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New York Islanders

2019–20·35–23–10·80 points·5th in the Metropolitan, 7th in the Eastern

Points
80#14
Goal differential
−1#19
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
50.2%#17
Power play
17.9%#19
Penalty kill
81.3%#15
GSAx
+6.4#11

Splits

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

Home3520–9–6460.6611210053.9%
Away3315–14–4340.52779046.1%
October118–3–0160.73332749.4%
November139–2–2200.77363149.2%
December148–5–1170.61424148.7%
January114–5–2100.45293152.2%
February156–6–3150.50384351.9%
March40–2–220.25111749.5%
Division rivals2211–7–4260.59676851.5%
Rest of conference2114–6–1290.69624949.8%
Other conference2510–10–5250.50607349.4%
FLA33–0–061.007446.4%
PHI33–0–061.0013963.3%
DET33–0–061.0016452.5%
PIT32–0–150.83121144.7%
WSH42–2–040.50141453.4%
WPG22–0–041.007249.9%
CBJ32–1–040.677545.1%
OTT32–1–040.6711752.6%
TBL32–1–040.6711646.4%
BUF22–0–041.004254.2%

On the road

51,298 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

2019-10-11: to Raleigh, 707 km (L)2019-10-12: to Uniondale, 707 km (SOW)2019-10-17: to Winnipeg, 2,093 km (W)2019-10-19: to Columbus, 1,562 km (OTW)2019-10-24: to Uniondale, 802 km (W)2019-10-25: to Ottawa, 543 km (W)2019-10-27: to Uniondale, 543 km (W)2019-11-02: to Buffalo, 499 km (W)2019-11-05: to Brooklyn, 474 km (W)2019-11-13: to Uniondale, 33 km (W)2019-11-16: to Philadelphia, 162 km (SOW)2019-11-19: to Pittsburgh, 414 km (OTW)2019-11-21: to Brooklyn, 509 km (OTW)2019-11-23: to San Jose, 4,106 km (OTL)2019-11-25: to Anaheim, 535 km (L)2019-11-27: to Los Angeles, 45 km (L)2019-11-30: to Brooklyn, 3,941 km (W)2019-12-02: to Detroit, 778 km (W)2019-12-03: to Montreal, 836 km (L)2019-12-05: to Uniondale, 531 km (OTW)2019-12-07: to Dallas, 2,240 km (L)2019-12-09: to Tampa, 1,478 km (W)2019-12-12: to Sunrise, 289 km (W)2019-12-14: to Uniondale, 1,734 km (OTW)2019-12-19: to Boston, 279 km (SOW)2019-12-21: to Uniondale, 279 km (SOL)2019-12-27: to Chicago, 1,182 km (L)2019-12-29: to St. Paul, 555 km (W)2019-12-31: to Washington, 1,487 km (W)2020-01-02: to Uniondale, 356 km (L)2020-01-04: to Toronto, 577 km (L)2020-01-06: to Uniondale, 577 km (W)2020-01-07: to Newark, 49 km (OTW)2020-01-11: to Brooklyn, 17 km (OTL)2020-01-13: to New York, 8 km (L)2020-01-14: to Uniondale, 34 km (W)2020-01-19: to Raleigh, 707 km (SOL)2020-01-21: to New York, 687 km (W)2020-02-01: to Brooklyn, 8 km (OTL)2020-02-08: to Tampa, 1,614 km (L)2020-02-10: to Washington, 1,318 km (W)2020-02-11: to Brooklyn, 327 km (W)2020-02-13: to Nashville, 1,222 km (L)2020-02-15: to Paradise, 2,541 km (L)2020-02-17: to Glendale, 391 km (L)2020-02-19: to Denver, 946 km (L)2020-02-21: to Uniondale, 2,655 km (W)2020-02-27: to St. Louis, 1,438 km (OTL)2020-02-29: to Uniondale, 1,438 km (L)2020-03-03: to Brooklyn, 33 km (L)2020-03-05: to Ottawa, 537 km (L)2020-03-07: to Uniondale, 543 km (OTL)2020-03-10: to Vancouver, 3,933 km (SOL)UniondaleRaleighWinnipegColumbusOttawaBuffaloBrooklynPhiladelphiaPittsburghSan JoseAnaheimLos AngelesDetroitMontrealDallasTampaSunriseBostonChicagoSt. PaulWashingtonTorontoNewarkNew YorkNashvilleParadiseGlendaleDenverSt. LouisVancouver
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
8 GP · 6–1–1 · 5 vs fresher opponent
81.3%
50.2%
1 day
42 GP · 19–17–6 · 8 vs fresher opponent
52.4%
49.9%
2 days
11 GP · 7–3–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent
68.2%
49.4%
3+ days
6 GP · 3–1–2 · 0 vs fresher opponent
66.7%
55.8%

Pulling the goalie

28 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.

0:001:002:003:004:005:00Down 1Down 2+time left when the goalie came off →
Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

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
50.4%
48.7%
Goals share
49.9%
52.5%
Shooting %
9.4%
10.2%
Save %
.913
.917