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
Average attendance	12,002
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 was their third 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 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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

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

Player statistics

As of April 7, 2018

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mathew Barzal	82	22	63	85	1	30
John Tavares	82	37	47	84	−12	26
Josh Bailey	76	18	53	71	−20	17
Anders Lee	82	40	22	62	−25	44
Jordan Eberle	81	25	34	59	5	21
Nick Leddy	80	10	32	42	−42	20
Anthony Beauvillier	71	21	15	36	2	16
Brock Nelson	82	19	16	35	−4	43
Ryan Pulock	68	10	22	32	−4	14
Andrew Ladd	73	12	17	29	11	24
Thomas Hickey	69	5	20	25	20	24
Adam Pelech	78	3	16	19	7	28
Cal Clutterbuck	76	8	10	18	−7	53
Johnny Boychuk	58	6	12	18	−8	30
Casey Cizikas	64	7	10	17	−12	23
Josh Ho-Sang	22	2	10	12	−7	2
Scott Mayfield	47	2	10	12	−6	45
Calvin de Haan	33	1	11	12	11	8
Jason Chimera‡	58	2	9	11	−11	25
Tanner Fritz	34	3	4	7	−3	8
Ross Johnston	24	3	3	6	0	62
Dennis Seidenberg	28	0	5	5	−9	17
Sebastian Aho	22	1	3	4	−5	6
Nikolay Kulemin	13	1	2	3	0	0
Alan Quine	21	0	3	3	−2	4
Shane Prince	14	1	1	2	−3	11
Brandon Davidson†	15	1	1	2	−8	4
Chris Wagner†	15	1	0	1	−3	2
Michael Dal Colle	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve 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
Jaroslav Halak	54	49	3,024:03	20	26	6	161	3.19	1744	.908	1	0	0	4
Thomas Greiss	27	25	1,491:45	13	8	2	95	3.82	879	.892	1	0	0	0
Christopher 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. 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.

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

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.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
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)

1. 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