New York Islanders
2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 24th in the NHL · 6th in the Metropolitan · L10 1-2-0 · L1
2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19th in the NHL · 6th in the Metropolitan
vs Chicago · 7:30 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Ilya Sorokin 82%Game preview →NY Islanders are 1-2-0 after 3 games of 2026-27, 6th in the Metropolitan. Last season they finished 19th in the league with 91 points.
6th in the Metropolitan after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 24th in the league · 1-2-0 · 2 pts
StandingsBehind their goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 9 goals for and 7 against in 3 games. Last season: 91 points against 88.7. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Chicago Blackhawks72 pts · 31st10 Octvs
Tampa Bay Lightning106 pts · 5th13 Octvs
Vancouver Canucks58 pts · 32nd15 Oct@
Ottawa Senators99 pts · 9th17 Oct@
Toronto Maple Leafs78 pts · 28th20 Octvs
Anaheim Ducks92 pts · 18thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 48.6% of the time. 3 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
NY Rangers2–519–24L3 Octvs
New Jersey6–032–37W30 Sep@Toronto1–227–26LScores Brayden Schenn leads with 4 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$2.75M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed at NY Rangers on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 3 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 20th power play and a 14th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 16.5%, penalty kill 80.8%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
NY Islanders attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every NY Islanders attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
165 att · 78 on goal · 9 G
By shot type
New York Islanders rank 9th for 22+ mph bursts and 22nd for shot-attempt differential
How fast New York Islanders skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.97Matthew Schaefer@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 08:01
- 21.98Emil Heineman@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 14:07
- 21.53Anthony Duclair@TOR30 Sep · 1st 13:59
- 21.53Bo HorvatvsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 14:13
- 21.29Simon HolmstromvsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 02:00
- 21.26Matias Maccelli@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 01:57
- 21.15Kyle Palmieri@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 03:55
- 21.10Casey CizikasvsNJD3 Oct · 1st 19:58
Each New York Islanders skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 90.36Kyle Palmieri@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 16:08
- 88.30Adam Pelech@TOR30 Sep · 1st 01:43
- 87.80Matthew Schaefer@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 07:34
- 86.10Alexander Romanov@TOR30 Sep · 1st 01:05
- 85.90Logan StanleyvsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 07:47
- 84.17Bo Horvat@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 11:32
- 83.12Ryan Pulock@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 11:44
- 79.47Jean-Gabriel PageauvsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 15:59
Each New York Islanders skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Ilya Sorokin has started 2 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Two on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Agreed to terms with LD Logan Stanley on a 1-Year contract worth $1.5M. Placed G Vitek Vanecek on waivers with the intention of sending to Hamilton (AHL)
Waived Fs Tanner Fritz, Matt Luff and Nathan Chaffee. Waived Fs Dylan Foudy and Hudson Kuefler for the purpose of sending to Hamilton (AHL).
Signed F Alex Jefferies to a one-year contract.
Signed D Malte Gustafsson to a three-year contract.
Acquired D Ryan Healey from Minnesota in exchange for future considerations.
Signed D Ethan Bear to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 28% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the New York Islanders, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 93-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 54%; the market sits 26 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
2 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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NY Rangers is the most-played rivalry: 347 meetings
NY Islanders against every Metropolitan rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
New York Rangers347174-152-21.5011972-73
Philadelphia Flyers338153-158-27.4531972-73
Pittsburgh Penguins322162-132-28.5031972-73
Washington Capitals295145-122-28.4921974-75New Jersey Devils252140-90-22.5561982-83
Carolina Hurricanes12546-67-12.3681997-98
Columbus Blue Jackets6233-20-9.5322000-0112 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 53 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct