2017–18 New York Islanders season

The 2017–18 New York Islanders season was the 46th season in the franchise's history. It was their third season in the Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which they moved into after leaving Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau County on Long Island at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season. The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Islanders released their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.

2017 preseason game log: 6–0–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 2–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders OT — — 1–0–0 2 September 18 NY Islanders 0–1 NY Rangers OT McAdam 13,979 1–0–1 3 September 20 NY Islanders 2–3 Philadelphia OT — — 1–0–2 4 September 20 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders OT Gudlevskis 5,042 2–0–2 5 September 22 NY Rangers 1–2 NY Islanders — — 3–0–2 6 September 25 New Jersey 0–3 NY Islanders Greiss 5,615 4–0–2 7 September 29 NY Islanders 3–1 Buffalo Halák 16,967 5–0–2 8 October 1 NY Islanders 5–2 Philadelphia Greiss 18,575 6–0–2 Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Regular season The Islanders published their regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log October: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 6 NY Islanders 0–5 Columbus Greiss 18,595 0–1–0 0 2 October 7 Buffalo 3–6 NY Islanders Halák 15,234 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 St. Louis 3–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 10,673 1–1–1 3 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–3 Anaheim Halák 14,553 1–2–1 3 5 October 14 NY Islanders 3–1 San Jose Greiss 17,562 2–2–1 5 6 October 15 NY Islanders 2–3 Los Angeles Halák 18,230 2–3–1 5 7 October 19 NY Islanders 4–3 NY Rangers SO Halák 18,006 3–3–1 7 8 October 21 San Jose 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,877 4–3–1 9 9 October 24 Arizona 3–5 NY Islanders Halák 9,795 5–3–1 11 10 October 26 NY Islanders 4–6 Minnesota Greiss 18,824 5–4–1 11 11 October 28 NY Islanders 6–2 Nashville Halák 17,113 6–4–1 13 12 October 30 Vegas 3–6 NY Islanders Halák 11,113 7–4–1 15 November: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 NY Islanders 3–4 Washington Halák 18,506 7–5–1 15 14 November 5 Colorado 4–6 NY Islanders Greiss 10,927 8–5–1 17 15 November 7 Edmonton 2–1 NY Islanders OT Greiss 12,281 8–5–2 18 16 November 10 NY Islanders 0–5 Dallas Halák 18,342 8–6–2 18 17 November 11 NY Islanders 5–2 St. Louis Greiss 18,761 9–6–2 20 18 November 16 Carolina 4–6 NY Islanders Greiss 11,188 10–6–2 22 19 November 18 NY Islanders 5–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 11–6–2 24 20 November 19 NY Islanders 2–4 Carolina Halák 11,390 11–7–2 24 21 November 22 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 12,462 12–7–2 26 22 November 24 NY Islanders 5–4 Philadelphia OT Greiss 19,643 13–7–2 28 23 November 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Ottawa Halák 17,276 14–7–2 30 24 November 28 Vancouver 2–5 NY Islanders Halák 11,194 15–7–2 32 December: 5–8–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Ottawa 6–5 NY Islanders Halák 11,797 15–8–2 32 26 December 4 NY Islanders 5–4 Florida SO Halák 11,210 16–8–2 34 27 December 5 NY Islanders 2–6 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 16–9–2 34 28 December 7 NY Islanders 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Halák 18,433 16–9–3 35 29 December 9 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Halák 17,565 16–10–3 35 30 December 11 Washington 1–3 NY Islanders Halák 11,053 17–10–3 37 31 December 13 Dallas 5–2 NY Islanders Halák 10,316 17–11–3 37 32 December 14 NY Islanders 4–6 Columbus Greiss 15,696 17–12–3 37 33 December 16 Los Angeles 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,087 18–12–3 39 34 December 19 Detroit 6–3 NY Islanders Greiss 10,511 18–13–3 39 35 December 21 Anaheim 5–4 NY Islanders OT Halák 10,092 18–13–4 40 36 December 23 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Islanders Halák 13,589 19–13–4 42 37 December 27 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders OT Halák 15,027 20–13–4 44 38 December 29 NY Islanders 2–4 Winnipeg Halák 15,321 20–14–4 44 39 December 31 NY Islanders 1–6 Colorado Halák 17,461 20–15–4 44 January: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Boston 5–1 NY Islanders Halák 11,878 20–16–4 44 41 January 4 NY Islanders 4–6 Philadelphia Greiss 19,358 20–17–4 44 42 January 5 Pittsburgh 4–0 NY Islanders Halák 13,641 20–18–4 44 43 January 7 New Jersey 4–5 NY Islanders SO Halák 15,136 21–18–4 46 44 January 13 NY Islanders 7–2 NY Rangers Halák 18,006 22–18–4 48 45 January 15 NY Islanders 5–4 Montreal OT Greiss 21,302 23–18–4 50 46 January 16 New Jersey 4–1 NY Islanders Halák 12,695 23–19–4 50 47 January 18 Boston 5–2 NY Islanders Halák 11,803 23–20–4 50 48 January 20 NY Islanders 7–3 Chicago Halák 21,882 24–20–4 52 49 January 22 NY Islanders 2–3 Arizona OT Halák 11,707 24–20–5 53 50 January 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Vegas Halák 18,184 25–20–5 55 51 January 30 Florida 4–1 NY Islanders Halák 10,423 25–21–5 55 52 January 31 NY Islanders 0–5 Toronto Greiss 19,267 25–22–5 55 February: 4–6–2 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 3 Columbus 3–4 NY Islanders Halák 13,597 26–22–5 57 54 February 5 Nashville 5–4 NY Islanders OT Halák 10,217 26–22–6 58 55 February 8 NY Islanders 3–4 Buffalo Halák 16,872 26–23–6 58 56 February 9 Detroit 6–7 NY Islanders OT Halák 11,847 27–23–6 60 57 February 11 Calgary 3–2 NY Islanders Halák 11,192 27–24–6 60 58 February 13 Columbus 4–1 NY Islanders Halák 10,232 27–25–6 60 59 February 15 NY Rangers 0–3 NY Islanders Halák 15,795 28–25–6 62 60 February 16 NY Islanders 3–0 Carolina Greiss 15,448 29–25–6 64 61 February 19 Minnesota 5–3 NY Islanders Halák 15,342 29–26–6 64 62 February 22 NY Islanders 3–4 Toronto SO Halák 18,856 29–26–7 65 63 February 24 NY Islanders 1–2 New Jersey Halák 16,514 29–27–7 65 64 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Montreal Halák 21,302 29–28–7 65 March: 3–9–3 (Home: 1–7–0; Road: 2–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Montreal 6–3 NY Islanders Halák 10,685 29–29–7 65 66 March 3 NY Islanders 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Gibson 18,661 29–29–8 66 67 March 5 NY Islanders 3–4 Vancouver OT Halák 17,307 29–29–9 67 68 March 8 NY Islanders 1–2 Edmonton SO Gibson 18,347 29–29–10 68 69 March 11 NY Islanders 5–2 Calgary Gibson 19,108 30–29–10 70 70 March 15 Washington 7–3 NY Islanders Gibson 10,740 30–30–10 70 71 March 16 NY Islanders 3–6 Washington Halák 18,506 30–31–10 70 72 March 18 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders Halák 10,688 30–32–10 70 73 March 20 Pittsburgh 1–4 NY Islanders Gibson 10,442 31–32–10 72 74 March 22 Tampa Bay 7–6 NY Islanders Halák 10,354 31–33–10 72 75 March 24 Chicago 3–1 NY Islanders Halák 13,091 31–34–10 72 76 March 26 Florida 3–0 NY Islanders Gibson 10,951 31–35–10 72 77 March 27 NY Islanders 4–3 Ottawa Halák 15,284 32–35–10 74 78 March 30 Toronto 5–4 NY Islanders Gibson 13,018 32–36–10 74 79 March 31 NY Islanders 3–4 New Jersey Greiss 16,514 32–37–10 74 April: 3–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Philadelphia 4–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,951 33–37–10 76 81 April 5 NY Rangers 1–2 NY Islanders Halák 14,152 34–37–10 78 82 April 7 NY Islanders 4–3 Detroit OT Greiss 19,515 35–37–10 80 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 7, 2018

Skaters Regular season Player 82 22 63 85 1 30 82 37 47 84 −12 26 76 18 53 71 −20 17 82 40 22 62 −25 44 81 25 34 59 5 21 80 10 32 42 −42 20 71 21 15 36 2 16 82 19 16 35 −4 43 68 10 22 32 −4 14 73 12 17 29 11 24 69 5 20 25 20 24 78 3 16 19 7 28 76 8 10 18 −7 53 58 6 12 18 −8 30 64 7 10 17 −12 23 22 2 10 12 −7 2 47 2 10 12 −6 45 33 1 11 12 11 8‡ 58 2 9 11 −11 25 34 3 4 7 −3 8 24 3 3 6 0 62 28 0 5 5 −9 17 22 1 3 4 −5 6 13 1 2 3 0 0 21 0 3 3 −2 4 14 1 1 2 −3 11† 15 1 1 2 −8 4† 15 1 0 1 −3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 54 49 3,024:03 20 26 6 161 3.19 1744 .908 1 0 0 4 27 25 1,491:45 13 8 2 95 3.82 879 .892 1 0 0 0 8 8 426:52 2 3 2 26 3.65 284 .908 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Awards Regular season Player Award Date Calder Memorial Trophy June 20, 2018

Transactions The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Vegas Golden KnightsJake BischoffMikhail GrabovskiNYI's 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2017NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2019 To New York IslandersExpansion Draft considerations1 To Edmonton OilersRyan Strome To New York IslandersJordan Eberle To Calgary FlamesTravis HamonicNYI's conditional 4th-round pick in 2019 or 2020 To New York IslandersCGY's 1st-round pick in 2018CGY's 2nd-round pick in 2018CGY's conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 or 2020 To Tampa Bay LightningCarter Verhaeghe To New York IslandersKristers Gudļevskis To Edmonton Oilers3rd-round pick in 2019 To New York IslandersBrandon Davidson To Anaheim DucksJason Chimera To New York IslandersChris Wagner This trade ensured that the Vegas Golden Knights would select Jean-Francois Berube in the 2017 NHL expansion draft.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Seth Helgeson New Jersey Devils 1-year, $650,000 Kane Lafranchise Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1-year, $650,000 Scott Eansor Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-year, $1.44 million entry-level contract Yannick Rathgeb HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2-year, $2.75 million entry-level contract Travis St. Denis Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-year, $1.35 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Bracken Kearns New Jersey Devils 1-year, $650,000 Matt Finn Charlotte Checkers Unknown Jesse Graham Colorado Avalanche 1-year, $650,000 Stephon Williams San Jose Barracuda 1-year Loïc Leduc Reading Royals Unknown Ben Holmstrom Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1-year

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref

Players released Date Player Via Ref

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref

Player signings Date Player Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Sebastian Aho 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract Kristers Gudļevskis 1-year, $650,000 Christopher Gibson 1-year, $650,000 Adam Pelech 4-year, $6.4 million Connor Jones 1-year, $650,000 Calvin de Haan 1-year, $3.3 million Stephen Gionta 1-year, $650,000 Kieffer Bellows 3-year, $3.4125 million entry-level contract Scott Mayfield 5-year, $7.25 million contract extension Josh Bailey 6-year, $30 million contract extension Otto Koivula 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract David Quenneville 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Below are the List of New York Islanders draft picks' selections at the 2017 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team 2 46 Robin Salo D Finland Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 3 77 Ben Mirageas D Chicago Steel (USHL) 5 139 Sebastian Aho D Sweden Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 6 1651 Arnaud Durandeau LW Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 7 201 Logan Cockerill RW U.S. NTDP (USHL) The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2018 to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.

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