The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, and play their home games at UBS Arena. The Islanders are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, and their fanbase resides primarily on Long Island.
The team was founded in 1972 as part of the NHL’s maneuvers to keep a team from rival league World Hockey Association (WHA) out of the newly built Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in suburban Uniondale, New York. After two years of building up the team’s roster, they found almost instant success by securing 14 straight playoff berths starting with their third season. The Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 1980 and 1983, the eighth of nine dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history. Their 19 consecutive playoff series wins between 1980 and 1984 is a feat that remains unparalleled in the history of professional sports. They are the last team in any major professional North American sport to win four consecutive championships, and to date the last NHL team to achieve a three-peat.
Following the team’s dynasty era, the franchise ran into problems with money, ownership and management, an aging arena, and low attendance. Their woes were reflected on the ice, as the team has not won a division title since 1987–88, and went 22 seasons without winning a playoff series prior to the 2016 playoffs. After years of failed attempts to rebuild or replace Nassau Coliseum in suburban Long Island, the Islanders relocated to Barclays Center in Brooklyn following the 2014–15 season.[4] In the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons, the Islanders split their home games between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders played all their home games in the 2020–21 season at Nassau Coliseum. Their new arena near Belmont Park was opened in 2021.
Ten former members of the Islanders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, seven of whom—Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier, coach Al Arbour, and general manager Bill Torrey—were members of all four Cup-winning teams. Post-dynasty players Pat LaFontaine, Roberto Luongo and Pierre Turgeon were also inducted.
In fall 1972, the emerging World Hockey Association (WHA) planned to place its New York team, the New York Raiders, in Nassau County’s brand-new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.[5] County officials did not consider the WHA a major league and wanted to keep the Raiders out.[6] William Shea, who had helped bring Major League Baseball’s New York Mets to the area a decade earlier, was enlisted to bring an NHL team to Long Island. Although Shea had previously worked with upstart rival leagues including the aborted Continental League, the American Football League and the American Basketball Association, his ultimate goal in these efforts had always been to try to persuade the established leagues to grant second franchises to New York as had been the case with the Mets (and also with the New York Jets and New York Nets, as a result of those teams’ leagues merging with their established rivals).
In contrast, Shea decided there was no need to work with the WHA since unlike the initial results of his previous approaches to established leagues in the other major sports, Shea immediately found NHL president Clarence Campbell to be receptive to adding a second team in New York. Nevertheless, the Islanders’ bid faced opposition from the New York Rangers, who did not want additional competition in the New York area.[7] Eventually, Campbell and Shea persuaded the Rangers’ owners, Madison Square Garden, to reconsider. Rangers’ president Bill Jennings weighed pros and cons. Another local NHL team would be compelled to compensate the Rangers for sharing the New York area. On the other hand, a WHA team would owe the Rangers nothing unless it was included in a potential NHL–WHA merger, a prospect to which both Campbell and Jennings were adamantly opposed. Finally, consenting to the establishment of an NHL franchise in suburban Nassau County would help to ensure the vast majority of the Rangers’ fanbase within New York City proper would continue to support the older franchise, and reduced the prospect of a rival league eventually establishing a team and fanbase there. Perhaps remembering the crucial role the Jets had played in ensuring the success of the AFL just a few years earlier as a challenger of the National Football League, Jennings decided to help bring a new NHL team to the New York metropolitan area.
- Leagues
- NHL
- Seasons
- 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25
Results
(TEAM 1 WIN IN REGULAR TIME) 6 - 3NHL Carolina vs NY Islanders |
(TOTAL OVER 57.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 31 - 22NHL NY Islanders vs Carolina |
(2X(AWAY WIN OR DRAW)) 1 - 4NHL New Jersey vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 3(OT) - 2NHL NY Rangers vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 WIN IN REGULAR TIME) 3(OT) - 2NHL NY Islanders vs Montreal |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 2 - 4NHL Columbus vs NY Islanders |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 2 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Chicago |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 0 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 3 - 4(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Ottawa |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 4 - 0NHL Buffalo vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 3 - 0NHL LA Kings vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 WIN IN REGULAR TIME) 1 - 6NHL Anaheim vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 3) 2 - 7NHL San Jose vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 4 - 2NHL NY Islanders vs St. Louis |
(1X(HOME WIN OR DRAW)) 5 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Boston |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 3 - 5NHL Detroit vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 2 - 3(OT)NHL Dallas vs NY Islanders |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 4 - 0NHL St. Louis vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 1 - 2(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Seattle Kraken |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 6 - 2NHL NY Islanders vs Tampa Bay |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 2 - 3(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Florida |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 4 - 3NHL Montreal vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 2 - 3NHL NY Islanders vs Vegas |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 3(OT) - 2NHL NY Islanders vs Dallas |
(TEAM 1 WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 4 - 2NHL Winnipeg vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 5 - 0NHL Minnesota vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 3) 4(OT) - 3NHL NY Islanders vs Toronto |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 0 - 7NHL NY Islanders vs Pittsburgh |
(TOTAL OVER 59.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 40 - 28NHL Carolina vs NY Islanders |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 3(OT) - 2NHL Washington vs NY Islanders |
(1X(HOME WIN OR DRAW)) 3 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Edmonton |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 5 - 3NHL Montreal vs NY Islanders |
(1X(HOME WIN OR DRAW)) 4 - 5(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Boston |
(TEAM 1 WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 4 - 3NHL NY Islanders vs Anaheim |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 4(OT) - 3NHL NY Islanders vs Toronto |
(UNDER 6 GOALS) 0 - 1(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Philadelphia |
(2X(AWAY WIN OR DRAW)) 3 - 2NHL NY Islanders vs Philadelphia |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 4(OT) - 3NHL Vancouver vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 3) 4 - 1NHL Edmonton vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP +1) 1 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs Washington |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 5 - 2NHL Boston vs NY Islanders |
(1X(HOME WIN OR DRAW)) 0 - 3NHL Washington vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 0 - 2NHL Columbus vs NY Islanders |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 3 - 1NHL Buffalo vs NY Islanders |
(UNDER 6 GOALS) 1 - 0NHL NY Islanders vs Arizona |
(UNDER 6 GOALS) 1 - 2(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Carolina |
(UNDER 6 GOALS) 2 - 3NHL Carolina vs NY Islanders |
(BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE OVER 1.5 GOALS) 2 - 5NHL NY Islanders vs Carolina |
(Prediction-Team 1 total over 2.5 goals.) 4(OT) - 3NHL Carolina vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-under 6 goals.) 2 - 1NHL Carolina vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-1X(Home win or draw).) 5 - 2NHL Washington vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 5 - 2NHL LA Kings vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 1 - 5NHL NY Islanders vs Washington |
(Prediction-under 6 goals.) 3 - 2NHL NY Islanders vs Buffalo |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 2 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Winnipeg |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 2 - 4NHL Pittsburgh vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 5 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs Pittsburgh |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 2 - 3(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Ottawa |
(Prediction-under 6 goals.) 4 - 0NHL NY Islanders vs Seattle Kraken |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 2(OT) - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Vegas |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 2 - 1NHL Ottawa vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 3(OT) - 2NHL Buffalo vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 1 - 2(OT)NHL NY Islanders vs Dallas |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 1NHL Calgary vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 4 - 2NHL Edmonton vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction-1X(Home win or draw).) 5 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Pittsburgh |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 5 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Florida |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 5 - 3NHL NY Rangers vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 2 - 5NHL Vegas vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 5 - 4NHL Arizona vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 6NHL New Jersey vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 7NHL NY Islanders vs St. Louis |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 3 - 1NHL Philadelphia vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 2 - 3NHL Columbus vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 3 - 0NHL NY Islanders vs Edmonton |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 5 - 2NHL Dallas vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 5 - 4NHL Nashville vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6.5 goals.) 3 - 4NHL NY Rangers vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6.5 goals.) 4(OT) - 3NHL NY Islanders vs Calgary |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 2 - 5NHL St. Louis vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 5 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs Colorado |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 3 - 0NHL NY Islanders vs NY Rangers |
(Prediction - over 6.5 goals.) 3 - 2NHL Florida vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction -under 6.5 goals.) 1 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home wins in regular time.) 5 - 2NHL NY Islanders vs San Jose |
(Prediction -Home wins in regular time.) 7 - 1NHL NY Islanders vs Anaheim |