# 2022–23 New York Islanders season

The 2022–23 New York Islanders season was the 51st season in the franchise's history. It was their second season in UBS Arena.
Lane Lambert was promoted to head coach on May 16, 2022, after Barry Trotz was fired at the end of the 2021–22 season.
The Islanders clinched a playoff berth on April 12, 2023, after defeating the Montreal Canadiens. The Islanders lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the First Round in six games. During game 3 against the Hurricanes, the Islanders set a record for the fastest consecutive four goals in Stanley Cup playoffs history, at 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 39 | 266 | 213 | +53 | 113 |
| 2 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 39 | 291 | 226 | +65 | 112 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 82 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 37 | 277 | 219 | +58 | 107 |
| 4 | New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
| 6 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
| 8 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |

### Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
| 2 | AT | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
| 3 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
| 4 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
| 5 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
| 6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
| 7 | ME | e – Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
| 8 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
| 9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
| 10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 28, 2022.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
2022–23 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Islanders faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the First Round, losing the series in six games.
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

As of April 28, 2023

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Brock Nelson | 82 | 36 | 39 | 75 | +13 | 24 |
| Mathew Barzal | 58 | 14 | 37 | 51 | +5 | 22 |
| Anders Lee | 82 | 28 | 22 | 50 | –3 | 50 |
| Noah Dobson | 78 | 13 | 36 | 49 | +4 | 20 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 70 | 13 | 27 | 40 | –2 | 14 |
| Zach Parise | 82 | 21 | 13 | 34 | +7 | 24 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 55 | 16 | 17 | 33 | +13 | 24 |
| Ryan Pulock | 82 | 5 | 21 | 26 | +10 | 14 |
| Josh Bailey | 64 | 8 | 17 | 25 | +3 | 2 |
| Scott Mayfield | 82 | 6 | 18 | 24 | +8 | 83 |
| Sebastian Aho | 71 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +9 | 22 |
| Alexander Romanov | 76 | 2 | 20 | 22 | +13 | 43 |
| Adam Pelech | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +15 | 36 |
| Casey Cizikas | 81 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 54 |
| Anthony Beauvillier$^‡$ | 49 | 9 | 11 | 20 | –4 | 10 |
| Hudson Fasching | 49 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +10 | 10 |
| Matt Martin | 81 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +4 | 63 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | 35 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +5 | 32 |
| Bo Horvat$^†$ | 30 | 7 | 9 | 16 | –4 | 6 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 49 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 30 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 50 | 6 | 3 | 9 | –4 | 0 |
| Pierre Engvall$^†$ | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +7 | 6 |
| Robin Salo | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Samuel Bolduc | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 2 |
| Aatu Raty$^‡$ | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Otto Koivula | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Ross Johnston | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 | 37 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| Andy Andreoff | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –3 | 0 |
| William Dufour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Arnaud Durandeau | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| Dennis Cholowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
| Kieffer Bellows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
| Nikita Soshnikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Cole Bardreau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Brock Nelson | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| Ryan Pulock | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Scott Mayfield | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| Casey Cizikas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –2 | 16 |
| Mathew Barzal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
| Pierre Engvall | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| Noah Dobson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| Anders Lee | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Matt Martin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 16 |
| Sebastian Aho | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
| Samuel Bolduc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Alexander Romanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 |
| Hudson Fasching | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 2 |
| Zach Parise | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ilya Sorokin | 62 | 60 | 3,587:04 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 140 | 2.34 | 1,838 | .924 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 23 | 22 | 1,334:44 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 60 | 2.70 | 689 | .913 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ilya Sorokin | 6 | 6 | 369:27 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2.60 | 210 | .929 | 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.

## Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 7, 2022 (2022-07-07) | To Montreal Canadiens1st-round pick in 2022 | To New York IslandersAlexander Romanov 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30) | To Vancouver CanucksAnthony Beauvillier Aatu Raty Conditional 1st-round pick in 2023 | To New York IslandersBo Horvat |
| February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28) | To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-round pick in 2024 | To New York IslandersPierre Engvall |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team | Contract term |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Austin Czarnik | to Detroit Red Wings | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Jeff Kubiak | from Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) | 1-year |
| July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) | Mitchell Vande Sompel | to Colorado Eagles (AHL) | 1-year |
| August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) | Dennis Cholowski | from Seattle Kraken | 2-year |
| August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) | Hudson Fasching | from Arizona Coyotes | 1-year |
| September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21) | Nikita Soshnikov | from Avangard Omsk (KHL) | 1-year |
| October 12, 2022 (2022-10-12) | Richard Panik | to Lausanne HC (NL) | 1-year |
| October 13, 2022 (2022-10-13) | Michael Dal Colle | to HC TPS (Liiga) | 1-year |
| March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31) | Aidan Fulp | from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) | 2-year |
| March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31) | Travis Mitchell | from Cornell Big Red (ECAC) | 2-year |
| May 19, 2023 (2023-05-19) | Kyle MacLean | from Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) | 1-year |

### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team | Ref |
| October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27) | Kieffer Bellows | to Philadelphia Flyers | |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22) | Kieffer Bellows | 1-year |
| August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22) | Noah Dobson | 3-year |
| August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22) | Alexander Romanov | 3-year |
| August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) | Arnaud Durandeau | 2-year |
| August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) | Paul LaDue | 2-year |
| August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) | Calle Odelius | 3-year |
| September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21) | Cory Schneider | 1-year |
| September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21) | Parker Wotherspoon | 1-year |
| October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04) | Mathew Barzal | 8-year |
| February 5, 2023 (2023-02-05) | Bo Horvat | 8-year |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | Tristan Lennox | 3-year |
| May 1, 2023 (2023-05-01) | Hudson Fasching | 2-year |
| May 1, 2023 (2023-05-01) | Matthew Maggio | 3-year |
| May 19, 2023 (2023-05-19) | Daylan Kuefler | 3-year |
| June 7, 2023 (2023-06-07) | Eetu Liukas | 3-year |
| June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20) | Samuel Bolduc | 2-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 2 | 65$^1$ | Calle Odelius | D | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan) |
| 3 | 78 | Quinn Finley | LW | United States | Madison Capitols (USHL) |
| 4 | 98$^2$ | Isaiah George | D | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 5 | 142 | Matthew Maggio | RW | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 6 | 174 | Daylan Kuefler | LW | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
* The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on October 12, 2020, that sent Devon Toews to Colorado in exchange for a second-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
* The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on July 7, 2022, that sent first-round pick in 2022 to Montreal in exchange for Alexander Romanov and this pick.