Happy Halloween, New York Islanders fans.
The Islanders just lost both of their back-to-back games in regulation. They fell 3-1 to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday before getting shut out by the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 on Wednesday.
They now head to Buffalo to face the Sabres on Friday night, looking to turn things around.
To get in the Halloween spirit, here are 13 scary facts about the Islanders so far through 10 games:
1. They’ve been shut out 4 times through the first 10 games for the first time in franchise history.
2. Their penalty kill on home ice is 3-for-9 (league-worst).
3. Mathew Barzal is still without a 5-on-5 point.
4. Patrick Roy has tried 5 different players on the fourth line, and no one has stuck.
5. Ilya Sorokin is off to the best start of his career and has only 2 wins through 5 starts with a 1.80 GAA and a .932 SV%.
6. Alexander Romanov, who was expected to miss just 1 game, has missed 3, and they’re feeling his loss.
7. After being a healthy scratch in year 1 of a 7-year deal under Lane Lambert, Pierre Engvall is a healthy scratch in year 2 of a 7-year deal, this time under Patrick Roy, after not making the team.
8. They average the fewest goals in the NHL, at 2.10, and score the fewest, with 21.
9. They have the second-highest face-off win percentage in the league, at 56 percent, but haven’t made it count.
10. Their power play is 4-for-31 (12.9%).
11. They’ve had a lead in 4 of their 10 contests, blowing 9 total to go 2-2-1 in those games.
12. They have the second-fewest 5-on-5 goals in the league, with 13.
13. Noah Dobson has no goals this season, with the defense having just one, coming from seventh defenseman Dennis Cholowski.
Stay safe, Trick-or-Treating!
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