(Sports Network) - San Jose's current losing streak has carried over to the road, where the club has been dominating this year. The Sharks will aim to halt their skid at a place where they haven't lost in over 12 years when they visit the New York Islanders this afternoon at Nassau Coliseum.

San Jose has lost three in a row, including a setback to the New York Rangers on Sunday in the opener of a season-long eight-game road trip. The Sharks will be visiting the Nassau Coliseum for the first time since a 2-2 tie against the Islanders on October 20, 2001.

The Sharks are 4-1 with a tie in their last six overall games versus the Islanders and unbeaten (4 wins, 2 ties) in their last six as the visiting team against New York, which hasn't defeated San Jose at home since January 17, 1996.

The Sharks fell to 17-6-3 on the road this season after Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rangers. Jonathan Cheechoo had the lone tally for the Sharks to give him nine goals over his last 12 games.

Evgeni Nabokov stopped 30-of-32 shots in the loss. San Jose's Joe Thornton posted his 500th career assist and is tied for the NHL lead with 51 helpers. Thornton has 215 assists in 198 career games with the Sharks.

San Jose captain Patrick Marleau has missed each of the Sharks' last three losses due to a groin injury.

The Sharks have dipped to nine points behind first-place Dallas in the Pacific Division and is fifth in the Western Conference, three points back of Anaheim and one ahead of Nashville.

The Islanders are coming off a dominant defensive effort over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday. Rick DiPietro came just 77 seconds shy of a shutout and the netminder needed to make only nine saves in a 4-1 victory.

New York let rip a season-high 49 shots while holding Atlanta to an Islanders' franchise-low 10 shots on goal. The 39-shot differential was also a new club record for New York.

Ruslan Fedotenko scored his fourth goal in three games, Sean Bergenheim had a goal and an assist and Miroslav Satan and Marc-Andre Bergeron also lit the lamp for the Isles.

New York, 12th in the Eastern Conference and three points out of a playoff spot, plays the second of back-to-back home games today and is 15-12-3 as the host this season.