Tonight, the Islanders face the Carolina Hurricanes in Brooklyn.
The Hurricanes defeated the Islanders 7-4 at PNC Arena on Jan. 14.
Saturday’s game is the second of five meetings between the two squads in 2016-17, and the first played in Brooklyn.
Carolina leads the all-time series, 68-47-16-2 (133), including 34-24-8-1 (67) at home and 34-23-8-1 (66) on the road The teams will meet five times during the 2016-17 season: at CAR: Jan. 14 (W, 7-4), March 14, and April 6; at NYI: Feb. 4 and March 13.
Cam Ward is 20-4-4 with a 2.63 GAA and one shutout in 31 career appearances against New York. Eddie Lack is 2-1-1 with a 2.93 GAA in six career games against the Islanders.
Thomas Greiss is 2-2-1 with a 3.01 GAA in six career games against Carolina. Jean-Francois Berube is 1-0-0 with a 2.77 GAA in one career appearance against the Hurricanes.
Last night, Danny Dekeyser's goal with 28 seconds remaining lifted the Red Wings over the Islanders 5-4 Friday night, snapping New York's seven
game point streak. Jason Chimera tallied a goal while playing in his 1000th NHL game. John Tavares & Anders Lee each recordedmulti-point games in the loss.
Since Jan. 13, Islanders captain, John Tavares leads the NHL in goals (9) and points (16). Thomas Greiss is 12-4-3 in his last 18. Josh Bailey has nine points (4G, 5A) in his last nine games. Jason Chimera has seven points (6G, 1A) in his last 10 games. Nick Leddy has 11 points (3G, 8A) in 10 games. Anders Lee has nine points (3G, 6A) in his last eight games.
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