2015–16 New York Islanders season

2015–16 New York Islanders
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	5th Eastern
2015–16 record	45–27–10
Home record	25–11–5
Road record	20–16–5
Goals for	232
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Jack Capuano
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Frans Nielsen Kyle Okposo
Arena	Barclays Center
Average attendance	13,626 (41 games)[1]
Minor league affiliations	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (33)
Assists	Kyle Okposo (42)
Points	John Tavares (70)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Martin (119)
Plus/minus	(+): Johnny Boychuk (+17) (–): Nick Leddy       Ryan Strome (–9)
Wins	Thomas Greiss (23)
Goals against average	Jaroslav Halak (2.30)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 New York Islanders season is the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.^[2] This season is the team's first at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, which it shares with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.

The team's regular season began on October 9, 2015, against the Chicago Blackhawks.^[3]

The Islanders qualified for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs after finishing the season in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division and fifth in the Eastern Conference with 100 points. The playoff berth was the team's third post-season berth in four seasons, having qualified in 2012–13 and 2014–15, but not in 2013–14. The Islanders first round matchup had them up against the winners of the Atlantic Division, the Florida Panthers. The Islanders won the series in 6 games on a John Tavares goal in double overtime, marking the team's first playoff series victory since 1993. The Islanders second round matchup has them up against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101
4	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
5	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
7	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–5–0)[4]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia^[B]		Greiss	––	0–1–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Halak	5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 23	New Jersey	1–2	NY Islanders		Poulin	7,046	2–1–0	Recap
4^[A]	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia		Gibson	17,369	2–2–0	Recap
5^[A]	September 25	NY Islanders	2–4	New Jersey		Williams	8,871	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 26	NY Islanders	3–5	Carolina^[C]		Greiss	––	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 28	Washington	3–1	NY Islanders		Greiss	––	2–5–0	Recap
8	October 4	NY Islanders	2–6	Washington		Williams	16,073	2–6–0	Recap
^A – indicates split-squad game. ^B – game to be played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. ^C – game to be played at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[3]
October: 6–2–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Chicago 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 10 NY Islanders 1–4 Chicago Berube 21,392 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Winnipeg 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,183 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 15 Nashville 3–4 NY Islanders Greiss 10,542 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 17 San Jose 3–6 NY Islanders Halak 11,577 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 20 NY Islanders 4–0 Columbus Halak 14,295 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 23 Boston 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,113 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 24 NY Islanders 3–2 St. Louis OT Greiss 19,186 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 26 Calgary 0–4 NY Islanders Halak 11,582 6–2–1 13 Recap 10 October 29 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 11,494 6–2–2 14 Recap 11 October 31 NY Islanders 2–3 New Jersey SO Halak 11,605 6–2–3 15 Recap
November: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Buffalo 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 11,278 6–3–3 15 Recap 13 November 3 New Jersey 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 12,122 7–3–3 17 Recap 14 November 5 NY Islanders 1–4 Montreal Halak 21,288 7–4–3 17 Recap 15 November 8 Boston 2–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,197 7–5–3 17 Recap 16 November 10 NY Islanders 4–2 San Jose Greiss 16,558 8–5–3 19 Recap 17 November 12 NY Islanders 1–2 Los Angeles Halak 18,230 8–6–3 19 Recap 18 November 13 NY Islanders 4–1 Anaheim Greiss 17,174 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 16 Arizona 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 11,841 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 20 Montreal 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,171 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 22 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Greiss 21,288 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 25 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,027 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 27 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida SO Halak 14,598 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 November 28 NY Islanders 3–2 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 November 30 Colorado 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,585 13–8–4 30 Recap
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 NY Rangers 1–2 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,795 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 4 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 12,873 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Ottawa OT Halak 17,281 15–8–5 35 Recap 29 December 8 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Halak 18,108 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 12 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Halak 12,342 17–8–5 39 Recap 31 December 13 New Jersey 0–4 NY Islanders Greiss 13,259 18–8–5 41 Recap 32 December 15 Florida 5–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,656 18–9–5 41 Recap 33 December 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Colorado Greiss 15,811 18–10–5 41 Recap 34 December 19 NY Islanders 0–1 Arizona Halak 11,878 18–11–5 41 Recap 35 December 21 Anaheim 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 13,578 19–11–5 43 Recap 36 December 27 Toronto 3–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 19–12–5 43 Recap 37 December 29 NY Islanders 6–3 Toronto Greiss 19,899 20–12–5 45 Recap 38 December 31 NY Islanders 2–1 Buffalo Greiss 19,070 21–12–5 47 Recap
January: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 NY Islanders 2–5 Pittsburgh Greiss 18,665 21–13–5 47 Recap 40 January 3 Dallas 5–6 NY Islanders Greiss 14,054 22–13–5 49 Recap 41 January 7 Washington 4–1 NY Islanders Halak 14,261 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Philadelphia Halak 19,874 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 12 Columbus 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,115 23–15–5 51 Recap 44 January 14 NY Rangers 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 24–15–5 53 Recap 45 January 17 Vancouver 2–1 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,795 24–15–6 54 Recap 46 January 22 NY Islanders 5–2 Ottawa Halak 18,305 25–15–6 56 Recap – January 23 Philadelphia NY Islanders Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 47 January 25 Detroit 4–2 NY Islanders Halak 12,086 25–16–6 56 Recap
February: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 2 Minnesota 3–5 NY Islanders Berube 13,331 26–16–6 58 Recap 49 February 4 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington Halak 18,506 26–17–6 58 Recap 50 February 6 NY Islanders 1–5 Detroit Halak 20,027 26–18–6 58 Recap 51 February 7 Edmonton 1–8 NY Islanders Greiss 14,030 27–18–6 60 Recap 52 February 9 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus SO Halak 14,303 28–18–6 62 Recap 53 February 11 Los Angeles 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,643 29–18–6 64 Recap 54 February 13 NY Islanders 3–6 Carolina Halak 12,665 29–19–6 64 Recap 55 February 15 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 30–19–6 66 Recap 56 February 18 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 30–19–7 67 Recap 57 February 19 NY Islanders 1–0 New Jersey Halak 16,514 31–19–7 69 Recap 58 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Minnesota Halak 19,085 32–19–7 71 Recap 59 February 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Calgary OT Halak 19,289 33–19–7 73 Recap 60 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Edmonton Halak 16,839 33–20–7 73 Recap
March: 9–5–2 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 NY Islanders 3–2 Vancouver Greiss 18,264 34–20–7 75 Recap 62 March 3 NY Islanders 4–3 Winnipeg OT Greiss 15,294 35–20–7 77 Recap 63 March 6 NY Islanders 6–4 NY Rangers Halak 18,006 36–20–7 79 Recap 64 March 8 Pittsburgh 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 14,724 37–20–7 81 Recap 65 March 9 NY Islanders 3–4 Toronto SO Greiss 18,889 37–20–8 82 Recap 66 March 12 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Greiss 17,565 37–21–8 82 Recap 67 March 14 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 14,106 38–21–8 84 Recap 68 March 15 NY Islanders 1–2 Pittsburgh SO Berube 18,456 38–21–9 85 Recap 69 March 17 NY Islanders 2–4 Nashville Greiss 17,113 38–22–9 85 Recap 70 March 19 NY Islanders 0–3 Dallas Greiss 18,532 38–23–9 85 Recap 71 March 21 Philadelphia 4–1 NY Islanders Greiss 14,329 38–24–9 85 Recap 72 March 23 Ottawa 1–3 NY Islanders Berube 13,837 39–24–9 87 Recap 73 March 25 NY Islanders 4–7 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 39–25–9 87 Recap 74 March 26 NY Islanders 4–3 Carolina OT Berube 11,636 40–25–9 89 Recap 75 March 29 Carolina 1–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 13,733 41–25–9 91 Recap 76 March 31 Columbus 3–4 NY Islanders Greiss 13,857 42–25–9 93 Recap
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Pittsburgh 5–0 NY Islanders Berube 15,795 42–26–9 93 Recap 78 April 4 Tampa Bay 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,106 43–26–9 95 Recap 79 April 5 NY Islanders 2–1 Washington OT Gibson 18,506 44–26–9 97 Recap 80 April 7 NY Islanders 4–1 NY Rangers Greiss 18,006 45–26–9 99 Recap 81 April 9 Buffalo 4–3 NY Islanders OT Gibson 14,811 45–26–10 100 Recap 82 April 10 Philadelphia 5–2 NY Islanders Gibson 14,244 45–27–10 100 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Florida Panthers: Islanders won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 NY Islanders 5–4 Florida Greiss 17,422 Islanders lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 15 NY Islanders 1–3 Florida Greiss 18,373 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 April 17 Florida 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 Islanders lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 20 Florida 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 April 22 NY Islanders 2–1 Florida 2OT Greiss 20,247 Islanders lead 3–2 Recap 6 April 24 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders 2OT Greiss 15,795 Islanders won series 4-2 Recap Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Lightning lead 2–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 27 NY Islanders 5–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 Islanders lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 30 NY Islanders 1–4 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 May 3 Tampa Bay 5–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 Lightning lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 6 Tampa Bay NY Islanders 5 May 8 NY Islanders Tampa Bay 6 May 10 Tampa Bay NY Islanders 7 May 12 NY Islanders Tampa Bay Legend:           = If needed            = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

As of May 3, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[5]							Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares	78	33	37	70	6	38	9	6	5	11	0	2
Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo	79	22	42	64	−4	51	9	1	6	7	0	4
Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen	81	20	32	52	1	12	9	3	2	5	–1	2
Leddy, NickNick Leddy	81	5	35	40	−9	25	9	1	3	4	3	0
Nelson, BrockBrock Nelson	81	26	14	40	–3	30	9	1	4	5	–4	4
Lee, AndersAnders Lee	80	15	21	36	–2	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey	81	12	20	32	–7	22	7	2	1	3	–4	2
Cizikas, CaseyCasey Cizikas	80	8	21	29	4	31	9	0	3	3	–1	14
Strome, RyanRyan Strome	71	8	20	28	−9	28	6	1	3	4	3	2
Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk	70	9	16	25	17	31	9	0	0	0	–5	0
Grabovski, MikhailMikhail Grabovski	58	9	16	25	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck	77	15	8	23	7	22	9	2	1	3	–1	12
Kulemin, NikolayNikolay Kulemin	81	9	13	22	13	22	9	1	2	3	–5	2
Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic	72	5	16	21	–5	35	9	1	2	3	0	6
Martin, MattMatt Martin	80	10	9	19	2	119	9	0	0	0	–1	10
Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey	62	6	12	18	9	30	9	1	4	5	–4	6
Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky	53	4	12	16	5	20	5	0	1	1	2	4
de Haan, CalvinCalvin de Haan	72	2	14	16	3	20	9	0	2	2	–3	2
Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier	24	1	5	6	3	9	5	0	0	0	–2	0
Strait, BrianBrian Strait	52	1	5	6	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prince, ShaneShane Prince†	20	3	2	5	3	4	9	3	1	4	1	0
Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock	15	2	2	4	1	5	4	1	2	3	–3	0
Pelech, AdamAdam Pelech	9	0	2	2	–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kearns, BrackenBracken Kearns	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quine, AlanAlan Quine	2	1	0	1	0	0	9	1	4	5	0	0
Mayfield, ScottScott Mayfield	6	1	0	1	−4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boulton, EricEric Boulton	6	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, RossRoss Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beck, TaylorTaylor Beck‡	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	41	38	2287	23	11	4	90	2.36	1197	0.925	1	0	1	2
Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak	36	36	2091	18	13	4	80	2.30	984	0.919	3	0	1	0
Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube	7	6	399	3	2	1	18	2.71	210	0.914	0	0	0	0
Gibson, ChristopherChristopher Gibson	4	2	194	1	1	1	11	3.40	93	0.882	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	9	9	616	5	4	24	2.34	341	.930	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

Updated May 1, 2016^[6]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
12		Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey	RW	L	26	2008	Bowmanville, Ontario
16		Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier	RW	R	31	2015	Quebec City, Quebec
30		Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube	G	L	24	2015	Repentigny, Quebec
36		Boulton, EricEric Boulton	LW	L	39	2012	Halifax, Nova Scotia
55		Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk	D	R	32	2014	Edmonton, Alberta
53		Cizikas, CaseyCasey Cizikas	C	L	25	2009	Toronto, Ontario
–		Cliche, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Cliche	C	R	29	2016	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
15		Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck	RW	R	28	2013	Welland, Ontario
71		Dal Colle, MichaelMichael Dal Colle	LW	L	19	2014	Richmond Hill, Ontario
44		de Haan, CalvinCalvin de Haan	D	L	24	2009	Carp, Ontario
46		Florek, JustinJustin Florek	LW	L	25	2015	Marquette, Michigan
33		Gibson, ChristopherChristopher Gibson	G	L	23	2015	Karkkila, Finland
84		Grabovski, MikhailMikhail Grabovski	C	L	32	2014	Potsdam, East Germany
1		Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	G	L	30	2015	Füssen, West Germany
41		Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak	G	L	30	2014	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
3		Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic	D	R	25	2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba
14		Hickey, ThomasThomas Hickey	D	L	27	2013	Calgary, Alberta
38		Kearns, BrackenBracken Kearns	C	L	34	2015	Vancouver, British Columbia
86		Kulemin, NikolayNikolay Kulemin	LW	L	29	2014	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
2		Leddy, NickNick Leddy	D	L	25	2014	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
27		Lee, AndersAnders Lee	LW	L	25	2009	Edina, Minnesota
17		Martin, MattMatt Martin	LW	L	26	2008	Windsor, Ontario
42		Mayfield, ScottScott Mayfield	D	R	23	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
29		Nelson, BrockBrock Nelson	C	L	24	2010	Warroad, Minnesota
51		Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen (A)	C	L	32	2002	Herning, Denmark
21		Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo (A)	RW	R	28	2006	St. Paul, Minnesota
50		Pelech, AdamAdam Pelech	D	L	21	2015	Toronto, Ontario
11		Prince, ShaneShane Prince	C	L	23	2016	Rochester, New York
6		Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock	D	R	21	2013	Grandview, Manitoba
10		Quine, AlanAlan Quine	C	L	23	2013	Belleville, Ontario
37		Strait, BrianBrian Strait	D	L	28	2013	Waltham, Massachusetts
18		Strome, RyanRyan Strome	RW	R	22	2011	Mississauga, Ontario
91		Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares (C)	C	L	25	2009	Mississauga, Ontario
26		Wright, JamesJames Wright	C	L	26	2015	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
28		Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky	D	R	39	2015	Most, Czechoslovakia

Notable achievements

Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 6, 2016 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares NHL All-Star game replacement captain[8] January 28, 2016 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares NHL First Star of the Week[9] April 11, 2016

Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 Kulemin, NikolayNikolay Kulemin 100th Career NHL Goal October 15, 2015 Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck 500th Career NHL Game October 17, 2015 Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen 100th Career NHL Goal 200th Career NHL Assist 300th Career NHL Point October 17, 2015 Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk 400th Career NHL Game October 23, 2015 Pelech, AdamAdam Pelech 1st Career NHL Game November 13, 2015 Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky 800th Career NHL Game November 16, 2015 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 200th Career NHL Assist November 16, 2015 Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss 100th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Grabovski, MikhailMikhail Grabovski 500th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Bailey, JoshJosh Bailey 500th Career NHL Game November 30, 2015 Gibson, ChristopherChristopher Gibson 1st Career NHL Game January 2, 2016 Martin, MattMatt Martin 400th Career NHL Game January 9, 2016 Pelech, AdamAdam Pelech 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Assist January 13, 2016 Nelson, BrockBrock Nelson 200th Career NHL Game January 22, 2016 Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic 100th Career NHL Asisst January 22, 2016 Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube 1st Career NHL Win February 2. 2016 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 500th Career NHL Game February 9, 2016 Nelson, BrockBrock Nelson 100th Career NHL Point February 15, 2016 Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock 1st Career NHL Game February 28, 2016 Capuano, JackJack Capuano 200th Career NHL Head Coaching Win March 3, 2016 Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak 200th Career NHL Win March 8, 2016 Leddy, NickNick Leddy 400th Career NHL Game March 8, 2016 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 200th Career NHL Goal March 12, 2016 Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal March 17, 2016 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 500th Career NHL Game March 21, 2016 Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen 600th Career NHL Game March 29, 2016 Gibson, ChristopherChristopher Gibson 1st Career NHL Win April 5, 2016 Mayfield, ScottScott Mayfield 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal April 9, 2016 Quine, AlanAlan Quine 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal April 9, 2016 Johnston, RossRoss Johnston 1st Career NHL Game April 10, 2016 Pulock, RyanRyan Pulock 1st Career NHL Assist April 10, 2016

Transactions

Following the end of the Islanders' 2014–15 season, and during the 2015–16 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015	To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart	To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2015	[10]
June 27, 2015	To Tampa Bay Lightning EDM's 2nd-round pick in 2015 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2015	To New York Islanders NYR's 1st-round pick in 2015	[10]
June 27, 2015	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015	[10]
September 16, 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner	To New York Islanders Taylor Beck Carter Verhaeghe Matt Finn Tom Nilsson Christopher Gibson	[11]
February 29, 2016	To Colorado Avalanche Taylor Beck	To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Cliche	[12]
	To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders Shane Prince 7th-round pick in 2016	[13]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Thomas Greiss Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years, $3 million [14] July 2, 2015 Justin Florek Providence Bruins 1 year, $725,000 [15] July 2, 2015 Ben Holmstrom Charlotte Checkers 1 year, $750,000 [15] July 2, 2015 Bracken Kearns Espoo Blues 1 year, $775,000 [15] July 2, 2015 Justin Vaive Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $650,000 [15] July 2, 2015 Joe Whitney New Jersey Devils 1 year, $750,000 [15] July 2, 2015 James Wright KHL Medvescak Zagreb 1 year, $800,000 [15] July 17, 2015 Louis Leblanc Norfolk Admirals 1 year, $605,000 [16] September 17, 2015 Steve Bernier New Jersey Devils 1 year, $750,000 [17] September 18, 2015 Marek Zidlicky Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $1.5 million [18]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Matt Donovan Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $825,000 [19] July 1, 2015 Kael Mouillierat Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 [20] July 1, 2015 Aaron Ness Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 July 1, 2015 Michal Neuvirth Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $3.25 million [21] July 2, 2015 Brett Gallant Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, $1.5 million July 3, 2015 Colin McDonald Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $625,000 [22] July 3, 2015 Harry Zolnierczyk Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 [23] October 27, 2015 Lubomir Visnovsky HC Slovan Bratislava undisclosed [24]

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Jean-Francois Berube[25] Los Angeles Kings October 6, 2015

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Kevin Poulin[26] Tampa Bay Lightning September 27, 2015

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 30, 2015 Anders Lee 4 years, $15 million [27] July 1, 2015 Thomas Hickey 3 years, $6.6 million [28] July 1, 2015 Kirill Petrov 1 year, entry-level contract [29] August 11, 2015 Kevin Poulin 1 year, $600,000 [30] September 10, 2015 Mathew Barzal 3 years, entry-level contract [31] September 16, 2015 Brock Nelson 3 years, $7.5 million [32] October 13, 2015 Eric Boulton 1 year, $575,000 [33] October 23, 2015 Anthony Beauvillier 3 years, entry-level contract [34] March 23, 2016 Eamon McAdam 3 years, entry-level contract [35] March 29, 2016 Kyle Schempp 2 years, entry-level contract [36] April 15, 2016 Devon Toews 3 years, entry-level contract [37] May 2, 2016 Parker Wotherspoon 3 years, entry-level contract [38] Draft picks Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 16 Mathew Barzal Centre Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 1 28 Anthony Beauvillier LW Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 3 82 Mitchell Vande Sompel D Oshawa Generals (OHL) 4 112 Parker Wotherspoon D Tri-City Americans (WHL) 6 172 Andong Song D Lawrenceville School (HS-New Jersey) 7 210^[b] Tate Olson D Prince George Cougars (WHL) Draft notes[39] The New York Islanders' first-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on October 27, 2013 that sent Thomas Vanek to New York in exchange for Matt Moulson, a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[40] The condition – Buffalo will receive a first-round pick in 2014 or 2015 at New York's choice – was converted on May 22, 2014 when the Islanders elected to keep their 2014 first-round pick.[41] The New York Islanders' second-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on October 27, 2013 that sent Thomas Vanek to New York in exchange for Matt Moulson, a conditional first-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[42] ^a The Florida Panthers' third-round pick will go to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Florida in exchange for this pick.[43] The New York Islanders’ fifth-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 5, 2014 that sent Dan Boyle to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[44] The condition – San Jose will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 if Boyle is not re-signed by the Islanders for the 2014–15 NHL season – was converted on July 1, 2014.[45] The New York Islanders' seventh-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Tyler Kennedy to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[46] The condition – San Jose will receive a seventh-round pick in 2015 if the Islanders do not win the 2015 Stanley Cup and Kennedy does not play in 50% of the Islanders playoff games – was converted on April 27, 2015. ^b The Tampa Bay Lightning's seventh-round pick will go to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[43] References "2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". 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