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.
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.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 28, 2022.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 26 	NY Islanders 	1–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Varlamov 	14,776 	0–1–0 	
2 	September 27 	NY Islanders 	1–4 	New Jersey 	 	Sorokin 	5,526 	0–2–0 	
3 	October 2 	Philadelphia 	1–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Varlamov 	— 	1–2–0 	
4 	October 4 	NY Islanders 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	OT 	Sorokin 	19,903 	2–2–0 	
5 	October 6 	New Jersey 	2–5 	NY Islanders 	 	Varlamov 	7,512 	3–2–0 	
6 	October 8 	NY Rangers 	1–3 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	14,569 	4–2–0 	
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 13 	Florida 	3–1 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	17,255 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	October 15 	Anaheim 	1–7 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	16,487 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 18 	San Jose 	2–5 	NY Islanders 	 	Varlamov 	13,892 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	October 20 	New Jersey 	4–1 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	16,046 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	October 22 	NY Islanders 	3–5 	Tampa Bay 	 	Sorokin 	19,092 	2–3–0 	4 	
6 	October 23 	NY Islanders 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Varlamov 	16,342 	2–4–0 	4 	
7 	October 26 	NY Rangers 	0–3 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	17,255 	3–4–0 	6 	
8 	October 28 	NY Islanders 	6–2 	Carolina 	 	Sorokin 	18,680 	4–4–0 	8 	
9 	October 29 	Colorado 	4–5 	NY Islanders 	 	Varlamov 	17,255 	5–4–0 	10 	
===Playoffs===
The Islanders faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the First Round, losing the series in six games.
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 17 	NY Islanders 	1–2 	Carolina 	 	Sorokin 	18,680 	0–1 	
2 	April 19 	NY Islanders 	3–4 	Carolina 	OT 	Sorokin 	18,680 	0–2 	
3 	April 21 	Carolina 	1–5 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	17,255 	1–2 	
4 	April 23 	Carolina 	5–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Sorokin 	17,255 	1–3 	
5 	April 25 	NY Islanders 	3–2 	Carolina 	 	Sorokin 	18,680 	2–3 	
6 	April 28 	Carolina 	2–1 	NY Islanders 	OT 	Sorokin 	17,255 	2–4 	
==Player statistics==
As of April 28, 2023
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	36	39	75	+13	24
 	58	14	37	51	+5 	22
 	82	28	22	50	 	50
 	78	13	36	49	+4 	20
 	70	13	27	40	 	14
 	82	21	13	34	+7 	24
 	55	16	17	33	+13	24
 	82	5 	21	26	+10	14
 	64	8 	17	25	+3 	2
 	82	6 	18	24	+8 	83
 	71	5 	18	23	+9 	22
 	76	2 	20	22	+13	43
 	61	6 	15	21	+15	36
 	81	6 	15	21	0 	54
‡ 	49	9 	11	20	 	10
 	49	10	9 	19	+10	10
 	81	7 	12	19	+4 	63
 	35	7 	9 	16	+5 	32
† 	30	7 	9 	16	 	6
 	49	6 	6 	12	+9 	30
 	50	6 	3 	9 	 	0
† 	18	5 	4 	9 	+7 	6
 	11	2 	2 	4 	+1 	4
 	17	2 	1 	3 	+5 	2
‡ 	12	2 	0 	2 	+1 	4
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	+1 	4
 	16	0 	2 	2 	 	37
 	12	0 	1 	1 	+5 	4
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	2	3	5	+4	4
 	6	2	3	5	+4	4
 	6	1	3	4	0 	6
 	6	1	2	3	+1	2
 	6	1	2	3	 	16
 	6	2	0	2	 	2
 	6	1	1	2	+4	0
 	6	1	1	2	+2	0
 	6	1	1	2	+1	2
 	6	0	2	2	+2	2
 	6	1	0	1	0 	12
 	6	1	0	1	0 	16
 	6	1	0	1	 	16
 	6	0	1	1	0 	2
 	6	0	1	1	 	0
 	2	0	0	0	0 	4
 	4	0	0	0	+3	2
 	6	0	0	0	 	2
 	6	0	0	0	 	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	60	3,587:04	31	22	7	140	2.34	1,838	.924	6	0	1	0
 	23	22	1,334:44	11	9 	2	60 	2.70	689 	.913	2	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	369:27	2	4	16	2.60	210	.929	0	0	0	0
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Montreal Canadiens1st-round pick in 2022 	To New York IslandersAlexander Romanov4th-round pick in 2022	
 	To Vancouver CanucksAnthony BeauvillierAatu RatyConditional 1st-round pick in 2023	To New York IslandersBo Horvat 	
 	To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-round pick in 2024 	To New York IslandersPierre Engvall 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Austin Czarnik 	to Detroit Red Wings 	2-year 	
 	Jeff Kubiak 	from Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Mitchell Vande Sompel	to Colorado Eagles (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Dennis Cholowski 	from Seattle Kraken 	2-year 	
 	Hudson Fasching 	from Arizona Coyotes 	1-year 	
 	Nikita Soshnikov 	from Avangard Omsk (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Richard Panik 	to Lausanne HC (NL) 	1-year 	
 	Michael Dal Colle 	to HC TPS (Liiga) 	1-year 	
 	Aidan Fulp 	from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)	2-year 	
 	Travis Mitchell 	from Cornell Big Red (ECAC) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Kieffer Bellows	to Philadelphia Flyers	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Nikita Soshnikov	Mutual termination	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Zdeno Chara	
 	Andy Greene	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Kieffer Bellows 	1-year 	
 	Noah Dobson 	3-year 	
 	Alexander Romanov 	3-year 	
 	Arnaud Durandeau 	2-year 	
 	Paul LaDue 	2-year 	
 	Calle Odelius 	3-year 	
 	Cory Schneider 	1-year 	
 	Parker Wotherspoon	1-year 	
 	Mathew Barzal 	8-year 	
 	Bo Horvat 	8-year 	
 	Tristan Lennox 	3-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 (League)
2 	651	Calle Odelius 	D 	 	Djurgårdens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
3 	78 	Quinn Finley 	LW 	 	Madison Capitols (USHL)
4 	982	Isaiah George 	D 	 	London Knights (OHL)
5 	142	Matt Maggio 	RW 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
6 	174	Daylan Kuefler	LW 	 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL
Notes:
# 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.
==References==
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