Ottawa Senators at New York Islanders: game preview
OttawaSenators2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9that
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19thEight points apart last season
Ottawa finished last season 9th in the league on 99 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 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, Ottawa were 28th in the league and NY Islanders 27th. By 11 Apr 2026 it was 9th and 15th.
Ottawa out-attempted NY Islanders 282 to 248
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Ottawa Senators
New York Islanders
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 Ottawa, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Ottawa, 10 for NY Islanders.
2025-26: 82 games for Ottawa, 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
Ottawa
Small sampleNY Islanders
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 30 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 1 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Linus Ullmark
See all: Linus Ullmark →OTT · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Samuel Ersson .886 (2 GP)
Full game logIlya Sorokin
See all: Ilya Sorokin →NYI · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Semyon Varlamov .864 (1 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
Ottawa3.332.673.393.00
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.
8 on the injury lists
Ottawa · injuries
NY Islanders · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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).
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.
Ottawa · 2026 draft
See all: Ottawa · 2026 draft →NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →
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