for New York Islanders hockey.

All NHL players: leaders for even-strength on-ice scoring-chance attempts in most recent game, via Natural Stat Trick, lol:

I think it's unfair when you give the greatest defenseman of all time to the greatest goalie of all time that he doesn't become the greatest coach of all time.

That's a HUGE two points for the /NYIslanders!

The crowd was absolutely loving it! 👏

The war room, trying to keep Schaefer out of the NHL playoffs, should be ashamed of itself for the rest of the month.

How does NHL allow goalie interference goal against PIT yesterday (when opponent created the momentum that took out goalie) and disallow this one against CBJ today (when Lee is pushed into goalie)?

I don't know how you can call that one a good goal and take away this one.

Can we keep Soucy and Mayfield away from each other now please?

Thank you.

I suspect we'll see a different pair by Game Three, if Isles make playoffs.

holmstrom breakout season

One ref was calling nothing, the other called quite a bit, in the 1st.

This sens team played last night and are playing so much harder :/

Isles could have at least pretended to try to attack in those last 10 minutes.

Sens didn't have to worry about defending.

Cale Makar received more than 50 hits in a season once: 73 in 2021-22, according to NST.

Matthew Schaefer has received 188 hits through 68 games. That's more than any other NHL player this season.

Whenever he releases the puck in NYI's defensive zone, opponent tries to disrupt his first stride.

hockey images that precede unfortunate events

Wall of Wolfmeat

Fight for final four playoff spots in East, games above NHL.500:

14 PIT, NYI
13 DET, BOS
12 CBJ
11
10
9 OTT
8 PHI
7
6 WSH (103 pts, if they win all 15)

At least two of these Metro teams will qualify. At most, two Atlantic.

#Isles are 10-0 in OT this season.

5 players, have each scored 2g in OT.

Holmstrom
Horvat
Pageau
Barzal
And of course, the kid
Matthew Schaefer

That Barzal winner reminded me of Zigmund Palffy. Clinical.

3rd Star: Cal Ritchie's bloody nose.

Maskaroff