Islanders Take Three-Game Skid Into San Jose Matchup

The Islanders (7-6-3) face the Sharks (7-11-1) in San Jose at 10 p.m. EST on November 9. The teams are meeting for the first time this season. New York has lost three straight and is 3-3-1 on the road; San Jose is 3-5-0 at home.

Macklin Celebrini leads the Sharks with seven goals and 14 assists. Will Smith has tallied four goals and three assists in his past 10 games. For New York, Matthew Schaefer has five goals and 11 assists, while Victor Eklund has four goals and two assists over his past 10 games.

Over their last 10 games, San Jose is 3-7-0 and has allowed 3.4 goals per game. The Islanders are 4-3-3 in that span, allowing 3.1 goals per game. The Sharks average 10.6 penalty minutes per game this season; the Islanders have taken 74 penalties, an average of 4.6 per game.

San Jose lists Igor Chernyshov, Alexander Wennberg, Kyle Keyser and Quentin Musty as out with upper-body injuries. The Islanders list Mathew Barzal, Matias Maccelli, Ryan Pulock, Calum Ritchie and Alexander Romanov as out; Matthew Kessel is day to day. Barzal is out with a knee injury, Maccelli and Ritchie with lower-body injuries, Pulock with an upper-body injury and Romanov with an ACL injury.