The New York Islanders are back in action after the NHL’s Olympic break ended. The Islanders have something to play for down the stretch, as they are currently third in the Metropolitan Division.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the game-winner at 1:46 of overtime as the visiting New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 victory against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
The incredible freshman season for last year’s first-overall pick continues. On Thursday night, New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer scored the 17th and 18th goals of his rookie campaign, setting the record for most goals by an 18-year-old blueliner in NHL history.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
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Two teams look to solidify their holds on a playoff spot when the New York Islanders visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in the first game for each following the NHL's pause for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
The New York Islanders are back in action on Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens after the Olympic break. They sent two players to Milan: Bo Horvat represented Team Canada, and Ondrej Palat was on Team Czechia.
The New York Islanders are holding down the third spot in the Metropolitan Division coming out of the Olympic break. Few expected them to be here after last year’s disastrous season.
The New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues completed a depth trade during the NHL Olympic break, with the Islanders acquiring forward Matt Luff in exchange for forward Julien Gauthier.
The New York Islanders will return from the Olympic break in third place in the Metropolitan Division. A surge from the Columbus Blue Jackets has closed the gap, but the Isles still control their destiny.
The New York Islanders are in third place in the Metropolitan Division as the Olympics continue. Only Bo Horvat and Ondrej Palat are over in Milan as the rest of the team gets back to practice.
It has been a solid post-draft season for Islanders prospect Victor Eklund. Making the jump to the SHL level for the first time, he has put up 16 points in 34 games with Djurgardens while averaging 14:38 of playing time.
When people look back on the New York Islanders’ glory years, it’s easy to get caught up in the legendary scorers and the Hall of Fame defense. But anyone who watched those four straight Stanley Cups unfold knows there was always one steady presence holding everything together: Billy Smith.
One of the most intriguing factors surrounding NHL trade deadline season is seeing how surprisingly strong teams conduct themselves and what first-year general managers do to leave their mark on their rosters.
Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal with 3:27 left to play to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday in Newark, N.J.
With a dynamic first-overall pick rookie in Matthew Schaefer and a Vezina candidate goalie in Ilya Sorokin, the New York Islanders and their success have been one of the big stories of this NHL season.
In the 2025-2026 NHL season, the New York Islanders exceeded the expectations of most fans. After selecting number one in the NHL Draft, the Islanders were expected to be in the midst of a retool.
The New York Islanders have made a couple of key trades before the Olympic freeze, and it seems the team might make a few more before the March 6 trade deadline.
The Islanders were busy in the first round of the draft last season, adding Matthew Schaefer first overall while making back-to-back selections in the middle of the round as part of the trade return for Noah Dobson. Thanks to the Brock Nelson trade last season, they have an extra pick on the opening night of the draft again this season.
The New York Islanders were shut out 5-0 at home by the red-hot Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. While the lopsided score might have shocked some, what was even more surprising—especially for those who didn’t watch and only saw the box score—was that Mathew Barzal logged just 12:45 of ice time.
The New York Islanders are expected to turn towards a top prospect to help them with injuries. Defenseman Isaiah George appears to have been recalled to the NHL just before the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders’ Friday night game per Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News.