2019–20 New York Islanders season

The 2019–20 New York Islanders season was the 48th season in the franchise's history. It was their fifth 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. During the regular season, the Islanders were scheduled to play 21 home games at Nassau Coliseum but on September 23 moved seven more games from the Barclays Center, making it a total of 28 games to be played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. On February 29, 2020, it was announced that the Islanders would play their last game at Barclays Center on March 22, and then would move to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum permanently.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. Instead of Nassau Coliseum, the Islanders started the playoffs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The Islanders advanced from the qualifying round where they defeated the Florida Panthers in four games. They would then defeat the Washington Capitals in five games in the first round. They faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round, defeating them in seven games and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1993, and shifted the postseason to Rogers Place in Edmonton. However, the Islanders went on to lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games, ending their playoff run. The Islanders set a franchise record for most games played (22) in the postseason.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 NY Islanders 3–1 Philadelphia Varlamov 16,570 1–0–0 2 September 17 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders OT Coreau — 2–0–0 3 September 20 NY Islanders 4–3 Detroit OT Gibson 15,427 3–0–0 4 September 21 NY Islanders 3–4 New Jersey Coreau 10,652 3–1–0 5 September 23 Detroit 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov — 4–1–0 6 September 24 NY Islanders 1–3 NY Rangers Greiss 16,450 4–2–0 7 September 28 NY Rangers 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss — 5–2–0 Notes: Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019. On September 23, the Islanders revised their schedule and moved seven games from Barclays Center to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. 2019–20 game logOctober: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Washington 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 0–1–0 0 2 October 6 Winnipeg 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 9,923 1–1–0 2 3 October 8 Edmonton 5–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 10,985 1–2–0 2 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina Greiss 14,875 1–3–0 2 5 October 12 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 11,421 2–3–0 4 6 October 14 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders OT Greiss 10,355 3–3–0 6 7 October 17 NY Islanders 3–1 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,063 4–3–0 8 8 October 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Greiss 15,276 5–3–0 10 9 October 24 Arizona 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 10,752 6–3–0 12 10 October 25 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Greiss 11,189 7–3–0 14 11 October 27 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,055 8–3–0 16 November: 9–2–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Tampa Bay 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 12,043 9–3–0 18 13 November 2 NY Islanders 1–0 Buffalo Varlamov 19,070 10–3–0 20 14 November 5 Ottawa 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,212 11–3–0 22 15 November 7 Pittsburgh 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 12,613 11–3–1 23 16 November 9 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,100 12–3–1 25 17 November 13 Toronto 4–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,293 13–3–1 27 18 November 16 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Greiss 19,023 14–3–1 29 19 November 19 NY Islanders 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Varlamov 18,411 15–3–1 31 20 November 21 Pittsburgh 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,212 16–3–1 33 21 November 23 NY Islanders 1–2 San Jose OT Varlamov 16,471 16–3–2 34 22 November 25 NY Islanders 0–3 Anaheim Greiss 16,269 16–4–2 34 23 November 27 NY Islanders 1–4 Los Angeles Varlamov 16,082 16–5–2 34 24 November 30 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,433 17–5–2 36 December: 8–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 6–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 NY Islanders 4–1 Detroit Varlamov 17,510 18–5–2 38 26 December 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Greiss 20,440 18–6–2 38 27 December 5 Vegas 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,117 19–6–2 40 28 December 7 NY Islanders 1–3 Dallas Greiss 18,532 19–7–2 40 29 December 9 NY Islanders 5–1 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 20–7–2 42 30 December 12 NY Islanders 3–1 Florida Greiss 12,609 21–7–2 44 31 December 14 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,795 22–7–2 46 32 December 17 Nashville 8–3 NY Islanders Greiss 12,114 22–8–2 46 33 December 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Boston SO Varlamov 17,850 23–8–2 48 34 December 21 Anaheim 6–5 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 13,917 23–8–3 49 35 December 23 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,917 23–9–3 49 36 December 27 NY Islanders 2–5 Chicago Greiss 21,747 23–10–3 49 37 December 29 NY Islanders 3–1 Minnesota Varlamov 17,506 24–10–3 51 38 December 31 NY Islanders 4–3 Washington Varlamov 18,573 25–10–3 53 January: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 25–11–3 53 40 January 4 NY Islanders 0–3 Toronto Varlamov 19,536 25–12–3 53 41 January 6 Colorado 0–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,241 26–12–3 55 42 January 7 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey OT Greiss 14,518 27–12–3 57 43 January 11 Boston 3–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 14,962 27–12–4 58 44 January 13 NY Islanders 2–6 NY Rangers Varlamov 17,403 27–13–4 58 45 January 14 Detroit 2–8 NY Islanders Greiss 12,542 28–13–4 60 46 January 16 NY Rangers 3–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 28–14–4 60 47 January 18 Washington 6–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 28–15–4 60 48 January 19 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina SO Greiss 18,680 28–15–5 61 49 January 21 NY Islanders 4–2 NY Rangers Greiss 17,276 29–15–5 63 February: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders OT Greiss 14,862 29–15–6 64 51 February 4 Dallas 3–4 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 10,128 30–15–6 66 52 February 6 Los Angeles 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,108 31–15–6 68 53 February 8 NY Islanders 1–3 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 31–16–6 68 54 February 10 NY Islanders 5–3 Washington Greiss 18,573 32–16–6 70 55 February 11 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,228 33–16–6 72 56 February 13 NY Islanders 0–5 Nashville Greiss 17,561 33–17–6 72 57 February 15 NY Islanders 0–1 Vegas Varlamov 18,444 33–18–6 72 58 February 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona Varlamov 13,956 33–19–6 72 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,011 33–20–6 72 60 February 21 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 34–20–6 74 61 February 23 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 35–20–6 76 62 February 25 NY Rangers 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,917 35–20–7 77 63 February 27 NY Islanders 2–3 St. Louis OT Greiss 18,096 35–20–8 78 64 February 29 Boston 4–0 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 35–21–8 78 March: 0–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 3 Montreal 6–2 NY Islanders Greiss 12,788 35–22–8 78 66 March 5 NY Islanders 3–4 Ottawa Varlamov 13,445 35–23–8 78 67 March 7 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,917 35–23–9 79 68 March 10 NY Islanders 4–5 Vancouver SO Varlamov 18,871 35–23–10 80 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 69 March 12 NY Islanders Calgary 70 March 13 NY Islanders Edmonton 71 March 15 NY Islanders Pittsburgh 72 March 17 Calgary NY Islanders 73 March 19 NY Islanders Toronto 74 March 21 NY Islanders New Jersey 75 March 22 Carolina NY Islanders 76 March 24 NY Islanders Philadelphia 77 March 26 Buffalo NY Islanders 78 March 28 NY Islanders Montreal 79 March 30 NY Islanders Columbus 80 March 31 Minnesota NY Islanders 81 April 2 Chicago NY Islanders 82 April 4 New Jersey NY IslandersLegend:

Notes: Game was scheduled to be played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Game was scheduled to be played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Playoffs

The Islanders faced the Florida Panthers in the qualifying round, defeating them in four games.

The Islanders faced the Washington Capitals in the first round, defeating them in five games.

The Islanders faced the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round, defeating them in seven games, and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1993.

The Islanders faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the conference finals, where they lost in six games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference qualifying round vs. (10) Florida Panthers: New York won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–0 2 August 4 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 2–0 3 August 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida Varlamov 2–1 4 August 7 NY Islanders 5–1 Florida Varlamov 3–1 Eastern Conference first round vs. (3) Washington Capitals: New York won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 NY Islanders 4–2 Washington Varlamov 1–0 2 August 14 NY Islanders 5–2 Washington Varlamov 2–0 3 August 16 Washington 1–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 3–0 4 August 18 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 3–1 5 August 20 NY Islanders 4–0 Washington Varlamov 4–1 Eastern Conference second round vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers: New York won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 24 NY Islanders 4–0 Philadelphia Varlamov 1–0 2 August 26 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Greiss 1–1 3 August 29 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 2–1 4 August 30 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 3–1 5 September 1 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Varlamov 3–2 6 September 3 Philadelphia 5–4 NY Islanders 2OT Varlamov 3–3 7 September 5 NY Islanders 4–0 Philadelphia Greiss 4–3 Eastern Conference finals vs. (2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 September 7 NY Islanders 2–8 Tampa Bay Greiss 0–1 2 September 9 NY Islanders 1–2 Tampa Bay Varlamov 0–2 3 September 11 Tampa Bay 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–2 4 September 13 Tampa Bay 4–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–3 5 September 15 NY Islanders 2–1 Tampa Bay 2OT Varlamov 2–3 6 September 17 Tampa Bay 2–1 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of September 17, 2020

Skaters

Regular season Player 68 19 41 60 +5 44 68 26 28 54 +6 32 68 20 23 43 +8 47 68 14 29 43 10 58 16 24 40 +1 12 68 18 21 39 15 68 10 25 35 +8 14 66 10 22 32 16 68 6 22 28 +1 16 60 3 18 21 14 48 10 4 14 +12 41 48 4 10 14 +2 10 67 5 8 13 +8 53 64 2 9 11 14 53 4 6 10 12 38 1 8 9 +4 20 55 5 3 8 40 37 3 4 7 +6 22 34 1 6 7 8 3 0 1 1 +2 0 32 3 1 4 +1 78 8 2 1 3 +3 2† 10 0 3 3 0 2† 7 2 0 2 17 10 1 1 2 6 4 1 0 1 +2 4 9 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 22 2 18 20 +8 0 22 9 9 18 +4 12 22 5 12 17 +2 10 22 9 5 14 +6 10 22 5 9 14 +2 10 22 8 3 11 +10 21 22 7 4 11 +4 15 22 2 8 10 6 22 2 8 10 +3 6 18 2 6 8 +1 6 22 3 4 7 +7 0 22 5 1 6 0 28 21 1 4 5 +6 8 22 1 4 5 +12 12 21 2 2 4 +5 18 21 2 2 4 +2 12 17 1 2 3 +1 4 18 0 2 2 0 8 3 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 +1 0 5 0 0 0 +1 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 45 39 2,517:19 19 14 6 110 2.62 1,278 .914 2 0 0 0 31 29 1,595:56 16 9 4 73 2.74 838 .913 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 20 19 1,232:44 11 7 44 2.14 559 .921 2 0 0 2 4 3 178:07 2 2 6 2.02 84 .929 1 0 0 0