The New York Islanders host the Calgary Flames on Saturday

The New York Islanders (22-17-12, the fourth in the metropolitan section) will receive Calgary Flames (24-22-5, fifth in the Pacific Division) this afternoon at UBS Arena. Head-to-head at 1:00 PM EST

The Islanders are giving their best effort Patrick Royto brake Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 Thursday night at UBS Arena. Six different players scored for the Isles as Matthew Barzal's goal and assist extended his point streak (3G, 3A) to four games. Bo Horvath V. scored 21 goals in the seasonrock nelson for the team leader, and Casey Chickas scored in his first game after missing ten games with a lower-body injury.

Meanwhile, Calgary comes to Long Island as three winners after beating the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Thursday night in Newark. Jacob Markstrom had 37 saves in the win and Mikael Backlund and Connor Zary each had a goal and an assist.

On November 18, the Islanders defeated the Flames 5-4 to end their seven-game winless streak. It was a back-and-forth game that featured most of the Islanders' games during the November slide. The team lost a third-period lead, but this time survived overtime, and Oliver Wahlstrom beat Markstrom for the decisive goal in the shootout.

Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves in the game. Brock Nelson, Matthew Barzal, Hudson Fasching and Kyle Palmieri scored.

The Isles came back from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Flames 4-3 in OT last season at UBS Arena in November and later lose 4-1 in Calgary on Jan. 6.

Ryan Pulock scored in the second game Thursday night. Paired again with Adam Pelech, the Isles' defense is balanced, and minutes are evenly distributed against the group. However, after being healthy for two games, Alexander Romanov is sidelined with a lower body injury and Sebastian Aho will return to the line.

Here's a look at the Flames' new-look defensive pairings Jonathan Hurberdeau, Egor Sharangovichand recently purchased Andrey Kumenko. Sharangovic has six goals and two assists in his last 10 games. Meanwhile, Blake Coleman The team leads with 20 goals, and Nazem Kadri lHe leads the team in points with 16 goals and 27 assists.