Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

New York Islanders

2014–15·47–28–7·101 points·3rd in the Metropolitan, 5th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 101#8
Goal differential: +21#11
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 55.2%#1
Power play: 18.7%#16
Penalty kill: 78.0%#26
GSAx: +5.8#10

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	25–14–2	52	0.63	133	110	58.1%
Away	41	22–14–5	49	0.60	112	114	51.4%
October	10	6–4–0	12	0.60	34	36	57.3%
November	14	11–3–0	22	0.79	38	29	56.6%
December	13	8–4–1	17	0.65	39	37	55.5%
January	12	7–5–0	14	0.58	41	36	53.7%
February	15	9–5–1	19	0.63	46	39	55.3%
March	13	4–6–3	11	0.42	30	34	50.9%
April	5	2–1–2	6	0.60	17	13	61.6%
Division rivals	30	21–6–3	45	0.75	106	76	56.7%
Rest of conference	24	12–10–2	26	0.54	62	68	56.5%
Other conference	28	14–12–2	30	0.54	77	80	52.7%


PIT	5	4–1–0	8	0.80	18	12	53.7%
NJD	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	11	5	51.4%
CAR	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	16	12	48.6%
NYR	5	3–2–0	6	0.60	19	12	58.2%
PHI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	13	11	61.8%
CBJ	4	2–0–2	6	0.75	18	12	64.6%
WSH	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	11	12	55.4%
BUF	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	9	5	63.1%
TOR	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	9	10	55.3%
ARI	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	1	64.7%

On the road

53,383 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

16 GP · 9–6–1 · 6 vs fresher opponent

59.4%

57.3%

1 day

38 GP · 22–14–2 · 6 vs fresher opponent

60.5%

55.6%

2 days

21 GP · 11–8–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

57.1%

54.4%

3+ days

6 GP · 4–0–2 · 0 vs fresher opponent

83.3%

49.9%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

34 times this season the Islanders were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Islanders in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

55.3%

53.5%

Goals share

52.2%

54.8%

Shooting %

8.8%

9.9%

Save %

.907

.916