Boston Bruins at New York Islanders: game preview
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8that
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19thNine points apart last season
Boston finished last season 8th in the league on 100 points. NY Islanders finished 19th on 91.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 217
Across 216 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 122-75-19.
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 28 Oct 2025, Boston were 27th in the league and NY Islanders 28th. By 26 Nov 2025 it was 14th and 13th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Boston 208 to 146
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Boston Bruins
New York Islanders
Boston 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 Boston, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Boston, 10 for NY Islanders.
2025-26: 82 games for Boston, 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
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Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
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 20 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 20 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Boston crease
BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Dec
No appearances against NY Islanders in the last meetings.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Dec
No appearances against Boston in the last meetings.
Scoring 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
Boston2.252.753.323.05
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.
3 on the injury lists
Boston · injuries
NY Islanders · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
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.
Boston · 2026 draft
See all: Boston · 2026 draft →NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →
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