Islanders vs. Blue Jackets (Feb 28, 2026)

Forward Matchup

M. Barzal

NYI C #13

K. Marchenko

CBJ RW #86

17

Goals

19

51

Points

46

124

Shots on Goal

152

Defenseman Matchup

M. Schaefer

NYI D #48

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

39

Points

62

76

Blocks

65

26

Hits

21

Goalie Matchup

I. Sorokin

NYI G #30

J. Greaves

CBJ G #73

20

Wins

18

.916

Save Pct

.910

2.44

Goals Against Avg

2.62

NYI

Team Stats

CBJ

2.84

Goals per Game

3.11

2.71

Goals Against per Game

3.14

27.45

Shots per Game

29.79

27.95

Shots Against per Game

30.27

15.7

Power Play Pct

19.7

82.4

Penalty Kill Pct

77.4

.903

Save Pct

.896

NYI

Injuries

CBJ

Pierre Engvall

LW

Out (Ankle)

RW

Kirill Marchenko

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Semyon Varlamov

G

Out (Knee)

C

Sean Monahan

Day to day (Illness)

Kyle Palmieri

C

Out (Knee)

D

Brendan Smith

Out (Leg)

Alexander Romanov

D

Out for season (Upper-body)

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Capitals	29	23	7	65	12
Flyers	25	20	11	61	-13
Devils	28	27	2	58	-29
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29

NYI

Last 5

CBJ

Thu, Feb 5

Wed, Feb 4

Tue, Feb 3

Tue, Feb 3

Mon, Feb 2

Sat, Jan 31

Sat, Jan 31

Fri, Jan 30

Thu, Jan 29

Wed, Jan 28

Game Info

February 28, 2026

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

Team Leaders

G

24

B. Horvat

A

34

M. Barzal

GWG

5

B. Horvat

SV%

.916

I. Sorokin

Season

Career vs CBJ

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	35	35	20	13	2	1,012	927	.916	85	2.44	6	2091
	David Rittich D. Rittich	23	23	12	8	3	590	531	.900	59	2.57	2	1379

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	20	19	11	6	2	678	636	.938	42	2.12	4	1187
Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	9	9	6	0	3	243	223	.918	20	2.19	1	547
David Rittich D. Rittich	9	9	4	3	1	250	229	.916	21	2.54	1	496

Team Leaders

G

20

Z. Werenski

A

42

Z. Werenski

GWG

4

K. Marchenko

SV%

.910

J. Greaves

Season

Career vs NYI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	52	20	42	62	+8	12	3	12	0	1	2	0	183	10.9	0	0	0	21	65	25	83	26:22
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	50	19	27	46	+7	20	3	13	1	0	4	0	152	12.5	2	5	40.0	40	30	29	66	18:45
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	56	15	27	42	+4	8	4	3	0	0	1	0	96	15.6	419	829	50.5	76	35	24	33	17:43
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	56	13	23	36	-8	21	3	5	0	0	2	2	147	8.8	370	730	50.7	87	36	18	60	18:44
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	56	17	15	32	-2	59	7	2	0	0	1	1	104	16.3	6	24	25.0	96	25	9	38	14:32
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	52	10	17	27	+2	12	1	7	0	0	3	0	87	11.5	473	885	53.4	27	25	16	41	17:34
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	42	8	19	27	+1	26	1	2	0	1	2	0	89	9.0	94	178	52.8	92	42	9	36	16:36
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	55	6	20	26	+5	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	93	6.5	40	100	40.0	70	29	23	45	15:26
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	49	9	13	22	+9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	57	15.8	0	0	0	19	64	12	52	20:02
Damon Severson D. Severson	55	4	17	21	+7	30	1	3	0	0	2	0	71	5.6	0	0	0	35	66	19	67	20:44
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	56	6	14	20	+15	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	111	5.4	0	0	0	23	94	18	89	25:23
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	55	6	12	18	-8	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	86	7.0	0	1	0.0	8	30	10	36	13:38
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	43	8	9	17	+9	62	0	0	0	0	2	0	55	14.5	2	7	28.6	158	30	8	16	14:31
Miles Wood M. Wood	37	8	5	13	-5	18	0	0	0	1	1	1	53	15.1	1	8	12.5	45	11	4	24	12:50
Mason Marchment M. Marchment	14	9	4	13	+9	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	25	36.0	4	8	50.0	11	6	5	16	17:58
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	50	4	4	8	-11	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	52	7.7	0	0	0	42	84	12	42	16:05
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	42	2	5	7	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	113	210	53.8	19	18	4	24	12:20
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	14	1	2	3	+4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	18	18	5	10	18:04
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	13	2	1	3	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	2	4	50.0	21	6	4	5	9:59
Brendan Smith B. Smith	15	0	2	2	-1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	12	11	5	15	11:05
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	32	0	2	2	-9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	25	15	2	11	10:12
Egor Zamula E. Zamula	10	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	1	14	3	9	14:31

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	22	6	14	20	+4	8	1	3	0	1	1	0	54	11.1	180	367	49.0	14	5	14	12	17:23
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	34	7	9	16	-13	12	3	3	1	0	2	1	92	7.6	183	298	61.4	82	34	12	14	17:14
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	35	4	11	15	-6	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	62	6.5	152	346	43.9	48	30	17	20	17:06
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	40	5	10	15	+5	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	74	6.8	0	0	0	43	72	7	64	24:23
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	25	3	12	15	-3	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	66	4.5	0	0	0	11	27	10	18	23:29
Damon Severson D. Severson	41	3	10	13	-18	22	0	4	0	0	2	0	62	4.8	0	0	0	49	43	19	43	20:38
Brendan Smith B. Smith	31	3	7	10	+5	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	10.0	0	0	0	27	36	9	16	15:45
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	10	4	4	8	+1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	25	16.0	3	5	60.0	7	6	3	11	18:23
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	17	4	3	7	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18.2	0	0	0	16	10	7	5	12:47
Miles Wood M. Wood	29	4	3	7	-9	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	64	6.3	1	4	25.0	26	11	10	16	13:01
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	14	4	3	7	-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	14.8	54	144	37.5	17	9	6	9	15:08
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	8	4	3	7	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	16.7	35	83	42.2	9	5	3	11	18:08
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	30	3	3	6	-10	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	7.7	0	0	0	73	42	2	14	18:19
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	10	3	3	6	+2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	4	11	36.4	4	8	0	7	14:31
Mason Marchment M. Marchment	10	1	4	5	+8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	1	3	33.3	11	2	5	6	16:10
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	12	1	3	4	+10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	14	22	5	11	18:47
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	10	1	2	3	-11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	54	122	44.3	6	5	3	2	14:31
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	8	2	1	3	-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	14	27	51.9	14	5	2	4	14:50
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	4	1	2	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	3	5	1	3	17:40
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	13	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	3	0.0	47	14	2	4	12:27
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	3	7	1	3	12:46
Egor Zamula E. Zamula	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	2	8	1	4	15:53

Islanders NYI

Blue Jackets CBJ

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	57	17	34	51	+12	43	2	12	0	0	3	1	124	13.7	201	505	39.8	20	36	29	69	20:42
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	44	24	16	40	+8	36	6	7	1	0	5	1	139	17.3	444	788	56.3	36	24	10	50	20:27
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	58	16	23	39	+9	28	6	8	0	0	4	2	137	11.7	0	0	0	26	76	27	67	24:05
Anders Lee A. Lee	58	11	20	31	+6	29	3	2	0	0	3	0	140	7.9	56	103	54.4	55	27	10	31	15:25
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	56	13	16	29	+8	14	0	3	1	2	2	1	64	20.3	3	13	23.1	10	37	17	37	16:33
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	54	12	14	26	0	12	4	2	0	0	2	0	67	17.9	4	9	44.4	4	35	6	24	13:25
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	50	12	12	24	-1	2	0	0	3	2	3	1	51	23.5	443	733	60.4	73	43	12	32	15:29
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	58	4	20	24	0	35	1	3	0	0	1	0	112	3.6	0	0	0	24	50	13	80	18:46
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	56	3	20	23	+12	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	68	4.4	0	0	0	39	104	23	67	21:03
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	58	15	8	23	-8	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	127	11.8	4	13	30.8	184	40	6	32	16:51
Jonathan Drouin J. Drouin	51	3	17	20	-2	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	68	4.4	97	196	49.5	12	20	11	31	17:17
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	25	6	12	18	-2	8	1	4	1	0	1	0	71	8.5	2	4	50.0	19	9	8	18	18:53
Max Shabanov M. Shabanov	40	4	12	16	-3	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	51	7.8	0	2	0.0	24	13	10	33	13:57
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	41	7	8	15	-5	16	1	3	0	0	2	0	51	13.7	97	264	36.7	11	23	4	30	12:14
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	57	7	8	15	+1	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	49	14.3	248	460	53.9	109	41	8	39	11:39
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	58	3	7	10	+9	30	0	0	0	1	2	0	82	3.7	0	0	0	39	100	28	51	20:53
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	56	1	7	8	-3	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	2.0	0	0	0	55	66	11	46	17:27
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	42	2	4	6	-3	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	42	68	61.8	84	15	4	16	10:44
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	29	1	3	4	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	0	2	0.0	126	18	5	10	10:20
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	6	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	7	5	1	3	15:42
Adam Boqvist A. Boqvist	20	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	9	18	3	8	12:30
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	15	0	1	1	-7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	31	31	4	18	19:27
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	6	1	0	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	9	3	1	8	14:45

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	39	12	15	27	+11	14	3	3	1	1	1	0	61	19.7	6	14	42.9	58	30	20	20	16:07
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	24	8	17	25	+9	27	1	5	0	0	1	0	63	12.7	51	142	35.9	8	9	13	24	17:23
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	23	7	17	24	+16	12	2	0	0	0	1	1	42	16.7	1	2	50.0	13	13	11	11	14:51
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	25	13	11	24	+5	2	3	4	1	1	1	0	73	17.8	255	471	54.1	25	20	10	6	18:35
Anders Lee A. Lee	42	11	13	24	+13	24	3	2	0	0	3	0	125	8.8	13	33	39.4	65	24	11	23	15:42
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	38	11	12	23	-1	26	3	4	0	0	3	0	89	12.4	4	12	33.3	33	16	5	18	16:15
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	30	4	11	15	+5	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	41	9.8	257	458	56.1	60	19	17	9	16:46
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	43	4	7	11	-4	36	0	0	0	0	2	0	49	8.2	267	491	54.4	73	27	20	13	13:55
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	26	2	9	11	+13	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	46	4.3	0	0	0	30	66	5	20	21:21
Jonathan Drouin J. Drouin	18	3	6	9	-4	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	27	11.1	32	73	43.8	6	3	10	10	16:51
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	23	2	7	9	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	0	0	0	30	37	11	24	19:00
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	28	0	8	8	+4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0.0	0	0	0	30	50	18	16	21:08
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	17	1	6	7	-3	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	44	2.3	0	0	0	11	17	8	18	21:42
Pierre Engvall P. Engvall	12	4	2	6	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	21.1	4	14	28.6	6	3	6	6	13:25
Adam Boqvist A. Boqvist	8	1	2	3	-3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	5	5	0	1	15:23
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	11	2	1	3	-3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	3	8	7	4	14:29
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	13	0	2	2	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	23	35	6	7	21:26
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	5	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	13:35
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	2	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	21:12
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	7	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	8	10	0	3	18:24
Max Shabanov M. Shabanov	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:27
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	7	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	17	29	58.6	10	3	2	0	9:44
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	19	3	1	1	10:03
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	4	11	36.4	1	1	1	3	14:33

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	37	35	18	12	6	1,067	971	.910	96	2.62	2	2198
	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	21	21	11	8	1	617	548	.888	69	3.49	1	1188