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Morning report · executive brief

New York Islanders

By the ModelMon, Sep 21Latest file · Tue, Apr 142025-26last seasonAs of Sun, Sep 20
Executive summary

Last time out (Tue, Apr 14): CAR 2 - 1 NYI — a loss to the Hurricanes.

Islanders: a outshot/run-and-gun team (0.0% 5v5 xG) with league-average goaltending, flagged for regression (1 signals).

Season complete · final ledger
82
Games filed
43
Wins (all)
39
Losses (all)
233
Goals for
241
Goals against

No scheduled fixture on file — counts from published recaps; OT/SO losses count as losses

Regression watch
  • Team finishing is -22 goals below xG — finishing should rebound.
Schedule load · logistics

How hard is this team’s season, logistically? This grades the schedule itself — travel, rest, and clustering — separate from how good the team is.

Logistics, not talent

Schedule load

DEPTH
Load index
29/ 100 · pctile vs league

The 23rd-heaviest schedule in the league84 games, 1.3 days average rest.

Total travel
36,524
road miles flown
13
Back-to-backs
2 games, 0 days off
12
3-in-4s
3 games / 4 nights
10
4-in-6s
4 games / 6 nights
6
Longest road trip
2,871 mi
Rest-days distribution
0d13
1d43
2d21
3+d6

Nights of rest before each game · 0 days = red, 3+ = green

Rest advantage

21 games with more rest than the opponent · 22 with fewer · 40 even.

Hardest stretches
  • 6 games in 11 days with 5,479 travel miles

    Dec 10Dec 20

  • 6 games in 13 days with 6,640 travel miles

    Nov 7Nov 19

  • 6 games in 10 days with 2,599 travel miles

    Feb 20Mar 1

Source · NHL schedule · arena coordinates · rest & travel model
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