The 2023–24 New York Islanders season was the 52nd season in the franchise's history. It was their third season in UBS Arena.

On January 20, 2024, the Islanders, who had a 19–15–11 record and were out of playoff contention, fired head coach Lane Lambert, and replaced him with Patrick Roy.

The Islanders participated in the 2024 NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where they hosted the New York Rangers on February 18, losing the game 6–5 in overtime.

On April 15, the Islanders clinched a playoff berth following a 4–1 win over the New Jersey Devils. The Islanders played against the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round for the second consecutive season and once again lost, this time in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 22, 2023. 2023 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 NY Islanders 2–4 NY Rangers Varlamov 16,643 0–1–0 2 September 27 Philadelphia 1–2 NY Islanders Appleby 9,106 1–1–0 — September 29 NY Rangers – NY Islanders Postponed due to flooding in the New York metropolitan area; moved to September 30 3 September 30 NY Rangers 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,940 2–1–0 4 October 2 NY Islanders 5–6 New Jersey Appleby 8,811 2–2–0 5 October 5 NY Islanders 2–5 Philadelphia Varlamov 11,289 2–3–0 6 October 6 New Jersey 3–0 NY Islanders Sorokin 10,978 2–4–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023. 2023–24 game logOctober: 4–2–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 1–0–0 2 2 October 17 Arizona 0–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 14,456 2–0–0 4 3 October 20 New Jersey 5–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 2–0–1 5 4 October 21 NY Islanders 1–3 Buffalo Varlamov 16,179 2–1–1 5 5 October 24 Colorado 7–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 14,856 2–2–1 5 6 October 26 Ottawa 2–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 14,911 3–2–1 7 7 October 28 NY Islanders 2–0 Columbus Varlamov 15,424 4–2–1 9 8 October 30 Detroit 4–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 15,407 4–2–2 10 November: 5–5–4 (home: 1–2–2; road: 4–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 NY Islanders 3–0 Washington Varlamov 16,209 5–2–2 12 10 November 4 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 5–2–3 13 11 November 7 Minnesota 4–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,527 5–3–3 13 12 November 9 NY Islanders 2–5 Boston Sorokin 17,850 5–4–3 13 13 November 11 Washington 4–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 16,519 5–5–3 13 14 November 13 NY Islanders 1–4 Edmonton Sorokin 17,881 5–6–3 13 15 November 15 NY Islanders 3–4 Vancouver OT Sorokin 18,972 5–6–4 14 16 November 16 NY Islanders 3–4 Seattle SO Varlamov 17,151 5–6–5 15 17 November 18 NY Islanders 5–4 Calgary SO Sorokin 17,167 6–6–5 17 18 November 22 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 7–6–5 19 19 November 24 NY Islanders 5–3 Ottawa Varlamov 17,693 8–6–5 21 20 November 25 Philadelphia 1–0 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 17,255 8–6–6 22 21 November 28 NY Islanders 4–5 New Jersey Sorokin 16,091 8–7–6 22 22 November 30 NY Islanders 5–4 Carolina OT Varlamov 18,700 9–7–6 24 December: 8–3–3 (home: 6–1–2; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 NY Islanders 4–3 Florida Sorokin 18,721 10–7–6 26 24 December 5 San Jose 5–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 14,244 10–7–7 27 25 December 7 Columbus 3–7 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,510 11–7–7 29 26 December 9 Los Angeles 2–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 12–7–7 31 27 December 11 Toronto 3–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 13–7–7 33 28 December 13 Anaheim 3–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 14,207 14–7–7 35 29 December 15 Boston 5–4 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 17,255 14–7–8 36 30 December 16 NY Islanders 3–5 Montreal Varlamov 21,105 14–8–8 36 31 December 19 Edmonton 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,523 15–8–8 38 32 December 20 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington OT Varlamov 18,573 15–8–9 39 33 December 23 NY Islanders 5–4 Carolina Sorokin 18,921 16–8–9 41 34 December 27 Pittsburgh 7–0 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 16–9–9 41 35 December 29 Washington 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 17–9–9 43 36 December 31 NY Islanders 1–3 Pittsburgh Sorokin 18,216 17–10–9 43 January: 3–7–3 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 NY Islanders 4–5 Colorado OT Sorokin 18,121 17–10–10 44 38 January 4 NY Islanders 5–1 Arizona Sorokin 4,600 18–10–10 46 39 January 6 NY Islanders 2–5 Vegas Sorokin 18,312 18–11–10 46 40 January 9 Vancouver 5–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 15,690 18–12–10 46 41 January 11 Toronto 3–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 19–12–10 48 42 January 13 NY Islanders 1–3 Nashville Sorokin 17,474 19–13–10 48 43 January 15 NY Islanders 0–5 Minnesota Sorokin 18,231 19–14–10 48 44 January 16 NY Islanders 2–4 Winnipeg Sorokin 12,600 19–15–10 48 45 January 19 NY Islanders 3–4 Chicago OT Sorokin 18,463 19–15–11 49 46 January 21 Dallas 2–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 17,255 20–15–11 51 47 January 23 Vegas 3–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,077 20–16–11 51 48 January 25 NY Islanders 3–4 Montreal Varlamov 21,105 20–17–11 51 49 January 27 Florida 3–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 17,255 20–17–12 52 February: 5–3–2 (home: 1–2–2; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 5 NY Islanders 3–2 Toronto Sorokin 18,365 21–17–12 54 51 February 8 Tampa Bay 2–6 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 22–17–12 56 52 February 10 Calgary 5–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 22–18–12 56 53 February 13 Seattle 2–1 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 17,255 22–18–13 57 54 February 18 NY Rangers 6–5 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 79,690(outdoors) 22–18–14 58 55 February 20 NY Islanders 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Sorokin 18,016 23–18–14 60 56 February 22 NY Islanders 0–4 St. Louis Varlamov 18,096 23–19–14 60 57 February 24 Tampa Bay 4–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 23–20–14 60 58 February 26 NY Islanders 3–2 Dallas OT Varlamov 18,532 24–20–14 62 59 February 29 NY Islanders 5–3 Detroit Sorokin 19,515 25–20–14 64 March: 6–7–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 Boston 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 26–20–14 66 61 March 5 St. Louis 2–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 16,540 27–20–14 68 62 March 7 NY Islanders 7–2 San Jose Sorokin 10,077 28–20–14 70 63 March 10 NY Islanders 6–1 Anaheim Varlamov 15,631 29–20–14 72 64 March 11 NY Islanders 0–3 Los Angeles Sorokin 17,061 29–21–14 72 65 March 14 NY Islanders 0–4 Buffalo Sorokin 15,637 29–22–14 72 66 March 16 Ottawa 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 17,255 29–22–15 73 67 March 17 NY Islanders 2–5 NY Rangers Sorokin 18,006 29–23–15 73 68 March 19 Carolina 4–1 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 29–24–15 73 69 March 21 NY Islanders 3–6 Detroit Sorokin 18,868 29–25–15 73 70 March 23 Winnipeg 3–6 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 30–25–15 75 71 March 24 New Jersey 4–0 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 30–26–15 75 72 March 28 NY Islanders 3–2 Florida Varlamov 19,201 31–26–15 77 73 March 30 NY Islanders 1–4 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 31–27–15 77 April: 8–0–1 (home: 5–0–0; road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia OT Varlamov 18,556 32–27–15 79 75 April 2 Chicago 1–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 33–27–15 81 76 April 4 NY Islanders 4–2 Columbus Sorokin 16,213 34–27–15 83 77 April 6 Nashville 0–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 35–27–15 85 78 April 9 NY Rangers 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 17,255 36–27–15 87 79 April 11 Montreal 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 17,255 37–27–15 89 80 April 13 NY Islanders 2–3 NY Rangers SO Sorokin 18,006 37–27–16 90 81 April 15 NY Islanders 4–1 New Jersey Varlamov 16,514 38–27–16 92 82 April 17 Pittsburgh 4–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 39–27–16 94 Legend:

Playoffs

The Islanders faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, losing the series in five games. 2024 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference first round vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 20 NY Islanders 1–3 Carolina Varlamov 18,825 0–1 2 April 22 NY Islanders 3–5 Carolina Varlamov 18,905 0–2 3 April 25 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 17,255 0–3 4 April 27 Carolina 2–3 NY Islanders 2OT Varlamov 17,255 1–3 5 April 30 NY Islanders 3–6 Carolina Varlamov 18,874 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 30, 2024

Skaters

Regular season Player 80 23 57 80 34 79 10 60 70 +12 36 82 34 35 69 28 81 33 35 68 39 82 30 24 54 26 81 20 17 37 +2 68 82 11 22 33 13 74 10 18 28 +4 18 75 15 10 25 +2 14† 59 6 18 24 +1 28 70 10 13 23 22 81 7 15 22 +23 20 82 7 12 19 +4 32 58 5 14 19 +3 12 58 1 15 16 27 45 4 10 14 6 27 5 4 9 8 32 4 5 9 +5 11 58 2 7 9 12 57 4 4 8 +7 43 32 2 4 6 8 34 2 3 5 6 41 0 5 5 35 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0† 23 0 0 0 20

Playoffs Player 5 2 3 5 4 5 2 2 4 10 5 1 3 4 6 5 1 2 3 0 5 1 2 3 12 5 0 3 3 +1 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 2 14 5 0 2 2 4 5 1 0 1 5 5 0 1 1 +2 0 5 0 1 1 6 5 0 1 1 14 3 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 16 5 0 0 0 10

Goaltenders Regular season Player 56 55 3,325:59 25 19 12 167 3.01 1,821 .909 2 0 2 0 28 27 1,594:44 14 8 4 69 2.60 837 .918 3 0 0 0 1 0 20:00 0 0 0 2 6.00 8 .750 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 5 4 289:09 1 3 13 2.70 152 .914 0 0 0 2 1 1 27:14 0 1 3 6.61 14 .786 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Awards Regular season Player Award Date King Clancy Memorial Trophy May 28, 2024

Transactions The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Chicago BlackhawksJosh Bailey2nd-round pick in 2026To New York IslandersFuture considerations To New Jersey DevilsArnaud DurandeauTo New York IslandersTyce Thompson To St. Louis Blues7th-round pick in 2024To New York IslandersRobert Bortuzzo To Chicago Blackhawks1st-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2024To New York Islanders1st-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2024

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Parker Wotherspoon to Boston Bruins 1-year Julien Gauthier from Ottawa Senators 2-year Karson Kuhlman from Winnipeg Jets 1-year Brian Pinho from New Jersey Devils 1-year Cole Bardreau to Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) 1-year Jeff Kubiak to Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) 1-year Collin Adams to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) 1-year Blade Jenkins to Worcester Railers (ECHL) 1-year Bode Wilde to HC '05 Banská Bystrica (Slovak Extraliga) 1-year Zach Parise to Colorado Avalanche 1-year Cam Thiesing from Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten) 2-year Marshall Warren from Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten) 2-year Marcus Högberg from Linköping HC (SHL) 2-year Maxim Tsyplakov from HC Spartak Moscow (KHL) 1-year Robin Salo to Malmö Redhawks (SHL) 2-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Ross Johnston to Anaheim Ducks Mike Reilly from Florida Panthers

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Andy Andreoff Mutual termination

Retirement Date Player Ref Cory Schneider

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Pierre Engvall 7-year Scott Mayfield 7-year Ilya Sorokin 8-year Semyon Varlamov 4-year Oliver Wahlstrom 1-year Jakub Škarek 2-year Isaiah George 3-year Alex Jefferies 2-year Henrik Tikkanen 2-year Kyle MacLean 3-year

Draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2023 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team249 Danny Nelson C U.S. NTDP (USHL)4113 Jesse Nurmi RW KooKoo (Liiga)5145 Justin Gill C Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)6177 Zachary Schulz D U.S. NTDP (USHL)7209 Dennis Good Bogg D AIK IF U20 (J20 Nationell)

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