Game Preview: Islanders at Golden Knights

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (2-2-1) AT VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-3-0)
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The New York Islanders are looking to keep the hot hand going as they head to Vegas to take on the Golden Knights in the second leg of their first back-to-back set of the season.

The Islanders got back in the win column on Saturday night as they shut out the Arizona Coyotes 3-0 with a goal in every period. Cal Clutterbuck opened up scoring, while Brock Nelson tallied a power-play goal in the middle frame and Anthony Beauvillier scored in the third period on a breakaway. Ilya Sorokin recorded his first shutout of the season with a 26-save performance.
"I thought we were good tonight, the whole team," Beauvillier said of Saturday's win. "We had chances, we were strong on the puck, we created loose pucks and we did the right thing. We had chances and it was a big win for us."
The Vegas Golden Knights enter Sunday's matchup coming off of their third-straight loss after they dropped a 5-3 result to Edmonton on Friday night. Nicolas Roy, Nolan Patrick and Nicolas Hague scored in the loss. Robin Lehner made 28 saves on 32 shots.

ISLANDERS NOTES:
- The Islanders are wrapping up their first of 19 back-to-back sets this season. Per Eric Hornick: Under Barry Trotz, the Isles are 21-4-4 (.793) in back-ends. This is by far the best record of any NHL team in back-ends during this stretch. Tampa Bay has the next best record: 20-9-3 (.672).
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- After going winless through the first two games of the season, the Islanders have points in three-straight games after defeating Chicago 4-1 on Tuesday, earning a point in Thursday's 3-2 OT loss to Columbus and shutting out Arizona 3-0 on Saturday night.
- Clutterbuck scored his second goal of the season in Saturday's win. The veteran winger now has two goals through five games.
- Nelson scored his first goal of the season and first power-play goal on Saturday night against the Coyotes. Nelson now has three points (2G, 1A) through five games.
- With an assist on Nelson's goal, Josh Bailey tied Bob Nystrom for 10th place all-time in franchise history with his 513th-career point.
- Sorokin made his fifth-straight start of the season. The Russian netminder made 26 saves to earn his first shutout of the season and his second win of the season. Sorokin now has a 2-2-1 record, 2.80 GAA and a .916 SV%.
- The Islanders power play was 1-for-2 against Arizona. The team has scored two power-play goals so far this season for a 14.3% conversion rate.
- Saturday was the first game this season that the Islanders have had all forwards readily available and healthy.
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau returned ot the lineup after missing Thursday's game against Columbus with an illness that was unrelated to COVID-19. The centerman played between his usual linemates of Zach Parise and Oliver Wahlstrom.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
- The Golden Knights have lost their last three games, falling 6-2 to the LA Kings, 3-1 to the St. Louis Blues and most recently 5-3 to the Edmonton Oilers. Vegas had not lost three consecutive games in regulation last season since losing four-straight from Jan. 7-14, 2020.
- The Golden Knights are currently battling a slew of injuries. Max Pacioretty is out with a fractured foot, while captain Mark Stone is somewhere "between day to day and week to week" with a lower-body injury, per Peter DeBoer.
Pacioretty and Stone were the Golden Knights' two leading scorers last season. Alex Tuch is also still out after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery.
- With two of their big guns out, Chandler Stephenson leads the team with four points (2G, 2A).
- Vegas had another active offseason, trading goaltender - and reigning Vezina Trophy winner - Marc-Andre Fleury to the Chicago Blackhawks. They also traded forward Ryan Reaves to the New York Rangers, acquired Evgenii Dadonov from the Ottawa Senators and acquired 2017 second-overall pick Nolan Patrick in a three-team trade with Nashville and Philadelphia.
- The Golden Knights have allowed 4.25 goals-against-per-game, tied for the third-most allowed in the NHL.
- Vegas' power play is 0-for-9 to start the season, making them the lone team in the NHL without a power-play goal this season.
- Former Islander Robin Lehner is 1-3-0 this season with a 3.59 GAA and a .901 SV%.