Winnipeg Jets at New York Islanders: game preview
WinnipegJets2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 35-35-12 · 82 pts · 26that
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19thNine points apart last season
Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 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 32
Across 31 completed games, NY Islanders lead the head-to-head 20-10-1.
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 13 Oct 2025, Winnipeg were 8th in the league and NY Islanders 31st. By 13 Jan 2026 it was 31st and 8th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Winnipeg 134 to 94
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Winnipeg Jets
New York Islanders
Winnipeg 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: 3 games for Winnipeg, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Winnipeg, 10 for NY Islanders.
2025-26: 82 games for Winnipeg, 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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Small sampleNY Islanders
Small sampleSkaters to watch
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 25 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 25 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Winnipeg crease
WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Nov
No appearances against NY Islanders in the last meetings.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Nov
No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 5.8 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
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
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.
6 on the injury lists
Winnipeg · injuries
NY Islanders · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.
Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.
Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.
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.
Winnipeg · 2026 draft
See all: Winnipeg · 2026 draft →NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →Friday 27 November · the full slate
See all: Friday 27 November · the full slate →
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