The New York Islanders finished the regular season with 68 points and a 31-17-6 record in their 56 game season. Pacing that out over a full 82 game slate, that would be a 100 point pace, a solid season for Barry Trotz and company.
With the shortened season, I wanted to take a look at how the Isles skaters would’ve done projected out over a full season. We will be taking a look at games, goals, assists, and points in this exercise.
So Oliver Wahlstrom’s .48 points per game pace won’t be over a full 82 games, instead, it would be based on how many games he played this year and pacing that pace over a full season. Let’s start with the forwards:
Forward Pace
Mathew Barzal: 66 points (25 goals, 41 assists) – 81 games
Josh Bailey: 52 points (12 goals, 40 assists) – 80 games
Jordan Eberle: 49 points (24 goals, 25 assists) – 81 games
Brock Nelson: 48 points (26 goals, 22 assists) – 82 games
JG Pageau: 41 points (21 goals, 20 assists) – 80 games
Anthony Beauvillier: 41 points (22 goals, 19 assists) – 69 games
Oliver Wahlstrom: 31 points (17 goals, 14 assists) – 64 games
Anders Lee: N/A Injury
Casey Cizikas: 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) – 82 games
Matt Martin: 16 points (9 goals, 7 assists) – 80 games
Cal Clutterbuck: 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) – 73 games
Leo Komarov: 12 points (1 goal, 11 assists) – 48 games
Michael Dal Colle: 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists) – 38 games
Kyle Palmieri: N/A Trade
Travis Zajac: N/A Trade
Kieffer Bellows: 5 points (5 goals, 0 assists) – 21 games
Ross Johnston: 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists) -18 games
Defense Pace
Nick Leddy: 45 points (3 goals, 42 assists) – 82 games
Ryan Pulock: 25 points (3 goals, 22 assists) – 82 games
Scott Mayfield: 22 points (3 goals, 19 assists) – 82 games
Adam Pelech: 21 points (6 goals, 15 assists) – 82 games
Noah Dobson: 20 points (4 goals, 16 assists) – 67 games
Andy Greene: 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) – 81 games
Thomas Hickey: 3 points (0 goals, 3 assists) – 7 games
Sebastian Aho: 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist) – 4 games
Braydon Coburn: N/A Trade
Overview
Clearly, after Anders Lee went down the offense wasn’t nearly the same. Mat Barzal would’ve been leading the team with 66 points and Brock Nelson would’ve been your leader in goals with 26.
Josh Bailey’s season was better over a full season was than I anticipated and JG Pageau was quietly very steady for the team with a 41 point pace. On the blue line, Nick Leddy was the big surprise.
He had an offense surge after back-to-back down years under Barry Trotz. On the flip side, Ryan Pulock’s offense wasn’t where it normally is. Well, at least in terms of goal scoring.
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A 100 point season with no player over 30 goals or 70 points? Sounds like a Barry Trotz dream to me. Defense and goalie play was the reason for this team’s success in 2021.