The 2022–23 New York Islanders season was the 51st season in the franchise's history. It was their second season in UBS Arena.

Lane Lambert was promoted to head coach on May 16, 2022, after Barry Trotz was fired at the end of the 2021–22 season.

The Islanders clinched a playoff berth on April 12, 2023, after defeating the Montreal Canadiens. The Islanders lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round in six games. During game 3 against the Hurricanes, the Islanders set a record for the fastest consecutive four goals in Stanley Cup playoffs history, at 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 28, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 NY Islanders 1–4 NY Rangers Varlamov 14,776 0–1–0 2 September 27 NY Islanders 1–4 New Jersey Sorokin 5,526 0–2–0 3 October 2 Philadelphia 1–2 NY Islanders Varlamov — 1–2–0 4 October 4 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia OT Sorokin 19,903 2–2–0 5 October 6 New Jersey 2–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 7,512 3–2–0 6 October 8 NY Rangers 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 14,569 4–2–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 5–4–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Florida 3–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 Anaheim 1–7 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,487 1–1–0 2 3 October 18 San Jose 2–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,892 2–1–0 4 4 October 20 New Jersey 4–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,046 2–2–0 4 5 October 22 NY Islanders 3–5 Tampa Bay Sorokin 19,092 2–3–0 4 6 October 23 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida Varlamov 16,342 2–4–0 4 7 October 26 NY Rangers 0–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 3–4–0 6 8 October 28 NY Islanders 6–2 Carolina Sorokin 18,680 4–4–0 8 9 October 29 Colorado 4–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 5–4–0 10 November: 10–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 6–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 NY Islanders 3–1 Chicago Sorokin 12,523 6–4–0 12 11 November 3 NY Islanders 5–2 St. Louis Sorokin 18,096 7–4–0 14 12 November 5 NY Islanders 0–3 Detroit Sorokin 19,515 7–5–0 14 13 November 7 Calgary 3–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 15,722 8–5–0 16 14 November 8 NY Islanders 4–3 NY Rangers Varlamov 18,006 9–5–0 18 15 November 10 Arizona 2–0 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 9–6–0 18 16 November 12 Columbus 3–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 10–6–0 20 17 November 14 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Varlamov 13,408 11–6–0 22 18 November 17 NY Islanders 4–5 Nashville Sorokin 17,159 11–7–0 22 19 November 19 NY Islanders 2–5 Dallas Varlamov 18,532 11–8–0 22 20 November 21 NY Islanders 3–2 Toronto OT Sorokin 18,494 12–8–0 24 21 November 23 Edmonton 0–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 13–8–0 26 22 November 25 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus Sorokin 17,286 14–8–0 28 23 November 26 Philadelphia 2–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 15–8–0 30 24 November 29 NY Islanders 1–3 Philadelphia Sorokin 18,143 15–9–0 30 December: 6–5–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Nashville 4–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,263 15–10–0 30 26 December 4 Chicago 0–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 16,124 16–10–0 32 27 December 6 St. Louis 7–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,044 16–11–0 32 28 December 9 NY Islanders 6–4 New Jersey Varlamov 16,514 17–11–0 34 29 December 10 Carolina 3–0 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 17–12–0 34 30 December 13 NY Islanders 3–4 Boston SO Varlamov 17,850 17–12–1 35 31 December 16 NY Islanders 4–5 Arizona Sorokin 4,600 17–13–1 35 32 December 17 NY Islanders 5–2 Vegas Varlamov 18,007 18–13–1 37 33 December 19 NY Islanders 0–1 Colorado SO Sorokin 18,110 18–13–2 38 34 December 22 NY Islanders 3–5 NY Rangers Sorokin 18,006 18–14–2 38 35 December 23 Florida 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 19–14–2 40 36 December 27 Pittsburgh 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 20–14–2 42 37 December 29 Columbus 1–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 21–14–2 44 January: 4–8–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 1 NY Islanders 1–4 Seattle Sorokin 17,151 21–15–2 44 39 January 3 NY Islanders 6–2 Vancouver Sorokin 18,912 22–15–2 46 40 January 5 NY Islanders 2–4 Edmonton Sorokin 17,755 22–16–2 46 41 January 6 NY Islanders 1–4 Calgary Varlamov 18,837 22–17–2 46 42 January 10 Dallas 2–1 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 16,412 22–17–3 47 43 January 12 Minnesota 3–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 22–18–3 47 44 January 14 Montreal 1–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 23–18–3 49 45 January 16 Washington 4–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 16,344 23–18–4 50 46 January 18 Boston 4–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 23–19–4 50 47 January 19 NY Islanders 2–3 Buffalo OT Sorokin 19,070 23–19–5 51 48 January 21 Carolina 5–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 23–20–5 51 49 January 23 NY Islanders 2–5 Toronto Sorokin 18,514 23–21–5 51 50 January 25 NY Islanders 1–2 Ottawa Varlamov 13,980 23–22–5 51 51 January 27 Detroit 0–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 24–22–5 53 52 January 28 Vegas 1–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 17,255 25–22–5 55 February: 6–3–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 6 NY Islanders 2–1 Philadelphia Varlamov 18,695 26–22–5 57 54 February 7 Seattle 0–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 27–22–5 59 55 February 9 Vancouver 6–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 27–23–5 59 56 February 11 NY Islanders 3–4 Montreal OT Varlamov 21,105 27–23–6 60 57 February 14 Ottawa 3–2 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 15,134 27–23–7 61 58 February 17 Pittsburgh 4–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 28–23–7 63 59 February 18 NY Islanders 2–6 Boston Varlamov 17,850 28–24–7 63 60 February 20 NY Islanders 4–2 Pittsburgh Sorokin 18,094 29–24–7 65 61 February 22 Winnipeg 1–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 30–24–7 67 62 February 24 Los Angeles 3–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 30–25–7 67 63 February 26 NY Islanders 4–0 Winnipeg Varlamov 13,797 31–25–7 69 64 February 28 NY Islanders 1–2 Minnesota SO Sorokin 18,431 31–25–8 70 March: 8–3–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 4 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 32–25–8 72 66 March 7 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 33–25–8 74 67 March 9 NY Islanders 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Sorokin 17,557 34–25–8 76 68 March 11 Washington 5–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 34–26–8 76 69 March 14 NY Islanders 2–5 Los Angeles Sorokin 15,989 34–27–8 76 70 March 15 NY Islanders 6–3 Anaheim Sorokin 13,552 35–27–8 78 71 March 18 NY Islanders 4–1 San Jose Sorokin 16,880 36–27–8 80 72 March 21 Toronto 2–7 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 37–27–8 82 73 March 24 NY Islanders 4–5 Columbus OT Sorokin 18,940 37–27–9 83 74 March 25 Buffalo 2–0 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 37–28–9 83 75 March 27 New Jersey 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 38–28–9 85 76 March 29 NY Islanders 2–1 Washington SO Sorokin 18,573 39–28–9 87 April: 3–3–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 NY Islanders 0–5 Tampa Bay Sorokin 19,092 39–29–9 87 78 April 2 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina Sorokin 18,725 39–30–9 87 79 April 6 Tampa Bay 1–6 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 40–30–9 89 80 April 8 Philadelphia 0–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 41–30–9 91 81 April 10 NY Islanders 2–5 Washington Sorokin 18,573 41–31–9 91 82 April 12 Montreal 2–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 42–31–9 93 Legend:

Playoffs

The Islanders faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, losing the series in six games. 2023 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference first round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina Sorokin 18,680 0–1 2 April 19 NY Islanders 3–4 Carolina OT Sorokin 18,680 0–2 3 April 21 Carolina 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 1–2 4 April 23 Carolina 5–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 1–3 5 April 25 NY Islanders 3–2 Carolina Sorokin 18,680 2–3 6 April 28 Carolina 2–1 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 28, 2023

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 36 39 75 +13 24 58 14 37 51 +5 22 82 28 22 50 50 78 13 36 49 +4 20 70 13 27 40 14 82 21 13 34 +7 24 55 16 17 33 +13 24 82 5 21 26 +10 14 64 8 17 25 +3 2 82 6 18 24 +8 83 71 5 18 23 +9 22 76 2 20 22 +13 43 61 6 15 21 +15 36 81 6 15 21 0 54‡ 49 9 11 20 10 49 10 9 19 +10 10 81 7 12 19 +4 63 35 7 9 16 +5 32† 30 7 9 16 6 49 6 6 12 +9 30 50 6 3 9 0† 18 5 4 9 +7 6 11 2 2 4 +1 4 17 2 1 3 +5 2‡ 12 2 0 2 +1 4 8 0 2 2 +1 4 16 0 2 2 37 12 0 1 1 +5 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 6 2 3 5 +4 4 6 2 3 5 +4 4 6 1 3 4 0 6 6 1 2 3 +1 2 6 1 2 3 16 6 2 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 +4 0 6 1 1 2 +2 0 6 1 1 2 +1 2 6 0 2 2 +2 2 6 1 0 1 0 12 6 1 0 1 0 16 6 1 0 1 16 6 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 +3 2 6 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 62 60 3,587:04 31 22 7 140 2.34 1,838 .924 6 0 1 0 23 22 1,334:44 11 9 2 60 2.70 689 .913 2 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 6 6 369:27 2 4 16 2.60 210 .929 0 0 0 0

Transactions The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Montreal Canadiens1st-round pick in 2022To New York IslandersAlexander Romanov4th-round pick in 2022 To Vancouver CanucksAnthony BeauvillierAatu RätyConditional 1st-round pick in 2023To New York IslandersBo Horvat To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-round pick in 2024To New York IslandersPierre Engvall

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Austin Czarnik to Detroit Red Wings 2-year Jeff Kubiak from Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) 1-year Mitchell Vande Sompel to Colorado Eagles (AHL) 1-year Dennis Cholowski from Seattle Kraken 2-year Hudson Fasching from Arizona Coyotes 1-year Nikita Soshnikov from Avangard Omsk (KHL) 1-year Richard Pánik to Lausanne HC (NL) 1-year Michael Dal Colle to HC TPS (Liiga) 1-year Aidan Fulp from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 2-year Travis Mitchell from Cornell Big Red (ECAC) 2-year Kyle MacLean from Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) 1-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Kieffer Bellows to Philadelphia Flyers

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Nikita Soshnikov Mutual termination

Retirement Date Player Ref Zdeno Chára Andy Greene

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Kieffer Bellows 1-year Noah Dobson 3-year Alexander Romanov 3-year Arnaud Durandeau 2-year Paul LaDue 2-year Calle Odelius 3-year Cory Schneider 1-year Parker Wotherspoon 1-year Mathew Barzal 8-year Bo Horvat 8-year Tristan Lennox 3-year Hudson Fasching 2-year Matthew Maggio 3-year Daylan Kuefler 3-year Eetu Liukas 3-year Samuel Bolduc 2-year

Draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team2651 Calle Odelius D Djurgårdens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)378 Quinn Finley LW Madison Capitols (USHL)4982 Isaiah George D London Knights (OHL)5142 Matthew Maggio RW Windsor Spitfires (OHL)6174 Daylan Kuefler LW Kamloops Blazers (WHL) The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on October 12, 2020, that sent Devon Toews to Colorado in exchange for a second-round pick in 2021 and this pick. The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on July 7, 2022, that sent first-round pick in 2022 to Montreal in exchange for Alexander Romanov and this pick.

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