2015–16 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 June 2015 NHL 2015–16 2015 New York Islanders Metropolitan 4th Eastern 5th 45–27–10 25–11–5 20–16–5 232 216 Garth Snow Jack Capuano John Tavares Frans NielsenKyle Okposo Barclays Center 13,626 (41 games)2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance https://web.archive.org/web/20081214165302/http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance dead December 14, 2008 ESPN April 12, 2016 Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Missouri Mavericks (ECHL) John Tavares (33) Kyle Okposo (42) John Tavares (70) Johnny Boychuk (+17) Matt Martin (119) Thomas Greiss (23) Jaroslav Halak (2.30) The 2015–16 New York Islanders season was the 44th season in the franchise's history.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 2010 Triumph Books 87 978-1-60078-422-4 This season was 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 National Basketball Association (NBA). The team's regular season began on October 9, 2015, against the Chicago Blackhawks. 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 champions 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 had them matched up against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in which they lost the series in 5 games. Off-season Regular season January 2024 Standings NYI NYI Schedule and results Pre-season 2015 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–0)http://islanders.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=106229 https://web.archive.org/web/20150710232544/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=106229 dead July 10, 2015 2015-16 Preseason Schedule - New York Islanders - Schedule July 17, 2015 Islanders.nhl.com # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1Note1 A A September 21 NY Islanders 3–5 PhiladelphiaNote1 B B Greiss –– 0–1–0 Recap 2Note1 A 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 4Note1 A A September 25 NY Islanders 2–5 Philadelphia Gibson 17,369 2–2–0 Recap 5Note1 A A September 25 NY Islanders 2–4 New Jersey Williams 8,871 2–3–0 Recap 6 September 26 NY Islanders 3–5 CarolinaNote1 C 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 RecapNote1 A A – indicates split-squad game. Note1 B B – game to be played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Note1 C C – game to be played at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Regular season 2015–16 game loghttp://islanders.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090826124457/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm dead August 26, 2009 2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - New York Islanders - Schedule July 17, 2015 Islanders.nhl.com 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 4–3 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 RecapLegend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #fff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA 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 1–0 Recap 2 April 15 NY Islanders 1–3 Florida Greiss 18,373 1–1 Recap 3 April 17 Florida 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 2–1 Recap 4 April 20 Florida 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 2–2 Recap 5 April 22 NY Islanders 2–1 Florida 2OT Greiss 20,247 3–2 Recap 6 April 24 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders 2OT Greiss 15,795 4–2 Recap Eastern Conference second round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Lightning won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 27 NY Islanders 5–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 1–0 Recap 2 April 30 NY Islanders 1–4 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 1–1 Recap 3 May 3 Tampa Bay 5–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 2–1 Recap 4 May 6 Tampa Bay 2–1 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 3–1 Recap 5 May 8 NY Islanders 0–4 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 4–1 RecapLegend: #cfc Win 1px solid #ccffcc #fcc Loss 1px solid #ffcccc Player statistics Final Stats Skaters Regular season2015-2016 Regular Season Stats - Points - New York Islanders - Statistics http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm? https://web.archive.org/web/20090827194413/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm dead August 27, 2009 New York Islanders January 6, 2016 Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes John Tavares 78 33 37 70 6 38 Kyle Okposo 79 22 42 64 −4 51 Frans Nielsen 81 20 32 52 1 12 Brock Nelson 81 26 14 40 −3 30 Nick Leddy 81 5 35 40 −9 25 Anders Lee 80 15 21 36 −2 51 Josh Bailey 81 12 20 32 −7 22 Casey Cizikas 80 8 21 29 4 31 Ryan Strome 71 8 20 28 −9 28 Johnny Boychuk 70 9 16 25 17 31 Mikhail Grabovski 58 9 16 25 3 33 Cal Clutterbuck 77 15 8 23 7 22 Nikolay Kulemin 81 9 13 22 13 22 Travis Hamonic 72 5 16 21 −5 35 Matt Martin ice hockey, born 1989 80 10 9 19 2 119 Thomas Hickey Thomas Hickey (ice hockey) 62 6 12 18 9 30 Marek Zidlicky Marek Židlický 53 4 12 16 5 20 Calvin de Haan 72 2 14 16 3 20 Steve Bernier 24 1 5 6 3 9 Brian Strait 52 1 5 6 1 31 Shane Prince† 20 3 2 5 3 4 Ryan Pulock 15 2 2 4 1 5 Adam Pelech 9 0 2 2 −1 0 Alan Quine 2 1 0 1 0 0 Scott Mayfield 6 1 0 1 −4 11 Bracken Kearns 2 0 1 1 1 4 Eric Boulton 6 0 0 0 −3 2 Ross Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 4 Taylor Beck Taylor Beck (ice hockey)‡ 2 0 0 0 0 2 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points+/− Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes John Tavares 11 6 5 11 −3 6 Kyle Okposo 11 2 6 8 −3 4 Frans Nielsen 11 3 3 6 −3 2 Alan Quine 10 1 4 5 −1 2 Brock Nelson 11 1 4 5 −5 6 Thomas Hickey Thomas Hickey (ice hockey) 11 1 4 5 −5 8 Shane Prince 11 3 1 4 −1 0 Ryan Strome 8 1 3 4 1 2 Nick Leddy 11 1 3 4 1 0 Nikolay Kulemin 11 1 3 4 −5 2 Josh Bailey 9 2 1 3 −4 2 Cal Clutterbuck 11 2 1 3 −2 12 Travis Hamonic 11 1 2 3 −2 8 Ryan Pulock 6 1 2 3 −4 0 Casey Cizikas 11 0 3 3 −1 16 Calvin de Haan 11 0 2 2 −5 2 Marek Zidlicky Marek Židlický 5 0 1 1 2 4 Matt Martin ice hockey, born 1989 11 0 0 0 −1 12 Steve Bernier 6 0 0 0 −2 0 Johnny Boychuk 11 0 0 0 −7 4 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played GS Games started TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss OT Overtime loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts G Goals A Assists PIM Penalty minutes Thomas Greiss 41 38 2287 23 11 4 90 2.36 1197 0.925 1 0 1 2 Jaroslav Halak Jaroslav Halák 36 36 2091 18 13 4 80 2.30 984 0.919 3 0 1 0 Jean-Francois Berube Jean-François Bérubé 7 6 399 3 2 1 18 2.71 210 0.914 0 0 0 0 Christopher Gibson 4 2 194 1 1 1 11 3.40 93 0.882 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played GS Games started TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss OT Overtime loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts G Goals A Assists PIM Penalty minutes Thomas Greiss Thomas Greiss 11 11 733 5 6 2 30 2.46 388 .923 0 0 0 0 Jean-Francois Berube Jean-François Bérubé 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 1.000 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 Awards Regular season Player Award Awarded John Tavares NHL All-Star game selectionStar-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248 https://web.archive.org/web/20160106220520/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248 dead January 6, 2016 NHL January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 John Tavares NHL All-Star game replacement captainTavares Named All-Star Captain http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799944 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203162135/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799944 dead February 3, 2016 islanders.nhl.com January 28, 2016 January 28, 2016 John Tavares NHL First Star of the WeekTavares, Kane and Ovechkin names stars of week https://www.nhl.com/news/john-tavares-patrick-kane-and-alex-ovechkin-named-stars-of-week-280258498 nhl.com April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016 Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached Jean-Francois Berube Jean-François Bérubé 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 Nikolay Kulemin 100th Career NHL Goal October 15, 2015 Cal Clutterbuck 500th Career NHL Game October 17, 2015 Frans Nielsen 100th Career NHL Goal200th Career NHL Assist300th Career NHL Point October 17, 2015 Johnny Boychuk 400th Career NHL Game October 23, 2015 Adam Pelech 1st Career NHL Game November 13, 2015 Marek Zidlicky Marek Židlický 800th Career NHL Game November 16, 2015 Kyle Okposo 200th Career NHL Assist November 16, 2015 Thomas Greiss 100th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Mikhail Grabovski 500th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Josh Bailey 500th Career NHL Game November 30, 2015 Christopher Gibson 1st Career NHL Game January 2, 2016 Matt Martin Matt Martin (ice hockey, born 1989) 400th Career NHL Game January 9, 2016 Adam Pelech 1st Career NHL Point1st Career NHL Assist January 13, 2016 Brock Nelson 200th Career NHL Game January 22, 2016 Travis Hamonic 100th Career NHL Assist January 22, 2016 Jean-Francois Berube Jean-François Bérubé 1st Career NHL Win February 2. 2016 Kyle Okposo 500th Career NHL Game February 9, 2016 Brock Nelson 100th Career NHL Point February 15, 2016 Ryan Pulock 1st Career NHL Game February 28, 2016 Jack Capuano 200th Career NHL Head Coaching Win March 3, 2016 Jaroslav Halak Jaroslav Halák 200th Career NHL Win March 8, 2016 Nick Leddy 400th Career NHL Game March 8, 2016 John Tavares 200th Career NHL Goal March 12, 2016 Ryan Pulock 1st Career NHL Point1st Career NHL Goal March 17, 2016 John Tavares 500th Career NHL Game March 21, 2016 Frans Nielsen 600th Career NHL Game March 29, 2016 Christopher Gibson 1st Career NHL Win April 5, 2016 Scott Mayfield 1st Career NHL Point1st Career NHL Goal April 9, 2016 Alan Quine 1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Point1st Career NHL Goal April 9, 2016 Ross Johnston 1st Career NHL Game April 10, 2016 Ryan 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 DateDetailsRef 2015 06 26 To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 20152nd-round pick in 2015http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772520 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629092535/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772520 dead June 29, 2015 Islanders Deal For Targets June 27, 2015 National Hockey League June 29, 2015 2015 06 27 To Tampa Bay Lightning EDM's 2nd-round pick in 2015FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2015 To New York Islanders NYR's 1st-round pick in 2015 2015 06 27 To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016 To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015 2015 09 16 To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner To New York Islanders Taylor BeckCarter VerhaegheMatt FinnTom NilssonChristopher Gibsonhttp://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779463 https://web.archive.org/web/20150920022053/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779463 dead September 20, 2015 Islanders Acquire Five Players for Grabner nhl.com September 16, 2015 2016 02 29 To Colorado AvalancheTaylor Beck To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Clichehttp://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210759890&DB_OEM_ID=22700 ISLANDERS ACQUIRE CLICHE FROM AVALANCHE Bridgeport Sound Tigers March 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302080255/http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210759890&DB_OEM_ID=22700 March 2, 2016 dead To Ottawa Senators3rd-round pick in 2016 To New York Islanders Shane Prince7th-round pick in 2016http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871429 https://web.archive.org/web/20160301105036/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871429 dead March 1, 2016 Islanders Acquire Prince nhl.com March 1, 2016 Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref 2015 07 01 Thomas Greiss Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years, $3 millionhttp://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773316 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702055355/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773316 dead July 2, 2015 New York Islanders – Greiss Agrees To Terms nhl.com July 17, 2015 2015 07 02 Justin Florek Providence Bruins 1 year, $725,000http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773619 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703031505/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773619 dead July 3, 2015 New York Islanders – Islanders Sign Six To Two-Way Deals nhl.com July 17, 2015 2015 07 02 Ben Holmstrom Charlotte Checkers 1 year, $750,000 2015 07 02 Bracken Kearns Espoo Blues 1 year, $775,000 2015 07 02 Justin Vaive Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $650,000 2015 07 02 Joe Whitney New Jersey Devils 1 year, $750,000 2015 07 02 James Wright KHL Medvescak Zagreb 1 year, $800,000 2015 07 17 Louis Leblanc Norfolk Admirals 1 year, $605,000http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775114 https://web.archive.org/web/20150720235626/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775114 dead July 20, 2015 Leblanc Agrees To Terms nhl.com July 22, 2015 2015 09 17 Steve Bernier New Jersey Devils 1 year, $750,000http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779466 https://web.archive.org/web/20150920022058/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779466 dead September 20, 2015 Bernier Agrees to Terms nhl.com September 17, 2015 2015 09 18 Marek Zidlicky Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $1.5 millionhttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=779700 https://web.archive.org/web/20150921003817/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=779700 dead September 21, 2015 Zidlicky agrees to one-year contract with Islanders nhl.com September 18, 2015 Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref 2015 07 01 Matt Donovan Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $825,000http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773569 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703032449/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773569 dead July 3, 2015 Jason Akeson, Matt Donovan sign one-year deals with Buffalo Sabres nhl.com September 10, 2015 2015 07 01 Kael Mouillierat Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773479 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702073121/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773479 dead July 2, 2015 Penguins Sign Forward Kael Mouillierat nhl.com September 10, 2015 2015 07 01 Aaron Ness Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 2015 07 01 Michal Neuvirth Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $3.25 millionhttp://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773301 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702011148/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773301 dead July 2, 2015 Flyers ink goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a multi-year deal nhl.com September 10, 2015 2015 07 02 Brett Gallant Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, $1.5 million 2015 07 03 Colin McDonald Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $625,000http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773836 https://web.archive.org/web/20150704214450/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773836 dead July 4, 2015 Flyers sign RW Colin McDonald nhl.com September 10, 2015 2015 07 03 Harry Zolnierczyk Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773930 https://web.archive.org/web/20150704214445/http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773930 dead July 4, 2015 Ducks Sign Zolnierczyk to One-Year Contract nhl.com September 10, 2015 2015 10 27 Lubomir Visnovsky HC Slovan Bratislava undisclosedhttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2015/10/27/visnovsky-signs-in-khl/ Visnovsky signs in KHL NBCSports October 27, 2015 October 27, 2015 Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Jean-Francois Berubehttp://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781885 https://web.archive.org/web/20151007021835/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781885 dead October 7, 2015 Islanders Claim Berube islanders.nhl.com 2015-10-06 Los Angeles Kings October 6, 2015 Lost via waivers Player New team Date Kevin Poulinhttp://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=780757 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928223300/http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=780757 dead September 28, 2015 Lightning Claim Kevin Poulin off Waivers, Release Ray Emery from PTO lightning.nhl.com 2015-09-27 Tampa Bay Lightning September 27, 2015 Player signings Date Player Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref 2015 06 30 Anders Lee 4 years, $15 million http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773081 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701155659/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773081 dead July 1, 2015 Lee Agrees To Terms June 30, 2015 National Hockey League June 30, 2015 2015 07 01 Thomas Hickey 3 years, $6.6 million http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773281 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701225738/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773281 dead July 1, 2015 Hickey Agrees To Terms July 1, 2015 National Hockey League July 1, 2015 2015 07 01 Kirill Petrov 1 year, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773286 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701231133/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773286 dead July 1, 2015 Kirill Petrov Agrees to Entry-Level Contract July 1, 2015 National Hockey League July 1, 2015 2015 08 11 Kevin Poulin 1 year, $600,000 http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776737 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083238/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776737 dead September 5, 2015 Islanders Agree to Terms With Poulin August 11, 2015 National Hockey League August 12, 2015 2015 09 10 Mathew Barzal 3 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778619 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912213338/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778619 dead September 12, 2015 Barzal Agrees to Entry-Level Contract September 10, 2015 National Hockey League September 10, 2015 2015 09 16 Brock Nelson 3 years, $7.5 million http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779389 https://web.archive.org/web/20150918064459/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=779389 dead September 18, 2015 Islanders Agree to Terms with Nelson September 16, 2015 National Hockey League September 17, 2015 2015 10 13 Eric Boulton 1 year, $575,000 http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=782971 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016163306/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=782971 dead October 16, 2015 Boulton Agrees to Terms October 13, 2015 National Hockey League November 12, 2015 2015 10 23 Anthony Beauvillier 3 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784470 https://web.archive.org/web/20151025183145/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784470 dead October 25, 2015 Beauvillier Agrees to Entry-Level Deal October 23, 2015 National Hockey League November 12, 2015 2016 03 23 Eamon McAdam 3 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875119 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327002554/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875119 dead March 27, 2016 Islanders Sign McAdam to Entry-Level Contract March 23, 2016 National Hockey League March 23, 2016 2016 03 29 Kyle Schempp 2 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875972 https://web.archive.org/web/20160403044634/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875972 dead April 3, 2016 Islanders Sign Schempp To Entry-Level Contract March 29, 2016 National Hockey League March 29, 2016 2016 04 15 Devon Toews 3 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878988 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416180118/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878988 dead April 16, 2016 Islanders Sign Toews To Entry-Level Deal April 15, 2016 National Hockey League April 15, 2016 2016 05 02 Parker Wotherspoon 3 years, entry-level contract http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=881131 https://web.archive.org/web/20160504142146/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=881131 dead May 4, 2016 Islanders Sign Wotherspoon To Entry-Level Deal May 2, 2016 National Hockey League May 2, 2016 2016 06 01 Bracken Kearns 1 year, $800,000 http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884645 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806212300/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884645 dead August 6, 2016 Kearns Agrees To One-Year Deal June 1, 2016 National Hockey League June 3, 2016 2016 06 02 Ben Holmstrom 1 year, $800,000 http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884800 https://web.archive.org/web/20160607214859/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884800 dead June 7, 2016 Holmstrom Agrees To One-Year Deal June 2, 2016 National Hockey League June 3, 2016 2016 06 02 Casey Cizikas 5 years, $16.75 million http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884801 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604210607/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884801 dead June 4, 2016 Cizikas Agrees To Five-Year Deal June 2, 2016 National Hockey League June 3, 2016 Draft picks List of New York Islanders 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 Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 1 28 Anthony Beauvillier LW Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 3 82 Mitchell Vande Sompel D Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL) 4 112 Parker Wotherspoon D Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL) 5 147 Ryan Pilon D Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 6 172 Andong Song D China Lawrenceville School (HS-New Jersey) 7 202 Peter Hansson D Sweden Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit) Draft notes2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/DraftTrades/Years/2015.htm Pro Sports Transactions June 3, 2015 The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Griffin Reinhart to Edmonton in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 (33rd overall) and this pick.Islanders trade defenseman Reinhart to Oilers http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772442 https://web.archive.org/web/20150627165045/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772442 dead June 27, 2015 June 26, 2015 June 26, 2015 Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 2, 2015, that sent David Perron to Pittsburgh in exchange for Rob Klinkhammer and this pick.Penguins acquire Perron from Oilers for Klinkhammer http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=746710 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102211046/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=746710 dead January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 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).Islanders Acquire Vanek from Sabres for Moulson, Picks https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=435220 October 28, 2013 October 29, 2013 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.Islanders to retain 2014 first-round draft pick http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720296&navid=nhl:topheads https://web.archive.org/web/20140523011228/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720296&navid=nhl:topheads dead May 23, 2014 May 22, 2014 May 22, 2014 The New York Islanders' first-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Robin Lehner and David Legwand to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.Sens to trade Lehner, Legwand to Sabres for first-rounder https://www.tsn.ca/sens-to-trade-lehner-legwand-to-sabres-for-first-rounder-1.318559 June 26, 2015 June 26, 2015 Buffalo previously acquired this pick 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). 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.Islanders to retain 2014 first-round draft pick http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720296&navid=nhl:topheads https://web.archive.org/web/20140523011228/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720296&navid=nhl:topheads dead May 23, 2014 May 22, 2014 May 22, 2014 The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Edmonton's second-round pick in 2015 (33rd overall) and Florida's third-round pick in 2015 (72nd overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.Trades completed during Day 1 of 2015 NHL Draft http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772519 https://web.archive.org/web/20150627231239/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772519 dead June 27, 2015 June 26, 2015 June 26, 2015 Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Martin St. Louis and a conditional second-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for Ryan Callahan, a conditional first-round pick in 2014, a conditional seventh-round pick in 2015 and this pick.Lightning trade St. Louis to Rangers for Callahan http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707891 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307011935/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707891 dead March 7, 2014 March 5, 2014 June 25, 2014 The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went 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).Boyle's rights traded by Sharks to Islanders for pick http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=721895&navid=nhl:topheads https://web.archive.org/web/20140606100733/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=721895&navid=nhl:topheads dead June 6, 2014 June 5, 2014 June 5, 2014 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.RANGERS SIGN BOYLE FOR TWO-YEARS, $9M; ADD KOSTKA https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456169 July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for this pick. Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent Mike Weaver to Montreal in exchange for this pick.Panthers trade D Weaver to Canadiens for fifth-round pick https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=445223 March 4, 2014 March 4, 2014 References 30em 2015-16 Category:2015–16 NHL season by team Category:2015 in sports in New York City Category:2016 in sports in New York City 2015-16 New York Islanders season