2016–17 New York Islanders season

2016–17 New York Islanders
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	9th Eastern
2016–17 record	41–29–12
Home record	22–12–7
Road record	19–17–5
Goals for	241
Goals against	242
Team information
General manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Jack Capuano (Oct. 9 – Jan. 17) Doug Weight (Jan. 17 – Apr. 9)
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Cal Clutterbuck Travis Hamonic Andrew Ladd
Arena	Barclays Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Missouri Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Anders Lee (34)
Assists	Josh Bailey (43)
Points	John Tavares (66)
Penalty minutes	Travis Hamonic (60)
Plus/minus	Dennis Seidenberg (+25)
Wins	Thomas Greiss (26)
Goals against average	Thomas Greiss (2.69)

The 2016–17 New York Islanders season was the 45th season in the franchise's history. It was their second 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. The Islanders attempted to improve upon their 45–27–10 record from the previous season, in which they defeated the Florida Panthers to win their first playoff series since 1993, but fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the second round. However, they were unable to accomplish this as they finished the season with a 41–29–12 record, missing the playoffs by one point to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
2	AT	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
3	ME	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
6	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
7	AT	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78
10	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Philadelphia 1–4 NY Islanders Berube — 1–0–0 2 September 27 NY Islanders 0–4 Philadelphia Gibson 17,721 1–1–0 3 September 27 NY Islanders 2–5 NY Rangers Berube 17,228 1–2–0 4 October 1 Washington 2–1 NY Islanders Berube –– 1–3–0 5 October 3 New Jersey 3–4 NY Islanders Greiss 5,978 2–3–0 6 October 4 NY Rangers 2–3 NY Islanders OT Berube 10,244 3–3–0 7 October 5 NY Islanders 3–2 New Jersey Greiss 7,714 4–3–0 8 October 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Washington Halak 14,329 4–4–0 A – indicates split-squad game. B – game played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 NY Islanders 3–5 NY Rangers Halak 18,200 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 NY Islanders 1–2 Washington Greiss 18,506 0–2–0 0 3 October 16 Anaheim 2–3 NY Islanders OT Halak 15,795 1–2–0 2 4 October 18 San Jose 3–2 NY Islanders Halak 10,772 1–3–0 2 5 October 21 Arizona 2–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,076 2–3–0 4 6 October 23 Minnesota 3–6 NY Islanders Greiss 11,583 3–3–0 6 7 October 26 Montreal 3–2 NY Islanders Greiss 12,194 3–4–0 6 8 October 27 NY Islanders 2–4 Pittsburgh Halak 18,422 3–5–0 6 9 October 30 Toronto 1–5 NY Islanders Greiss 12,057 4–5–0 8
November: 4–5–4 (Home: 3–2–3 ; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Tampa Bay 6–1 NY Islanders Greiss 10,822 4–6–0 8 11 November 3 Philadelphia 3–2 NY Islanders SO Halak 11,119 4–6–1 9 12 November 5 Edmonton 4–3 NY Islanders SO Halak 13,862 4–6–2 10 13 November 7 Vancouver 2–4 NY Islanders Halak 12,514 5–6–2 12 14 November 10 NY Islanders 1–4 Tampa Bay Halak 19,092 5–7–2 12 15 November 12 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida OT Halak 15,828 5–7–3 13 16 November 14 Tampa Bay 4–0 NY Islanders Halak 12,498 5–8–3 13 17 November 18 Pittsburgh 3–2 NY Islanders OT Halak 13,365 5–8–4 14 18 November 22 NY Islanders 3–2 Anaheim SO Greiss 15,161 6–8–4 16 19 November 23 NY Islanders 2–4 Los Angeles Halak 18,230 6–9–4 16 20 November 25 NY Islanders 2–3 San Jose Greiss 17,562 6–10–4 16 21 November 28 Calgary 1–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 10,772 7–10–4 18 22 November 30 Pittsburgh 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 12,149 8–10–4 20
December: 7–5–2 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 NY Islanders 3–0 Washington Halak 18,506 9–10–4 22 24 December 4 Detroit 4-3 NY Islanders OT Halak 13,789 9–10–5 23 25 December 6 NY Rangers 2–4 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 10–10–5 25 26 December 8 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 11,178 11–10–5 27 27 December 10 NY Islanders 2–6 Columbus Halak 16,928 11–11–5 27 28 December 13 Washington 4–2 NY Islanders Halak 12,730 11–12–5 27 29 December 15 Chicago 5–4 NY Islanders Greiss 12,504 11–13–5 27 30 December 16 NY Islanders 2–3 Buffalo OT Berube 18,903 11–13–6 28 31 December 18 Ottawa 6–2 NY Islanders Berube 13,102 11–14–6 28 32 December 20 NY Islanders 4–2 Boston Greiss 17,565 12–14–6 30 33 December 23 Buffalo 1–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,852 13–14–6 32 34 December 27 Washington 3–4 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 14–14–6 34 35 December 29 NY Islanders 4–6 Minnesota Berube 19,252 14–15–6 34 36 December 31 NY Islanders 6–2 Winnipeg Greiss 15,294 15–15–6 36
January: 7–2–3 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 6 NY Islanders 1–2 Colorado OT Greiss 14,788 15–15–7 37 38 January 7 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona SO Greiss 12,380 15–15–8 38 39 January 11 Florida 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 13,529 15–16–8 38 40 January 13 NY Islanders 5–2 Florida Greiss 14,352 16–16–8 40 41 January 14 NY Islanders 4–7 Carolina Greiss 16,640 16–17–8 40 42 January 16 NY Islanders 4–0 Boston Greiss 17,565 17–17–8 42 43 January 19 Dallas 0–3 NY Islanders Greiss 12,630 18–17–8 44 44 January 21 Los Angeles 2–4 NY Islanders Berube 15,138 19–17–8 46 45 January 22 Philadelphia 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,146 19–17–9 47 46 January 24 Columbus 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,419 20–17–9 49 47 January 26 Montreal 1–3 NY Islanders Greiss 12,019 21–17–9 51 January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 48 January 31 Washington 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 11,240 22–17–9 53
February: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 3 NY Islanders 4–5 Detroit Greiss 20,027 22–18–9 53 50 February 4 Carolina 5–4 NY Islanders OT Berube 14,153 22–18–10 54 51 February 6 Toronto 5–6 NY Islanders OT Greiss 11,828 23–18–10 56 52 February 9 NY Islanders 3–1 Philadelphia Greiss 19,737 24–18–10 58 53 February 11 NY Islanders 0–3 Ottawa Greiss 18,211 24–19–10 58 54 February 12 Colorado 1–5 NY Islanders Berube 14,107 25–19–10 60 55 February 14 NY Islanders 1–7 Toronto Greiss 18,956 25–20–10 60 56 February 16 NY Rangers 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 26–20–10 62 57 February 18 NY Islanders 2–3 New Jersey Greiss 16,514 26–21–10 62 58 February 19 New Jersey 4–6 NY Islanders Berube 15,795 27–21–10 64 59 February 21 NY Islanders 3–1 Detroit Greiss 20,027 28–21–10 66 60 February 23 NY Islanders 3–0 Montreal Greiss 21,288 29–21–10 68 61 February 25 NY Islanders 0–7 Columbus Greiss 18,183 29–22–10 68
March: 7–7–2 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 6–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 NY Islanders 5–4 Dallas Greiss 17,438 30–22–10 70 63 March 3 NY Islanders 1–2 Chicago SO Greiss 21,883 30–22–11 71 64 March 5 NY Islanders 2–5 Calgary Greiss 18,741 30–23–11 71 65 March 7 NY Islanders 4–1 Edmonton Greiss 18,347 31–23–11 73 66 March 9 NY Islanders 4–3 Vancouver OT Greiss 18,406 32–23–11 75 67 March 11 NY Islanders 3–4 St. Louis Greiss 19,505 32–24–11 75 68 March 13 Carolina 8–4 NY Islanders Greiss 12,785 32–25–11 75 69 March 14 NY Islanders 3–2 Carolina OT Greiss 8,707 33–25–11 77 70 March 16 Winnipeg 4–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,700 33–26–11 77 71 March 18 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 14,007 33–26–12 78 72 March 22 NY Islanders 3–2 NY Rangers Greiss 18,006 34–26–12 80 73 March 24 NY Islanders 4–3 Pittsburgh SO Halak 18,659 35–26–12 82 74 March 25 Boston 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 35–27–12 82 75 March 27 Nashville 3–1 NY Islanders Greiss 11,671 35–28–12 82 76 March 30 NY Islanders 3–6 Philadelphia Halak 19,703 35–29–12 82 77 March 31 New Jersey 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 13,766 36–29–12 84
April: 5–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 NY Islanders 4–2 Buffalo Halak 19,070 37–29–12 86 79 April 4 NY Islanders 2–1 Nashville OT Halak 17,113 38–29–12 88 80 April 6 NY Islanders 3–0 Carolina Halak 9,769 39–29–12 90 81 April 8 NY Islanders 4–2 New Jersey Halak 16,514 40–29–12 92 82 April 9 Ottawa 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 13,303 41–29–12 94
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
John Tavares	77	28	38	66	4	38
Josh Bailey	82	13	43	56	5	12
Anders Lee	81	34	18	52	9	56
Nick Leddy	81	11	35	46	−3	12
Brock Nelson	81	20	25	45	−6	36
Jason Chimera	82	20	13	33	1	40
Andrew Ladd	78	23	8	31	−14	45
Ryan Strome	69	13	17	30	−8	40
Casey Cizikas	59	8	17	25	9	30
Calvin de Haan	82	5	20	25	15	36
Anthony Beauvillier	66	9	15	24	1	10
Nikolay Kulemin	72	12	11	23	3	18
Johnny Boychuk	66	6	17	23	11	19
Dennis Seidenberg	73	5	17	22	25	32
Cal Clutterbuck	66	5	15	20	2	28
Thomas Hickey	76	4	16	20	−1	35
Shane Prince	50	5	13	18	−9	18
Alan Quine	61	5	13	18	−2	8
Travis Hamonic	49	3	11	14	−21	60
Joshua Ho-Sang	21	4	6	10	1	12
Adam Pelech	44	3	7	10	−5	6
Scott Mayfield	25	2	7	9	−1	35
Stephen Gionta	26	1	5	6	9	2
Ryan Pulock	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mathew Barzal	2	0	0	0	−2	6
Connor Jones	4	0	0	0	1	2
Bracken Kearns	2	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Thomas Greiss	51	49	2,813:17	26	18	5	126	2.69	1,453	0.913	3	0	1	0
Jaroslav Halak	28	26	1,605:29	12	9	5	75	2.80	885	0.915	2	0	1	0
Jean-Francois Berube	14	7	526:49	3	2	2	30	3.42	271	0.889	0	0	0	0

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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Anthony Beauvillier	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	October 13, 2016
Mathew Barzal	1st career NHL game	October 15, 2016
Anthony Beauvillier	1st career NHL goal	October 18, 2016
Travis Hamonic	400th career NHL game	October 21, 2016
Johnny Boychuk	100th career NHL assist	October 21, 2016
Ryan Strome	100th career NHL point	October 23, 2016
Casey Cizikas	300th career NHL game	November 1, 2016
Ryan Strome	200th career NHL game	November 3, 2016
John Tavares	500th career NHL point	January 13, 2016
Jason Chimera	1000th career NHL game	February 4, 2017
Joshua Ho-Sang	1st career NHL game	March 2, 2017
Joshua Ho-Sang	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 7, 2017
Joshua Ho-Sang	1st career NHL assist	March 11, 2017

Transactions

Following the end of the Islanders' 2015–16 season, and during the 2016–17 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017	To New York Islanders CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2017	To New York Islanders SJS's 4th-round pick in 2016

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jason Chimera	Washington Capitals	2-year, $4.5 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew Ladd	Chicago Blackhawks	7-year, $38.5 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	P. A. Parenteau	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year, $1.25 million
September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	Dennis Seidenberg	Boston Bruins	1-year, $1 million
February 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)	Connor Jones	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1-year, $575,000
March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)	John Stevens	Northeastern University	2-year, entry-level contract
March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)	Tanner Fritz	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	2-year, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Brian Strait	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Kyle Okposo	Buffalo Sabres	7-year, $42 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Frans Nielsen	Detroit Red Wings	6-year, $31.5 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Matt Martin	Toronto Maple Leafs	4-year, $10 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Whitney	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $600,000
July 4, 2016 (2016-07-04)	Marc-Andre Cliche	Toronto Marlies	1-year, $700,000
July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09)	Mike Halmo	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year, $550,000
August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)	Kevin Czuczman	Manitoba Moose	1-year, $700,000
September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)	James Wright	Admiral Vladivostok	1-year, $800,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date
P. A. Parenteau	New Jersey Devils	October 10, 2016

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Shane Prince	2-year, $1.7 million
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jean-Francois Berube	1-year, $675,000
July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)	Scott Mayfield	2-year, $1.25 million
July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)	Alan Quine	2-year, $1.225 million
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Eric Boulton	1-year, $575,000
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)	Christopher Gibson	1-year, $660,000
September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)	Ryan Strome	2-year, $5 million
October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)	Mitchell Vande Sompel	3-year, entry-level contract
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)	Jake Bischoff	2-year, entry-level contract
April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)	Dennis Seidenberg	1-year, $1.25 million contract extension
May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)	Linus Soderstrom	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Kieffer Bellows	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	95	Anatoly Golyshev	LW	Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)
4	120	Otto Koivula	LW	Finland	Ilves (Liiga)
6	170	Collin Adams	LW	United States	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7	193	Nick Pastujov	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	200	David Quenneville	D	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Draft notes

• The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014, that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2015, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
• The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (11th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (12th overall) and this pick.

Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Shane Prince and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Ottawa will receive the lower of New York or Vancouver's third-round pick in 2016 – was converted on March 25, 2016 when the Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention ensuring that they would finish behind the Islanders in the overall league standings.

• The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2016 (110th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.

Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Brandon Saad, Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst to Columbus in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp, Marko Dano and this pick.

• The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 (95th overall) to New York in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
• The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2017 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.

Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Nicklas Grossmann and Chris Pronger to Arizona in exchange for Sam Gagner and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a fourth-round pick in 2016 if Arizona acquires another fourth-round pick in 2016, at Arizona's choice – was converted on June 25, 2016.

Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Maxim Letunov and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to San Jose in exchange for Detroit's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

• The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016, that sent Jared McCann, a second and fourth-round pick both in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Erik Gudbranson and this pick.

Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Montreal's fifth-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for this pick.

• The Ottawa Senators' seventh-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent a conditional third-round pick in 2016 to Ottawa in exchange for Shane Prince and this pick.

References