2024–25 New York Islanders season

The 2024–25 New York Islanders season was the 53rd season in the franchise's history.^[1] It was their fourth season in UBS Arena.^[2] It was their first full season under head coach Patrick Roy, who was the interim head coach for the 2023–24 season after the firing of Lane Lambert on January 20, 2024.^[3][4]

2024–25 New York Islanders
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	12th Eastern
2024–25 record	35–35–12
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	16–18–7
Goals for	224
Goals against	260
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Patrick Roy
Captain	Anders Lee
Alternate captains	Bo Horvat Brock Nelson (Oct. 10 – Mar. 6) Ryan Pulock (Mar. 6 – Apr. 17)
Arena	UBS Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Anders Lee (29)
Assists	Noah Dobson Bo Horvat (29)
Points	Bo Horvat (56)
Penalty minutes	Casey Cizikas (47)
Plus/minus	Scott Mayfield (+17)
Wins	Ilya Sorokin (29)
Goals against average	Ilya Sorokin (2.77)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On April 12, 2025, the Islanders were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since the 2021–22 season following their shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	82	51	22	9	43	288	232	+56	111
2	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	47	30	5	42	266	233	+33	99
3	x – New Jersey Devils	82	42	33	7	36	242	222	+20	91
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
5	New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
2	AT	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
5	ME	New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
9	AT	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76
10	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The New York Islanders preseason schedule was released on June 17, 2024.^[8]

2024 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 22 NY Islanders 4–2 New Jersey Hogberg Prudential Center 10,815 1–0–0 2 September 24 NY Islanders 4–6 NY Rangers Tikkanen Madison Square Garden 16,568 1–1–0 3 September 26 NY Islanders 0–2 Philadelphia Hogberg Wells Fargo Center 11,716 1–2–0 4 September 27 New Jersey 1–5 NY Islanders Varlamov UBS Arena 11,420 2–2–0 5 September 30 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders Skarek UBS Arena 10,564 3–2–0 6 October 4 NY Rangers 2–5 NY Islanders Varlamov UBS Arena 16,106 4–2–0

Legend:   = Win   = Loss   = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.^[9]

2024–25 game log
October: 3–5–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 10 Utah 5–4 NY Islanders OT Varlamov UBS Arena 17,254 0–0–1 1 [10] 2 October 12 NY Islanders 0–3 Dallas Varlamov American Airlines Center 18,532 0–1–1 1 [11] 3 October 14 NY Islanders 6–2 Colorado Sorokin Ball Arena 18,017 1–1–1 3 [12] 4 October 17 NY Islanders 0–1 St. Louis OT Sorokin Enterprise Center 17,109 1–1–2 4 [13] 5 October 19 Montreal 3–4 NY Islanders SO Varlamov UBS Arena 15,411 2–1–2 6 [14] 6 October 22 Detroit 1–0 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 12,739 2–2–2 6 [15] 7 October 25 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey OT Sorokin Prudential Center 14,870 3–2–2 8 [16] 8 October 26 Florida 6–3 NY Islanders Varlamov UBS Arena 15,807 3–3–2 8 [17] 9 October 29 Anaheim 3–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 14,234 3–4–2 8 [18] 10 October 30 NY Islanders 0–2 Columbus Varlamov Nationwide Arena 14,015 3–5–2 8 [19]
November: 6–5–4 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–3–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 11 November 1 NY Islanders 4–3 Buffalo Sorokin KeyBank Center 17,074 4–5–2 10 [20] 12 November 3 NY Islanders 2–5 NY Rangers Sorokin Madison Square Garden 18,006 4–6–2 10 [21] 13 November 5 Pittsburgh 3–4 NY Islanders SO Sorokin UBS Arena 14,025 5–6–2 12 [22] 14 November 7 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Varlamov Canadian Tire Centre 15,677 6–6–2 14 [23] 15 November 9 New Jersey 4–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 6–6–3 15 [24] 16 November 12 NY Islanders 3–4 Edmonton OT Sorokin Rogers Place 18,347 6–6–4 16 [25] 17 November 14 NY Islanders 5–2 Vancouver Varlamov Rogers Arena 18,728 7–6–4 18 [26] 18 November 16 NY Islanders 2–3 Seattle Sorokin Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 7–7–4 18 [27] 19 November 19 NY Islanders 1–2 Calgary SO Varlamov Scotiabank Saddledome 16,565 7–7–5 19 [28] 20 November 21 NY Islanders 1–2 Detroit Sorokin Little Caesars Arena 19,013 7–8–5 19 [29] 21 November 23 St. Louis 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 8–8–5 21 [30] 22 November 25 Detroit 4–2 NY Islanders Varlamov UBS Arena 14,900 8–9–5 21 [31] 23 November 27 Boston 6–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 16,145 8–10–5 21 [32] 24 November 29 NY Islanders 4–5 Washington OT Varlamov Capital One Arena 18,573 8–10–6 22 [33] 25 November 30 Buffalo 0–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 16,299 9–10–6 24 [34]
December: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 26 December 3 NY Islanders 1–2 Montreal OT Sorokin Bell Centre 21,105 9–10–7 25 [35] 27 December 5 Seattle 5–2 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 14,877 9–11–7 25 [36] 28 December 7 Carolina 3–4 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,619 10–11–7 27 [37] 29 December 8 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Sorokin Canadian Tire Centre 15,878 11–11–7 29 [38] 30 December 10 Los Angeles 3–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,402 11–12–7 29 [39] 31 December 12 Chicago 4–5 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 16,170 12–12–7 31 [40] 32 December 15 NY Islanders 3–5 Chicago Sorokin United Center 19,264 12–13–7 31 [41] 33 December 17 NY Islanders 0–4 Carolina Sorokin Lenovo Center 18,700 12–14–7 31 [42] 34 December 21 NY Islanders 6–3 Toronto Sorokin Scotiabank Arena 18,912 13–14–7 33 [43] 35 December 23 Buffalo 7–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 13–15–7 33 [44] 36 December 28 Pittsburgh 3–6 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 14–15–7 35 [45] 37 December 29 NY Islanders 2–3 Pittsburgh Hogberg PPG Paints Arena 18,357 14–16–7 35 [46] 38 December 31 NY Islanders 1–3 Toronto Sorokin Scotiabank Arena 18,933 14–17–7 35 [47]
January: 9–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 Toronto 2–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 14–18–7 35 [48] 40 January 5 NY Islanders 5–4 Boston OT Sorokin TD Garden 17,850 15–18–7 37 [49] 41 January 9 NY Islanders 4–0 Vegas Sorokin T-Mobile Arena 17,713 16–18–7 39 [50] 42 January 11 NY Islanders 2–1 Utah Hogberg Delta Center 11,131 17–18–7 41 [51] 43 January 14 Ottawa 2–0 NY Islanders Hogberg UBS Arena 15,101 17–19–7 41 [52] 44 January 16 Philadelphia 5–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,761 17–20–7 41 [53] 45 January 18 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Hogberg UBS Arena 17,255 18–20–7 43 [54] 46 January 20 Columbus 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 14,551 19–20–7 45 [55] 47 January 24 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 20–20–7 47 [56] 48 January 25 Carolina 2–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 21–20–7 49 [57] 49 January 28 Colorado 2–5 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,735 22–20–7 51 [58] 50 January 30 NY Islanders 3–0 Philadelphia Sorokin Wells Fargo Center 18,703 23–20–7 53 [59]
February: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 NY Islanders 3–2 Tampa Bay OT Sorokin Amalie Arena 19,092 24–20–7 55 [60] 52 February 2 NY Islanders 3–6 Florida Skarek Amerant Bank Arena 19,721 24–21–7 55 [61] 53 February 4 Vegas 1–2 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 16,031 25–21–7 57 [62] 54 February 7 NY Islanders 3–4 Winnipeg Sorokin Canada Life Centre 14,685 25–22–7 57 [63] 55 February 8 NY Islanders 3–6 Minnesota Sorokin Xcel Energy Center 18,539 25–23–7 57 [64] 56 February 23 Dallas 4–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 16,602 25–24–7 57 [65] 57 February 25 NY Rangers 5–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 25–25–7 57 [66] 58 February 27 NY Islanders 2–1 Boston Sorokin TD Garden 17,850 26–25–7 59 [67]
March: 6–5–3 (Home: 4–1–3; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 59 March 1 Nashville 4–7 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 27–25–7 61 [68] 60 March 3 NY Islanders 0–4 NY Rangers Sorokin Madison Square Garden 17,475 27–26–7 61 [69] 61 March 4 Winnipeg 2–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 14,723 28–26–7 63 [70] 62 March 8 NY Islanders 4–2 San Jose Sorokin SAP Center 17,435 29–26–7 65 [71] 63 March 9 NY Islanders 1–4 Anaheim Hogberg Honda Center 17,174 29–27–7 65 [72] 64 March 11 NY Islanders 1–4 Los Angeles Sorokin Crypto.com Arena 15,394 29–28–7 65 [73] 65 March 14 Edmonton 2–1 NY Islanders OT Sorokin UBS Arena 15,879 29–28–8 66 [74] 66 March 16 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,109 30–28–8 68 [75] 67 March 18 NY Islanders 4–2 Pittsburgh Sorokin PPG Paints Arena 17,484 31–28–8 70 [76] 68 March 20 Montreal 3–4 NY Islanders OT Sorokin UBS Arena 15,218 32–28–8 72 [77] 69 March 22 Calgary 4–3 NY Islanders OT Hogberg UBS Arena 17,255 32–28–9 73 [78] 70 March 24 Columbus 4–3 NY Islanders SO Sorokin UBS Arena 14,158 32–28–10 74 [79] 71 March 26 Vancouver 5–2 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,254 32–29–10 74 [80] 72 March 29 NY Islanders 3–5 Tampa Bay Sorokin Amalie Arena 19,092 32–30–10 74 [81] 73 March 30 NY Islanders 4–6 Carolina Hogberg Lenovo Center 18,700 32–31–10 74 [82]
April: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 74 April 1 Tampa Bay 4–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 14,827 32–32–10 74 [83] 75 April 4 Minnesota 1–3 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 15,742 33–32–10 76 [84] 76 April 6 Washington 1–4 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 34–32–10 78 [85] 77 April 8 NY Islanders 6–7 Nashville OT Hogberg Bridgestone Arena 17,159 34–32–11 79 [86] 78 April 10 NY Rangers 9–2 NY Islanders Hogberg UBS Arena 17,255 34–33–11 79 [87] 79 April 12 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia SO Hogberg Wells Fargo Center 19,259 34–33–12 80 [88] 80 April 13 NY Islanders 1–0 New Jersey Sorokin Prudential Center 16,514 35–33–12 82 [89] 81 April 15 Washington 3–1 NY Islanders Sorokin UBS Arena 17,255 35–34–12 82 [90] 82 April 17 NY Islanders 1–6 Columbus Hogberg Nationwide Arena 18,874 35–35–12 82 [91]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   OT/SO loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of April 17, 2025

Skaters

Regular season[92] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Bo Horvat 81 28 29 57 –4 16 Anders Lee 82 29 25 54 3 35 Kyle Palmieri 82 24 24 48 –17 20 Simon Holmstrom 75 20 25 45 5 8 Brock Nelson‡ 61 20 23 43 2 14 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 79 14 28 42 4 23 Noah Dobson 71 10 29 39 –16 28 Maxim Tsyplakov 77 10 25 35 4 39 Ryan Pulock 74 5 18 23 2 16 Adam Pelech 60 0 21 21 4 32 Mathew Barzal 30 6 14 20 10 4 Alexander Romanov 64 4 16 20 5 20 Anothony DeAngelo 35 4 15 19 –11 10 Casey Cizikas 82 7 10 17 –13 51 Pierre Engvall 62 8 7 15 –7 16 Anthony Duclair 44 7 4 11 –15 10 Kyle MacLean 81 4 7 11 –15 14 Dennis Cholowski 33 3 7 10 1 10 Marc Gatcomb 39 8 1 9 –4 11 Scott Mayfield 66 3 6 9 18 27 Adam Boqvist† 17 2 6 8 –5 4 Isaiah George 33 1 4 5 –3 6 Hudson Fasching 43 2 2 4 –4 6 Oliver Wahlstrom‡ 27 2 2 4 –6 9 Scott Perunovich† 11 0 3 3 –4 4 Matt Martin 32 0 2 2 –5 10 Mike Reilly 18 0 2 2 –3 2 Grant Hutton 13 0 2 2 1 4 Julien Gauthier 1 0 0 0 0 0 Liam Foudy 2 0 0 0 –1 0 Samuel Bolduc 1 0 0 0 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[93]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ilya Sorokin	61	60	3498:51	30	24	6	158	2.71	1695	.907	4	1	2	2
Semyon Varlamov	10	10	602:24	3	4	3	29	2.89	262	.889	0	0	0	0
Marcus Hogberg	15	11	728:13	2	6	3	41	3.38	335	.878	0	0	0	0
Jakub Skarek	2	1	76:09	0	1	0	5	3.94	39	.872	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 honors

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Date

Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trade

Date	Details		Ref

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Anthony Duclair	from Tampa Bay Lightning	4-year	[94]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract treminations Date Player Via Ref

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	20	Cole Eiserman	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	54	Jesse Pulkkinen	D	Finland	JYP (Liiga)
2	61	Kamil Bednarik	C	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	115	Dmitry Gamzin	G	Russia	HC Zvezda Moscow (VHL)
5	147	Marcus Gidlof	G	Sweden	Leksands IF (J20 Nationell)
6	179	Xavier Veilleux	D	Canada	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

Notes