# 2006–07 New York Islanders season

The 2006–07 New York Islanders season was the 35th season in the franchise's history. They qualified for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season for the first time since 2004. They lost to the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 4–1.

## Off-season

After the Islanders' upper management cleaned out the team's front office during the 2005–06 season, owner Charles Wang needed to find a new coach and general manager (GM). Initially, he hired Ted Nolan as coach and Neil Smith as GM, but Smith was removed after a few weeks on the job. Wang envisioned team management making decisions by committee, and Smith was uncomfortable working without the large amount of control that NHL managers usually have. Wang hired Garth Snow, who was the team's backup goalie the prior year, to take over. Pat LaFontaine, who had intended to return to the team as senior advisor to the owner, resigned the post the same day that Smith was fired. Reports indicated that LaFontaine decided the fit was not right for him after Wang ignored his advice to wait a few days before making a final decision about Smith.
Prior to Smith's firing, the Islanders made several free agent acquisitions, including defensemen Brendan Witt and Tom Poti and forwards Mike Sillinger and Chris Simon. Andy Hilbert, Sean Hill, Viktor Kozlov and Richard Park signed on after Smith was dismissed. Additionally, in a controversial move, the Islanders signed goaltender Rick DiPietro to a 15-year, $67.5 million contract, among the longest in professional sports history.

## Regular season

The Islanders opened the season on a losing streak, but then began to play well enough to temporarily move into first place in the Atlantic Division by December. On December 16, 2006, the Islanders traded Alexei Zhitnik to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Freddy Meyer and a conditional third round draft pick. On December 20, they then traded forward Mike York to the Flyers for forward Randy Robitaille and a fifth-round pick in 2008.
Starting at the end of December, the Islanders went on a seven-game losing streak, which ended with a victory over the Rangers. Since then, the Islanders hovered around the last playoff spot. In advance of the February NHL trade deadline, the Isles made a pair of deals with the Edmonton Oilers. On February 18, 2007, the Islanders traded defense prospect Denis Grebeshkov for defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and a third-round pick in 2008.
Sitting in sixth place in the Eastern Conference at the trade deadline, the team sent a first-round draft pick and prospects Robert Nilsson and Ryan O'Marra to the Oilers for NHL All-Star Ryan Smyth and acquired Richard Zednik for a second-round pick. However, the team suffered a series of losses down the stretch. Journalists cited two reasons for the team's apparent demise: Chris Simon's suspension for striking Ryan Hollweg with his stick, and Rick DiPietro's multiple concussions, which forced him to miss several crucial games. Backup goaltender Mike Dunham had several poor showings with DiPietro out, which prompted the team to call on third-stringer Wade Dubielewicz, who fared better.
Coming into the last four games of the season, the Islanders play had improved, but a playoff spot still appeared out of reach. However, the team won each game and received some help from the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, who failed to win enough games to edge the Isles out. The Isles clinched with a shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, in which Dubielewicz poke-checked Sergei Brylin to secure the victory. The team expressed pride that they qualified because many NHL preview predictions had the Isles slated to finish at or near the bottom of the standings. They lost their first round matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, however, the NHL's best team during the regular season, in five games.

### Season standings

Atlantic Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
| 2 | 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
| 3 | 6 | New York Rangers | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
| 4 | 8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
| 5 | 15 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
 Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | P - Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
| 2 | Y - New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
| 3 | Y - Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
| 4 | X - Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
| 5 | X - Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
| 6 | X - New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
| 7 | X - Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
| 8 | X - New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
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| 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
| 10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
| 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
| 12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
| 13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
| 14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
| 15 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
* Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Playoffs

The New York Islanders earned the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2006–07 regular season :
October: 5–4–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5NY Islanders3 – 6PhoenixDiPietro15,3010–1–00Recap
2October 7NY Islanders0 – 2San JoseDiPietro17,4960–2–00Recap
3October 10NY Islanders2 – 4Los AngelesDiPietro14,3940–3–00Recap
4October 11NY Islanders5 – 4AnaheimSODunham12,3941–3–02Recap
5October 14Boston1 – 4NY IslandersDunham14,7322–3–04Recap
6October 16Nashville2 – 1NY IslandersSODunham9,4312–3–15Recap
7October 19Pittsburgh4 – 3NY IslandersOTDunham10,2582–3–26Recap
8October 21Carolina3 – 4NY IslandersOTDiPietro12,3493–3–28Recap
9October 26Buffalo3 – 0NY IslandersDiPietro8,8613–4–28Recap
10October 28Florida3 – 4NY IslandersSODiPietro10,4554–4–210Recap
11October 31Chicago2 – 5NY IslandersDiPietro8,7395–4–212Recap :
November: 7–5–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 2NY Islanders5 – 2New JerseyDiPietro8,2696–4–214Recap
13November 4Atlanta4 – 1NY IslandersDiPietro12,3946–5–214Recap
14November 6Tampa Bay5 – 1NY IslandersDunham9,6936–6–214Recap
15November 9NY Islanders3 – 1PhiladelphiaDiPietro18,6567–6–216Recap
16November 15NY Islanders3 – 0DallasDiPietro17,6437–7–216Recap
17November 17NY Islanders2 – 3Tampa BaySODiPietro19,9197–7–317Recap
18November 18NY Islanders4 – 1FloridaDunham16,8338–7–319Recap
19November 20NY Islanders2 – 4TorontoDiPietro19,3928–8–319Recap
20November 22Carolina2 – 4NY IslandersDiPietro12,4199–8–321Recap
21November 24Pittsburgh1 – 3NY IslandersDiPietro15,62510–8–323Recap
22November 25Washington1 – 4NY IslandersDiPietro13,21411–8–325Recap
23November 28NY Islanders2 – 3PittsburghDiPietro17,08212–8–327Recap
24November 30Philadelphia3 – 2NY IslandersDunham10,28012–9–327Recap :
December: 7–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25December 2NY Islanders5 – 3PittsburghDiPietro17,02513–9–329Recap
26December 3NY Islanders7 – 4NY RangersDiPietro18,20014–9–331Recap
27December 5Ottawa4 – 2NY IslandersDunham8,74114–10–331Recap
28December 7Montreal4 – 2NY IslandersDiPietro9,55114–11–331Recap
29December 9Florida4 – 5NY IslandersSODiPietro12,82515–11–333Recap
30December 15NY Islanders4 – 7PittsburghDiPietro17,02815–12–333Recap
31December 16Atlanta0 – 6NY IslandersDiPietro10,45216–12–335Recap
32December 19NY Islanders4 – 3NY RangersDiPietro18,20017–12–337Recap
33December 22NY Islanders1 – 5CarolinaDiPietro18,25217–13–337Recap
34December 23Columbus0 – 4NY IslandersDiPietro11,79718–13–339Recap
35December 26NY Rangers0 – 2NY IslandersDiPietro16,23419–13–341Recap
36December 27NY Islanders0 – 2OttawaDiPietro20,19219–14–341Recap
37December 30New Jersey2 – 0NY IslandersDiPietro16,23419–15–341Recap :
January: 4–6–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
38January 1NY Islanders1 – 3BuffaloDiPietro18,69019–16–341Recap
39January 2Philadelphia3 – 2NY IslandersDunham10,46119–17–341Recap
40January 4NY Islanders3 – 4New JerseyDiPietro12,52919–18–341Recap
41January 6NY Islanders2 – 4CarolinaDiPietro18,63919–19–341Recap
42January 9NY Islanders5 – 3NY RangersDiPietro18,20020–19–343Recap
43January 11NY Islanders5 – 4BostonSODiPietro13,52921–19–345Recap
44January 13New Jersey2 – 1NY IslandersOTDiPietro16,23421–19–446Recap
45January 15Tampa Bay4 – 3NY IslandersDiPietro15,42621–20–446Recap
46January 16NY Islanders2 – 5PittsburghDunham16,95821–21–446Recap
47January 18NY Islanders4 – 2PhiladelphiaDiPietro19,11822–21–448Recap
48January 26NY Islanders4 – 5AtlantaOTDunham18,08922–21–549Recap
49January 27Buffalo3 – 5NY IslandersDiPietro15,21823–21–551Recap
50January 30Detroit3 – 4NY IslandersOTDiPietro12,32223–21–652Recap :
February: 9–2–2 (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–1–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1NY Islanders5 – 2AtlantaDunham13,54324–21–654Recap
52February 3NY Islanders4 – 2MontrealDiPietro21,27325–21–656Recap
53February 4NY Islanders1 – 2WashingtonSODiPietro12,50825–21–757Recap
54February 7Philadelphia0 – 2NY IslandersDiPietro10,22926–21–759Recap
55February 8NY Islanders0 – 2New JerseyDiPietro10,11026–22–759Recap
56February 10NY Islanders3 – 4BostonSODiPietro16,85426–21–860Recap
57February 13NY Islanders3 – 2TorontoSODiPietro19,60027–21–862Recap
58February 15Boston1 – 4NY IslandersDiPietro10,07928–22–864Recap
59February 17New Jersey2 – 0NY IslandersDiPietro15,22328–23–864Recap
60February 19Pittsburgh5 – 6NY IslandersDiPietro15,47229–23–866Recap
61February 22Toronto2 – 3NY IslandersSODiPietro11,75930–23–868Recap
62February 24Montreal2 – 3NY IslandersDiPietro16,23431–23–870Recap
63February 27Philadelphia5 – 6NY IslandersDiPietro11,44332–23–872Recap :
March: 4–7–4 (home: 2–3–1; road: 2–4–3)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1St. Louis3 – 2NY IslandersOTDiPietro12,26332–23–973Recap
65March 3NY Islanders6 – 2WashingtonDiPietro16,45333–23–975Recap
66March 5NY Islanders1 – 2NY RangersSODiPietro18,20033–23–1076Recap
67March 8NY Rangers2 – 1NY IslandersDiPietro16,23433–24–1076Recap
68March 10Washington2 – 5NY IslandersDiPietro15,76434–24–1078Recap
69March 13NY Islanders3 – 5MontrealDunham21,27334–25–1078Recap
70March 15NY Islanders1 – 5OttawaDunham19,98934–26–1078Recap
71March 17NY Islanders5 – 8FloridaDunham17,07834–27–1078Recap
72March 20NY Islanders3 – 4Tampa BayOTDiPietro19,91634–27–1179Recap
73March 22Pittsburgh1 – 3NY IslandersDiPietro14,57435–27–1181Recap
74March 24NY Islanders4 – 3PhiladelphiaDiPietro19,42236–27–1183Recap
75March 25NY Islanders1 – 2NY RangersOTDiPietro16,23436–27–1284Recap
76March 27New Jersey2 – 3NY IslandersDunham13,33736–28–1284Recap
77March 30NY Islanders4 – 6BuffaloDunham18,69036–29–1284Recap
78March 31Ottawa5 – 2NY IslandersDubielewicz15,59836–30–1284Recap :
April: 4–0–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 3NY Rangers2 – 3NY IslandersSODubielewicz15,59137–30–1286Recap
80April 5Toronto2 – 5NY IslandersDubielewicz14,35238–30–1288Recap
81April 7NY Islanders4 – 2PhiladelphiaDubielewicz19,41239–30–1290Recap
82April 8NY Islanders3 – 2New JerseySODubielewicz18,11140–30–1292Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 12NY Islanders1 – 4BuffaloDubielewicz18,6900 – 1Recap
2April 14NY Islanders3 – 2BuffaloDiPietro18,6901 – 1Recap
3April 16Buffalo3 – 2NY IslandersDiPietro16,2341 – 2Recap
4April 18Buffalo4 – 2NY IslandersDiPietro16,2341 – 3Recap
5April 20NY Islanders3 – 4BuffaloDiPietro18,6901 – 4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 55 | Jason Blake | C | 82 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | −12 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mike Sillinger | C | 82 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 81 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| 79 | Alexei Yashin | C | 58 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tom Poti | D | 78 | 6 | 38 | 44 | −1 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Trent Hunter | RW | 77 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Andy Hilbert | C | 81 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Chris Simon | LW | 67 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Richard Park | RW | 82 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sean Hill | D | 81 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 45 | Arron Asham | RW | 80 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 27 | Randy Robitaille† | C | 50 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 8 |
| 47 | Marc-Andre Bergeron† | D | 23 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | Radek Martinek | D | 43 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 94 | Ryan Smyth† | LW | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Chris Campoli | D | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −3 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 32 | Brendan Witt | D | 81 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
| 16 | Mike York‡ | LW | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 77 | Alexei Zhitnik‡ | D | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Shawn Bates | C | 48 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jeff Tambellini | LW | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Bruno Gervais | D | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −10 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| 20 | Richard Zednik† | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
| 44 | Freddy Meyer† | D | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 51 | Frans Nielsen | C | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Rick DiPietro | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 49 | Drew Fata† | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mike Dunham | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Allan Rourke | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Eric Boguniecki† | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Jeremy Colliton | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 57 | Blake Comeau | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Wade Dubielewicz | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 21 | Deron Quint† | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Steve Regier | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 39 | Rick DiPietro | 62 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 1917 | 156 | 2.58 | .919 | 5 | 3627 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 127 | 13 | 3.30 | .898 | 0 | 236 |
| 1 | Mike Dunham | 19 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 552 | 61 | 3.74 | .889 | 0 | 979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Wade Dubielewicz | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 13 | 2.06 | .934 | 0 | 379 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 4.06 | .886 | 0 | 59 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jason Blake |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Viktor Kozlov (December 3) |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Wade Dubielewicz (April 8) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Month | Rick DiPietro (February) |
| Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Trent Hunter |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Blake Comeau | December 7, 2006 |
| First game | Frans Nielsen | January 6, 2007 |
| First game | Drew Fata | February 4, 2007 |

## Transactions

The Islanders were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To New York Islanders 4th-round pick in 2006Chicago's 5th-round pick in 2006 | To Boston Bruins Phoenix's 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To New York Islanders Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 2006Calgary's 4th-round pick in 2006 | To Phoenix Coyotes New Jersey's 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in 20066th-round pick in 2006 | To San Jose Sharks Boston's 4th-round pick in 2006 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To New York Islanders 5th-round pick in 20066th-round pick in 2006 | To Colorado Avalanche Edmonton's 4th-round pick in 2006 |
| October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25) | To New York Islanders Eric Boguniecki | To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Caldwell |
| December 16, 2006 (2006-12-16) | To New York Islanders Freddy MeyerConditional draft pick | To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhitnik |
| December 20, 2006 (2006-12-20) | To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille5th-round pick in 2008 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mike York |
| January 5, 2007 (2007-01-05) | To New York Islanders Tomas Malec | To Ottawa Senators Matt Koalska |
| February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18) | To New York IslandersMarc-Andre Bergeron3rd-round pick in 2008 | To Edmonton OilersDenis Grebeshkov |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To New York IslandersRichard Zednik | To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To New York IslandersRyan Smyth | To Edmonton OilersRobert NilssonRyan O'Marra1st-round pick in 2007 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) | Mike Sillinger | Nashville Predators | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Brendan Witt | Nashville Predators | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Andy Hilbert | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 8, 2006 (2006-07-08) | Tom Poti | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) | Chris Simon | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20) | Rick Berry | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Billy Thompson | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) | Mark Wotton | Washington Capitals | 2-year | Free agency |
| August 15, 2006 (2006-08-15) | Sean Hill | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 28, 2006 (2006-08-28) | Peter Ferraro | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) | Viktor Kozlov | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) | Mike Dunham | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) | Richard Park | Vancouver Canucks | 2-year | Free agency |
| February 4, 2007 (2007-02-04) | Drew Fata | Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | | Free agency |
| February 22, 2007 (2007-02-22) | Jamie Fraser | Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | | Free agency |
| March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29) | Todd Simpson | Hannover Scorpions (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30) | Deron Quint | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02) | Trevor Smith | University of New Hampshire (HE) | 2-year | Free agency |
| May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21) | Sean Bentivoglio | Providence Bruins (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21) | Cole Jarrett | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Chris Madden | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Jody Robinson | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Keith Aldridge | | Retirement (III) |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Denis Grebeshkov | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) | Rob Collins | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) | Garth Snow | | Retirement |
| July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19) | Wyatt Smith | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (III) |
| August 5, 2006 (2006-08-05) | Sean Bergenheim | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10) | Eric Godard | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10) | Justin Papineau | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31) | Dmitri Nabokov | HC Sibir Novosibirsk (RSL) | Free agency (III) |
| September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07) | Paul Flache | Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) | John Erskine | Washington Capitals | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22) | Frederic Cloutier | Rockford IceHogs (UHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25) | Vince Macri | Fresno Falcons (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) | Jeff Hamilton | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (VI) |
| December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01) | Johan Halvardsson | HV71 (SHL) | Free agency |
| May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) | Tomas Malec | HC Ocelari Trinec (ELH) | Free agency |
| May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18) | Randy Robitaille | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) | Joel Bouchard | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19) | Wade Dubielewicz | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 22, 2006 (2006-07-22) | Mike York | 1-year | Arbitration award |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Arron Asham | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Ryan Caldwell | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Allan Rourke | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29) | Trent Hunter | | Re-signing |
| September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) | Rick DiPietro | 15-year | Re-signing |
| May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) | Wade Dubielewicz | 1-year | Extension |
| May 24, 2007 (2007-05-24) | Andrew MacDonald | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) | Dustin Kohn | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

The Islanders' picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Okposo | Right Wing | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
| 2 | 60 | Jesse Joensuu | Wing | Finland | Assat (SM-liiga) |
| 3 | 70 | Robin Figren | Wing | Sweden | Frölunda HC (Elitserien) |
| 4 | 100 | Rhett Rakhshani | Right Wing | United States | University of Denver (NCAA) /US National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
| 4 | 108 | Jase Weslosky | Goalie | Canada | Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL) |
| 4 | 115 | Tomas Marcinko | Center | Slovakia | HC Košice (Slovak Extraliga) |
| 4 | 119 | Doug Rogers | Center | United States | Saint Sebastian's School (Independent School League) |
| 5 | 141 | Kim Johansson | Wing | Sweden | Malmö Redhawks Jr. |
| 6 | 160 | Andrew MacDonald | Defense | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 171 | Brian Day | Right Wing | United States | Governor Dummer (Independent School League) |
| 6 | 173 | Stefan Ridderwall | Goalie | Sweden | Djurgardens IF Jr. (J20) |
| 7 | 190 | Troy Mattila | Left Wing | United States | Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) |