2019–20 New York Islanders season

The 2019–20 New York Islanders season was the 48th season in the franchise's history.^[2] It was their fifth season in the Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which they moved into after leaving Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau County on Long Island at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season. During the regular season, the Islanders were scheduled to play 21 home games at Nassau Coliseum but on September 23 moved seven more games from the Barclays Center, making it a total of 28 games to be played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.^[3] On February 29, 2020, it was announced that the Islanders would play their last game at Barclays Center on March 22, and then would move to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum permanently.^[4][5][6]

2019–20 New York Islanders
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	7th Eastern
2019–20 record	35–23–10
Home record	20–9–6
Road record	15–14–4
Goals for	192
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Anders Lee
Alternate captains	Josh Bailey Cal Clutterbuck Andrew Ladd (Oct. 4 – Nov. 15)
Arena	Barclays Center Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	12,810^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brock Nelson (26)
Assists	Mathew Barzal (41)
Points	Mathew Barzal (60)
Penalty minutes	Ross Johnston (78)
Plus/minus	Casey Cizikas (+12)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (19)
Goals against average	Semyon Varlamov (2.62)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[7][8] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[9] The Islanders advanced from the qualifying round where they defeated the Florida Panthers in four games. They would then defeat the Washington Capitals in five games in the first round. They faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round, defeating them in seven games and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1993. However, the Islanders went on to lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games, ending their playoff run. The Islanders set a franchise record for most games played (22) in the postseason.^[10]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League^[11]

Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[12]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[12]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[13]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[14]

2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	NY Islanders	3–1	Philadelphia		Varlamov	16,570	1–0–0	^[15]
2	September 17	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Coreau	—	2–0–0	^[16]
3	September 20	NY Islanders	4–3	Detroit	OT	Gibson	15,427	3–0–0	^[17]
4	September 21	NY Islanders	3–4	New Jersey		Coreau	10,652	3–1–0	^[18]
5^[a]	September 23	Detroit	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Varlamov	—	4–1–0	^[19]
6	September 24	NY Islanders	1–3	NY Rangers		Greiss	16,450	4–2–0	^[20]
7^[b]	September 28	NY Rangers	2–4	NY Islanders		Greiss	—	5–2–0	^[21]
Notes: ^a Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. ^b Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.^[22] On September 23, the Islanders revised their schedule and moved seven games from Barclays Center to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.^[3]

2019–20 game log
October: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1^[b] October 4 Washington 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 0–1–0 0 ^[23] 2^[b] October 6 Winnipeg 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 9,923 1–1–0 2 ^[24] 3^[b] October 8 Edmonton 5–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 10,985 1–2–0 2 ^[25] 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina Greiss 14,875 1–3–0 2 ^[26] 5^[b] October 12 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 11,421 2–3–0 4 ^[27] 6^[b] October 14 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders OT Greiss 10,355 3–3–0 6 ^[28] 7 October 17 NY Islanders 3–1 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,063 4–3–0 8 ^[29] 8 October 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Greiss 15,276 5–3–0 10 ^[30] 9^[b] October 24 Arizona 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 10,752 6–3–0 12 ^[31] 10 October 25 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Greiss 11,189 7–3–0 14 ^[32] 11^[b] October 27 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,055 8–3–0 16 ^[33]
November: 9–2–2 (Home: 6–0–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12^[b] November 1 Tampa Bay 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 12,043 9–3–0 18 ^[34] 13 November 2 NY Islanders 1–0 Buffalo Varlamov 19,070 10–3–0 20 ^[35] 14^[a] November 5 Ottawa 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,212 11–3–0 22 ^[36] 15^[a] November 7 Pittsburgh 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 12,613 11–3–1 23 ^[37] 16^[a] November 9 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,100 12–3–1 25 ^[38] 17^[b] November 13 Toronto 4–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,293 13–3–1 27 ^[39] 18 November 16 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Greiss 19,023 14–3–1 29 ^[40] 19 November 19 NY Islanders 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Varlamov 18,411 15–3–1 31 ^[41] 20^[a] November 21 Pittsburgh 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,212 16–3–1 33 ^[42] 21 November 23 NY Islanders 1–2 San Jose OT Varlamov 16,471 16–3–2 34 ^[43] 22 November 25 NY Islanders 0–3 Anaheim Greiss 16,269 16–4–2 34 ^[44] 23 November 27 NY Islanders 1–4 Los Angeles Varlamov 16,082 16–5–2 34 ^[45] 24^[a] November 30 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,433 17–5–2 36 ^[46]
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 6–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 NY Islanders 4–1 Detroit Varlamov 17,510 18–5–2 38 ^[47] 26 December 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Greiss 20,440 18–6–2 38 ^[48] 27^[b] December 5 Vegas 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,117 19–6–2 40 ^[49] 28 December 7 NY Islanders 1–3 Dallas Greiss 18,532 19–7–2 40 ^[50] 29 December 9 NY Islanders 5–1 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 20–7–2 42 ^[51] 30 December 12 NY Islanders 3–1 Florida Greiss 12,609 21–7–2 44 ^[52] 31^[b] December 14 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,795 22–7–2 46 ^[53] 32^[b] December 17 Nashville 8–3 NY Islanders Greiss 12,114 22–8–2 46 ^[54] 33 December 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Boston SO Varlamov 17,850 23–8–2 48 ^[55] 34^[b] December 21 Anaheim 6–5 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 13,917 23–8–3 49 ^[56] 35^[b] December 23 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders Greiss 13,917 23–9–3 49 ^[57] 36 December 27 NY Islanders 2–5 Chicago Greiss 21,747 23–10–3 49 ^[58] 37 December 29 NY Islanders 3–1 Minnesota Varlamov 17,506 24–10–3 51 ^[59] 38 December 31 NY Islanders 4–3 Washington Varlamov 18,573 25–10–3 53 ^[60]
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39^[b] January 2 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 25–11–3 53 ^[61] 40 January 4 NY Islanders 0–3 Toronto Varlamov 19,536 25–12–3 53 ^[62] 41^[b] January 6 Colorado 0–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,241 26–12–3 55 ^[63] 42 January 7 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey OT Greiss 14,518 27–12–3 57 ^[64] 43^[a] January 11 Boston 3–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 14,962 27–12–4 58 ^[65] 44 January 13 NY Islanders 2–6 NY Rangers Varlamov 17,403 27–13–4 58 ^[66] 45^[b] January 14 Detroit 2–8 NY Islanders Greiss 12,542 28–13–4 60 ^[67] 46^[b] January 16 NY Rangers 3–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 28–14–4 60 ^[68] 47^[b] January 18 Washington 6–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 28–15–4 60 ^[69] 48 January 19 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina SO Greiss 18,680 28–15–5 61 ^[70] 49 January 21 NY Islanders 4–2 NY Rangers Greiss 17,276 29–15–5 63 ^[71]
February: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50^[a] February 1 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders OT Greiss 14,862 29–15–6 64 ^[72] 51^[a] February 4 Dallas 3–4 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 10,128 30–15–6 66 ^[73] 52^[a] February 6 Los Angeles 3–5 NY Islanders Greiss 11,108 31–15–6 68 ^[74] 53 February 8 NY Islanders 1–3 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 31–16–6 68 ^[75] 54 February 10 NY Islanders 5–3 Washington Greiss 18,573 32–16–6 70 ^[76] 55^[a] February 11 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,228 33–16–6 72 ^[77] 56 February 13 NY Islanders 0–5 Nashville Greiss 17,561 33–17–6 72 ^[78] 57 February 15 NY Islanders 0–1 Vegas Varlamov 18,444 33–18–6 72 ^[79] 58 February 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona Varlamov 13,956 33–19–6 72 ^[80] 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,011 33–20–6 72 ^[81] 60^[b] February 21 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 34–20–6 74 ^[82] 61^[b] February 23 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 35–20–6 76 ^[83] 62^[b] February 25 NY Rangers 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 13,917 35–20–7 77 ^[84] 63 February 27 NY Islanders 2–3 St. Louis OT Greiss 18,096 35–20–8 78 ^[85] 64^[b] February 29 Boston 4–0 NY Islanders Varlamov 13,917 35–21–8 78 ^[86]
March: 0–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65^[a] March 3 Montreal 6–2 NY Islanders Greiss 12,788 35–22–8 78 ^[87] 66 March 5 NY Islanders 3–4 Ottawa Varlamov 13,445 35–23–8 78 ^[88] 67^[b] March 7 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 13,917 35–23–9 79 ^[89] 68 March 10 NY Islanders 4–5 Vancouver SO Varlamov 18,871 35–23–10 80 ^[90]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 69 March 12 NY Islanders Calgary 70 March 13 NY Islanders Edmonton 71 March 15 NY Islanders Pittsburgh 72^[a] March 17 Calgary NY Islanders 73 March 19 NY Islanders Toronto 74 March 21 NY Islanders New Jersey 75^[a] March 22 Carolina NY Islanders 76 March 24 NY Islanders Philadelphia 77^[b] March 26 Buffalo NY Islanders 78 March 28 NY Islanders Montreal 79 March 30 NY Islanders Columbus 80^[b] March 31 Minnesota NY Islanders 81^[b] April 2 Chicago NY Islanders 82^[b] April 4 New Jersey NY Islanders
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Notes: ^a Game was scheduled to be played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. ^b Game was scheduled to be played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Islanders faced the Florida Panthers in the qualifying round,^[91] defeating them in four games.^[92]

The Islanders faced the Washington Capitals in the first round,^[93] defeating them in five games.^[94]

The Islanders faced the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round, defeating them in seven games,^[95] and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1993.^[96]

The Islanders faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the conference finals, where they lost in six games.^[97]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference qualifying round vs. (10) Florida Panthers: New York won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–0 ^[98] 2 August 4 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 2–0 ^[99] 3 August 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida Varlamov 2–1 ^[100] 4 August 7 NY Islanders 5–1 Florida Varlamov 3–1 ^[101]
Eastern Conference first round vs. (3) Washington Capitals: New York won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 NY Islanders 4–2 Washington Varlamov 1–0 ^[102] 2 August 14 NY Islanders 5–2 Washington Varlamov 2–0 ^[103] 3 August 16 Washington 1–2 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 3–0 ^[104] 4 August 18 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders Varlamov 3–1 ^[105] 5 August 20 NY Islanders 4–0 Washington Varlamov 4–1 ^[106]
Eastern Conference second round vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers: New York won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 24 NY Islanders 4–0 Philadelphia Varlamov 1–0 ^[107] 2 August 26 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Greiss 1–1 ^[108] 3 August 29 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 2–1 ^[109] 4 August 30 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 3–1 ^[110] 5 September 1 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Varlamov 3–2 ^[111] 6 September 3 Philadelphia 5–4 NY Islanders 2OT Varlamov 3–3 ^[112] 7 September 5 NY Islanders 4–0 Philadelphia Greiss 4–3 ^[113]
Eastern Conference finals vs. (2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 September 7 NY Islanders 2–8 Tampa Bay Greiss 0–1 ^[114] 2 September 9 NY Islanders 1–2 Tampa Bay Varlamov 0–2 ^[115] 3 September 11 Tampa Bay 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–2 ^[116] 4 September 13 Tampa Bay 4–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 1–3 ^[117] 5 September 15 NY Islanders 2–1 Tampa Bay 2OT Varlamov 2–3 ^[118] 6 September 17 Tampa Bay 2–1 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 2–4 ^[119]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of September 17, 2020^[120][121]

Skaters

Regular season^[122] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mathew Barzal 68 19 41 60 +5 44 Brock Nelson 68 26 28 54 +6 32 Anders Lee 68 20 23 43 +8 47 Josh Bailey 68 14 29 43 –12 10 Jordan Eberle 58 16 24 40 +1 12 Anthony Beauvillier 68 18 21 39 –11 15 Ryan Pulock 68 10 25 35 +8 14 Derick Brassard 66 10 22 32 –2 16 Devon Toews 68 6 22 28 +1 16 Nick Leddy 60 3 18 21 –1 14 Casey Cizikas 48 10 4 14 +12 41 Leo Komarov 48 4 10 14 +2 10 Scott Mayfield 67 5 8 13 +8 53 Johnny Boychuk 64 2 9 11 –11 14 Michael Dal Colle 53 4 6 10 –8 12 Adam Pelech 38 1 8 9 +4 20 Matt Martin 55 5 3 8 –1 40 Cal Clutterbuck 37 3 4 7 +6 22 Noah Dobson 34 1 6 7 –1 8 Tom Kuhnhackl 3 0 1 1 +2 0 Ross Johnston 32 3 1 4 +1 78 Kieffer Bellows 8 2 1 3 +3 2 Andy Greene^† 10 0 3 3 0 2 Jean-Gabriel Pageau^† 7 2 0 2 –6 17 Cole Bardreau 10 1 1 2 –2 6 Andrew Ladd 4 1 0 1 +2 4 Oliver Wahlstrom 9 0 0 0 –2 4 Otto Koivula 12 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs^[123] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Josh Bailey 22 2 18 20 +8 0 Brock Nelson 22 9 9 18 +4 12 Mathew Barzal 22 5 12 17 +2 10 Anthony Beauvillier 22 9 5 14 +6 10 Jordan Eberle 22 5 9 14 +2 10 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 22 8 3 11 +10 21 Anders Lee 22 7 4 11 +4 15 Ryan Pulock 22 2 8 10 –1 6 Devon Toews 22 2 8 10 +3 6 Derick Brassard 18 2 6 8 +1 6 Nick Leddy 22 3 4 7 +7 0 Matt Martin 22 5 1 6 0 28 Adam Pelech 21 1 4 5 +6 8 Scott Mayfield 22 1 4 5 +12 12 Cal Clutterbuck 21 2 2 4 +5 18 Andy Greene 21 2 2 4 +2 12 Leo Komarov 17 1 2 3 +1 4 Casey Cizikas 18 0 2 2 0 8 Tom Kuhnhackl 3 0 1 1 +2 0 Johnny Boychuk 3 0 0 0 +1 0 Ross Johnston 5 0 0 0 +1 12 Andrew Ladd 1 0 0 0 –1 0 Michael Dal Colle 3 0 0 0 0 0 Noah Dobson 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[124]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	45	39	2,517:19	19	14	6	110	2.62	1,278	.914	2	0	0	0
Thomas Greiss	31	29	1,595:56	16	9	4	73	2.74	838	.913	0	0	0	2

Playoffs^[125]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	20	19	1,232:44	11	7	44	2.14	559	.921	2	0	0	2
Thomas Greiss	4	3	178:07	2	2	6	2.02	84	.929	1	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.

Transactions

The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	To New Jersey Devils David Quenneville 2nd-round pick in 2021	To New York Islanders Andy Greene	^[126]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2022	To New York Islanders Jean-Gabriel Pageau	^[127]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Lorito	To New York Islanders Jordan Schmaltz	^[128]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Valtteri Filppula	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	^[129]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Robin Lehner	to Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	^[130]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Semyon Varlamov	from Colorado Avalanche	4-year	^[131]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Cole Bardreau	from Philadelphia Flyers	2-year	^[132]
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Jared Coreau	from St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[133]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Steve Bernier	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[134]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	John Stevens	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[134]
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Derick Brassard	from Colorado Avalanche	1-year	^[135]
October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22)	Luca Sbisa	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[136]^[137]
July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)	Linus Soderstrom	to Ässät (Liiga)	1-year	^[138]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	Stephen Gionta	^[139]
October 23, 2019 (2019-10-23)	Dennis Seidenberg	^[140]^[141]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tom Kuhnhackl	1-year	^[142]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Anders Lee	7-year	^[143]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Simon Holmstrom	3-year	^[144]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Michael Dal Colle	2-year	^[145]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Josh Ho-Sang	1-year	^[146]
August 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)	Anthony Beauvillier	2-year	^[147]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	6-year	^[148]
April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30)	Samuel Bolduc	3-year	^[149]
May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)	Felix Bibeau	3-year	^[150]
May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)	Cole Coskey	3-year	^[150]
May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)	Blade Jenkins	3-year	^[150]
July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14)	Ilya Sorokin	1-year	^[151]^[152]

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	23	Simon Holmstrom	RW	Sweden	HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	57^1	Samuel Bolduc	D	Canada	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
5	147	Reece Newkirk	C	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
6	178	Felix Bibeau	C	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
7	209	Cole Coskey	RW	United States	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

1. The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent Travis Hamonic and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2019 to Calgary in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2018 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[153]

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