Islanders lines
The New York Islanders' lines as deployed at the Maple Leafs (W 4-1) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — home to the Ducks.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
Islanders
at Maple Leafs · Oct 17 · W 4-1
Also dressed: Palat (LW), Maccelli (LW), Ritchie (C). Horvat also took 1:22 with L1. Horvat also took 1:50 with L3.
Palat also took 1:30 with L4. Heineman also took 3:36 with L2. Holmstrom also took 1:01 with L1. Holmstrom also took 4:10 with L3.
What changed since Thu, Oct 15
New top line: Heineman, Duclair and Pageau. Moved: Duclair (L3 → L1), Heineman (L4 → L1), Pageau (L3 → L1), Holmstrom (L4 → L2), Horvat (L1 → L2), Palmieri (L1 → L2) and 3 more.
In net this season
Ilya Sorokin has started 6 of the Islanders' 8 games, Semyon Varlamov 2. Ilya Sorokin started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 6 | 8 | .940 | Sat, Oct 17 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 2 | 8 | .902 | Thu, Oct 15 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Islanders live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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