New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators: game preview
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19that
OttawaSenators2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9thEight points apart last season
NY Islanders finished last season 19th in the league on 91 points. Ottawa finished 9th on 99.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 124
Across 123 completed games, Ottawa lead the head-to-head 72-39-12.
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 18 Oct 2025, NY Islanders were 27th in the league and Ottawa 28th. By 11 Apr 2026 it was 15th and 9th.
Ottawa out-attempted NY Islanders 282 to 248
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators
Ottawa 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, 3 for Ottawa. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Islanders, 10 for Ottawa.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Islanders, 82 for Ottawa.
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
NY Islanders
Small sampleOttawa
Small sampleAnders Lee has 5 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.
Anders Lee vs Ottawa · game by game
See all: Anders Lee vs Ottawa · game by game →Linus Ullmark has started most of these meetings
Linus Ullmark played 2 of the last 5 meetings with NY Islanders, with a .891 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 13 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 13 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Ilya Sorokin
See all: Ilya Sorokin →NYI · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Oct
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Semyon Varlamov .864 (1 GP)
Full game logLinus Ullmark
See all: Linus Ullmark →OTT · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Oct
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Samuel Ersson .886 (2 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.0 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
Ottawa3.332.673.393.00Goals 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.
8 on the injury lists
NY Islanders · injuries
Ottawa · 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.
Recalled G Marcus Johansson from Belleville (AHL). Assigned D Donovan Sebrango to Belleville.
Recalled D Donovan Sebrango from Belleville (AHL). Placed LW Andre Burakovsky on injured reserve.
Loaned D Hoyt Stanley to Belleville (AHL).
NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →Ottawa · 2026 draft
See all: Ottawa · 2026 draft →
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