The New York Islanders have traded center Brock Nelson to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Calum Ritchie, Oliver Kylington, a conditional 2028 third round pick, and a conditional first round selection. The Islanders also received 23-year-old William Dufour. Nelson has spent his entire NHL career playing with the New York Islanders. He was drafted by them with the 30th pick in the 2010 NHL Draft. Over the past three seasons, Nelson has found the back of the net at least 34 times and tallied at least 59 points. This season, through 61 games, Nelson has found the back of the net just 20 times and added 23 helpers. He has logged 162 shots on goal with 26 hits and 36 blocked shots. Fantasy managers should expect Nelson to have a role on Colorado's second offensive line alongside Jonathan Drouin and Valeri Nichushkin. In New York, Bo Horvat will operate as the top center while Jean-Gabriel Pageau will move to the second line.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson scored twice in their victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday evening. Nelson tallied both of his goals in the second frame. First, he found the back of the net on a wrist shot in the slot off a pass from Maxim Tsyplakov and Adam Pelech. Later in the period, Nelson got on the scoresheet shorthanded on a breakaway after stealing the puck from Cale Makar. Nelson finished the game with five total shots, two blocks, and a +3 rating. Fantasy managers should expect Nelson to continue to serve as the No.2 center, playing alongside Tsyplakov and Kyle Palmieri, and have ample special team opportunities.
New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson registered his third multi-point outing in four games with a three-assist effort in Thursday's 7-2 trashing of San Jose. He helped Alexander Romanov, Mathew Barzal, and Sebastian Aho to the scoreboard. Nelson's recent scoring surge includes three goals and five assists. He's poised to register his second consecutive campaign with at least 30 goals and 30 assists. The 32-year-old has put up 54 points (28 goals, 26 assists) through 64 appearances. Nelson has boosted his tally with 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) since the start of last month.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson tallied a pair of goals in helping lead his club to a 5-3 road win over the Detroit Red Wings. The veteran opened the scoring 12:11 into the first period before briefly giving his team a 3-2 lead with a power-play marker 5:04 into the second frame. The 32-year-old now sits with 27 goals and 48 points across 59 games on the season while he now has five goals and seven points over his last six games. Nelson enjoyed a career-best season in the 2022-23 campaign when he recorded 36 goals and a career-high 75 points while skating in all 82 games. With the win, the Islanders improved to 25-20-14 on the season, good for a share of fourth place in the Metropolitan Division alongside the New Jersey Devils.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson struck two goals to help the team defeat Philadelphia 3-2 on Wednesday. Nelson took over the scoring after Anders Lee had given the Islanders an early lead. The American forward has sparked into life lately, recording four of his 10 goals this season in his last four appearances. The improved form in front of goal has also helped Nelson to string together a four-game point streak. He's gotten his season back on track after a poor start and will head into the next game with 14 points earned through 18 outings.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson failed to score in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Oilers despite matching his career-high with 10 shots on goal. He saw four further attempts miss the net as the Islanders failed to end their losing skid. Nelson has struggled badly during the team's losing streak, posting only one point in five games. However, he has remained the team's top goal-scorer with six markers. Playing as the second-line center, Nelson has also tallied two assists in 14 appearances. His form has dipped badly, as Nelson has been highly productive in recent years, and he was even close to being a point-per-game player a season ago.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson registered a goal and an assist as the team managed to battle off elimination in Game 5 against Carolina on Tuesday. Nelson & Co. won a tight road contest 3-2, with the 31-year-old setting up Pierre Engvall for the opening goal in the middle of the first frame and scoring his second goal of the series early in the second. Nelson has been leading the Islanders offense all season long, and he is averaging a point per game through the playoffs so far. Kyle Palmieri, who posted one assist Tuesday, is also on five points through five games.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson tallied two goals as the team secured a Stanley Cup Playoffs berth with a 4-2 victory over Montreal Wednesday. He opened the scoring 10:26 into the first period and registered the eventual game-winning marker 10:20 into the second. Nelson became the 12th Islander ever with 30 multi-goal career games. He had eight such outings in 2022-23, completing the campaign with 36 goals and a career-high 75 points in 82 games.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson scored two goals in Friday's 5-4 overtime loss against the Blue Jackets. Nelson's first goal of the contest came in the second period and gave the Islanders a one-goal advantage, and his second goal tied the game at four apiece on a power play in the final frame. The 31-year-old has surpassed the 30-goal mark for the second straight year and leads the Islanders with 32 goals on the season, making the veteran forward a quality option across all fantasy formats.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson suffered an undisclosed injury in Tuesday's big 7-2 victory over Toronto. He was injured in the first period on a check by Noel Acciari. The team should provide an update on Nelson prior to Friday's clash with Columbus. The Islanders will be desperate to get some good news, with Nelson having been the team's main offensive catalyst this season. He tops the goals list with 30 markers and has produced a team-high 65 points in 72 games. The team has already lost one key offensive piece in Mathew Barzal (lower body) and times would become very worrying if Nelson gets sidelined as well.
Brock Nelson Pots Two Goals In Wednesday's Victory
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson notched two goals as the team ran away with a 6-3 victory against Anaheim on Wednesday night. The Islanders initially had trouble shaking off the Ducks, but they eventually grabbed a comfortable victory, with Nelson scoring the team's third and fifth marker. It was a milestone outing for Nelson, as he reached his second consecutive 30-goal campaign. He had 37 goals a season ago, so there's still plenty of work left to be done if Nelson wants to get past last year's tally. Having added 35 assists in 70 games, Nelson has already set a new scoring record with 65 points.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson had two goals as the team picked up an important victory over the Penguins Monday. The two are in the midst of a fierce battle for a playoff spot and the Islanders managed to move two points ahead of Pittsburgh with Monday's 4-2 win. Nelson scored the team's first goal and also the last when he iced the game with an empty-netter. Zach Parise assisted him on both occasions. Nelson's career-high 12-game point streak came to an end against Boston over the weekend, but he very quickly got back on the score sheet Monday. The 31-year-old has been very impressive this season with 26 goals and 31 assists in 60 games, and Nelson could even up his production with some extra usage, now that Mathew Barzal (upper body) has been ruled out indefinitely.
Brock Nelson Extends Career-Best Point Streak With A Goal
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson is playing the best hockey of his career and hit 11 games with his career-best point streak on Tuesday. He scored in a third consecutive game in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Senators and has registered seven goals and six assists in total during the streak. Over the past 20 years, only John Tavares has managed a longer point streak in the Islanders' colors. The scoring spurt has helped Nelson to break the 50-point barrier for only the fourth time in his career, and the 31-year-old is on track for a huge improvement from his last year's career-high 59 points. He has logged 22 goals and 52 points across 57 appearances.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson pushed his squad to a 6-4 victory over New Jersey on Friday, scoring two goals. He put the team on the board 15:37 into the game and ended up picking up the game-winning goal as well with a strike on the power play 16:47 into the second frame. Nelson had eight shots on goal in total, and he registered one hit in 20:52 of ice time. The 31-year-old has been on fire lately, and Nelson will enter the next matchup riding a career-high seven-game point streak. He hasn't gone consecutive games without a point all season long and sits on 14 goals and 14 assists for the campaign.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson was a man on a mission against the Blue Jackets on Saturday, leading all skaters with 10 shots on goal and lightning the lamp twice in a 4-3 overtime victory. He bagged a pair of game-tying goals in the second period before Scott Mayfield and Zach Parise took over the scoring. The Islanders have started the season in spectacular form, and Nelson has been the team's most prolific player, scoring eight goals and picking up 17 points in 16 games. He has been averaging close to a goal per game for the last couple of weeks.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson (illness) will return to the lineup on Thursday against Washington after missing this week's first meeting between the teams on Tuesday. Nelson has made a quick recovery from a non-COVID illness and will try to add to his 36 goals and 58 points that he has notched in 70 games this season. The 30-year-old had a very slow start to the campaign, but he's managed to turn things around during the latter half of the season and Nelson was particularly impressive last month with 13 goals and 21 points in 17 games.
New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson finished with a goal and an assist in Friday's 3-0 victory against the Canadiens. The 30-year-old assisted the second goal of the game which was scored by defenseman Noah Dobson, and Nelson later added an empty-net goal late in the third period. Nelson is a solid option across standard formats as has been the most productive forward on the Islanders this season, with a team-high 34 goals, along with 22 assists and 56 points through 65 games.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson maintained his great goal-scoring form on Tuesday, hitting his 32nd goal of the season in a 4-3 win over Columbus. He also produced an assist to get up to 48 points for the campaign. Nelson has scored in four consecutive games and boasts 17 goals in 23 games since Feb. 17, which puts him tied with Toronto's Auston Matthews for the most in the NHL in that span. 13 of his markers have come in March, marking the most in a single month by an Islander since Zigmund Palffy also scored 13 times in March 1996. Nelson's fantasy stock has skyrocketed, and he'll look to close out the month in style in a rematch against the Blue Jackets on Thursday.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson exploded for a hat trick in the third period against Dallas on Saturday, taking his team to a 4-2 win. He started things off by making it 2-1 with a power-play goal 4:17 into the period and quickly added another one to give the team some breathing space before wrapping things up with an empty-netter. The Islanders have been awful for most of the season, but they are currently on a great run and multiple players have benefited from it, including Nelson. The 30-year-old has scored in six of the past eight games, moving to 27 goals for the season. He's added 12 assists in 50 outings, and Nelson is nicely set up for further success in the upcoming games, with the Islanders getting ready to face Philadelphia, Ottawa and Detroit.
New York Islanders center Brock Nelson (lower body) will be back from a seven-game absence on Saturday against New Jersey. Nelson has missed three weeks of action, but he still leads the team with nine goals and is tied for second in scoring with 11 points in 15 games. It's been a decent season for Nelson, although it must be noted that his numbers include a four-goal night. The team also gets Casey Cizikas (COVID-19 protocols) back on Saturday. Anthony Beauvillier is one of the skaters dropping out of the lineup. The 24-year-old got benched in Thursday's loss to Nashville and head coach Barry Trotz clearly isn't satisfied with his work.
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