New York Islanders 2022-23 season preview: Playoff chances, projected points, roster rankings

New York Islanders vs. Buffalo Sabres 3/14/24 - The most intriguing game of the NHL regular season, an away game of the New York Islanders against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday can be considered. This game will most likely be a tie breaker as both teams have almost identical records, even if the visitors have one more extra time loss. The Sabres…

Buffalo, NY- The New York Islanders complete the second half of a back-to-back set Saturday night against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. Semyon Varlamov will make his first start of the regular season for the Islanders against Buffalo. "I feel ready," Varlamov said on Friday afternoon. "I've done a lot of skating in the past few weeks. I'm…

The Boston Bruins 2023-24 roster is set, and the Buffalo Sabres have extended their cornerstone defenseman Rasmus Dahlin. That, NHL news, the latest NHL trade rumors, and more in the latest Boston Hockey Now Bruins Daily: Boston Bruins Boston Hockey Now: Boston Bruins general manager explored all options when it came to making a roster spot for…

How far can elite goaltending take you in the modern NHL? The Islanders look like a lab experiment set up to answer the question. The last two Stanley Cup champions won titles with Darcy Kuemper and Adin Hill in nets for the final. The last Vezina Trophy winner whose team won the championship was Tim Thomas with the 2011 Bruins - the only such…

Flyers coach John Tortorella had a clear message for Marc Staal, the 36-year-old defenseman the Flyers signed as a free agent. "As I stated to him, he's not going to get in the way of the kids, of us developing the kids," Tortorella said on the first day of Flyers training camp this week. Staal, Tortorella said, is "going to be a mentor," an…

The big news in the NHL this week was the Auston Matthews extension. The Toronto Maple Leafs signed him to a four-year, $13.2 million per year deal that makes their best player the highest-paid in the NHL. The extension prevents Matthews from entering free agency and testing the market. But it also puts the Maple Leafs up against the salary cap,…

After three games of competition at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan, The Athletic has released its projected lineups for the four favorites at the 2024 World Junior Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden: Canada, USA, Sweden, and Finland. Included are four NY Islanders prospects - a massive leap from last year as the organization…

New York Islanders general manager (GM) Lou Lamoriello typically waits the entire offseason until he makes his signings. This year, he wasted no time. On the first day of free agency, he re-signed Pierre Engvall to a seven-year deal, Scott Mayfield to a seven-year deal, Semyon Varlamov to a four-year deal, and gave Ilya Sorokin an eight-year…

Hockey night in America on this Friday night will be all of the talk heading into the weekend as the surging New York Islanders take on the slumping Columbus Blue Jackets. Join us for our NHL odds series where our Islanders-Blue Jackets prediction and pick will be revealed. Currently in the midst of a three-game winning streak, the Islanders find…

The speculation continues as to whether or not the NY Islanders and general manager Lou Lamoriello will be buyers or sellers at the approaching NHL Trade Deadline, especially as the Isles continue to trend in a downward direction in the standings. A few days ago, Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman reported that the Islanders were "looking around"…

New York Islanders vs Arizona Coyotes 12/16/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Friday NHL schedule will get underway at Mullett Arena in Tempe when the New York Islanders take on the Arizona Coyotes in an inter-Division hockey competition. New York is 17-12-1 on 35 points and placed 4th in the Metropolitan Division with an 8-6-1 record away from…

New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins 12/13/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The New York Islanders will visit TD garden in Boston to face off with the Bruins in another NHL schedule on Tuesday evening. New York is 17-12-0 on 34 points and placed 4th in the Metropolitan Division with an 8-6-0 road record. The Islanders come into this match-up to…

Arizona Coyotes vs New York Islanders 11/10/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Arizona Coyotes will go against the New York Islanders in NHL action in UBS Arena, NY, on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 7:30 PM ET. The Coyotes showed promise this season, but they still need to increase their offense's 2.92 goals per game output. While defenseman…

New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes 10/28/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The New York Islanders (7th in Metropolitan Division) and the Carolina Hurricanes (1st in Metropolitan Division) will clash in the NHL Metropolitan Division on the ice on Friday. The Islanders are 3-4-0 with six points after snapping a three-game losing streak on a 3-0…

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the New York Islanders last season. On the other hand, very little went awry for the Florida Panthers, who set a salary-cap era record with 340 goals scored and won the Presidents' Trophy with 122 points, which was 38 more than the Isles accrued. Considering how these teams fared last season, it's not…

The Islanders are set to begin their 2022-23 regular season campaign this Thursday. This is a special season for the Islanders, as they'll be celebrating their 50th anniversary in the NHL. There will be plenty of tributes to the great Islanders of the past, especially their 80's dynasty teams. While celebrating their past, the current team is…

David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins are totally fine talking contract during the 2022-23 season. More on that, Boston Bruins and NHL news, as well as NHL trade rumors in the latest Boston Hockey Now Bruins Daily: Boston Bruins Did A.J. Greer just become a fan favorite for Boston Bruins fans with the game-winner and a two-goal performance in a 3-2…

STATEN ISLAND, NY - "Hockey trades." That's what New York Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello said he was going to have to do to bolster his roster. Well, after months of speculation caused by Lamoriello's notorious silence, the Islanders are returning to the 2022-23 season looking mostly the same. The Islanders were derailed by a plethora of obstacles…

It's Monday which means that we are just a few days from New York Islanders training camp. Development camp is coming to a close with just two days remaining. Here are the New York Islanders and NHL stories to know for today: NYI Hockey Now: Over the first four days of New York Islanders development camp, former Islanders defenseman and 13-year NHL…

The 2022-23 NHL season is around the corner, and the New York Islanders are shaping up to have a big year in a competitive Metropolitan Division. The Islanders took a step back last year as they missed playoffs, resulting in Barry Trotz being fired after four seasons, and after a quiet offseason, there is a lot of uncertainty about how well the…

The 2022-23 NHL season is around the corner and despite a quiet offseason, the New York Islanders enter the year with high expectations. The veteran-heavy roster built on good defense and great goaltending is looking to rebound from last season where they missed the playoffs but will have to do so in arguably the toughest division in the league.…

On Friday, Vancouver Hockey Now's Rob Simpson reached out to Brian Bartlett, the agent of J.T. Miller, regarding contract extension talks with the Vancouver Canucks. Bartlett shared that talks may be coming to an end rather quickly. "It's possible we make a decision to cut off talks when the season starts, to avoid distractions for J.T. and his…

On Monday night, the Philadelphia Flyers (13-17-7) will try to snap a seven-game losing streak when they make their first visit to UBS Arena and take on the New York Islanders (11-13-6). It's the first of four meetings between the storied rivals this season. A game between the two teams originally scheduled for late November was postponed because…

The New York Islanders-Tampa Bay Lightning playoff series is going the way many people thought it would. But then again, it isn't. It was presumed this would be tight series that would require six or more games to settle. That's assured now that it is 2-2 going into Game 5. What wasn't anticipated is that the Islanders would be a better scoring…

Welcome to August, the only month of the year in which there really isn't anything on the NHL schedule. Free agency is well behind us, and the start of training camp is still a month and a half away. But you have questions, and we (hopefully) have some sensible answers. Let's get to Part 1 of our Islanders mailbag, with Part 2 set for later this…