Islanders' March Madness
James Guillory-Imagn ImagesThe New York Islanders did not do a good enough job in March to find themselves in a playoff spot.
They'll begin April three points back of the second wild-card spot with nine games to go.
Defenseman Noah Dobson led the team with 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in their 15 March games. He also had the worst plus/- of any player, at -9.
Defenseman Tony DeAngelo averaged the highest TOI/GP at 22:58.
Bo Horvat led all forwards with 10 points (five goals, five assists) and the lowest plus/-, tied with Kyle Palmieri at -8.
Palmieri scored a team-leading three of the eight power-play goals the club scored.
The Islanders' goaltending struggled collectively, with a combined .894 SV%.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 313 of 347 shots for a .902 SV% while Marcus Hogberg stopped 84 of 97 for an .866 SV%.
Looking at some more stats, forward Marc Gatcomb ran away in the hits department, 51. Forward Casey Cizikas was second on the team with 38.
Defenseman Alexander Romanov led the team with 37 blocks.
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