Chicago Blackhawks at New York Islanders: game preview
ChicagoBlackhawks2026-27: 1-3-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 29-39-14 · 72 pts · 31stat
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19thNineteen points apart last season
Chicago finished last season 31st in the league on 72 points. NY Islanders finished 19th on 91, and the 2025-26 season series went CHI 1-0-1.
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Meeting number 133
Across 132 completed games, Chicago lead the head-to-head 71-54-7.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 30 Dec 2025, Chicago were 30th in the league and NY Islanders 7th. By 24 Mar 2026 it was 30th and 12th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Chicago 314 to 245
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Chicago Blackhawks
New York Islanders
Chicago and NY Islanders are level on 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: 4 games for Chicago, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Chicago, 10 for NY Islanders.
2025-26: 82 games for Chicago, 82 for NY Islanders.
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
Chicago
Small sampleNY Islanders
Small sampleSimon Holmstrom has 7 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.
Simon Holmstrom vs Chicago · game by game
See all: Simon Holmstrom vs Chicago · game by game →Arvid Soderblom has been the difference
Arvid Soderblom faced 99 shots across 3 appearances against NY Islanders and conceded 11, a .889 save percentage against a season figure of .813. Starters are confirmed on game day.
- Started 3 of 4 this season
- 55 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 3 GP · .891 SV% · GSAx +1
Also possible: Soderblom 28%
- Started 2 of 3 this season
- 53 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 2 GP · .968 SV% · GSAx +4
Also possible: Varlamov 18%
Arvid Soderblom
See all: Arvid Soderblom →CHI · 0-1-0 in 2026-27 Chance to start · 28%
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Spencer Knight .891 (3 GP)
Full game logIlya Sorokin
See all: Ilya Sorokin →NYI · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Expected starter · 82%
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Semyon Varlamov .864 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 5.9 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
Chicago2.254.252.603.35
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94Goals 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.
5 on the injury lists
Chicago · injuries
NY Islanders · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Assigned D Charles Alexis Legault to Chicago (AHL).
Agreed to terms with F Oliver Moore on a five-year contract extension. Loaned Fs Jiri felcman, Martin Misiak and Marek Vanacker and D Dylan Anhorn to Rockford (AHL). Assigned F Brett Seney to Rockford.
Placed D Derrick Pouliot on waivers.
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.
Chicago · 2026 draft
See all: Chicago · 2026 draft →NY Islanders · 2026 draft
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