2024–25 New York Islanders season

2024–25 New York Islanders
2024–25 New York Islanders
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	0–0–1
Home record	0–0–1
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	4
Goals against	5
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Patrick Roy
Captain	Anders Lee
Alternate captains	Bo Horvat; Brock Nelson
Arena	UBS Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Islanders (AHL); Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	4 players (1)
Assists	Noah Dobson (2)
Points	Noah Dobson; Anthony Duclair (2)
Penalty minutes	Alexander Romanov; Kyle Palmieri (2)
Plus/minus	8 players (+1)
Goals against average	Semyon Varlamov (4.82)
	← 2023–24 →

The 2024–25 New York Islanders season is the 53rd season in the franchise's history.^[1] It will be their fourth season in UBS Arena.^[2] It will be their first full season under head coach Patrick Roy who was the interim head coach for the 2023–24 season after the they fired Lane Lambert on January 20, 2024.^[3]^[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	3	2	1	0	2	9	6	+3	4
2	New York Rangers	1	1	0	0	1	6	0	+6	2
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	1	1	0	1	6	9	−3	2
4	New York Islanders	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	−1	1
5	Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Philadelphia Flyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	−1	0

Updated to game(s) played on October 10, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standigs

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Florida Panthers	2	1	1	0	1	7	7	0	2
2	AT	Montreal Canadiens	2	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	2

3	ME	New York Islanders	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	−1	1
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	ME	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	−1	0
9	AT	Detroit Red Wings	1	0	1	0	0	3	6	−3	0
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	3	0	3	0	0	3	10	−7	0

Updated to game(s) played on October 10, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The New York Islanders preseason schedule was released on June 17, 2024.^[7]

2024 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record
1	September 22	NY Islanders	4–2	New Jersey	Hogberg	Prudential Center	10,815	1–0–0
2	September 24	NY Islanders	4–6	NY Rangers	Tikkanen	Madison Square Garden	16,568	1–1–0
3	September 26	NY Islanders	0–2	Philadelphia	Hogberg	Wells Fargo Center	11,716	1–2–0
4	September 27	New Jersey	1–5	NY Islanders	Varlamov	UBS Arena	11,420	2–2–0
5	September 30	Philadelphia	3–4	NY Islanders	Skarek	UBS Arena	10,564	3–2–0
6	October 4	NY Rangers	2–5	NY Islanders	Varlamov	UBS Arena	16,106	4–2–0

Legend:

= Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.^[8]

2024–25 game log

October: 0–0–1 (home: 0–0–1; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Utah	5–4	NY Islanders	OT	Varlamov	17,254	0–0–1	1	^[9]
2	October 12	NY Islanders	–	Dallas
3	October 14	NY Islanders	–	Colorado
4	October 17	NY Islanders	–	St. Louis
5	October 19	Montreal	–	NY Islanders
6	October 22	Detroit	–	NY Islanders
7	October 25	NY Islanders	–	New Jersey
8	October 26	Florida	–	NY Islanders
9	October 29	Anaheim	–	NY Islanders
10	October 30	NY Islanders	–	Columbus

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
11	November 1	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo	KeyBank Center
12	November 3	NY Islanders	–	NY Rangers	Madison Square Garden
13	November 5	Pittsburgh	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
14	November 7	NY Islanders	–	Ottawa	Canadian Tire Centre
15	November 9	New Jersey	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
16	November 12	NY Islanders	–	Edmonton	Rogers Place
17	November 14	NY Islanders	–	Vancouver	Rogers Arena
18	November 16	NY Islanders	–	Seattle	Climate Pledge Arena
19	November 19	NY Islanders	–	Calgary	Scotiabank Saddledome
20	November 21	NY Islanders	–	Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
21	November 23	St. Louis	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
22	November 25	Detroit	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
23	November 27	Boston	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
24	November 29	NY Islanders	–	Washington	Capital One Arena
25	November 30	Buffalo	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
26	December 3	NY Islanders	–	Montreal	Bell Centre
27	December 5	Seattle	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
28	December 7	Carolina	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
29	December 8	NY Islanders	–	Ottawa	Canadian Tire Centre
30	December 10	Los Angeles	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
31	December 12	Chicago	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
32	December 15	NY Islanders	–	Chicago	United Center
33	December 17	NY Islanders	–	Carolina	Lenovo Center
34	December 21	NY Islanders	–	Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
35	December 23	Buffalo	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
36	December 28	Pittsburgh	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
37	December 29	NY Islanders	–	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena
38	December 31	NY Islanders	–	Toronto	Scotiabank Arena

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
39	January 2	Toronto	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
40	January 5	NY Islanders	–	Boston	TD Garden
41	January 9	NY Islanders	–	Vegas	T-Mobile Arena
42	January 11	NY Islanders	–	Utah	Delta Center
43	January 14	Ottawa	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
44	January 16	Philadelphia	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
45	January 18	San Jose	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
46	January 20	Columbus	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
47	January 24	Philadelphia	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
48	January 25	Carolina	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
49	January 28	Colorado	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
50	January 30	NY Islanders	–	Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
51	February 1	NY Islanders	–	Tampa Bay	Amalie Arena
52	February 2	NY Islanders	–	Florida	Amerant Bank Arena
53	February 4	Vegas	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
54	February 7	NY Islanders	–	Winnipeg	Canada Life Centre
55	February 8	NY Islanders	–	Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
56	February 23	Dallas	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
57	February 25	NY Rangers	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
58	February 27	NY Islanders	–	Boston	TD Garden

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
59	March 1	Nashville	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
60	March 3	NY Islanders	–	NY Rangers	Madison Square Garden
61	March 4	Winnipeg	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
62	March 8	NY Islanders	–	San Jose	SAP Center
63	March 9	NY Islanders	–	Anaheim	Honda Center
64	March 11	NY Islanders	–	Los Angeles	Crypto.com Arena
65	March 14	Edmonton	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
66	March 16	Florida	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
67	March 18	NY Islanders	–	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena
68	March 20	Montreal	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
69	March 22	Calgary	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
70	March 24	Columbus	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
71	March 26	Vancouver	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
72	March 29	NY Islanders	–	Tampa Bay	Amalie Arena
73	March 30	NY Islanders	–	Carolina	Lenovo Center

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
74	April 1	Tampa Bay	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
75	April 4	Minnesota	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
76	April 6	Washington	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
77	April 8	NY Islanders	–	Nashville	Bridgestone Arena
78	April 10	NY Rangers	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
79	April 12	NY Islanders	–	Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
80	April 13	NY Islanders	–	New Jersey	Prudential Center
81	April 15	Washington	–	NY Islanders	UBS Arena
82	April 17	NY Islanders	–	Columbus	Nationwide Arena

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) OT/SO loss (1 point)

Awards and honors

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Date

Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trade

Date	Details		Ref

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Anthony Duclair	from Tampa Bay Lightning	4-year	^[10]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract treminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref

Draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	20	Cole Eiserman	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	54	Jesse Pulkkinen	D	Finland	JYP (Liiga)
2	61	Kamil Bednarik	C	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	115	Dmitry Gamzin	G	Russia	HC Zvezda Moscow (VHL)
5	147	Marcus Gidlof	G	Sweden	Leksands IF (J20 Nationell)
6	179	Xavier Veilleux	D	Canada	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

Notes

References

^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
^ Whyno, Stephen (June 4, 2021). "No sleep till Belmont: Islanders' new home arena on horizon". AP News. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ Clark, Ryan S. (January 20, 2024). "Islanders fire Lane Lambert, hire Patrick Roy as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "Islanders Name Roy Head Coach". NHL.com. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
^ "Islanders 2024-25 Preseason Schedule Announced". New York Islanders. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
^ "Islanders Announce 2024–25 Regular Season Schedule". NHL.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "New York Islanders - Utah Hockey Club - Oct 10, 2024". NHL.com. October 10, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "Bruins Announce July 1 Transactions". NHL.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[1] National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.

[2] Whyno, Stephen (June 4, 2021). "No sleep till Belmont: Islanders' new home arena on horizon". AP News. Retrieved June 13, 2023.

[3] Clark, Ryan S. (January 20, 2024). "Islanders fire Lane Lambert, hire Patrick Roy as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[4] "Islanders Name Roy Head Coach". NHL.com. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[nhl-div-5] "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.

[nhl-wc-6] "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.

[7] "Islanders 2024-25 Preseason Schedule Announced". New York Islanders. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

[8] "Islanders Announce 2024–25 Regular Season Schedule". NHL.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.

[9] "New York Islanders - Utah Hockey Club - Oct 10, 2024". NHL.com. October 10, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[10] "Bruins Announce July 1 Transactions". NHL.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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