New York Islanders at Boston Bruins: game preview
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19that
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8thNine points apart last season
NY Islanders finished last season 19th in the league on 91 points. Boston finished 8th on 100.
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, NY Islanders were 28th in the league and Boston 27th. By 26 Nov 2025 it was 13th and 14th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Boston 208 to 146
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Islanders
Boston Bruins
NY Islanders and Boston 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: 3 games for NY Islanders, 4 for Boston. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Islanders, 10 for Boston.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Islanders, 82 for Boston.
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.
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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 13 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 13 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Mar
No appearances against Boston in the last meetings.
Boston crease
BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Mar
No appearances against NY Islanders 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
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94
Boston2.252.753.323.05Goals 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
NY Islanders · injuries
Boston · 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.
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.
NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →Boston · 2026 draft
See all: Boston · 2026 draft →
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