2017–18 New York Islanders season

2017–18 New York Islanders
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	11th Eastern
2017–18 record	35–37–10
Home record	19–18–4
Road record	16–19–6
Goals for	264
Goals against	296
Team information
General manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Doug Weight
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Cal Clutterbuck Andrew Ladd
Arena	Barclays Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Anders Lee (40)
Assists	Mathew Barzal (63)
Points	Mathew Barzal (85)
Penalty minutes	Ross Johnston (62)
Plus/minus	Thomas Hickey (+20)
Wins	Jaroslav Halak (20)
Goals against average	Jaroslav Halak (3.19)

The 2017–18 New York Islanders season was the 46th season in the franchise's history. It is their third season in the Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which they moved into after leaving Nassau 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

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
5	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
7	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
8	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

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[a]	September 17	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	—	—	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 18	NY Islanders	0–1	NY Rangers	OT	McAdam	13,979	1–0–1	Recap
3[A] [b]	September 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	—	—	1–0–2	Recap
4[A]	September 20	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Gudlevskis	5,042	2–0–2	Recap
5[c]	September 22	NY Rangers	1–2	NY Islanders		—	—	3–0–2	Recap
6	September 25	New Jersey	0–3	NY Islanders		Greiss	5,615	4–0–2	Recap
7	September 29	NY Islanders	3–1	Buffalo		Halak	16,967	5–0–2	Recap
8	October 1	NY Islanders	5–2	Philadelphia		Greiss	18,575	6–0–2	Recap
Notes: A  Indicates split-squad. a  Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. b  Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. c  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 Recap 2 October 7 Buffalo 3–6 NY Islanders Halak 15,234 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 9 St. Louis 3–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 10,673 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–3 Anaheim Halak 14,553 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 14 NY Islanders 3–1 San Jose Greiss 17,562 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 15 NY Islanders 2–3 Los Angeles Halak 18,230 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 19 NY Islanders 4–3 NY Rangers SO Halak 18,006 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 21 San Jose 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,877 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 24 Arizona 3–5 NY Islanders Halak 9,795 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 26 NY Islanders 4–6 Minnesota Greiss 18,824 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 28 NY Islanders 6–2 Nashville Halak 17,113 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 30 Vegas 3–6 NY Islanders Halak 11,113 7–4–1 15 Recap
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 Halak 18,506 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 November 5 Colorado 4–6 NY Islanders Greiss 10,927 8–5–1 17 Recap 15 November 7 Edmonton 2–1 NY Islanders OT Greiss 12,281 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 10 NY Islanders 0–5 Dallas Halak 18,342 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 11 NY Islanders 5–2 St. Louis Greiss 18,761 9–6–2 20 Recap 18 November 16 Carolina 4–6 NY Islanders Greiss 11,188 10–6–2 22 Recap 19 November 18 NY Islanders 5–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 11–6–2 24 Recap 20 November 19 NY Islanders 2–4 Carolina Halak 11,390 11–7–2 24 Recap 21 November 22 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 12,462 12–7–2 26 Recap 22 November 24 NY Islanders 5–4 Philadelphia OT Greiss 19,643 13–7–2 28 Recap 23 November 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Ottawa Halak 17,276 14–7–2 30 Recap 24 November 28 Vancouver 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 11,194 15–7–2 32 Recap
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 Halak 11,797 15–8–2 32 Recap 26 December 4 NY Islanders 5–4 Florida SO Halak 11,210 16–8–2 34 Recap 27 December 5 NY Islanders 2–6 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 16–9–2 34 Recap 28 December 7 NY Islanders 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Halak 18,433 16–9–3 35 Recap 29 December 9 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Halak 17,565 16–10–3 35 Recap 30 December 11 Washington 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 11,053 17–10–3 37 Recap 31 December 13 Dallas 5–2 NY Islanders Halak 10,316 17–11–3 37 Recap 32 December 14 NY Islanders 4–6 Columbus Greiss 15,696 17–12–3 37 Recap 33 December 16 Los Angeles 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,087 18–12–3 39 Recap 34 December 19 Detroit 6–3 NY Islanders Greiss 10,511 18–13–3 39 Recap 35 December 21 Anaheim 5–4 NY Islanders OT Halak 10,092 18–13–4 40 Recap 36 December 23 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 13,589 19–13–4 42 Recap 37 December 27 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders OT Halak 15,027 20–13–4 44 Recap 38 December 29 NY Islanders 2–4 Winnipeg Halak 15,321 20–14–4 44 Recap 39 December 31 NY Islanders 1–6 Colorado Halak 17,461 20–15–4 44 Recap
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 Halak 11,878 20–16–4 44 Recap 41 January 4 NY Islanders 4–6 Philadelphia Greiss 19,358 20–17–4 44 Recap 42 January 5 Pittsburgh 4–0 NY Islanders Halak 13,641 20–18–4 44 Recap 43 January 7 New Jersey 4–5 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,136 21–18–4 46 Recap 44 January 13 NY Islanders 7–2 NY Rangers Halak 18,006 22–18–4 48 Recap 45 January 15 NY Islanders 5–4 Montreal OT Greiss 21,302 23–18–4 50 Recap 46 January 16 New Jersey 4–1 NY Islanders Halak 12,695 23–19–4 50 Recap 47 January 18 Boston 5–2 NY Islanders Halak 11,803 23–20–4 50 Recap 48 January 20 NY Islanders 7–3 Chicago Halak 21,882 24–20–4 52 Recap 49 January 22 NY Islanders 2–3 Arizona OT Halak 11,707 24–20–5 53 Recap 50 January 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Vegas Halak 18,184 25–20–5 55 Recap 51 January 30 Florida 4–1 NY Islanders Halak 10,423 25–21–5 55 Recap 52 January 31 NY Islanders 0–5 Toronto Greiss 19,267 25–22–5 55 Recap
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 Halak 13,597 26–22–5 57 Recap 54 February 5 Nashville 5–4 NY Islanders OT Halak 10,217 26–22–6 58 Recap 55 February 8 NY Islanders 3–4 Buffalo Halak 16,872 26–23–6 58 Recap 56 February 9 Detroit 6–7 NY Islanders OT Halak 11,847 27–23–6 60 Recap 57 February 11 Calgary 3–2 NY Islanders Halak 11,192 27–24–6 60 Recap 58 February 13 Columbus 4–1 NY Islanders Halak 10,232 27–25–6 60 Recap 59 February 15 NY Rangers 0–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 28–25–6 62 Recap 60 February 16 NY Islanders 3–0 Carolina Greiss 15,448 29–25–6 64 Recap 61 February 19 Minnesota 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,342 29–26–6 64 Recap 62 February 22 NY Islanders 3–4 Toronto SO Halak 18,856 29–26–7 65 Recap 63 February 24 NY Islanders 1–2 New Jersey Halak 16,514 29–27–7 65 Recap 64 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Montreal Halak 21,302 29–28–7 65 Recap
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 Halak 10,685 29–29–7 65 Recap 66 March 3 NY Islanders 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Gibson 18,661 29–29–8 66 Recap 67 March 5 NY Islanders 3–4 Vancouver OT Halak 17,307 29–29–9 67 Recap 68 March 8 NY Islanders 1–2 Edmonton SO Gibson 18,347 29–29–10 68 Recap 69 March 11 NY Islanders 5–2 Calgary Gibson 19,108 30–29–10 70 Recap 70 March 15 Washington 7–3 NY Islanders Gibson 10,740 30–30–10 70 Recap 71 March 16 NY Islanders 3–6 Washington Halak 18,506 30–31–10 70 Recap 72 March 18 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders Halak 10,688 30–32–10 70 Recap 73 March 20 Pittsburgh 1–4 NY Islanders Gibson 10,442 31–32–10 72 Recap 74 March 22 Tampa Bay 7–6 NY Islanders Halak 10,354 31–33–10 72 Recap 75 March 24 Chicago 3–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,091 31–34–10 72 Recap 76 March 26 Florida 3–0 NY Islanders Gibson 10,951 31–35–10 72 Recap 77 March 27 NY Islanders 4–3 Ottawa Halak 15,284 32–35–10 74 Recap 78 March 30 Toronto 5–4 NY Islanders Gibson 13,018 32–36–10 74 Recap 79 March 31 NY Islanders 3–4 New Jersey Greiss 16,514 32–37–10 74 Recap
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 Recap 81 April 5 NY Rangers 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 14,152 34–37–10 78 Recap 82 April 7 NY Islanders 4–3 Detroit OT Greiss 19,515 35–37–10 80 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Barzal, MathewMathew Barzal 82 22 63 85 1 30 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 82 37 47 84 -12 26 Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey 76 18 53 71 -20 17 Lee, AndersAnders Lee 82 40 22 62 -25 44 Eberle, JordanJordan Eberle 81 25 34 59 5 21 Leddy, NickNick Leddy 80 10 32 42 -42 20 Beauvillier, AnthonyAnthony Beauvillier 71 21 15 36 2 16 Nelson, BrockBrock Nelson 82 19 16 35 −4 43 Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock 68 10 22 32 −4 14 Ladd, AndrewAndrew Ladd 73 12 17 29 11 24 Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey 69 5 20 25 20 24 Pelech, AdamAdam Pelech 78 3 16 19 7 28 Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck 76 8 10 18 −7 53 Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk 58 6 12 18 -8 30 Cizikas, CaseyCasey Cizikas 64 7 10 17 -12 23 Ho-Sang, JoshJosh Ho-Sang 22 2 10 12 −7 2 Mayfield, ScottScott Mayfield 47 2 10 12 -6 45 de Haan, CalvinCalvin de Haan 33 1 11 12 11 8 Chimera, JasonJason Chimera ‡ || 58 || 2 || 9 || 11 || -11 || 25 Fritz, TannerTanner Fritz 34 3 4 7 -3 8 Johnston, RossRoss Johnston 24 3 3 6 0 62 Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg 28 0 5 5 -9 17 Aho, SebastianSebastian Aho 22 1 3 4 -5 6 Kulemin, NikolayNikolay Kulemin 13 1 2 3 0 0 Quine, AlanAlan Quine 21 0 3 3 −2 4 Prince, ShaneShane Prince 14 1 1 2 -3 11 Davidson, BrandonBrandon Davidson † || 15 || 1 || 1 || 2 || -8 || 4 Wagner, ChrisChris Wagner † || 15 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -3 || 2 Dal Colle, MichaelMichael Dal Colle 4 0 0 0 0 0 Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier 4 0 0 0 -2 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak	54	49	3,024:03	20	26	6	161	3.19	1744	.908	1	0	0	4
Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	27	25	1,491:45	13	8	2	95	3.82	879	.892	1	0	0	0
Gibson, ChristopherChristopher Gibson	8	8	426:52	2	3	2	26	3.65	284	.908	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Islanders. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Vegas Golden Knights Jake Bischoff Mikhail Grabovski NYI's 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2017 NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2019	To New York Islanders Expansion Draft considerations1
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Strome	To New York Islanders Jordan Eberle
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	To Calgary Flames Travis Hamonic NYI's conditional 4th-round pick in 2019 or 2020	To New York Islanders CGY's 1st-round pick in 2018 CGY's 2nd-round pick in 2018 CGY's conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 or 2020
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Carter Verhaeghe	To New York Islanders Kristers Gudlevskis
February 24, 2018 (2018-02-24)	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2019	To New York Islanders Brandon Davidson
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Anaheim Ducks Jason Chimera	To New York Islanders Chris Wagner

Notes:

1. 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 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Seth Helgeson New Jersey Devils 1-year, $650,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Kane Lafranchise Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1-year, $650,000 March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) Scott Eansor Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-year, $1.44 million entry-level contract April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) Yannick Rathgeb HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2-year, $2.75 million entry-level contract May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08) 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 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Bracken Kearns New Jersey Devils 1-year, $650,000 July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) Matt Finn Charlotte Checkers Unknown July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Jesse Graham Colorado Avalanche 1-year, $650,000 September 13, 2017 (2017-09-13) Stephon Williams San Jose Barracuda 1-year September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14) Loic Leduc Reading Royals Unknown October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) 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 July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) Sebastian Aho 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11) Kristers Gudlevskis 1-year, $650,000 July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) Christopher Gibson 1-year, $650,000 July 24, 2017 (2017-07-24) Adam Pelech 4-year, $6.4 million July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27) Connor Jones 1-year, $650,000 August 2, 2017 (2017-08-02) Calvin de Haan 1-year, $3.3 million August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08) Stephen Gionta 1-year, $650,000 September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) Kieffer Bellows 3-year, $3.4125 million entry-level contract January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04) Scott Mayfield 5-year, $7.25 million contract extension February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23) Josh Bailey 6-year, $30 million contract extension March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) Otto Koivula 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) David Quenneville 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract Draft picks See also: List of New York Islanders 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, Illinois. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 2 46 Robin Salo D Finland Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 3 77 Ben Mirageas D United States Chicago Steel (USHL) 5 139 Sebastian Aho D Sweden Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 6 1651 Arnaud Durandeau LW Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 7 201 Logan Cockerill RW United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) Notes: 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. References