2024–25 New York Islanders season

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The 2024–25 New York Islanders season was the 53rd season in the franchise's history.[2] It was their fourth season in UBS Arena.[3] It was their first full season under head coach Patrick Roy, who was the interim head coach for the 2023–24 season after the firing of Lane Lambert on January 20, 2024.[4][5]

Division6th Metropolitan
Conference12th Eastern
2024–25 record35–35–12
Home record19–17–5
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2024–25 New York Islanders
Division6th Metropolitan
Conference12th Eastern
2024–25 record35–35–12
Home record19–17–5
Road record16–18–7
Goals for224
Goals against260
Team information
General managerLou Lamoriello
CoachPatrick Roy
CaptainAnders Lee
Alternate captainsBo Horvat
Brock Nelson (Oct. 10 – Mar. 6)
Ryan Pulock (Mar. 6 – Apr. 17)
ArenaUBS Arena
Average attendance15,979[1]
Minor league affiliatesBridgeport Islanders (AHL)
Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAnders Lee (29)
AssistsNoah Dobson
Bo Horvat (29)
PointsBo Horvat (56)
Penalty minutesCasey Cizikas (47)
Plus/minusScott Mayfield (+17)
WinsIlya Sorokin (29)
Goals against averageIlya Sorokin (2.77)
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On April 12, 2025, the Islanders were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since the 2021–22 season following their shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Washington Capitals 82 51 22 9 43 288 232 +56 111
2 x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 47 30 5 42 266 233 +33 99
3 x – New Jersey Devils 82 42 33 7 36 242 222 +20 91
4 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 40 33 9 30 273 268 +5 89
5 New York Rangers 82 39 36 7 35 256 255 +1 85
6 New York Islanders 82 35 35 12 28 224 260 −36 82
7 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 34 36 12 24 243 293 −50 80
8 Philadelphia Flyers 82 33 39 10 21 238 286 −48 76
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Source: National Hockey League[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT x – Ottawa Senators 82 45 30 7 35 243 234 +9 97
2 AT x – Montreal Canadiens 82 40 31 11 30 245 265 −20 91
3 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 82 40 33 9 30 273 268 +5 89
4 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 39 35 8 30 238 259 −21 86
5 ME New York Rangers 82 39 36 7 35 256 255 +1 85
6 ME New York Islanders 82 35 35 12 28 224 260 −36 82
7 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 82 34 36 12 24 243 293 −50 80
8 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 36 39 7 29 269 289 −20 79
9 AT Boston Bruins 82 33 39 10 26 222 272 −50 76
10 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 33 39 10 21 238 286 −48 76
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Source: National Hockey League[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The New York Islanders preseason schedule was released on June 17, 2024.[9]

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2024 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 22NY Islanders4–2New JerseyHogbergPrudential Center10,8151–0–0
2September 24NY Islanders4–6NY RangersTikkanenMadison Square Garden16,5681–1–0
3September 26NY Islanders0–2PhiladelphiaHogbergWells Fargo Center11,7161–2–0
4September 27New Jersey1–5NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena11,4202–2–0
5September 30Philadelphia3–4NY IslandersSkarekUBS Arena10,5643–2–0
6October 4NY Rangers2–5NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena16,1064–2–0
Legend:

  = Win   = Loss   = OT/SO Loss

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Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.[10]

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2024–25 game log
October: 3–5–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 2–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 10Utah5–4NY IslandersOTVarlamovUBS Arena17,2540–0–11[11]
2October 12NY Islanders0–3DallasVarlamovAmerican Airlines Center18,5320–1–11[12]
3October 14NY Islanders6–2ColoradoSorokinBall Arena18,0171–1–13[13]
4October 17NY Islanders0–1St. LouisOTSorokinEnterprise Center17,1091–1–24[14]
5October 19Montreal3–4NY IslandersSOVarlamovUBS Arena15,4112–1–26[15]
6October 22Detroit1–0NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena12,7392–2–26[16]
7October 25NY Islanders4–3New JerseyOTSorokinPrudential Center14,8703–2–28[17]
8October 26Florida6–3NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena15,8073–3–28[18]
9October 29Anaheim3–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,2343–4–28[19]
10October 30NY Islanders0–2ColumbusVarlamovNationwide Arena14,0153–5–28[20]
November: 6–5–4 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–3–3)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
11November 1NY Islanders4–3BuffaloSorokinKeyBank Center17,0744–5–210[21]
12November 3NY Islanders2–5NY RangersSorokinMadison Square Garden18,0064–6–210[22]
13November 5Pittsburgh3–4NY IslandersSOSorokinUBS Arena14,0255–6–212[23]
14November 7NY Islanders4–2OttawaVarlamovCanadian Tire Centre15,6776–6–214[24]
15November 9New Jersey4–3NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena17,2556–6–315[25]
16November 12NY Islanders3–4EdmontonOTSorokinRogers Place18,3476–6–416[26]
17November 14NY Islanders5–2VancouverVarlamovRogers Arena18,7287–6–418[27]
18November 16NY Islanders2–3SeattleSorokinClimate Pledge Arena17,1517–7–418[28]
19November 19NY Islanders1–2CalgarySOVarlamovScotiabank Saddledome16,5657–7–519[29]
20November 21NY Islanders1–2DetroitSorokinLittle Caesars Arena19,0137–8–519[30]
21November 23St. Louis1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,2558–8–521[31]
22November 25Detroit4–2NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena14,9008–9–521[32]
23November 27Boston6–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,1458–10–521[33]
24November 29NY Islanders4–5WashingtonOTVarlamovCapital One Arena18,5738–10–622[34]
25November 30Buffalo0–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,2999–10–624[35]
December: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
26December 3NY Islanders1–2MontrealOTSorokinBell Centre21,1059–10–725[36]
27December 5Seattle5–2NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,8779–11–725[37]
28December 7Carolina3–4NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,61910–11–727[38]
29December 8NY Islanders4–2OttawaSorokinCanadian Tire Centre15,87811–11–729[39]
30December 10Los Angeles3–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,40211–12–729[40]
31December 12Chicago4–5NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,17012–12–731[41]
32December 15NY Islanders3–5ChicagoSorokinUnited Center19,26412–13–731[42]
33December 17NY Islanders0–4CarolinaSorokinLenovo Center18,70012–14–731[43]
34December 21NY Islanders6–3TorontoSorokinScotiabank Arena18,91213–14–733[44]
35December 23Buffalo7–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25513–15–733[45]
36December 28Pittsburgh3–6NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25514–15–735[46]
37December 29NY Islanders2–3PittsburghHogbergPPG Paints Arena18,35714–16–735[47]
38December 31NY Islanders1–3TorontoSorokinScotiabank Arena18,93314–17–735[48]
January: 9–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 4–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 2Toronto2–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25514–18–735[49]
40January 5NY Islanders5–4BostonOTSorokinTD Garden17,85015–18–737[50]
41January 9NY Islanders4–0VegasSorokinT-Mobile Arena17,71316–18–739[51]
42January 11NY Islanders2–1UtahHogbergDelta Center11,13117–18–741[52]
43January 14Ottawa2–0NY IslandersHogbergUBS Arena15,10117–19–741[53]
44January 16Philadelphia5–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,76117–20–741[54]
45January 18San Jose1–4NY IslandersHogbergUBS Arena17,25518–20–743[55]
46January 20Columbus1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,55119–20–745[56]
47January 24Philadelphia1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25520–20–747[57]
48January 25Carolina2–3NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena17,25521–20–749[58]
49January 28Colorado2–5NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,73522–20–751[59]
50January 30NY Islanders3–0PhiladelphiaSorokinWells Fargo Center18,70323–20–753[60]
February: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1NY Islanders3–2Tampa BayOTSorokinAmalie Arena19,09224–20–755[61]
52February 2NY Islanders3–6FloridaSkarekAmerant Bank Arena19,72124–21–755[62]
53February 4Vegas1–2NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,03125–21–757[63]
54February 7NY Islanders3–4WinnipegSorokinCanada Life Centre14,68525–22–757[64]
55February 8NY Islanders3–6MinnesotaSorokinXcel Energy Center18,53925–23–757[65]
56February 23Dallas4–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,60225–24–757[66]
57February 25NY Rangers5–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25525–25–757[67]
58February 27NY Islanders2–1BostonSorokinTD Garden17,85026–25–759[68]
March: 6–5–3 (Home: 4–1–3; Road: 2–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
59March 1Nashville4–7NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25527–25–761[69]
60March 3NY Islanders0–4NY RangersSorokinMadison Square Garden17,47527–26–761[70]
61March 4Winnipeg2–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,72328–26–763[71]
62March 8NY Islanders4–2San JoseSorokinSAP Center17,43529–26–765[72]
63March 9NY Islanders1–4AnaheimHogbergHonda Center17,17429–27–765[73]
64March 11NY Islanders1–4Los AngelesSorokinCrypto.com Arena15,39429–28–765[74]
65March 14Edmonton2–1NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena15,87929–28–866[75]
66March 16Florida2–4NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,10930–28–868[76]
67March 18NY Islanders4–2PittsburghSorokinPPG Paints Arena17,48431–28–870[77]
68March 20Montreal3–4NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena15,21832–28–872[78]
69March 22Calgary4–3NY IslandersOTHogbergUBS Arena17,25532–28–973[79]
70March 24Columbus4–3NY IslandersSOSorokinUBS Arena14,15832–28–1074[80]
71March 26Vancouver5–2NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,25432–29–1074[81]
72March 29NY Islanders3–5Tampa BaySorokinAmalie Arena19,09232–30–1074[82]
73March 30NY Islanders4–6CarolinaHogbergLenovo Center18,70032–31–1074[83]
April: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 1–1–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
74April 1Tampa Bay4–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,82732–32–1074[84]
75April 4Minnesota1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,74233–32–1076[85]
76April 6Washington1–4NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25534–32–1078[86]
77April 8NY Islanders6–7NashvilleOTHogbergBridgestone Arena17,15934–32–1179[87]
78April 10NY Rangers9–2NY IslandersHogbergUBS Arena17,25534–33–1179[88]
79April 12NY Islanders3–4PhiladelphiaSOHogbergWells Fargo Center19,25934–33–1280[89]
80April 13NY Islanders1–0New JerseySorokinPrudential Center16,51435–33–1282[90]
81April 15Washington3–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25535–34–1282[91]
82April 17NY Islanders1–6ColumbusHogbergNationwide Arena18,87435–35–1282[92]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   OT/SO loss (1 point)

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Player statistics

As of April 17, 2025

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular season[94]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ilya Sorokin61603498:51302461582.711695.9074122
Semyon Varlamov1010602:24343292.89262.8890000
Marcus Hogberg1511728:13263413.38335.8780000
Jakub Skarek2176:0901053.9439.8720000
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  • † Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Islanders. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
  • ‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
  • Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honors

Awards

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Regular season
PlayerAwardDate
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Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

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DateDetailsRef
January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27) To St. Louis Blues
conditional 5th-round pick in 2026		 To New York Islanders
Scott Perunovich		 [95]
March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06) To Colorado Avalanche
William Dufour
Brock Nelson*		 To New York Islanders
Oliver Kylington
Calum Ritchie
conditional 1st-round pick in 2026
              or 1st-round pick in 2027
conditional 3rd-round pick in 2028		 [96]
March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07) To Anaheim Ducks
Oliver Kylington		 To New York Islanders
future considerations		 [96]
March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07) To New Jersey Devils
Dennis Cholowski		 To New York Islanders
Adam Beckman		 [97]
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Free agents

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DatePlayerTeamContract termRef
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)Anthony Duclairfrom Tampa Bay Lightning4-year[98]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)Marc Gatcombfrom Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)1-year[99]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)Fredrik Karlstromfrom Dallas Stars1-year[100]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)Sebastian Ahoto Pittsburgh Penguins2-year[101]
July 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)Liam Foudyfrom Nashville Predators1-year[102]
August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31)Robert Bortuzzoto Utah Hockey Club1-year[103]
January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24)Tony DeAngelofrom SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)1-year[104]
March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)Gleb Veremyevfrom Colorado College Tigers (NCHC)2-year†‡[105]
March 31, 2025 (2025-03-31)Joey Larsonfrom Michigan State Spartans (B1G)1-year†‡[106]
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Waivers

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DatePlayerTeamRef
December 14, 2024 (2024-12-14)Oliver Wahlstromto Boston Bruins[107]
January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)Adam Boqvistfrom Florida Panthers[108]
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Signings

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DatePlayerContract termRef
July 25, 2024 (2024-07-25)Oliver Wahlstrom1-year[111]
October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)Matt Martin1-year[112]
May 30, 2025 (2025-05-30)Adam Boqvist1-year‡[113]
May 30, 2025 (2025-05-30)Kyle Palmieri2-year‡[113]
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Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

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Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team
1 20 Cole Eiserman LW  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 54 Jesse Pulkkinen D  Finland JYP (Liiga)
2 61 Kamil Bednarik C  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4 115 Dmitry Gamzin G  Russia HC Zvezda Moscow (VHL)
5 147 Marcus Gidlof G  Sweden Leksands IF (J20 Nationell)
6 179 Xavier Veilleux D  Canada Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
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