# 2016–17 New York Islanders season

The 2016–17 New York Islanders season was the 45th season in the franchise's history. It was their second 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 attempted to improve upon their 45–27–10 record from the previous season, in which they defeated the Florida Panthers to win their first playoff series since 1993, but fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the second round. However, they were unable to accomplish this as they finished the season with a 41–29–12 record, missing the playoffs by one point to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

## Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Washington Capitals | 82 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 53 | 263 | 182 | +81 | 118 |
| 2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 46 | 282 | 234 | +48 | 111 |
| 3 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 249 | 195 | +54 | 108 |
| 4 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 45 | 256 | 220 | +36 | 102 |
| 5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 241 | 242 | −1 | 94 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 32 | 219 | 236 | −17 | 88 |
| 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 33 | 215 | 236 | −21 | 87 |
| 8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 183 | 244 | −61 | 70 |
Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ME | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 45 | 256 | 220 | +36 | 102 |
| 2 | AT | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 251 | 242 | +9 | 95 |
| 3 | ME | New York Islanders | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 241 | 242 | −1 | 94 |
| 4 | AT | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 38 | 234 | 227 | +7 | 94 |
| 5 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 32 | 219 | 236 | −17 | 88 |
| 6 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 33 | 215 | 236 | −21 | 87 |
| 7 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 30 | 210 | 237 | −27 | 81 |
| 8 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 24 | 207 | 244 | −37 | 79 |
| 9 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 31 | 201 | 237 | −36 | 78 |
| 10 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 183 | 244 | −61 | 70 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 26Philadelphia1–4NY IslandersBerube—1–0–0
2September 27NY Islanders0–4PhiladelphiaGibson17,7211–1–0
3September 27NY Islanders2–5NY RangersBerube17,2281–2–0
4October 1Washington2–1NY IslandersBerube––1–3–0
5October 3New Jersey3–4NY IslandersGreiss5,9782–3–0
6October 4NY Rangers2–3NY IslandersOTBerube10,2443–3–0
7October 5NY Islanders3–2New JerseyGreiss7,7144–3–0
8October 9NY Islanders0–4WashingtonHalak14,3294–4–0
$^A$ – indicates split-squad game. $^B$ – game played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Legend:
  Win
  Loss
  Overtime/shootout loss :

### Regular season

2016–17 Game Log :
October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 0–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1October 13NY Islanders3–5NY RangersHalak18,2000–1–00
2October 15NY Islanders1–2WashingtonGreiss18,5060–2–00
3October 16Anaheim2–3NY IslandersOTHalak15,7951–2–02
4October 18San Jose3–2NY IslandersHalak10,7721–3–02
5October 21Arizona2–3NY IslandersHalak13,0762–3–04
6October 23Minnesota3–6NY IslandersGreiss11,5833–3–06
7October 26Montreal3–2NY IslandersGreiss12,1943–4–06
8October 27NY Islanders2–4PittsburghHalak18,4223–5–06
9October 30Toronto1–5NY IslandersGreiss12,0574–5–08 :
November: 4–5–4 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 1–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
10November 1Tampa Bay6–1NY IslandersGreiss10,8224–6–08
11November 3Philadelphia3–2NY IslandersSOHalak11,1194–6–19
12November 5Edmonton4–3NY IslandersSOHalak13,8624–6–210
13November 7Vancouver2–4NY IslandersHalak12,5145–6–212
14November 10NY Islanders1–4Tampa BayHalak19,0925–7–212
15November 12NY Islanders2–3FloridaOTHalak15,8285–7–313
16November 14Tampa Bay4–0NY IslandersHalak12,4985–8–313
17November 18Pittsburgh3–2NY IslandersOTHalak13,3655–8–414
18November 22NY Islanders3–2AnaheimSOGreiss15,1616–8–416
19November 23NY Islanders2–4Los AngelesHalak18,2306–9–416
20November 25NY Islanders2–3San JoseGreiss17,5626–10–416
21November 28Calgary1–2NY IslandersOTGreiss10,7727–10–418
22November 30Pittsburgh3–5NY IslandersGreiss12,1498–10–420 :
December: 7–5–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 3–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
23December 1NY Islanders3–0WashingtonHalak18,5069–10–422
24December 4Detroit4-3NY IslandersOTHalak13,7899–10–523
25December 6NY Rangers2–4NY IslandersHalak15,79510–10–525
26December 8St. Louis2–3NY IslandersGreiss11,17811–10–527
27December 10NY Islanders2–6ColumbusHalak16,92811–11–527
28December 13Washington4–2NY IslandersHalak12,73011–12–527
29December 15Chicago5–4NY IslandersGreiss12,50411–13–527
30December 16NY Islanders2–3BuffaloOTBerube18,90311–13–628
31December 18Ottawa6–2NY IslandersBerube13,10211–14–628
32December 20NY Islanders4–2BostonGreiss17,56512–14–630
33December 23Buffalo1–5NY IslandersGreiss13,85213–14–632
34December 27Washington3–4NY IslandersHalak15,79514–14–634
35December 29NY Islanders4–6MinnesotaBerube19,25214–15–634
36December 31NY Islanders6–2WinnipegGreiss15,29415–15–636 :
January: 7–2–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–1–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
37January 6NY Islanders1–2ColoradoOTGreiss14,78815–15–737
38January 7NY Islanders1–2ArizonaSOGreiss12,38015–15–838
39January 11Florida2–1NY IslandersGreiss13,52915–16–838
40January 13NY Islanders5–2FloridaGreiss14,35216–16–840
41January 14NY Islanders4–7CarolinaGreiss16,64016–17–840
42January 16NY Islanders4–0BostonGreiss17,56517–17–842
43January 19Dallas0–3NY IslandersGreiss12,63018–17–844
44January 21Los Angeles2–4NY IslandersBerube15,13819–17–846
45January 22Philadelphia3–2NY IslandersOTGreiss13,14619–17–947
46January 24Columbus2–4NY IslandersGreiss11,41920–17–949
47January 26Montreal1–3NY IslandersGreiss12,01921–17–951
January 27–29All-Star Break in Los Angeles
48January 31Washington2–3NY IslandersGreiss11,24022–17–953 :
February: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 3–5–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
49February 3NY Islanders4–5DetroitGreiss20,02722–18–953
50February 4Carolina5–4NY IslandersOTBerube14,15322–18–1054
51February 6Toronto5–6NY IslandersOTGreiss11,82823–18–1056
52February 9NY Islanders3–1PhiladelphiaGreiss19,73724–18–1058
53February 11NY Islanders0–3OttawaGreiss18,21124–19–1058
54February 12Colorado1–5NY IslandersBerube14,10725–19–1060
55February 14NY Islanders1–7TorontoGreiss18,95625–20–1060
56February 16NY Rangers2–4NY IslandersGreiss15,79526–20–1062
57February 18NY Islanders2–3New JerseyGreiss16,51426–21–1062
58February 19New Jersey4–6NY IslandersBerube15,79527–21–1064
59February 21NY Islanders3–1DetroitGreiss20,02728–21–1066
60February 23NY Islanders3–0MontrealGreiss21,28829–21–1068
61February 25NY Islanders0–7ColumbusGreiss18,18329–22–1068 :
March: 7–7–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 6–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
62March 2NY Islanders5–4DallasGreiss17,43830–22–1070
63March 3NY Islanders1–2ChicagoSOGreiss21,88330–22–1171
64March 5NY Islanders2–5CalgaryGreiss18,74130–23–1171
65March 7NY Islanders4–1EdmontonGreiss18,34731–23–1173
66March 9NY Islanders4–3VancouverOTGreiss18,40632–23–1175
67March 11NY Islanders3–4St. LouisGreiss19,50532–24–1175
68March 13Carolina8–4NY IslandersGreiss12,78532–25–1175
69March 14NY Islanders3–2CarolinaOTGreiss8,70733–25–1177
70March 16Winnipeg4–2NY IslandersGreiss13,70033–26–1177
71March 18Columbus3–2NY IslandersOTGreiss14,00733–26–1278
72March 22NY Islanders3–2NY RangersGreiss18,00634–26–1280
73March 24NY Islanders4–3PittsburghSOHalak18,65935–26–1282
74March 25Boston2–1NY IslandersGreiss15,79535–27–1282
75March 27Nashville3–1NY IslandersGreiss11,67135–28–1282
76March 30NY Islanders3–6PhiladelphiaHalak19,70335–29–1282
77March 31New Jersey1–2NY IslandersHalak13,76636–29–1284 :
April: 5–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 4–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
78April 2NY Islanders4–2BuffaloHalak19,07037–29–1286
79April 4NY Islanders2–1NashvilleOTHalak17,11338–29–1288
80April 6NY Islanders3–0CarolinaHalak9,76939–29–1290
81April 8NY Islanders4–2New JerseyHalak16,51440–29–1292
82April 9Ottawa2–4NY IslandersGreiss13,30341–29–1294 :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

Final Stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| John Tavares | 77 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 4 | 38 |
| Josh Bailey | 82 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 5 | 12 |
| Anders Lee | 81 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 9 | 56 |
| Nick Leddy | 81 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −3 | 12 |
| Brock Nelson | 81 | 20 | 25 | 45 | −6 | 36 |
| Jason Chimera | 82 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 40 |
| Andrew Ladd | 78 | 23 | 8 | 31 | −14 | 45 |
| Ryan Strome | 69 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −8 | 40 |
| Casey Cizikas | 59 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 30 |
| Calvin de Haan | 82 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 36 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 10 |
| Nikolay Kulemin | 72 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 18 |
| Johnny Boychuk | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 19 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 73 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 32 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 66 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| Thomas Hickey | 76 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −1 | 35 |
| Shane Prince | 50 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −9 | 18 |
| Alan Quine | 61 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 8 |
| Travis Hamonic | 49 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −21 | 60 |
| Joshua Ho-Sang | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| Adam Pelech | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −5 | 6 |
| Scott Mayfield | 25 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 35 |
| Stephen Gionta | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Ryan Pulock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mathew Barzal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
| Connor Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bracken Kearns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Thomas Greiss | 51 | 49 | 2,813:17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 126 | 2.69 | 1,453 | 0.913 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 28 | 26 | 1,605:29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 75 | 2.80 | 885 | 0.915 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jean-Francois Berube | 14 | 7 | 526:49 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 3.42 | 271 | 0.889 | 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 honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist | October 13, 2016 |
| Mathew Barzal | 1st career NHL game | October 15, 2016 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1st career NHL goal | October 18, 2016 |
| Travis Hamonic | 400th career NHL game | October 21, 2016 |
| Johnny Boychuk | 100th career NHL assist | October 21, 2016 |
| Ryan Strome | 100th career NHL point | October 23, 2016 |
| Casey Cizikas | 300th career NHL game | November 1, 2016 |
| Ryan Strome | 200th career NHL game | November 3, 2016 |
| John Tavares | 500th career NHL point | January 13, 2016 |
| Jason Chimera | 1000th career NHL game | February 4, 2017 |
| Joshua Ho-Sang | 1st career NHL game | March 2, 2017 |
| Joshua Ho-Sang | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | March 7, 2017 |
| Joshua Ho-Sang | 1st career NHL assist | March 11, 2017 |

## Transactions

Following the end of the Islanders' 2015–16 season, and during the 2016–17 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details | Ref |
| June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) | To Chicago Blackhawks4th-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017 | To New York Islanders CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2016 | |
| June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) | To Philadelphia Flyers4th-round pick in 2017 | To New York Islanders SJS's 4th-round pick in 2016 | |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) | Shane Prince | 2-year, $1.7 million |
| July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) | Jean-Francois Berube | 1-year, $675,000 |
| July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12) | Scott Mayfield | 2-year, $1.25 million |
| July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13) | Alan Quine | 2-year, $1.225 million |
| July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) | Eric Boulton | 1-year, $575,000 |
| August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15) | Christopher Gibson | 1-year, $660,000 |
| September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20) | Ryan Strome | 2-year, $5 million |
| October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12) | Mitchell Vande Sompel | 3-year, entry-level contract |
| March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) | Jake Bischoff | 2-year, entry-level contract |
| April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24) | Dennis Seidenberg | 1-year, $1.25 million contract extension |
| May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11) | Linus Soderstrom | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |

## Draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 19 | Kieffer Bellows | LW | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 4 | 95 | Anatoly Golyshev | LW | Russia | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) |
| 4 | 120 | Otto Koivula | LW | Finland | Ilves (Liiga) |
| 6 | 170 | Collin Adams | LW | United States | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 7 | 193 | Nick Pastujov | LW | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 7 | 200 | David Quenneville | D | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |

### Draft notes

* The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014, that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2015, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (11th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (12th overall) and this pick.
    Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Shane Prince and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Ottawa will receive the lower of New York or Vancouver's third-round pick in 2016 – was converted on March 25, 2016 when the Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention ensuring that they would finish behind the Islanders in the overall league standings.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2016 (110th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
    Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Brandon Saad, Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst to Columbus in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp, Marko Dano and this pick.
* The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 (95th overall) to New York in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2017 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
    Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Nicklas Grossmann and Chris Pronger to Arizona in exchange for Sam Gagner and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a fourth-round pick in 2016 if Arizona acquires another fourth-round pick in 2016, at Arizona's choice – was converted on June 25, 2016.
       Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Maxim Letunov and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to San Jose in exchange for Detroit's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016, that sent Jared McCann, a second and fourth-round pick both in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Erik Gudbranson and this pick.
    Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Montreal's fifth-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for this pick.
* The Ottawa Senators' seventh-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent a conditional third-round pick in 2016 to Ottawa in exchange for Shane Prince and this pick.