2009–10 New York Islanders season

The 2009–10 New York Islanders season was the 38th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's history. Following the trade of Bill Guerin during the 2008–09 season, the Islanders named center Doug Weight the team's new captain. Kyle Okposo, Richard Park, Mark Streit and Brendan Witt served as the team's alternate captains. The year opened with the 2009 NHL entry draft on June 26–27, with the Islanders using their first selection in the draft to select John Tavares.

Preseason

Before the regular season began, the New York Islanders played a series of exhibition games. Only one game was held at Nassau Coliseum, in which the Islanders lost to the New Jersey Devils 2–4. Their first exhibition game was held on September 14, when the Islanders were defeated 2–1 by the Vancouver Canucks. The Islanders played two games at the place they held their training camp, the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They won the two games held there, defeating the Flames on September 19 and the Oilers on September 20. As previously expected, the Islanders played one game in the new Sprint Center in Kansas City against the Los Angeles Kings, in which the Islanders lost 2–4. The team's final exhibition game was on September 29 against the Devils at the Prudential Center in Newark, where they again lost 2–4.

Forward Doug Weight is named team captain.

2009 Preseason Game LogSeptember: 2-4-1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–1–1; Neutral 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 September 14(in Terrace, BC) NY Islanders 1-2 Vancouver Canucks Nathan Lawson (0–1–0) 1,200 0–1–0 0 2 September 16 NY Islanders 2-3 Edmonton Oilers Nathan Lawson (0–2–0) 16,386 0–2–0 0 3 September 17 NY Islanders 4-5 Calgary Flames SO Kevin Poulin (0–0–1) 19,289 0–2–1 1 4 September 19(in Saskatoon, SK) Calgary Flames 2-4 NY Islanders Kevin Poulin (1–0–1) 12,833 1–2–1 3 5 September 20(in Saskatoon, SK) Edmonton Oilers 1-3 NY Islanders Martin Biron (1–0–0) 12,842 2–2–1 5 6 September 22(in Kansas City, Missouri) NY Islanders 2-4 Los Angeles Kings Nathan Lawson (0–3–0) 9,792 2–3–1 5 7 September 23 New Jersey Devils 4-2 NY Islanders Martin Biron (1–1–0) 8,256 2–4–1 5 8 September 29 NY Islanders 2-4 New Jersey Devils Dwayne Roloson (0–1–0) 2–5–1 5Legend:

Regular season

On July 15, 2009, the Islanders released their regular season schedule, in which the Islanders play a regular number of 82 games, 41 home and 41 away. The team's first game was against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on October 3, 2009, at Nassau Coliseum, in which the Islanders lost in a shootout, 4–3.

The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results 2009–10 Game Log October: 4-4-5 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 1-2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 New York Islanders SO Dwayne Roloson 16,234 0–0–1 1 2 October 8 New York Islanders 2-3 Ottawa Senators OT Martin Biron 18,075 0–0–2 2 3 October 10 New York Islanders 3-4 Boston Bruins SO Dwayne Roloson 17,113 0–0–3 3 4 October 12 Los Angeles Kings 2-1 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,145 0–1–3 3 5 October 16 New York Islanders 3-6 Buffalo Sabres Dwayne Roloson 18,690 0–2–3 3 6 October 17 San Jose Sharks 4-1 New York Islanders Martin Biron 11,287 0–3–3 3 7 October 21 Carolina Hurricanes 3-4 New York Islanders SO Dwayne Roloson 9,122 1–3–3 5 8 October 22 New York Islanders 1-5 Montreal Canadiens Martin Biron 21,273 1–4–3 5 9 October 24 Washington Capitals 3-2 New York Islanders OT Dwayne Roloson 11,541 1–4–4 6 10 October 26 New York Islanders 2-3 Montreal Canadiens OT Martin Biron 21,273 1–4–5 7 11 October 28 New York Rangers 1-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 15,213 2–4–5 9 12 October 30 New York Islanders 4-3 Washington Capitals OT Dwayne Roloson 18,277 3–4–5 11 13 October 31 Buffalo Sabres 0-5 New York Islanders Martin Biron 8,889 4–4–5 13November: 6-6-2 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3-5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 14 November 2 Edmonton Oilers 1-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 10,846 5–4–5 15 15 November 4 New York Islanders 0-3 Buffalo Sabres Martin Biron 17,626 5–5–5 15 16 November 6 New York Islanders 1-2 New Jersey Devils Martin Biron 14,109 5–6–5 15 17 November 7 Atlanta Thrashers 3-6 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 14,119 6–6–5 17 18 November 11 New York Islanders 4-5 Washington Capitals SO Dwayne Roloson 18,277 6–6–6 18 19 November 13 New York Islanders 4-3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Martin Biron 14,163 7–6–6 20 20 November 14 New York Islanders 4-5 Florida Panthers SO Dwayne Roloson 15,921 7–6–7 21 21 November 16 New York Islanders 4-1 Boston Bruins Dwayne Roloson 16,865 8–6–7 23 22 November 20 New York Islanders 2-3 Minnesota Wild Martin Biron 18,114 8–7–7 23 23 November 21 New York Islanders 1-4 St. Louis Blues Dwayne Roloson 19,150 8–8–7 23 24 November 23 New York Islanders 4-3 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Dwayne Roloson 19,263 9–8–7 25 25 November 25 Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,687 9–9–7 25 26 November 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 15,262 10–9–7 27 27 November 28 New York Islanders 1-6 New Jersey Devils Martin Biron 16,961 10–10–7 27December: 6-8-1 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 28 December 3 New York Islanders 4-1 Atlanta Thrashers Dwayne Roloson 11,704 11–10–7 29 29 December 5 New York Islanders 0-4 Tampa Bay Lightning Dwayne Roloson 13,577 11–11–7 29 30 December 8 New York Islanders 2-6 Philadelphia Flyers Martin Biron 19,330 11–12–7 29 31 December 9 New York Islanders 2-3 Toronto Maple Leafs Dwayne Roloson 19,102 11–13–7 29 32 December 12 Boston Bruins 2-3 New York Islanders OT Martin Biron 13,744 12–13–7 31 33 December 14 Florida Panthers 7-1 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 10,489 12–14–7 31 34 December 16 New York Islanders 2-1 New York Rangers Dwayne Roloson 18,200 13–14–7 33 35 December 17 New York Rangers 5-2 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 15,137 13–15–7 33 36 December 19 Montreal Canadiens 3-0 New York Islanders Martin Biron 7,842 13–16–7 33 37 December 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 10,864 13–17–7 33 38 December 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 10,865 14–17–7 35 39 December 26 New York Islanders 3-2 New York Rangers OT Dwayne Roloson 18,200 15–17–7 37 40 December 27 Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,819 15–18–7 37 41 December 29 Columbus Blue Jackets 1-2 New York Islanders SO Dwayne Roloson 12,192 16–18–7 39 42 December 31 New York Islanders 2-3 Ottawa Senators SO Dwayne Roloson 16,743 16–18–8 40January: 7-7-0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 43 January 2 Atlanta Thrashers 5-6 New York Islanders SO Dwayne Roloson 12,824 17–18–8 42 44 January 6 New York Islanders 3-2 Colorado Avalanche Dwayne Roloson 13,898 18–18–8 44 45 January 8 New York Islanders 3-4 Dallas Stars Rick DiPietro 17,430 18–19–8 44 46 January 9 New York Islanders 5-4 Phoenix Coyotes SO Dwayne Roloson 11,454 19–19–8 46 47 January 12 Detroit Red Wings 0-6 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 12,254 20–19–8 48 48 January 16 Buffalo Sabres 2-3 New York Islanders SO Rick DiPietro 13,635 21–19–8 50 49 January 18 New Jersey Devils 0-4 New York Islanders Rick DiPietro 16,250 22–19–8 52 50 January 19 New York Islanders 4-6 Pittsburgh Penguins Dwayne Roloson 16,981 22–20–8 52 51 January 21 Florida Panthers 1-2 New York Islanders SO Dwayne Roloson 12,138 23–20–8 54 52 January 23 New Jersey Devils 4-2 New York Islanders Rick DiPietro 16,250 23–21–8 54 53 January 26 Washington Capitals 7-2 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 12,549 23–22–8 54 54 January 28 New York Islanders 1-4 Carolina Hurricanes Rick DiPietro 15,473 23–23–8 54 55 January 30 New York Islanders 1-2 Philadelphia Flyers Dwayne Roloson 19,787 23–24–8 54 56 January 31 New York Islanders 0-2 Florida Panthers Rick DiPietro 16,023 23–25–8 54February: 2-4-0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 57 February 4 New York Islanders 2-5 Tampa Bay Lightning Dwayne Roloson 13,891 23–26–8 54 58 February 6 Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 New York Islanders Rick DiPietro 12,709 23–27–8 54 59 February 9 Nashville Predators 3-4 New York Islanders SO Martin Biron 11,487 24–27–8 56 60 February 10 New York Islanders 1-3 Pittsburgh Penguins Dwayne Roloson 16,980 24–28–8 56 61 February 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 4-5 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,237 25–28–8 58 62 February 14 Ottawa Senators 4-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 11,297 25–29–8 58March: 6-6-2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 63 March 2 Chicago Blackhawks 3-5 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 13,486 26–29–8 60 64 March 4 New York Islanders 3-6 Atlanta Thrashers Martin Biron 14,776 26–30–8 60 65 March 6 Boston Bruins 3-2 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 14,587 26–31–8 60 66 March 9 New York Islanders 2-3 Philadelphia Flyers Dwayne Roloson 19,687 26–32–8 60 67 March 11 St. Louis Blues 2-1 New York Islanders SO Martin Biron 11.335 26–32–9 61 68 March 13 New Jersey Devils 2-4 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 15,583 27–32–9 63 69 March 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-4 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,804 28–32–9 65 70 March 16 New York Islanders 5-2 Vancouver Canucks Dwayne Roloson 18,810 29–32–9 67 71 March 19 New York Islanders 4-5 Anaheim Ducks OT Martin Biron 14,665 29–32–10 68 72 March 20 New York Islanders 0-1 Los Angeles Kings Dwayne Roloson 18,118 29–33–10 68 73 March 24 New York Islanders 0-5 New York Rangers Dwayne Roloson 18,200 29–34–10 68 74 March 25 Calgary Flames 2-3 New York Islanders Martin Biron 12,817 30–34–10 70 75 March 27 New York Islanders 4-3 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Dwayne Roloson 16,972 31–34–10 72 76 March 30 New York Rangers 4-3 New York Islanders Dwayne Roloson 16,250 31–35–10 72April: 3-2-1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 77 April 1 Philadelphia Flyers 4-6 New York Islanders Martin Biron 11,823 32–35–10 74 78 April 3 Ottawa Senators 1-4 New York Islanders Martin Biron 11,942 33–35–10 76 79 April 6 Montreal Canadiens 3-4 New York Islanders SO Martin Biron 10,263 34–35–10 78 80 April 8 New York Islanders 3-7 Pittsburgh Penguins Martin Biron 17,132 34–36–10 78 81 April 10 New York Islanders 1-7 New Jersey Devils Martin Biron 17,625 34–37–10 78 82 April 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 New York Islanders OT Dwayne Roloson 16,250 34–37–11 79Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Number Position Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 91 LW 82 24 30 54 -15 22 21 RW 80 19 33 52 -22 34 2 D 82 11 38 49 0 48 26 LW 82 30 18 48 -1 16 51 C 76 12 26 38 4 6 57 RW 61 17 18 35 -2 40 12 C 73 16 19 35 5 18 10 RW 81 9 22 31 -9 28 7 RW 61 11 17 28 3 18 13 C 44 7 18 25 -4 8 20 LW 63 10 13 23 1 45 16 LW 77 13 9 22 -4 44 38 D 69 3 18 21 -5 44 93 C 36 1 16 17 -1 8 8 D 71 3 14 17 -15 31 44 D 64 4 11 15 -2 40 15 LW 36 7 7 14 -8 14 25 D ‡ 54 4 8 12 -3 73 28 RW 54 4 5 9 -4 98 47 D 46 1 6 7 4 20 45 C ‡ 39 1 5 6 -14 39 32 D 42 2 3 5 -18 45 42 D 19 2 2 4 4 14 56 D 22 0 4 4 -2 4 24 D 16 2 1 3 -1 12 46 LW 5 0 2 2 -1 26 4 D 6 0 1 1 -4 0 58 LW 11 1 0 1 4 4 14 LW 14 0 1 1 -2 75 62 C 1 0 0 0 -1 0 59 C 2 0 0 0 -3 9 40 RW 6 0 0 0 -2 27 48 D 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season # Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM 30 50 2897 23 18 7 145 3.00 1555 .907 1 0 0 14 43 29 1634 9 14 4 89 3.27 859 .896 1 0 1 2 39 8 462 2 5 0 20 2.60 201 .900 1 0 1 2