Matchday: Preds at Islander, March 1st

After completing a home state of four games, the Nashville Predators start the month of March in the UBS Arena against the New York Islanders for a CT-Puck drop at 11:30 a.m. Today's competition is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. The Preds will align the islands in April.

On Thursday evening in Nashville, the Preds welcomed the NHL leading Winnipeg jets and achieved an impressive 2-1 victory. Despite their place in the overall ranking, the predators remain determined to work on their game when the last full month of the season begins, and they are carefully considered to do this on a consecutive set in New York that begins today in Long Island.

“That's how it has to be,” said Preds Forward Gustav Nyquist after the victory on Thursday. “We have a few people out … But we have great opportunities for other people who come. And we know the position in which we are in ourselves, but at the same time we have to have proud and end the season strongly.”

Preds Captain Roman Josi did not dress on Thursday and is an injury to the upper body every day at the time of the last update. With Josi, Steven Stamkos was missing as an alternative captain with the third 'A' to join Filip Forsberg and Ryan O'reilly in the role.

Before the game on Thursday, the Predators remembered defender Marc del Gaizo from Milwaukee and newly assigned defender Jake Livingstone. Del Gaizo played with the Preds in his first game since December.

Last time:

Filip Forsberg and Tommy Novak both met in the first period, and Juuse Saros achieved 23 parades in an excellent performance. Nashville's penalty was the star of the night, including a route in the second period, in which they killed 1:54 of a 5-to-3 advantage for the jets.

The good ones:

Filip Forsberg continues to lead the Preds with 22 goals and 54 points, followed by Jonathan Marchessault with 18 goals and 45 points. Ryan O'reilly has 14 goals and 35 points; Steven Stamkos has reached 17 times and has 33 points. Saros is now 13-24-6 online; Justus Annunen is a total of 13-8-0.

The opposition:

After the islanders fall four times in a row, they ended the month of February with a 2-1 win over Boston. Anders Lee goes to the islands with 23 goals and 41 points, followed by Bo Horvat, which also has 19 goals and 41 points. Kyle Palmieri has 18 goals and 39 points in the season; Brock Nelson has 17 Tallies and 38 points. Ilya Sorokin is 21-18-4 on the net; Jakub Skarek is in two appearances 0-1-0.

All-time meeting:

The predators are 23-9 (0) -3 of all time against the islanders, including a 10-5-2 record on the street. Nashville is 4-1-0 in the last five games against New York in a run that started on February 5, 2018, Nashville won 10 games in a row against New York.

Statements against New York:

Filip Forsberg has 16 points (8g-8a) in 18 career games against the islanders, including points in eight of his last 11 games (6G-5a).

Steven Stamkos scored 46 points (22g-24a) in his career against the New York Islander.

Brady Skjei published 12 templates in 28 appearances against the islanders. The 12 templates are for most, which he recorded in his career against a single franchise.

In his career, Juuse Saros saved a 7-1-0 record, 2.35 gate a average of 0.915 and achieved a shutout against New York. On February 13, 2020, Saros recorded his edition in the Bridgestone Arena and stopped all 31 shots with which he was exposed to.

Nashvilles only 3-against-5 goal in franchise history came against the islanders (Karlis Skrastin) on October 15, 2002.

Kieffer Bellows was selected by the islanders in the first round (19th total) of the NHL design in 2016. He played from 2019 to 23 68 games for the islanders and recorded 25 points (11g-14a).

Milestone clock:

Steven Stamkos is two templates of 600 in his NHL career. Stamkos (572) is two goals when you have handed over Mike Bossy (573) the most in the NHL history.

Tommy Novak is two games from 200 in his NHL career.

Kieffer Bellows is three games of 100 in his NHL career.

Ryan O'reilly is four goals of 300 in his NHL career.

Jonathan Marchessault is four games of 700 in his NHL career.

Juuse Saros is five victories of 200 in his NHL career.

See & hear: Listen:

The reporting for today's game starts at 11 a.m. CT with the Predators Live! Pregame Show in Fanduel Sports Network South, moderated by Lyndsay Rowley. The play-by-play announcer Willy Daunic and analyst Chris Mason will have the call on the television page.

Max Herz and Hal Gill will call the game at 102.5 The Game and the Predator Radio Network. The game is also broadcast in Spanish on El Jefe, which is broadcast on 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM and 810 a.m. (El Partido También Se Transmit en Español Por el Jefe EN 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM Y 810 am.)