2012–13 New York Islanders season

The 2012–13 New York Islanders season was the 41st season in the franchise's history. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

For the sixth time in franchise history, the Islanders tied their longest homestand (of seven games) – beginning on February 24 and lasting through March 9 – in which they earned three wins during that span.

The Islanders qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 NHL season.

Off-season

Regular season On March 22, 2013, the Islanders were 12th in the Eastern Conference and a playoff spot seemed unlikely. The team would then earn points in 14 of 15 games, including 11 consecutive games with at least a point to officially clinch a playoff berth on April 23.

The Islanders tied the Minnesota Wild for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with 0.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- style="background:#fcf;" | 1 || January 19 || New Jersey || 2–1 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 16,170 || 0–1–0 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || January 21 || Tampa Bay || 3–4 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 15,322 || 1–1–0 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || January 24 || NY Islanders || 7–4 || Toronto || || Nabokov || 19,125 || 2–1–0 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 4 || January 25 || NY Islanders || 2–4 || Boston || || DiPietro || 17,565 || 2–2–0 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 5 || January 27 || NY Islanders || 4–5 || Winnipeg || OT || Nabokov || 15,004 || 2–2–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || January 29 || NY Islanders || 4–1 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,657 || 3–2–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || January 31 || NY Islanders || 5–4 || New Jersey || OT || Nabokov || 17,625 || 4–2–1 ||

|- style="background:#fcf;" | 8 || February 3 || New Jersey || 3–0 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 11,558 || 4–3–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 9 || February 5 || Pittsburgh || 4–2 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 11,318 || 4–4–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 10 || February 7 || NY Islanders || 1–4 || NY Rangers || || Nabokov || 17,200 || 4–5–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 11 || February 9 || Buffalo || 3–2 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 12,608 || 4–6–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 12 || February 11 || Carolina || 6–4 || NY Islanders || || DiPietro || 9,622 || 4–7–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || February 14 || NY Islanders || 4–3 || NY Rangers || SO || Nabokov || 17,200 || 5–7–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || February 16 || New Jersey || 1–5 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 15,488 || 6–7–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 15 || February 18 || Philadelphia || 7–0 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 16,170 || 6–8–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 16 || February 19 || NY Islanders || 1–3 || Ottawa || || DiPietro || 18,595 || 6–9–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || February 21 || NY Islanders || 4–3 || Montreal || OT || Nabokov || 21,273 || 7–9–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || February 23 || NY Islanders || 4–0 || Buffalo || || Nabokov || 19,070 || 8–9–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 19 || February 24 || Carolina || 4–2 || NY Islanders || || Poulin || 10,048 || 8–10–1 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 20 || February 26 || Boston || 4–1 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 12,788 || 8–11–1 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 21 || February 28 || Toronto || 5–4 || NY Islanders || OT || Nabokov || 9,222 || 8–11–2 ||

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || March 3 || Ottawa || 2–3 || NY Islanders || SO || Nabokov || 13,512 || 9–11–2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || March 5 || Montreal || 3–6 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 9,498 || 10–11–2 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 24 || March 7 || NY Rangers || 2–1 || NY Islanders || OT || Nabokov || 16,170 || 10–11–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || March 9 || Washington || 2–5 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 14,819 || 11–11–3 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 26 || March 10 || NY Islanders || 1–6 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,634 || 11–12–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || March 14 || NY Islanders || 2–0 || Tampa Bay || || Nabokov || 19,204 || 12–12–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || March 16 || NY Islanders || 4–3 || Florida || || Nabokov || 17,627 || 13–12–3 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 29 || March 19 || Ottawa || 5–3 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 10,668 || 13–13–3 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 30 || March 21 || Montreal || 5–2 || NY Islanders || || Poulin || 11,012 || 13–14–3 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 31 || March 22 || Pittsburgh || 4–2 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 14,888 || 13–15–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || March 24 || Florida || 0-3 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 14,512 || 14–15–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || March 26 || NY Islanders || 3–2 || Washington || || Nabokov || 18,506 || 15–15–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || March 28 || NY Islanders || 4–3 || Philadelphia || SO || Nabokov || 19,906 || 16–15–3 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 35 || March 30 || NY Islanders || 0–2 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,673 || 16–16–3 ||

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 || April 1 || NY Islanders || 3–1 || New Jersey || || Nabokov || 17,625 || 17–16–3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || April 2 || Winnipeg || 2–5 || NY Islanders || || Poulin || 11,819 || 18–16–3 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 38 || April 4 || NY Islanders || 1–2 || Washington || SO || Nabokov || 18,506 || 18–16–4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 || April 6 || Tampa Bay || 2–4 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 16,170 || 19–16–4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 || April 9 || Philadelphia || 1–4 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 13,888 || 20–16–4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 || April 11 || NY Islanders || 2–1 || Boston || || Nabokov || 17,565 || 21–16–4 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 42 || April 13 || NY Rangers || 1–0 || NY Islanders || OT || Nabokov || 16,170 || 21–16–5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || April 16 || Florida || 2–5 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 15,922 || 22–16–5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || April 18 || NY Islanders || 5–3 || Toronto || || Nabokov || 19,676 || 23–16–5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || April 20 || NY Islanders || 5–4 || Winnipeg || SO || Nabokov || 15,004 || 24–16–5 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 46 || April 23 || NY Islanders || 3–4 || Carolina || SO || Nabokov || 16,601 || 24–16–6 || |- style="background:#fcf;" | 47 || April 25 || NY Islanders || 1–2 || Philadelphia || || Poulin || 19,798 || 24–17–6 || |- style="background:#ffc;" | 48 || April 26 || NY Islanders || 1–2 || Buffalo || SO || Nabokov || 19,070 || 24–17–7 ||

| colspan=9 align="center"|Legend:

Playoffs

The New York Islanders ended the 2012–13 regular season as the Eastern Conference's 8th seed. They were defeated 4–2 by the #1 seed Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round.

|- style="background:#fcf;" | 1 || May 1 || NY Islanders || 0–5 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,612 || 0–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || May 3 || NY Islanders || 4–3 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,624 || 1–1 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 3 || May 5 || Pittsburgh || 5–4 || NY Islanders || OT || Nabokov || 16,170 || 1–2 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || May 7 || Pittsburgh || 4–6 || NY Islanders || || Nabokov || 16,170 || 2–2 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 5 || May 9 || NY Islanders || 0–4 || Pittsburgh || || Nabokov || 18,636 || 2–3 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 6 || May 11 || Pittsburgh || 4–3 || NY Islanders || OT || Nabokov || 16,170 || 2–4 || Recap

| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Playoff series win

Player statistics Final stats Skaters

Regular season Player 48 28 19 47 −2 18 47 15 29 44 −3 4 48 10 25 35 −6 16 48 6 23 29 −3 12 48 6 21 27 −14 22 48 4 20 24 −2 38 45 16 5 21 4 12 38 11 8 19 7 6 45 7 10 17 −1 32 45 6 9 15 0 14 35 3 11 14 12 20 41 6 6 12 −1 4 48 3 9 12 −2 20 48 4 7 11 −2 63 48 3 7 10 −8 28 31 0 5 5 −3 4 20 2 3 5 −2 6 19 0 4 4 4 10 39 1 3 4 9 8 13 3 0 3 −2 4 22 0 2 2 −2 46 7 0 2 2 2 6 2 1 1 2 −3 0 16 0 1 1 −5 20 15 0 0 0 −4 36

Playoffs Player 6 2 3 5 −1 4 6 3 2 5 −4 4 6 3 1 4 −1 5 6 1 3 4 2 0 6 2 2 4 1 12 6 0 3 3 −3 2 6 0 3 3 1 10 6 2 1 3 2 2 6 2 1 3 −4 10 6 0 3 3 −1 0 6 0 2 2 2 2 6 0 2 2 −2 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 0 1 1 12 6 0 1 1 −4 23 3 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 14 1 0 0 0 −1 17 2 0 0 0 −2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 −2 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 41 41 2475:24 23 11 7 103 2.50 1139 .910 3 0 4 6 5 4 257:37 1 3 0 13 3.02 122 .893 0 0 0 0 3 3 175:36 0 3 0 12 4.09 83 .855 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 6 6 324:04 2 4 24 4.44 152 .842 0 0 0 0 2 0 52:26 0 0 1 1.15 15 .933 0 0 0 0

†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

Notable achievements

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game January 27, 2013 1st career NHL goal April 2, 2013

Transactions The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades DateDetails June 22, 2012Islanders Acquire Visnovsky To Anaheim Ducks2nd-round pick in 2013 To New York IslandersLubomir Visnovsky February 7, 2013Islanders Acquire Tim Thomas To Boston BruinsConditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 To New York IslandersTim Thomas June 12, 2013Islanders acquire fourth-round pick from Philadelphia for Streit To Philadelphia FlyersMark Streit To New York IslandersShane Harper4th-round pick in 2014

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Jesse JoensuuIslanders Agree to Terms with Joensuu HV71 1 year, $600,000 Jon LandryJuly Transactions Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $750,000 Matt Watkins Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $700,000 Brad BoyesBoyes Agrees To Terms Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $1 million Matt CarknerCarkner Agrees To Terms Ottawa Senators 3 years, $4.5 million Brandon DeFazioDeFazio & McDonald Agree To Terms Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1 year, $575,000 Colin McDonald Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $700,000 Eric BoultonBoulton Agrees To Terms New Jersey Devils 1 year, $540,000 Nathan McIverMcIver Agrees To Terms On One-Year Deal Providence Bruins 1 year, $750,000 Radek MartinekMartinek Agrees To One-Year Deal Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $750,000 Joey DiamondDiamond Agrees To Terms On Entry-Level Deal University of Maine 1 year, $610,000 entry-level contract Chris BrutonBruton Agrees To Terms With Islanders Peoria Rivermen 1 year, $610,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Micheal HaleyHaley joins Blueshirts as free agent New York Rangers 2 years, $1.2 million Dylan ReesePenguins Sign Defenseman Dylan Reese Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $600,000 P. A. ParenteauAvalanche Signs Parenteau Colorado Avalanche 4 years, $16 million Al MontoyaJets agree to terms with Al Montoya Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $601,000 Jay PandolfoB's Sign Jay Pandolfo to One-Year Contract; Place Forward on Waivers Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Joe FinleyIslanders Claim Finley off Waivers Buffalo Sabres January 14, 2013 Thomas HickeyIslanders Claim Hickey Off Waivers Los Angeles Kings January 15, 2013 Keith AucoinIslanders Claim Aucoin Off Waivers Toronto Maple Leafs January 17, 2013 Brian StraitIslanders Claim Strait Off Waivers Pittsburgh Penguins January 18, 2013

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Player Steve StaiosSTAIOS RETIRES AND JOINS MAPLE LEAFS' FRONT OFFICE

Player signings