2012–13 New York Islanders season

2012–13 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2012–13 record	24–17–7
Home record	10–11–3
Road record	14–6–4
Goals for	139
Goals against	139
Team information
General Manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Jack Capuano
Captain	Mark Streit
Alternate captains	Kyle Okposo John Tavares
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	13,306 (82.0%)[1] (24 games)
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (28)
Assists	Matt Moulson (29)
Points	John Tavares (47)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Martin (63)
Plus/minus	(+): Lubomir Visnovsky (12) (−): Mark Streit (−14)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (23)
Goals against average	Evgeni Nabokov (2.50)
<2011–12 2013–14>

The 2012–13 New York Islanders season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

The Islanders tied the Minnesota Wild for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with 0.^[6]

Season standings

Atlantic Division^[7]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	New York Rangers	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
3	New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
4	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
5	New Jersey Devils	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48

Eastern Conference^[8]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

2012–13 Schedule[9]
January: 4–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1), 9 Points Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 January 19 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,170 0–1–0 2 January 21 Tampa Bay 3–4 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,322 1–1–0 3 January 24 NY Islanders 7–4 Toronto Nabokov 19,125 2–1–0 4 January 25 NY Islanders 2–4 Boston DiPietro 17,565 2–2–0 5 January 27 NY Islanders 4–5 Winnipeg OT Nabokov 15,004 2–2–1 6 January 29 NY Islanders 4–1 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,657 3–2–1 7 January 31 NY Islanders 5–4 New Jersey OT Nabokov 17,625 4–2–1
February: 4–9–1 (Home: 1–7–1 ; Road: 3–2–0), 9 Points Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 8 February 3 New Jersey 3–0 NY Islanders Nabokov 11,558 4–3–1 9 February 5 Pittsburgh 4–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 11,318 4–4–1 10 February 7 NY Islanders 1–4 NY Rangers Nabokov 17,200 4–5–1 11 February 9 Buffalo 3–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 12,608 4–6–1 12 February 11 Carolina 6–4 NY Islanders DiPietro 9,622 4–7–1 13 February 14 NY Islanders 4–3 NY Rangers SO Nabokov 17,200 5–7–1 14 February 16 New Jersey 1–5 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,488 6–7–1 15 February 18 Philadelphia 7–0 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,170 6–8–1 16 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Ottawa DiPietro 18,595 6–9–1 17 February 21 NY Islanders 4–3 Montreal OT Nabokov 21,273 7–9–1 18 February 23 NY Islanders 4–0 Buffalo Nabokov 19,070 8–9–1 19 February 24 Carolina 4–2 NY Islanders Poulin 10,048 8–10–1 20 February 26 Boston 4–1 NY Islanders Nabokov 12,788 8–11–1 21 February 28 Toronto 5–4 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 9,222 8–11–2
March: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–0), 17 Points Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 22 March 3 Ottawa 2–3 NY Islanders SO Nabokov 13,512 9–11–2 23 March 5 Montreal 3–6 NY Islanders Nabokov 9,498 10–11–2 24 March 7 NY Rangers 2–1 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 16,170 10–11–3 25 March 9 Washington 2–5 NY Islanders Nabokov 14,819 11–11–3 26 March 10 NY Islanders 1–6 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,634 11–12–3 27 March 14 NY Islanders 2–0 Tampa Bay Nabokov 19,204 12–12–3 28 March 16 NY Islanders 4–3 Florida Nabokov 17,627 13–12–3 29 March 19 Ottawa 5–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 10,668 13–13–3 30 March 21 Montreal 5–2 NY Islanders Poulin 11,012 13–14–3 31 March 22 Pittsburgh 4–2 NY Islanders Nabokov 14,888 13–15–3 32 March 24 Florida 1–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 14,512 14–15–3 33 March 26 NY Islanders 3–2 Washington Nabokov 18,506 15–15–3 34 March 28 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Nabokov 19,906 16–15–3 35 March 30 NY Islanders 0–2 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,673 16–16–3
April: 8–1–4 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–1–3), 20 Points Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 36 April 1 NY Islanders 3–1 New Jersey Nabokov 17,625 17–16–3 37 April 2 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Islanders Poulin 11,819 18–16–3 38 April 4 NY Islanders 1–2 Washington SO Nabokov 18,506 18–16–4 39 April 6 Tampa Bay 2–4 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,170 19–16–4 40 April 9 Philadelphia 1–4 NY Islanders Nabokov 13,888 20–16–4 41 April 11 NY Islanders 2–1 Boston Nabokov 17,565 21–16–4 42 April 13 NY Rangers 1–0 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 16,170 21–16–5 43 April 16 Florida 2–5 NY Islanders Nabokov 15,922 22–16–5 44 April 18 NY Islanders 5–3 Toronto Nabokov 19,676 23–16–5 45 April 20 NY Islanders 5–4 Winnipeg SO Nabokov 15,004 24–16–5 46 April 23 NY Islanders 3–4 Carolina SO Nabokov 16,601 24–16–6 47 April 25 NY Islanders 1–2 Philadelphia Poulin 19,798 24–17–6 48 April 26 NY Islanders 1–2 Buffalo SO Nabokov 19,070 24–17–7
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 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 NY Islanders 0–5 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,612 0–1 Recap 2 May 3 NY Islanders 4–3 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,624 1–1 Recap 3 May 5 Pittsburgh 5–4 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 16,170 1–2 Recap 4 May 7 Pittsburgh 4–6 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,170 2–2 Recap 5 May 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Pittsburgh Nabokov 18,636 2–3 Recap 6 May 11 Pittsburgh 4–3 NY Islanders OT Nabokov 16,170 2–4 Recap
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Final stats^[10]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 48 28 19 47 −2 18 Moulson, MattMatt Moulson 47 15 29 44 −3 4 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes 48 10 25 35 −6 16 Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen 48 6 23 29 −3 12 Streit, MarkMark Streit 48 6 21 27 −14 22 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 48 4 20 24 −2 38 Grabner, MichaelMichael Grabner 45 16 5 21 4 12 Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey 38 11 8 19 7 6 McDonald, ColinColin McDonald 45 7 10 17 −1 32 Cizikas, CaseyCasey Cizikas 45 6 9 15 0 14 Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky 35 3 11 14 12 20 Aucoin, KeithKeith Aucoin 41 6 6 12 −1 4 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 48 3 9 12 −2 20 Martin, MattMatt Martin 48 4 7 11 −2 63 Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic 48 3 7 10 −8 28 Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner 31 0 5 5 −3 4 Ullstrom, DavidDavid Ullstrom 20 2 3 5 −2 6 Strait, BrianBrian Strait 19 0 4 4 4 10 Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey 39 1 3 4 9 8 Martinek, RadekRadek Martinek 13 3 0 3 −2 4 Carkner, MattMatt Carkner 22 0 2 2 −2 46 Joensuu, JesseJesse Joensuu 7 0 2 2 2 6 Lee, AndersAnders Lee 2 1 1 2 −3 0 Finley, JoeJoe Finley 16 0 1 1 −5 20 Boulton, EricEric Boulton 15 0 0 0 −4 36

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Streit, MarkMark Streit 6 2 3 5 −1 4 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 6 3 2 5 −4 4 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 6 3 1 4 −1 5 Grabner, MichaelMichael Grabner 6 1 3 4 2 0 Cizikas, CaseyCasey Cizikas 6 2 2 4 1 12 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes 6 0 3 3 −3 2 Aucoin, KeithKeith Aucoin 6 0 3 3 1 10 McDonald, ColinColin McDonald 6 2 1 3 2 2 Moulson, MattMatt Moulson 6 2 1 3 −4 10 Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey 6 0 3 3 −1 0 Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky 6 0 2 2 2 2 Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen 6 0 2 2 −2 0 Carkner, MattMatt Carkner 4 0 1 1 0 2 Strait, BrianBrian Strait 6 1 0 1 1 12 Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic 6 0 1 1 −4 23 Ullstrom, DavidDavid Ullstrom 3 0 1 1 1 0 Martin, MattMatt Martin 6 1 0 1 0 14 Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner 1 0 0 0 −1 17 Martinek, RadekRadek Martinek 2 0 0 0 −2 2 Joensuu, JesseJesse Joensuu 1 0 0 0 0 0 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 4 0 0 0 0 4 Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey 2 0 0 0 −2 2 Nelson, BrockBrock 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
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	41	41	2475:24	23	11	7	103	2.50	1139	.910	3	0	4	6
Poulin, KevinKevin Poulin	5	4	257:37	1	3	0	13	3.02	122	.893	0	0	0	0
DiPietro, RickRick 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
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	6	6	324:04	2	4	24	4.44	152	.842	0	0	0	0
Poulin, KevinKevin 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 Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey 1st career NHL game January 27, 2013[11] Lee, AndersAnders Lee 1st career NHL goal April 2, 2013[12]

Transactions

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

Trades Date Details June 22, 2012[13] To Anaheim Ducks 2nd-round pick in 2012 To New York Islanders Lubomir Visnovsky February 7, 2013[14] To Boston Bruins Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 To New York Islanders Tim Thomas June 12, 2013[15] To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Streit (rights) To New York Islanders Shane Harper 4th-round pick in 2014 Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Jesse Joensuu[16] HV71 1 year, $600,000 Jon Landry[17] Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $750,000 Matt Watkins[17] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $700,000 Brad Boyes[18] Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $1 million Matt Carkner[19] Ottawa Senators 3 years, $4.5 million Brandon DeFazio[20] Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1 year, $575,000 Colin McDonald[20] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $700,000 Eric Boulton[21] New Jersey Devils 1 year, $540,000 Nathan McIver[22] Providence Bruins 1 year, $750,000 Radek Martinek[23] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $750,000 Joey Diamond[24] University of Maine 1 year, $610,000 entry-level contract Chris Bruton[25] Peoria Rivermen 1 year, $610,000 entry-level contract Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Micheal Haley[26] New York Rangers 2 years, $1.2 million Dylan Reese[27] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $600,000 P. A. Parenteau[28] Colorado Avalanche 4 years, $16 million Al Montoya[29] Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $601,000 Jay Pandolfo[30] Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000 Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Joe Finley[31] Buffalo Sabres January 14, 2013 Thomas Hickey[32] Los Angeles Kings January 15, 2013 Keith Aucoin[33] Toronto Maple Leafs January 17, 2013 Brian Strait[34] Pittsburgh Penguins January 18, 2013 Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Lost via retirement Player Steve Staios[35] Player signings Player Date Contract terms Sean Backman[36] July 16, 2012 1 year, $577,500 Jason Clark[37] July 17, 2012 3 years, $1.605 million entry-level contract Ty Wishart[38] July 18, 2012 1 year, $843,413 Griffin Reinhart[39] August 2, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Matt Martin[40] September 15, 2012 4 years, $4 million Brian Strait[41] January 13, 2013 3 years, $2.325 million contract extension Brett Gallant[42] February 5, 2013 1 year, $610,000 entry-level contract Colin McDonald[43] March 15, 2013 2 years, $1.275 million contract extension Lubomir Visnovsky[44] March 29, 2013 2 years, $9.5 million contract extension Anders Lee[45] April 1, 2013 2 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract Andrey Pedan[46] April 3, 2013 3 years, $2.3775 million entry-level contract Scott Mayfield[47] April 5, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Eric Boulton[48] May 17, 2013 1 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.[49] 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^[a] 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 (USHS–MN) Draft notes[50] 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. 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