Season: | 2021–22 |
Year: | 2021 |
League: | NHL |
Team: | New York Islanders |
Division: | Metropolitan |
Divisionrank: | 5th |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 9th |
Record: | 37–35–10 |
Homerecord: | 20–16–5 |
Roadrecord: | 17–19–5 |
Goalsfor: | 231 |
Goalsagainst: | 237 |
Generalmanager: | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach: | Barry Trotz |
Captain: | Anders Lee |
Altcaptain: | Josh Bailey Cal Clutterbuck |
Arena: | UBS Arena |
Attendance: | 16,942[1] |
Minorleague: | Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) Worcester Railers (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Brock Nelson (37) |
Assistsleader: | Mathew Barzal (44) |
Pointsleader: | Mathew Barzal Brock Nelson (59) |
Pimleader: | Zdeno Chara (85) |
Plusminusleader: | Adam Pelech (+20) |
Winsleader: | Ilya Sorokin (26) |
Gaaleader: | Ilya Sorokin (2.40) |
The 2021–22 New York Islanders season was the 50th season in the franchise's history.[2] It was their first season in UBS Arena.[3] Before the season, the Islanders lost Jordan Eberle to the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.[4]
On April 17, 2022, the Islanders were eliminated from playoff contention following a 4–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.[5] After the season ended, the Islanders fired Barry Trotz as their head coach, ending his four-year tenure.[6]
The preseason schedule was published on August 16, 2021.[7] The Islanders' game against the New Jersey Devils on October 7, 2021, was cancelled due to a power outage at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[8]
2021 preseason game log: 3–0–2 (home: 1–0–2; road: 2–0–0) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 26 | NY Islanders | 4–0 | 10,238 | 1–0–0 | [9] | ||||
2 | September 28 | NY Islanders | 3–2 | OT | 12,600 | 2–0–0 | [10] | |||
3 | October 2 | 2–1 | NY Islanders | OT | — | — | 2–0–1 | [11] | ||
4 | October 5 | Philadelphia | 0–3 | NY Islanders | — | 3–0–1 | [12] | |||
— | October 7 | NY Islanders | – | New Jersey | Cancelled due to a power outage at the arena | |||||
5 | October 9 | NY Rangers | 5–4 | NY Islanders | OT | Sorokin | — | 3–0–2 | [13] | |
Notes: Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021,[14] with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players were planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[15] However, on December 22, the NHL announced that its players would not participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
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Legend: |
As of May 1, 2022[109]
72 | 37 | 22 | 59 | 33 | |||
73 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 18 | |||
80 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 18 | |||
76 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 34 | |||
74 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 6 | |||
77 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 0 | 30 | ||
82 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 28 | |||
75 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | |||
69 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 57 | ||
78 | 3 | 25 | 28 | +20 | 42 | ||
73 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 74 | |||
56 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||
45 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 19 | |||
61 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 55 | |||
74 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 48 | |||
59 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | |||
72 | 2 | 12 | 14 | +8 | 85 | ||
36 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | |||
69 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||
71 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 70 | |||
32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 44 | |||
11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 0 | ||
21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
52 | 52 | 3,072:17 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 123 | 2.40 | 1,643 | .925 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | 29 | 1,792:17 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 87 | 2.91 | 978 | .911 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 30 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Detroit Red Wings Nick Leddy | To New York Islanders Richard Panik EDM's 2nd-round pick in 2021 | [112] | ||
To Arizona Coyotes Andrew Ladd COL's 2nd-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 | To New York Islanders Future considerations | [113] | ||
Buffalo Sabres Johnny Boychuk | To New York Islanders Future considerations | [114] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref | |
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to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | [115] | |||
to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | 1-year | [116] | |||
— | [117] | ||||
1-year | [118] | ||||
1-year | |||||
from Washington Capitals | 1-year | ||||
to Toronto Marlies (AHL) | 1-year | [119] |
Date | Player | Team | Ref | |
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[120] | ||||
Austin Czarnik | from Seattle Kraken | [121] |
Date | Player | Via | Ref | |
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Mutual termination | [122] [123] | |||
Mutual termination | [124] [125] | |||
Mutual termination | [126] [127] |
Date | Player | Ref | |
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[128] | |||
[129] |
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref | |
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8-year | [130] | |||
3-year | [131] | |||
3-year | [132] [133] | |||
6-year | [134] | |||
4-year | [135] | |||
3-year | [136] | |||
2-year | [137] [138] | |||
1-year | ||||
1-year | ||||
— | [139] [140] | |||
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— | ||||
8-year | [141] | |||
4-year | [142] | |||
2-year | [143] | |||
1-year | [144] | |||
3-year | [145] | |||
2-year | [146] |
See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks. Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021, in a remote format, with teams convening via videoconferencing, and Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing selections from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.[147]
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team | ||
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2 | 521 | Aatu Raty | C | Oulun Kärpät (Liiga) | ||
3 | 93 | Tristan Lennox | G | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) | ||
4 | 125 | Cameron Berg | C | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) | ||
5 | 157 | Eetu Liukas | LW | HC TPS (Liiga) | ||
6 | 189 | Aleksi Malinen | D | JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga) | ||
7 | 221 | Tomas Machu | D | HC Vítkovice Ridera (ELH) |