Early in his sophomore season, New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer has found new ways to take his game to heights that put him in among the NHL's elite.

Matthew Schaefer became the first player in at least 15 years to stay on the ice for an entire three-on-three overtime in a wild Islanders game.

Matthew Schaefer became the first player in NHL history to play all five minutes in overtime, but a Predators veteran nearly matched his feat.

Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer made NHL history Tuesday night. He played the entire five-minute overtime without leaving the ice, the first player to do it since the league began officially tracking real-time ice time in 2009-10. He ended that marathon shift by chasing down Nashville's Filip Forsberg in the closing seconds and knocking the puck away before he could shoot, and New York won 4-3 in a shootout. Schaefer led all skaters with 32:16 of ice time and added an assist for his 11th point of the season. Semyon Varlamov stopped 20 shots for his first win in 712 days after partial replacements of both knees.

The New York Islanders knocked off the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night inside Bridgestone Arena. They did so via the shootout, and it became their first win in Nashville since 2017.

The New York Islanders are counting on Matthew Schaefer to play a massive role on the ice and he is responding.

Matthew Schaefer added another entry to his growing list of NHL firsts, playing the entire five-minute overtime in the New York Islanders’ 4-3 shootout win over the Predators.According to Elliotte Friedman, Schaefer became the first player to skate all five minutes of an overtime period. Stats Perform later confirmed it is the first time a […] The post Matthew Schaefer Sets “Unbelievable” Overtime Record vs Predators appeared first on HEAVY.

New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer made NHL history in Tuesday night’s 4-3 shootout win over the Nashville Predators. The 19-year-old played every second of the five-minute overtime period, becoming the first player to accomplish the feat since official real-time ice-time tracking began in the 2009-10 season. Schaefer drew a tripping […] The post Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer pulls off historic OT feat in win vs. Predators appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Once you got past the Semyon Varlamov of it all, there was the matter of the hockey the Islanders played in beating the Predators 4-3 in a shootout.