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Longtime NHL goalie Jaroslav Halák officially announced his retirement from hockey at the age 40 on Friday, according to TSN.
How did the Islanders do on their biggest deals in NHL free agency, including wingers Jonathan Drouin and Maxim Shabanov.
The New York Islanders will begin the 2025-26 season on the road when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 9.
Here's a look at several must-see games in 2025-26: For the second straight season, Florida will raise a Stanley Cup banner, this time against Connor Bedard and Chicago, which has a new coach in Jeff Blashill and seeks to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2020.
The 6'3”, 231-pound Lee is a big net-front presence. In his 13-season NHL career, he's reached or exceeded 20 goals nine times, including a 29-goal performance in 2024-25 on an offensively anaemic Islanders team. He could become a player of interest for the Leafs as they attempt to end their long Stanley Cup drought.
While the Islanders were bounced in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs, the hope was that the team could get over the hump in 2025. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. So, it’s worth taking a look at the three turning points that derailed the New York Islanders’ 2024-25 season.
The 1,312-game regular-season schedule -- 82 games per team -- will conclude Thursday, April 16. A complete listing of each team’s 2025-26 regular-season schedule is attached, and each team’s home opener is listed below.
Former New York Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck is the NHL's all-time hits leader. He's a known chirper. And he's a tremendous analyst for MSG Networks.