# 2012–13 New York Islanders season

The 2012–13 New York Islanders season was the 41st season in the franchise's history. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.
For the sixth time in franchise history, the Islanders tied their longest homestand (of seven games) – beginning on February 24 and lasting through March 9 – in which they earned three wins during that span.
The Islanders qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 NHL season.

## Regular season

On March 22, 2013, the Islanders were 12th in the Eastern Conference and a playoff spot seemed unlikely. The team would then earn points in 14 of 15 games, including 11 consecutive games with at least a point to officially clinch a playoff berth on April 23.
The Islanders tied the Minnesota Wild for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with 0.

### Season standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 165 | 119 | +46 | 72 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 130 | 112 | +18 | 56 |
| 3 | New York Islanders | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 55 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 133 | 141 | −8 | 49 |
| 5 | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 129 | −17 | 48 |
Eastern Conference :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | AT | z – Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 165 | 119 | +46 | 72 |
| 2 | NE | y – Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 63 |
| 3 | SE | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 130 | +19 | 57 |
| 4 | NE | x – Boston Bruins | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 131 | 109 | +22 | 62 |
| 5 | NE | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 145 | 133 | +12 | 57 |
| 6 | AT | x – New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 130 | 112 | +18 | 56 |
| 7 | NE | x – Ottawa Senators | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 116 | 104 | +12 | 56 |
| 8 | AT | x – New York Islanders | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 55 |
| 9 | SE | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 144 | −16 | 51 |
| 10 | AT | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 133 | 141 | −8 | 49 |
| 11 | AT | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 129 | −17 | 48 |
| 12 | NE | Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 115 | 143 | −28 | 48 |
| 13 | SE | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
| 14 | SE | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 150 | −2 | 40 |
| 15 | SE | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 171 | −59 | 36 |

## Schedule and results

2012–13 Schedule :
January: 4–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 3–1–1), 9 Points
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1January 19New Jersey2–1NY IslandersNabokov16,1700–1–0
2January 21Tampa Bay3–4NY IslandersNabokov15,3221–1–0
3January 24NY Islanders7–4TorontoNabokov19,1252–1–0
4January 25NY Islanders2–4BostonDiPietro17,5652–2–0
5January 27NY Islanders4–5WinnipegOTNabokov15,0042–2–1
6January 29NY Islanders4–1PittsburghNabokov18,6573–2–1
7January 31NY Islanders5–4New JerseyOTNabokov17,6254–2–1 :
February: 4–9–1 (Home: 1–7–1; Road: 3–2–0), 9 Points
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
8February 3New Jersey3–0NY IslandersNabokov11,5584–3–1
9February 5Pittsburgh4–2NY IslandersNabokov11,3184–4–1
10February 7NY Islanders1–4NY RangersNabokov17,2004–5–1
11February 9Buffalo3–2NY IslandersNabokov12,6084–6–1
12February 11Carolina6–4NY IslandersDiPietro9,6224–7–1
13February 14NY Islanders4–3NY RangersSONabokov17,2005–7–1
14February 16New Jersey1–5NY IslandersNabokov15,4886–7–1
15February 18Philadelphia7–0NY IslandersNabokov16,1706–8–1
16February 19NY Islanders1–3OttawaDiPietro18,5956–9–1
17February 21NY Islanders4–3MontrealOTNabokov21,2737–9–1
18February 23NY Islanders4–0BuffaloNabokov19,0708–9–1
19February 24Carolina4–2NY IslandersPoulin10,0488–10–1
20February 26Boston4–1NY IslandersNabokov12,7888–11–1
21February 28Toronto5–4NY IslandersOTNabokov9,2228–11–2 :
March: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 4–2–0), 17 Points
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
22March 3Ottawa2–3NY IslandersSONabokov13,5129–11–2
23March 5Montreal3–6NY IslandersNabokov9,49810–11–2
24March 7NY Rangers2–1NY IslandersOTNabokov16,17010–11–3
25March 9Washington2–5NY IslandersNabokov14,81911–11–3
26March 10NY Islanders1–6PittsburghNabokov18,63411–12–3
27March 14NY Islanders2–0Tampa BayNabokov19,20412–12–3
28March 16NY Islanders4–3FloridaNabokov17,62713–12–3
29March 19Ottawa5–3NY IslandersNabokov10,66813–13–3
30March 21Montreal5–2NY IslandersPoulin11,01213–14–3
31March 22Pittsburgh4–2NY IslandersNabokov14,88813–15–3
32March 24Florida0-3NY IslandersNabokov14,51214–15–3
33March 26NY Islanders3–2WashingtonNabokov18,50615–15–3
34March 28NY Islanders4–3PhiladelphiaSONabokov19,90616–15–3
35March 30NY Islanders0–2PittsburghNabokov18,67316–16–3 :
April: 8–1–4 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 4–1–3), 20 Points
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
36April 1NY Islanders3–1New JerseyNabokov17,62517–16–3
37April 2Winnipeg2–5NY IslandersPoulin11,81918–16–3
38April 4NY Islanders1–2WashingtonSONabokov18,50618–16–4
39April 6Tampa Bay2–4NY IslandersNabokov16,17019–16–4
40April 9Philadelphia1–4NY IslandersNabokov13,88820–16–4
41April 11NY Islanders2–1BostonNabokov17,56521–16–4
42April 13NY Rangers1–0NY IslandersOTNabokov16,17021–16–5
43April 16Florida2–5NY IslandersNabokov15,92222–16–5
44April 18NY Islanders5–3TorontoNabokov19,67623–16–5
45April 20NY Islanders5–4WinnipegSONabokov15,00424–16–5
46April 23NY Islanders3–4CarolinaSONabokov16,60124–16–6
47April 25NY Islanders1–2PhiladelphiaPoulin19,79824–17–6
48April 26NY Islanders1–2BuffaloSONabokov19,07024–17–7 :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  OT/SO Loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The New York Islanders ended the 2012–13 regular season as the Eastern Conference's 8th seed. They were defeated 4–2 by the #1 seed Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round.
2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Penguins won series 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 1NY Islanders0–5PittsburghNabokov18,6120–1Recap
2May 3NY Islanders4–3PittsburghNabokov18,6241–1Recap
3May 5Pittsburgh5–4NY IslandersOTNabokov16,1701–2Recap
4May 7Pittsburgh4–6NY IslandersNabokov16,1702–2Recap
5May 9NY Islanders0–4PittsburghNabokov18,6362–3Recap
6May 11Pittsburgh4–3NY IslandersOTNabokov16,1702–4Recap :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Playoff series win :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| John Tavares | 48 | 28 | 19 | 47 | −2 | 18 |
| Matt Moulson | 47 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −3 | 4 |
| Brad Boyes | 48 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −6 | 16 |
| Frans Nielsen | 48 | 6 | 23 | 29 | −3 | 12 |
| Mark Streit | 48 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −14 | 22 |
| Kyle Okposo | 48 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −2 | 38 |
| Michael Grabner | 45 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 12 |
| Josh Bailey | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 6 |
| Colin McDonald | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −1 | 32 |
| Casey Cizikas | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 35 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 20 |
| Keith Aucoin | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 4 |
| Andrew MacDonald | 48 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −2 | 20 |
| Matt Martin | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 63 |
| Travis Hamonic | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −8 | 28 |
| Marty Reasoner | 31 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| David Ullstrom | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| Brian Strait | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Thomas Hickey | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| Radek Martinek | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Matt Carkner | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 46 |
| Jesse Joensuu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Anders Lee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
| Joe Finley | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 20 |
| Eric Boulton | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 36 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Mark Streit | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| John Tavares | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
| Kyle Okposo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
| Michael Grabner | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Brad Boyes | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| Keith Aucoin | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Colin McDonald | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Moulson | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 10 |
| Josh Bailey | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Frans Nielsen | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Matt Carkner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Strait | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Travis Hamonic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 23 |
| David Ullstrom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Martin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Marty Reasoner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 17 |
| Radek Martinek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Jesse Joensuu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew MacDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Thomas Hickey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 41 | 41 | 2475:24 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 103 | 2.50 | 1139 | .910 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Kevin Poulin | 5 | 4 | 257:37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3.02 | 122 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick DiPietro | 3 | 3 | 175:36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4.09 | 83 | .855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 6 | 6 | 324:04 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4.44 | 152 | .842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Poulin | 2 | 0 | 52:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.15 | 15 | .933 | 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

## Notable achievements
### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Thomas Hickey | 1st career NHL game | January 27, 2013 |
| Anders Lee | 1st career NHL goal | April 2, 2013 |

## Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 22, 2012 | To Anaheim Ducks2nd-round pick in 2013 | To New York IslandersLubomir Visnovsky |
| February 7, 2013 | To Boston BruinsConditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 | To New York IslandersTim Thomas |
| June 12, 2013 | To Philadelphia FlyersMark Streit | To New York IslandersShane Harper 4th-round pick in 2014 |
Lost via retirement
Player
Steve Staios
Player signings
PlayerDateContract terms
Sean BackmanJuly 16, 20121 year, $577,500
Jason ClarkJuly 17, 20123 years, $1.605 million entry-level contract
Ty WishartJuly 18, 20121 year, $843,413
Griffin ReinhartAugust 2, 20123 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Matt MartinSeptember 15, 20124 years, $4 million
Brian StraitJanuary 13, 20133 years, $2.325 million contract extension
Brett GallantFebruary 5, 20131 year, $610,000 entry-level contract
Colin McDonaldMarch 15, 20132 years, $1.275 million contract extension
Lubomir VisnovskyMarch 29, 20132 years, $9.5 million contract extension
Anders LeeApril 1, 20132 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Andrey PedanApril 3, 20133 years, $2.3775 million entry-level contract
Scott MayfieldApril 5, 20133 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Eric BoultonMay 17, 20131 year, $550,000 contract extension :

## Draft picks

New York Islanders' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 4 | Griffin Reinhart | Defense | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |
| 2 | 34 | Ville Pokka | Defense | Finland | Karpat (SM-liiga) |
| 3 | 65 | Adam Pelech | Defense | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
| 4 | 103 | Loic Leduc | Defense | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 125 | Doyle Somerby | Defense | United States | Kimball Union Academy (USHS-NH) |
| 6 | 155 | Jesse Graham | Defense | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 7 | 185 | Jake Bischoff | Defense | United States | Grand Rapids High School (USHS-MN) |

### Draft notes

* The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a June 27, 2011, trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
* $^a$ The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as a result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.