The New York Islanders have played two games thus far in the 2026-27 NHL regular season, losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in their opener on the road before destroying the New Jersey Devils in their first game at UBS Arena, 6-0.
The New York Islanders suffered a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in their season opener, which led to head coach Peter DeBoer looking to shake things up to generate some more offensive chances.
The New York Islanders are getting set for their season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the team will be excited for the upcoming season. With training camp and the preseason coming and going quickly, the Islanders will be in action on the road.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
Pete DeBoer was hired by the New York Islanders with just a few games to go in the 2025-26 regular season, and while some may have seen it as a way to spark a club whose goal was to make the playoffs, others saw it as the Isles getting ahead of the other teams in the league who would look to hire a new bench boss in the offseason.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The New York Islanders lost their captain over the summer, as Anders Lee decided to move on by signing a three-year contract with the Utah Mammoth. That meant that the captaincy was now wide open for the club, and they filled that void by naming forward Bo Horvat his official successor.
The New York Islanders got their preseason slate of games started against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon on the road at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
New York Islanders head coach Peter DeBoer told reporters, including Ethan Sears of New York Post Sports, that keeping three goaltenders on the roster has been discussed.
The New York Islanders will be getting set for their preseason opener on Sunday against the New Jersey Devils. With a condensed offseason, the start of the 2026-27 campaign is right around the corner. Coming off a year in which they nearly made the playoffs but fell apart late, the goal for the Islanders is pretty clear.
The biggest move that the New York Islanders made for the 2026-27 season actually came before the 2025-26 campaign came to a close. With four games remaining and their playoff hopes extinguished, the Islanders decided to make a major change.
Optimism is on the rise for the New York Islanders, who are hoping to receive a boost from having Peter DeBoer as their head coach for the full season.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The New York Islanders have a plan. Most of it appears to begin next summer.
Alexander Romanov faces a busy offseason after a shoulder injury limited him to just 15 games last season, leaving the Islanders defenseman focused on regaining full game shape ahead of 2026-27.
Peter DeBoer knows what he’s walking into on Long Island, and what needs fixing. Speaking with The Athletic last week, the new Islanders head coach was blunt about the flaws that undercut a team that missed the playoffs despite a respectable point total in 2025-26, pointing to a defensive foundation that surrendered far too many chances.
The New York Islanders face a long offseason after a bold coaching gamble backfired. Firing Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer was meant to spark a late push, mirroring the Vegas Golden Knights and their newfound success under John Tortorella.
The New York Islanders are officially eliminated from playoff contention. That will remove the organization’s top goal after firing head coach Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer in a shocking, April decision.
All eyes will be on Peter DeBoer as he takes his place behind the New York Islanders' bench for a crucial tilt against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
The New York Islanders agreed on a contract with new head coach Peter DeBoer through the 2028-29 season, ESPN reported Monday. In a stunning end-of-season move Sunday, the struggling Islanders fired head coach Patrick Roy and replaced him with the well-traveled DeBoer.
The New York Islanders brought in head coach Peter DeBoer to give them a coaching bump. Sitting a single point outside a playoff spot, the hope is that he takes over for Patrick Roy, motivates the group, and pushes them into a longer playoff run.
The New York Islanders fired Patrick Roy and announced the hiring of veteran coach Pete DeBoer in a stunning move on Easter Sunday.
It’s hard to believe, but we are just two months away from the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics. Absent from Olympic play since 2014, it’ll be the Games debut for a whole lot of the world’s best players, and coaches as well.
Once an NHL coach is fired this year, Peter DeBoer will likely be one of the first people called.
The Dallas Stars fired head coach Peter DeBoer on Friday, less than a week after the team was eliminated in the Western Conference Final for the third year in a row.
The pressure in the win-oriented business of sports is staggering, and sometimes, franchises make rash decisions when it comes to the head coach. That's the story for three different coaches across major sports who led their teams to success this year, but not enough of it.
The Dallas Stars fired head coach Peter DeBoer on Friday, a week after his team lost in the Western Conference finals for the third straight season. DeBoer,
Dallas Stars head coach Peter DeBoer made the shocking decision to pull his starting goalie, Jake Oettinger, just seven minutes into Thursday's Game 5 of the Western Conference Final.
Thanks to the Edmonton Oilers' 6-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night, the 2025 Stanley Cup Final is officially set.
Maybe it should not be a surprise that the Dallas Stars rallied for a Game 7 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
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