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Islanders visit Canucks after Lee’s 2-goal game
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Islanders visit Canucks after Lee’s 2-goal game

New York Islanders (6-6-4, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (8-3-3, in the Pacific Division)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders visit the Vancouver Canucks after Anders Lee scored two goals in the Islanders’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

Vancouver is 2-2-3 at home and 8-3-3 overall. The Canucks are 8-1-2 in games where they score three or more goals.

New York is 6-6-4 overall and 4-3-2 on the road. The Islanders are 2-1-4 in games decided by one goal.

The teams meet on Thursday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Quinn Hughes scored three goals with 13 assists for the Canucks. Jonathan Lekkerimaki has done it in the last 10 games.

Kyle Palmieri has seven goals and seven assists for the Islanders. Maxim Tsyplakov has done it in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 7-2-1, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.7 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.3 penalty minutes while allowing 2.9 goals per game.

Islanders: 4-4-2, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.8 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.4 penalty minutes while allowing 3.1 goals per game.

INJURIES: Canucks: None listed.

Islanders: none listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data logging and the data of Sports radar.