The New York Islanders take on the Columbus Bluejackets tonight from Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio!

 

Hello there New York Islander fans, this is your favorite sports reporter coming to you from my house on this chilly but sunny day bringing you a preview of the Columbus Bluejackets vs New York Islanders game tonight from Nationwide Arena. Coming into tonight’s action, the New York Islanders are coming off of a victory over the Montreal Canadians on Wednesday night. The New York Islanders had to come from behind to earn the victory. The Islanders were down 2 to nothing midway through the second. When the young superstar in Matthew Schaefer scored his 17^th and 18^th goals of the season breaking a tie with Phil Housley for the most goals scored by a rookie in his first year with the team, with JG Pageau scoring the game winner in overtime Giving the Islanders 71 points this season so far! Their record is now 33 victories 21 defeats and 5 Overtime defeats for a grand total of 71 points which put them in 3^rd place in the Metropolitan Division standings. Now let’s turn our focus to the Islanders’ next opponents in the Columbus Bluejackets. The Bluejackets are coming to tonight’s action with a record of 29 victories, 21 defeats and 7 overtime defeats for a grand total of 65 points, which put them in 5^th place in the Metropolitan standing. Some key players that I will be keeping an eye on for tonight’s game include the aforementioned Matthew Schaefer versus Zack Werenski and Bo Horvat Versus Adam Fantilli. It should be an interesting game. Let’s see if the orange and blue can keep up their momentum and ride this wave all the way to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Go New York Go New York Go! I hope you enjoy the game tonight. You can catch all the action beginning at 6:00 PM on on MSG Plus with my friends Shannon Hogan and Brendan Burke on The Call. Thanks for reading Let me know what you guys think and stay warm everyone.