# 2024–25 New York Islanders season

The 2024–25 New York Islanders season is the 53rd season in the franchise's history. It will be their fourth season in UBS Arena. It is 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.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Washington Capitals | 67 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 37 | 244 | 175 | +69 | 96 |
| 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 67 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 217 | 178 | +39 | 86 |
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 68 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 204 | 177 | +27 | 78 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 67 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 203 | 201 | +2 | 72 |
| 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 66 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 217 | 221 | −4 | 70 |
| 6 | New York Islanders | 65 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 175 | 194 | −19 | 66 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 202 | 250 | −48 | 66 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | 68 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 192 | 232 | −40 | 64 |

### Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 66 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 77 |
| 2 | ME | New York Rangers | 67 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 203 | 201 | +2 | 72 |
| 3 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 66 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 23 | 197 | 216 | −19 | 71 |
| 4 | ME | Columbus Blue Jackets | 66 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 217 | 221 | −4 | 70 |
| 5 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 66 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 191 | 211 | −20 | 68 |
| 6 | AT | Boston Bruins | 68 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 184 | 218 | −34 | 68 |
| 7 | ME | New York Islanders | 65 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 175 | 194 | −19 | 66 |
| 8 | ME | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 202 | 250 | −48 | 66 |
| 9 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 68 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 192 | 232 | −40 | 64 |
| 10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 65 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 206 | 230 | −24 | 58 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The New York Islanders preseason schedule was released on June 17, 2024.
2024 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 22NY Islanders4–2New JerseyHogbergPrudential Center10,8151–0–0
2September 24NY Islanders4–6NY RangersTikkanenMadison Square Garden16,5681–1–0
3September 26NY Islanders0–2PhiladelphiaHogbergWells Fargo Center11,7161–2–0
4September 27New Jersey1–5NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena11,4202–2–0
5September 30Philadelphia3–4NY IslandersSkarekUBS Arena10,5643–2–0
6October 4NY Rangers2–5NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena16,1064–2–0 :
Legend:
  = Win
  = Loss
  = OT/SO Loss :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.
2024–25 game log :
October: 3–5–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 2–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 10Utah5–4NY IslandersOTVarlamovUBS Arena17,2540–0–11
2October 12NY Islanders0–3DallasVarlamovAmerican Airlines Center18,5320–1–11
3October 14NY Islanders6–2ColoradoSorokinBall Arena18,0171–1–13
4October 17NY Islanders0–1St. LouisOTSorokinEnterprise Center17,1091–1–24
5October 19Montreal3–4NY IslandersSOVarlamovUBS Arena15,4112–1–26
6October 22Detroit1–0NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena12,7392–2–26
7October 25NY Islanders4–3New JerseyOTSorokinPrudential Center14,8703–2–28
8October 26Florida6–3NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena15,8073–3–28
9October 29Anaheim3–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,2343–4–28
10October 30NY Islanders0–2ColumbusVarlamovNationwide Arena14,0153–5–28 :
November: 6–5–4 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–3–3)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
11November 1NY Islanders4–3BuffaloSorokinKeyBank Center17,0744–5–210
12November 3NY Islanders2–5NY RangersSorokinMadison Square Garden18,0064–6–210
13November 5Pittsburgh3–4NY IslandersSOSorokinUBS Arena14,0255–6–212
14November 7NY Islanders4–2OttawaVarlamovCanadian Tire Centre15,6776–6–214
15November 9New Jersey4–3NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena17,2556–6–315
16November 12NY Islanders3–4EdmontonOTSorokinRogers Place18,3476–6–416
17November 14NY Islanders5–2VancouverVarlamovRogers Arena18,7287–6–418
18November 16NY Islanders2–3SeattleSorokinClimate Pledge Arena17,1517–7–418
19November 19NY Islanders1–2CalgarySOVarlamovScotiabank Saddledome16,5657–7–519
20November 21NY Islanders1–2DetroitSorokinLittle Caesars Arena19,0137–8–519
21November 23St. Louis1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,2558–8–521
22November 25Detroit4–2NY IslandersVarlamovUBS Arena14,9008–9–521
23November 27Boston6–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,1458–10–521
24November 29NY Islanders4–5WashingtonOTVarlamovCapital One Arena18,5738–10–622
25November 30Buffalo0–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,2999–10–624 :
December: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
26December 3NY Islanders1–2MontrealOTSorokinBell Centre21,1059–10–725
27December 5Seattle5–2NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,8779–11–725
28December 7Carolina3–4NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,61910–11–727
29December 8NY Islanders4–2OttawaSorokinCanadian Tire Centre15,87811–11–729
30December 10Los Angeles3–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,40211–12–729
31December 12Chicago4–5NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,17012–12–731
32December 15NY Islanders3–5ChicagoSorokinUnited Center19,26412–13–731
33December 17NY Islanders0–4CarolinaSorokinLenovo Center18,70012–14–731
34December 21NY Islanders6–3TorontoSorokinScotiabank Arena18,91213–14–733
35December 23Buffalo7–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25513–15–733
36December 28Pittsburgh3–6NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25514–15–735
37December 29NY Islanders2–3PittsburghHogbergPPG Paints Arena18,35714–16–735
38December 31NY Islanders1–3TorontoSorokinScotiabank Arena18,93314–17–735 :
January: 9–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 4–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 2Toronto2–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25514–18–735
40January 5NY Islanders5–4BostonOTSorokinTD Garden17,85015–18–737
41January 9NY Islanders4–0VegasSorokinT-Mobile Arena17,71316–18–739
42January 11NY Islanders2–1UtahHogbergDelta Center11,13117–18–741
43January 14Ottawa2–0NY IslandersHogbergUBS Arena15,10117–19–741
44January 16Philadelphia5–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,76117–20–741
45January 18San Jose1–4NY IslandersHogbergUBS Arena17,25518–20–743
46January 20Columbus1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,55119–20–745
47January 24Philadelphia1–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25520–20–747
48January 25Carolina2–3NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena17,25521–20–749
49January 28Colorado2–5NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,73522–20–751
50January 30NY Islanders3–0PhiladelphiaSorokinWells Fargo Center18,70323–20–753 :
February: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1NY Islanders3–2Tampa BayOTSorokinAmalie Arena19,09224–20–755
52February 2NY Islanders3–6FloridaSkarekAmerant Bank Arena19,72124–21–755
53February 4Vegas1–2NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,03125–21–757
54February 7NY Islanders3–4WinnipegSorokinCanada Life Centre14,68525–22–757
55February 8NY Islanders3–6MinnesotaSorokinXcel Energy Center18,53925–23–757
56February 23Dallas4–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena16,60225–24–757
57February 25NY Rangers5–1NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25525–25–757
58February 27NY Islanders2–1BostonSorokinTD Garden17,85026–25–759 :
March: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
59March 1Nashville4–7NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena17,25527–25–761
60March 3NY Islanders0–4NY RangersSorokinMadison Square Garden17,47527–26–761
61March 4Winnipeg2–3NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena14,72328–26–763
62March 8NY Islanders4–2San JoseSorokinSAP Center17,43529–26–765
63March 9NY Islanders1–4AnaheimHogbergHonda Center17,17429–27–765
64March 11NY Islanders1–4Los AngelesSorokinCrypto.com Arena15,39429–28–765
65March 14Edmonton2–1NY IslandersOTSorokinUBS Arena15,87929–28–866
66March 16Florida2–4NY IslandersSorokinUBS Arena15,10930–28–868
67March 18NY Islanders–PittsburghPPG Paints Arena
68March 20Montreal–NY IslandersUBS Arena
69March 22Calgary–NY IslandersUBS Arena
70March 24Columbus–NY IslandersUBS Arena
71March 26Vancouver–NY IslandersUBS Arena
72March 29NY Islanders–Tampa BayAmalie Arena
73March 30NY Islanders–CarolinaLenovo Center :
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
74April 1Tampa Bay–NY IslandersUBS Arena
75April 4Minnesota–NY IslandersUBS Arena
76April 6Washington–NY IslandersUBS Arena
77April 8NY Islanders–NashvilleBridgestone Arena
78April 10NY Rangers–NY IslandersUBS Arena
79April 12NY Islanders–PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center
80April 13NY Islanders–New JerseyPrudential Center
81April 15Washington–NY IslandersUBS Arena
82April 17NY Islanders–ColumbusNationwide Arena :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  OT/SO loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

As of December 8, 2024

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Anders Lee | 29 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 12 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 29 | 11 | 11 | 22 | –3 | 10 |
| Bo Horvat | 29 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| Brock Nelson | 29 | 10 | 7 | 17 | –2 | 2 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 29 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 20 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 29 | 7 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 8 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 27 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Pulock | 29 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Dennis Cholowski | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Pierre Engvall | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –2 | 10 |
| Mathew Barzal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –3 | 2 |
| Scott Mayfield | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –4 | 9 |
| Kyle MacLean | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –6 | 6 |
| Adam Pelech | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | –3 | 2 |
| Anthony Duclair | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah George | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| Casey Cizikas | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –5 | 2 |
| Grant Hutton | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Alexander Romanov | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Matt Martin | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | 5 |
| Mike Reilly | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hudson Fasching | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 |
| 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 :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ilya Sorokin | 19 | 19 | 1126:51 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 2.61 | 550 | .911 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 10 | 10 | 602:24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 2.89 | 262 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Hogberg | 1 | 0 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 1.000 | 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.

## Roster

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Updated March 9, 2025
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 13 | Mathew Barzal | C | R | 27 | 2015 | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| 34 | Adam Boqvist | D | R | 24 | 2025 | Falun, Sweden |
| 53 | Casey Cizikas | C | L | 34 | 2009 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 4 | Tony DeAngelo | D | R | 29 | 2025 | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 8 | Noah Dobson | D | R | 25 | 2018 | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| 11 | Anthony Duclair | LW | L | 29 | 2024 | Pointe-Claire, Quebec |
| 18 | Pierre Engvall | LW | L | 28 | 2023 | Ljungby, Sweden |
| 20 | Hudson Fasching | RW | R | 29 | 2022 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 16 | Marc Gatcomb | C | R | 25 | 2024 | Woburn, Massachusetts |
| 50 | Marcus Hogberg | G | L | 30 | 2024 | Örebro, Sweden |
| 10 | Simon Holmstrom | RW | L | 23 | 2019 | Tranås, Sweden |
| 14 | Bo Horvat (A) | C | L | 29 | 2023 | Rodney, Ontario |
| 27 | Anders Lee (C) | LW | L | 34 | 2009 | Edina, Minnesota |
| 32 | Kyle MacLean | C | L | 25 | 2023 | Livingston, New Jersey |
| 17 | Matt Martin | LW | L | 35 | 2018 | Windsor, Ontario |
| 24 | Scott Mayfield | D | R | 32 | 2011 | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 44 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | R | 32 | 2020 | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 21 | Kyle Palmieri | RW | R | 34 | 2021 | Smithtown, New York |
| 3 | Adam Pelech | D | L | 30 | 2012 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 26 | Scott Perunovich | D | L | 26 | 2025 | Hibbing, Minnesota |
| 6 | Ryan Pulock (A) | D | R | 30 | 2013 | Grandview, Manitoba |
| 2 | Mike Reilly | D | L | 31 | 2023 | Chicago, Illinois |
| 28 | Alexander Romanov | D | L | 25 | 2022 | Moscow, Russia |
| 30 | Ilya Sorokin | G | L | 29 | 2014 | Mezhdurechensk, Russia |
| 7 | Maxim Tsyplakov | RW | L | 26 | 2024 | Moscow, Russia |
| 40 | Semyon Varlamov | G | L | 36 | 2019 | Kuybyshev, Soviet Union |

## 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 | Details | Ref |

### Free agents

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

### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team | Ref |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |

## 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) |