New York Islanders Lines

The most-used New York Islanders forward line in the Oct 17 game vs TOR was Anthony Duclair – Emil Heineman – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (8:21 together at 5-on-5).

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Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET · vs Anaheim Ducks

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 49:28 at 5-on-5, 3:50 on the power play and 6:00 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Anthony Duclair(moved up) – Emil Heineman(moved up) – Jean-Gabriel Pageau(moved up)	8:21	16.9%
L2	Bo Horvat(moved down) – Kyle Palmieri(moved down) – Simon Holmstrom(moved up)	6:02	12.2%
L3	Casey Cizikas(moved up) – Brayden Schenn(moved down) – Victor Eklund(moved down)	4:32	9.2%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Matthew Schaefer – Logan Stanley	16:36	33.6%
D2	Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock	12:55	26.1%
D3	Tony DeAngelo – Matthew Kessel	12:22	25.0%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri – Brayden Schenn – Simon Holmstrom – Matthew Schaefer	3:05	80.4%
PP2	Anthony Duclair – Ondrej Palat – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Victor Eklund – Tony DeAngelo	0:30	13.0%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Matthew Kessel – Logan Stanley	1:00	16.7%
PK2	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Simon Holmstrom – Ryan Pulock – Logan Stanley	0:57	15.8%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 243:28 at 5-on-5, 21:16 on the power play and 34:36 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Calum Ritchie – Brayden Schenn – Victor Eklund	37:35	15.4%	5
L2	Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri	26:10	10.7%	5
L3	Anthony Duclair – Ondrej Palat – Jean-Gabriel Pageau	21:43	8.9%	4
L4	Matias Maccelli – Casey Cizikas – Simon Holmstrom	8:46	3.6%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Matthew Schaefer – Logan Stanley	78:14	32.1%	5
D2	Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock	58:32	24.0%	5
D3	Tony DeAngelo – Matthew Kessel	27:12	11.2%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matias Maccelli – Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri – Brayden Schenn – Matthew Schaefer	10:16	48.3%	4
PP2	Anthony Duclair – Calum Ritchie – Victor Eklund – Simon Holmstrom – Tony DeAngelo	1:40	7.8%	3

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Simon Holmstrom – Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock	6:36	19.1%	5
PK2	Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Scott Mayfield – Logan Stanley	2:32	7.3%	2

Over 8 games, the team played 375:39 at 5-on-5, 40:55 on the power play and 56:22 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Calum Ritchie – Brayden Schenn – Victor Eklund	55:02	14.7%	7
L2	Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri	47:28	12.6%	8
L3	Anthony Duclair – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Simon Holmstrom	29:28	7.8%	4
L4	Matias Maccelli – Ondrej Palat – Casey Cizikas	26:31	7.1%	5

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Matthew Schaefer – Logan Stanley	83:30	22.2%	8
D2	Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock	61:21	16.3%	8
D3	Tony DeAngelo – Matthew Kessel	27:12	7.2%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matias Maccelli – Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri – Brayden Schenn – Matthew Schaefer	21:42	53.0%	7
PP2	Anthony Duclair – Calum Ritchie – Victor Eklund – Simon Holmstrom – Tony DeAngelo	4:46	11.6%	6

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Simon Holmstrom – Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock	10:58	19.5%	8
PK2	Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Scott Mayfield – Logan Stanley	2:32	4.5%	2

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs TOR): Ilya Sorokin

Goalie	Starts this season
Ilya Sorokin	6
Semyon Varlamov	2

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#26 Mitchell Chaffee, Right wing
#32 Kyle MacLean, Center
#24 Scott Mayfield, Defense
#28 Alexander Romanov, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.