2013–14 New York Islanders season

The 2013–14 New York Islanders season was the 42nd season in the franchise's history.^[2] The Islanders finished last in the Metropolitan Division and did not qualify for the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs.

2013–14 New York Islanders
Division	8th Metropolitan
Conference	14th Eastern
2013–14 record	34–37–11
Home record	13–19–9
Road record	21–18–2
Goals for	225
Goals against	267
Team information
General manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Jack Capuano
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Kyle Okposo Andrew MacDonald (Oct.–Mar.) Travis Hamonic (Mar.–Apr.) Frans Nielsen (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	14,832 (94.2%)[1] (38 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Okposo (27)
Assists	John Tavares Kyle Okposo (42)
Points	Kyle Okposo (69)
Penalty minutes	Matt Carkner (149)
Plus/minus	Thomas Hickey (+5)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (15)
Goals against average	Evgeni Nabokov (2.74)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Regular season

Stadium Series

The Islanders played against their rivals, the New York Rangers, at the 2014 NHL Stadium Series at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, on January 29, 2014. The Rangers won the game 2–1.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	+42	109
2	x – New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	+25	96
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	+1	94
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
5	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
6	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79

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

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
2	AT	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
3	ME	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	ME	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79
9	AT	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	NY Islanders	3–5	Calgary		Nilsson	19,289	0–1–0	Recap
2[a]	September 17	Calgary	4–2	NY Islanders		Reiter	4,189	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 19	NY Islanders	5–3	New Jersey		Poulin	11,209	1–2–0	Recap
4[b]	September 21	New Jersey	3–0	NY Islanders		Nabokov	14,689	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 22	NY Islanders	0–2	Nashville		Nilsson	15,502	1–4–0	Recap
6	September 27	Nashville	4–6	NY Islanders		Nabokov	9,338	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 29	NY Islanders	4–1	Ottawa		Nabokov	15,321	3–4–0	Recap
8[c]	September 29	Ottawa	2–5	NY Islanders		Poulin	3,000	4–4–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. b Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. c Game was played at Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–3; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey SO Nabokov 16,624 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders SO Nabokov 16,170 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 8 Phoenix 1–6 NY Islanders Nabokov 10,288 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–3 Chicago Poulin 21,196 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 12 NY Islanders 2–3 Nashville Nabokov 17,113 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 15 Buffalo 4–3 NY Islanders SO Nabokov 10,512 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 17 Edmonton 2–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 10,608 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 October 19 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 13,008 3–3–2 8 Recap 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–4 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 11,922 3–3–3 9 Recap 10 October 25 NY Islanders 4–3 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,664 4–3–3 11 Recap 11 October 26 Philadelphia 5–2 NY Islanders Poulin 13,620 4–4–3 11 Recap 12 October 29 NY Rangers 3–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,170 4–5–3 11 Recap
November: 4–10–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 NY Islanders 5–4 Ottawa SO Nabokov 15,589 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 November 2 Boston 1–3 NY Islanders Poulin 14,018 6–5–3 15 Recap 15 November 5 NY Islanders 2–6 Washington Nabokov 18,506 6–6–3 15 Recap 16 November 7 NY Islanders 0–1 Carolina Poulin 11,541 6–7–3 15 Recap 17 November 9 NY Islanders 2–5 Columbus Nabokov 13,949 6–8–3 15 Recap 18 November 10 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Poulin 21,273 6–9–3 15 Recap 19 November 12 Nashville 1–3 NY Islanders Poulin 12,108 7–9–3 17 Recap 20 November 14 Los Angeles 3–2 NY Islanders Poulin 13,922 7–10–3 17 Recap 21 November 16 Detroit 4–5 NY Islanders SO Poulin 15,619 8–10–3 19 Recap 22 November 19 NY Islanders 2–5 Toronto Poulin 19,446 8–11–3 19 Recap 23 November 22 NY Islanders 3–4 Pittsburgh Poulin 18,515 8–12–3 19 Recap 24 November 23 NY Islanders 2–5 Philadelphia Poulin 19,829 8–13–3 19 Recap 25 November 27 Winnipeg 3–2 NY Islanders Poulin 12,008 8–14–3 19 Recap 26 November 29 Detroit 5–0 NY Islanders Poulin 14,826 8–15–3 19 Recap 27 November 30 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders OT Nilsson 14,819 8–15–4 20 Recap
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 0–2–3; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Pittsburgh 3–2 NY Islanders OT Nilsson 13,915 8–15–5 21 Recap 29 December 5 NY Islanders 1–5 St. Louis Nilsson 14,152 8–16–5 21 Recap 30 December 7 NY Islanders 0–3 Los Angeles Poulin 18,118 8–17–5 21 Recap 31 December 9 NY Islanders 2–5 Anaheim Nilsson 14,830 8–18–5 21 Recap 32 December 10 NY Islanders 3–2 San Jose SO Poulin 17,562 9–18–5 23 Recap 33 December 12 NY Islanders 3–6 Phoenix Poulin 10,996 9–19–5 23 Recap 34 December 14 Montreal 1–0 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 14,408 9–19–6 24 Recap 35 December 17 Tampa Bay 3–2 NY Islanders SO Nabokov 13,618 9–19–7 25 Recap 36 December 20 NY Islanders 5–3 NY Rangers Nabokov 18,006 10–19–7 27 Recap 37 December 21 Anaheim 5–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 13,108 10–20–7 27 Recap 38 December 23 NY Islanders 3–0 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 11–20–7 29 Recap 39 December 28 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,012 11–21–7 29 Recap 40 December 29 NY Islanders 5–4 Minnesota Poulin 18,851 12–21–7 31 Recap 41 December 31 NY Islanders 5–3 Boston Nabokov 17,565 13–21–7 33 Recap
January: 8–7–1 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Chicago 2–3 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 13,618 14–21–7 35 Recap 43 January 4 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 14,208 14–22–7 35 Recap 44 January 6 Dallas 3–7 NY Islanders Poulin 11,111 15–22–7 37 Recap 45 January 7 NY Islanders 5–3 Toronto Poulin 19,164 16–22–7 39 Recap 46 January 10 NY Islanders 2–1 Colorado OT Poulin 17,430 17–22–7 41 Recap 47 January 12 NY Islanders 4–2 Dallas Poulin 13,765 18–22–7 43 Recap 48 January 14 NY Islanders 2–4 Florida Poulin 13,730 18–23–7 43 Recap 49 January 16 NY Islanders 2–1 Tampa Bay SO Poulin 18,333 19–23–7 45 Recap 50 January 18 NY Islanders 4–6 Philadelphia Poulin 19,992 19–24–7 45 Recap 51 January 20 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders SO Nilsson 16,048 20–24–7 47 Recap 52 January 21 NY Islanders 5–3 NY Rangers Poulin 18,006 21–24–7 49 Recap 53 January 23 Pittsburgh 6–4 NY Islanders Poulin 15,012 21–25–7 49 Recap 54 January 25 St. Louis 4–3 NY Islanders SO Poulin 15,888 21–25–8 50 Recap 55 January 27 Boston 6–3 NY Islanders Poulin 13,819 21–26–8 50 Recap 56 January 29 (outdoor game) NY Rangers 2–1 NY Islanders Nabokov 50,027 (at Yankee Stadium) 21–27–8 50 Recap 57 January 31 NY Islanders 1–4 NY Rangers Nabokov 18,006 21–28–8 50 Recap
February: 2–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 58 February 4 NY Islanders 1–0 Washington Nabokov 18,506 22–28–8 52 Recap 59 February 6 Calgary 4–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 12,888 22–29–8 52 Recap 60 February 8 Colorado 4-2 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,360 22–30–8 52 Recap 61 February 27 Toronto 4–5 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 13,922 23–30–8 54 Recap
March: 5–5–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 New Jersey 6–1 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,512 23–31–8 54 Recap 63 March 2 Florida 5–3 NY Islanders Nilsson 13,008 23–32–8 54 Recap 64 March 4 NY Islanders 3–2 Winnipeg OT Nilsson 15,004 24–32–8 56 Recap 65 March 6 NY Islanders 2–3 Edmonton OT Nabokov 16,839 24–32–9 57 Recap 66 March 7 NY Islanders 3–4 Calgary Nilsson 19,289 24–33–9 57 Recap 67 March 10 NY Islanders 7–4 Vancouver Nabokov 18,910 25–33–9 59 Recap 68 March 14 San Jose 4–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 13,128 25–34–9 59 Recap 69 March 15 Buffalo 1–4 NY Islanders Nilsson 14,388 26–34–9 61 Recap 70 March 18 Minnesota 6–0 NY Islanders Nilsson 14,888 26–35–9 61 Recap 71 March 23 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,008 27–35–9 63 Recap 72 March 25 NY Islanders 5–4 Carolina Nilsson 15,176 28–35–9 65 Recap 73 March 27 NY Islanders 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Nabokov 18,554 28–35–10 66 Recap 74 March 29 New Jersey 1–2 NY Islanders SO Nilsson 15,108 29–35–10 68 Recap
April: 5–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Nabokov 11,812 30–35–10 70 Recap 76 April 2 NY Islanders 2–1 Ottawa Nilsson 16,516 31–35–10 72 Recap 77 April 5 Washington 4–3 NY Islanders SO Nabokov 16,008 31–35–11 73 Recap 78 April 6 NY Islanders 0–4 Columbus Nilsson 15,667 31–36–11 73 Recap 79 April 8 Ottawa 4–1 NY Islanders Nilsson 12,922 31–37–11 73 Recap 80 April 10 NY Islanders 2–0 Montreal Nabokov 21,273 32–37–11 75 Recap 81 April 11 NY Islanders 3–2 New Jersey SO Nilsson 15,858 33–37–11 77 Recap 82 April 13 NY Islanders 4–3 Buffalo SO Nilsson 18,804 34–37–11 79 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Islanders failed to make the playoffs despite qualifying the previous year in 2012–13.

Injuries

Pre-season

Player	Injury	Date	Returned	Games missed
Cal Clutterbuck	Lower-body-injury (leg)	September 17, 2013[3]	—	6 games

Regular season

Updated as of January 12, 2014

Player	Injury	Date	Returned	Games missed
Cal Clutterbuck	Lower-body-injury	From pre-season	October 11, 2013[4]	3 games
Lubomir Visnovsky	Concussion	October 20, 2013[5]		39 games
Brian Strait	Upper-body-injury	October 22, 2013	December 12, 2013[6]	23 games
Evgeni Nabokov	Lower-body-injury (groin)	November 16, 2013[7]	December 12, 2013[6]	11 games
Radek Martinek	Upper-body-injury (back)	December 12, 2013[6]		15 games
Evgeni Nabokov	Lower-body-injury	January 6, 2014[8]		3 games
Frans Nielsen	Broken hand	February 8, 2014[9]	March 2, 2014[10]	3 games
John Tavares	MCL and meniscus tear	February 19, 2014[11]	N/A	22 games

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Frans Nielsen	Slashing Phoenix Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal in NHL Game No. 38 on Long Island on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 13:42 of the third period.	Fine	$5,000	October 10, 2013[12]
Michael Grabner	An illegal check to the head of Carolina Hurricanes forward Nathan Gerbe during NHL Game No. 117 on Long Island on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at approximately 6:42 of the first period.	2 games	$30,769.24	October 21, 2013[13]

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[14] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kyle Okposo 71 27 42 69 −9 51 John Tavares 59 24 42 66 −6 40 Frans Nielsen 80 25 33 58 −11 8 Thomas Vanek†‡ 47 17 27 44 4 34 Josh Bailey 77 8 30 38 −8 26 Brock Nelson 72 14 12 26 −10 12 Michael Grabner 64 12 14 26 −10 12 Andrew MacDonald‡ 63 4 20 24 −19 34 Thomas Hickey 82 4 18 22 5 34 Cal Clutterbuck 73 12 7 19 −9 50 Colin McDonald 70 8 10 18 −22 34 Ryan Strome 37 7 11 18 −1 8 Travis Hamonic 69 3 15 18 2 68 Casey Cizikas 80 6 10 16 −12 30 Calvin de Haan 51 3 13 16 −7 30 Matt Donovan 52 2 14 16 −9 26 Anders Lee 22 9 5 14 3 14 Matt Martin 79 8 6 14 −11 90 Lubomir Visnovsky 24 3 8 11 −1 10 Matt Moulson‡ 11 6 3 9 3 6 Pierre-Marc Bouchard‡ 28 4 5 9 −9 12 Brian Strait 47 3 6 9 −14 14 Peter Regin‡ 44 2 5 7 −10 18 Eric Boulton 23 2 2 4 0 88 Aaron Ness 20 1 2 3 −13 10 Matt Carkner 53 0 3 3 −10 149 Radek Martinek 13 0 3 3 4 4 Kevin Czuczman 13 0 2 2 −5 14 Mike Halmo 20 1 0 1 −1 32 John Persson 10 1 0 1 −4 6 Johan Sundstrom 11 0 1 1 0 6 Brett Gallant 4 0 0 0 0 17 Scott Mayfield 5 0 0 0 −3 7 Justin Johnson 2 0 0 0 −1 7

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[14]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Evgeni Nabokov	40	39	2,254:14	15	14	8	103	2.74	1085	0.905	4	0	1	4
Kevin Poulin	28	26	1,625:19	11	16	1	89	3.29	820	0.891	0	0	0	0
Anders Nilsson	19	17	1,101:10	8	7	2	57	3.11	548	0.896	0	0	0	2

^†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 2013–14 season:

Trades

June 30, 2013[15]	To Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter	To New York Islanders Cal Clutterbuck NJD's 3rd-round draft pick in 2013
October 27, 2013[16]	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Moulson conditional 1st-round draft pick in 2014 2nd-round draft pick in 2015	To New York Islanders Thomas Vanek
February 6, 2014[17]	To Chicago Blackhawks Peter Regin Pierre-Marc Bouchard	To New York Islanders 4th-round draft pick in 2014
March 4, 2014[18]	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrew MacDonald	To New York Islanders Matt Mangene 3rd-round draft pick in 2014 2nd-round draft pick in 2015
March 5, 2014[19]	To Montreal Canadiens Thomas Vanek Conditional 5th-round draft pick in 2014	To New York Islanders Sebastian Collberg Conditional 2nd-round draft pick in 2014
May 1, 2014[20]	To Washington Capitals CHI's 4th-round draft pick in 2014	To New York Islanders Jaroslav Halak (rights)
June 5, 2014[21]	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 5th-round draft pick in 2015	To New York Islanders Dan Boyle (rights)

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Peter Regin[22] Ottawa Senators 1 year, $750,000 Pierre-Marc Bouchard[23] Minnesota Wild 1 year, $2 million Kevin Czuczman[24] Lake Superior State University 2 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Jesse Joensuu[25] Edmonton Oilers 2 years, $1.9 million Keith Aucoin[26] St. Louis Blues 1 year, $625,000 Matt Watkins[27] Washington Capitals 1 year, $550,000 Jon Landry[28] Minnesota Wild 1 year, $625,000 Brandon DeFazio[29] Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $550,000 Brad Boyes[30] Florida Panthers 1 year, $1 million

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Evgeni Nabokov[31]	July 5, 2013	1 year, $3.25 million
Travis Hamonic[32]	July 5, 2013	7 years, $27 million
Kevin Poulin[33]	July 8, 2013	1 year, $577,500
Cal Clutterbuck[34]	July 9, 2013	4 years, $11 million
Josh Bailey[35]	July 15, 2013	5 years, $16.5 million
Thomas Hickey[36]	July 18, 2013	2 years, $1.35 million
Ryan Pulock[37]	September 29, 2013	3 years, $4.275 million entry-level contract
Radek Martinek[38]	October 23, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Adam Pelech[39]	March 15, 2014	3 years, $2.563 million entry-level contract
Eric Boulton[40]	March 23, 2014	1 year, $775,000 contract extension
Loic Leduc[41]	April 28, 2014	3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract
Jaroslav Halak[42]	May 22, 2014	4 years, $18 million
Ville Pokka[43]	May 28, 2014	3 years, $5.325 million entry-level contract
Jesse Graham[44]	May 31, 2014	3 years, $1.815 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

New York Islanders' picks at the 2013 NHL entry draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.^[45]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	15	Ryan Pulock	Defence	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	70[a]	Eamon McAdam	Goaltender	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
3	76	Taylor Cammarata	Center/Left Wing	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4	106	Stephon Williams	Goaltender	United States	Minnesota State (WCHA)
5	136	Victor Crus Rydberg	Center	Sweden	Linköpings HC (Sweden–Jr)
6	166	Alan Quine	Center	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7	196	Kyle Burroughs	Defence	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)

Draft notes^[46]

• The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a June 22, 2012 trade that sent Lubomir Visnovsky to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.^[47]
• ^a The New Jersey Devils' third-round pick went to the New York Islanders (via Minnesota) as a result of a June 30, 2013 trade that sent Nino Niederreiter to the Wild in exchange for Cal Clutterbuck and this pick.^[15]