New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs: game preview
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19that
TorontoMaple Leafs2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 32-36-14 · 78 pts · 28thThirteen points apart last season
NY Islanders finished last season 19th in the league on 91 points. Toronto finished 28th on 78, and the 2025-26 season series went NYI 3-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 197
Across 196 completed games, NY Islanders lead the head-to-head 102-82-12.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 3 Jan 2026, NY Islanders were 8th in the league and Toronto 19th. By 30 Sep it was 28th and 8th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Toronto 272 to 211
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Islanders
Toronto Maple Leafs
NY Islanders have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for NY Islanders, 4 for Toronto. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Islanders, 10 for Toronto.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Islanders, 82 for Toronto.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
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Small sampleToronto
Small sampleEaston Cowan has 2 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 15 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 15 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 Oct
Toronto crease
TOR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 Oct
Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94
Toronto2.752.753.093.65Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
7 on the injury lists
NY Islanders · injuries
Toronto · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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.
Placed RW Nikita Grebenkin on injured reserve.
Moved C Max Domi from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.
Placed D Cade Webber on the injured non-roster list.
NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →Toronto · 2026 draft
See all: Toronto · 2026 draft →Saturday 17 October · the full slate
See all: Saturday 17 October · the full slate →
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