Stefen Rosner on Morning Cuppa Hockey Talking Islanders Shutouts have become the name of the game for the New York Islanders [https://thn.com/isles] in 2024-25. Unfortunately, they've been on the wrong end. After failing to find the back of the net on Wednesday night, a 2-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Islanders hit a historic low. For the first time in their franchise's history, they've been shut out in four of their first 10 games (40%). With four shutouts coming in October, that's the most in a month since matching that in November of 2011. Both stats above are courtesy of Eric Hornick [http://www.nyiskinny.com/]'s, "The Skinny" which comes out after every game. You can find the latest one HERE [http://www.nyiskinny.com/]. Last season, the Islanders were shut out seven times in 82 games (8.53%). Four of the seven shutout losses came during Patrick Roy's 37 games behind the bench (10.81%) after he took over for Lane Lambert on Jan. 20. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjEwMjk1MDgxNTE5ODE3OTMy/usatsi_22477034-2.jpg] With the four shutouts this season, the Islanders have now been shut out in 17.02% of games that Roy has coached during the regular season. In these games, the Islanders have averaged 31 shots on goal per game, allowing 23.5. The power play is 0-for-7, while the penalty kill has been a perfect 4-for-4, only taking penalties in three of the games. Each Islanders' goaltender has been shut out twice. Semyon Varlamov has turned aside 48 of 51 shots, a .941 SV%, in two games, a 3-0 shutout defeat to the Dallas Stars, and then the 2-0 loss to Columbus. Ilya Sorokin has stopped 39 of 41, a .951 SV%, losing 1-0 to the St. Louis Blues and 1-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. You can't win games if you can't score goals, no matter how good your goalie plays.
