2020–21 New York Islanders season

The 2020–21 New York Islanders season was the 49th season in the franchise's history.^[1] It was their first full season in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum since returning to the arena full-time for the 2020–21 season, as well as their 45th overall and final season in the arena.^[2][3][4] In June 2020, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum's leaseholder announced that the arena would be closed and seek a new leaseholder, which was found in August 2020.^[5][6][7]

2020–21 New York Islanders
Division	4th East
2020–21 record	32–17–7
Home record	21–4–3
Road record	11–13–4
Goals for	156
Goals against	128
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Anders Lee
Alternate captains	Josh Bailey Cal Clutterbuck Brock Nelson (Apr. 5 – Jun. 25)
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Worcester Railers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brock Nelson (18)
Assists	Nick Leddy (29)
Points	Mathew Barzal (45)
Penalty minutes	Mathew Barzal (48)
Plus/minus	4 tied (+15)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (19)
Goals against average	Semyon Varlamov (2.04)
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada, the Islanders played a shortened 56-game regular season, which consisted of divisional play only, with the Islanders being temporarily realigned from the Metropolitan Division to the East Division.^[8]

Fan attendance in home games was prohibited until February 23, per an executive order from Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.^[9] The Islanders reopened Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to spectators on March 18.^[10]

The team made the playoffs for the third straight season when they defeated the New York Rangers on May 1, 2021. This marked the first time since the 2003–04 season that the Islanders clinched a playoff spot for a third consecutive season.^[11] They would go on to defeat the division champions Pittsburgh Penguins in the First round in six games. Game 6 of the series was the first series-clinching game at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum since 1993.^[12] After defeating Pittsburgh, the Islanders would later compete against the Boston Bruins in the Second round and defeat them in six games.^[13] They competed against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Semifinals,^[14] where they were defeated in seven games.^[15]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	56	37	16	3	29	196	156	+40	77
2	x – Washington Capitals	56	36	15	5	29	191	163	+28	77
3	x – Boston Bruins	56	33	16	7	25	168	136	+32	73
4	x – New York Islanders	56	32	17	7	24	156	128	+28	71
5	e – New York Rangers	56	27	23	6	24	177	157	+20	60
6	e – Philadelphia Flyers	56	25	23	8	17	163	201	−38	58
7	e – New Jersey Devils	56	19	30	7	15	145	194	−49	45
8	e – Buffalo Sabres	56	15	34	7	11	138	199	−61	37

Source: National Hockey League^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[17]

2020–21 game log
January: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 NY Islanders 4–0 NY Rangers Varlamov 0 1–0–0 2 ^[18] 2 January 16 NY Islanders 0–5 NY Rangers Sorokin 0 1–1–0 2 ^[19] 3 January 18 Boston 0–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 2–1–0 4 ^[20] 4 January 21 New Jersey 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 3–1–0 6 ^[21] 5 January 24 NY Islanders 0–2 New Jersey Sorokin 0 3–2–0 6 ^[22] 6 January 26 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington Varlamov 0 3–3–0 6 ^[23] 7 January 28 NY Islanders 3–6 Washington Varlamov 0 3–4–0 6 ^[24] 8 January 30 NY Islanders 2–3 Philadelphia OT Varlamov 0 3–4–1 7 ^[25] 9 January 31 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Sorokin 0 3–4–2 8 ^[26]
February: 8–2–2 (Home: 5–0–2 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap — February 2 Buffalo – NY Islanders Postponed due to COVID-19 protocol;^[27] moved to February 22^[28] — February 4 Buffalo – NY Islanders Postponed due to COVID-19 protocol;^[27] moved to March 4^[28] 10 February 6 Pittsburgh 3–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 4–4–2 10 ^[29] 11 February 8 NY Islanders 2–0 NY Rangers Varlamov 0 5–4–2 12 ^[30] 12 February 11 Pittsburgh 4–3 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 0 5–4–3 13 ^[31] 13 February 13 Boston 2–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 6–4–3 15 ^[32] 14 February 15 NY Islanders 3–1 Buffalo Varlamov 0 7–4–3 17 ^[33] 15 February 16 NY Islanders 3–0 Buffalo Sorokin 0 8–4–3 19 ^[34] 16 February 18 NY Islanders 1–4 Pittsburgh Varlamov 0 8–5–3 19 ^[35] 17 February 20 NY Islanders 2–3 Pittsburgh Varlamov 0 8–6–3 19 ^[36] 18 February 22 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 9–6–3 21 ^[37] 19 February 25 Boston 2–7 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 10–6–3 23 ^[38] 20 February 27 Pittsburgh 4–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 0 10–6–4 24 ^[39] 21 February 28 Pittsburgh 0–2 NY Islanders Sorokin 0 11–6–4 26 ^[40]
March: 11–4–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 2 NY Islanders 2–1 New Jersey Varlamov 1,800 12–6–4 28 ^[41] 23 March 4 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 0 13–6–4 30 ^[42] 24 March 6 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 0 14–6–4 32 ^[43] 25 March 7 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 0 15–6–4 34 ^[44] 26 March 9 Boston 1–2 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 0 16–6–4 36 ^[45] 27 March 11 New Jersey 3–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 1,000 17–6–4 38 ^[46] 28 March 13 NY Islanders 3–2 New Jersey Varlamov 1,800 18–6–4 40 ^[47] 29 March 14 NY Islanders 3–2 New Jersey SO Sorokin 1,800 19–6–4 42 ^[48] 30 March 16 NY Islanders 1–3 Washington Varlamov 0 19–7–4 42 ^[49] 31 March 18 Philadelphia 4–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 19–8–4 42 ^[50] 32 March 20 Philadelphia 1–6 NY Islanders Sorokin 1,400 20–8–4 44 ^[51] 33 March 22 NY Islanders 2–1 Philadelphia OT Sorokin 2,820 21–8–4 46 ^[52] — March 23 NY Islanders – Boston Postponed due to COVID-19 protocol;^[53] moved to May 10^[54] 34 March 25 NY Islanders 4–3 Boston OT Varlamov 2,191 22–8–4 48 ^[55] 35 March 27 NY Islanders 3–6 Pittsburgh Sorokin 2,800 22–9–4 48 ^[56] 36 March 29 NY Islanders 1–2 Pittsburgh Varlamov 2,800 22–10–4 48 ^[57]
April: 8–5–1 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 1 Washington 4–8 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 23–10–4 50 ^[58] 38 April 3 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 1,400 24–10–4 52 ^[59] 39 April 6 Washington 0–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 25–10–4 54 ^[60] 40 April 8 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders SO Sorokin 1,400 26–10–4 56 ^[61] 41 April 9 NY Rangers 4–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 26–11–4 56 ^[62] 42 April 11 NY Rangers 2–3 NY Islanders OT Sorokin 1,400 27–11–4 58 ^[63] 43 April 15 NY Islanders 1–4 Boston Varlamov 2,191 27–12–4 58 ^[64] 44 April 16 NY Islanders 0–3 Boston Sorokin 2,191 27–13–4 58 ^[65] 45 April 18 NY Islanders 1–0 Philadelphia OT Sorokin 3,603 28–13–4 60 ^[66] 46 April 20 NY Rangers 1–6 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 29–13–4 62 ^[67] 47 April 22 Washington 1–0 NY Islanders SO Varlamov 1,400 29–13–5 63 ^[68] 48 April 24 Washington 6–3 NY Islanders Sorokin 1,400 29–14–5 63 ^[69] 49 April 27 NY Islanders 0–1 Washington Sorokin 2,133 29–15–5 63 ^[70] 50 April 29 NY Islanders 4–0 NY Rangers Varlamov 1,800 30–15–5 65 ^[71]
May: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 1 NY Rangers 0–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 31–15–5 67 ^[72] 52 May 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Buffalo Varlamov 0 31–16–5 67 ^[73] 53 May 4 NY Islanders 3–4 Buffalo SO Sorokin 0 31–16–6 68 ^[74] 54 May 6 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 1,400 31–17–6 68 ^[75] 55 May 8 New Jersey 1–5 NY Islanders Sorokin —^[a] 32–17–6 70 ^[76] 56 May 10 NY Islanders 2–3 Boston OT Sorokin 4,565 32–17–7 71 ^[77]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Islanders faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round,^[78] defeating them in six games.^[79]

The Islanders faced the Boston Bruins in the second round,^[80] defeating them in six games.^[81]

The Islanders faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Semifinals,^[82] where they lost in seven games.^[15]

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
East Division first round vs. (E1) Pittsburgh Penguins: New York won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 16 NY Islanders 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Sorokin 4,672 1–0 ^[83] 2 May 18 NY Islanders 1–2 Pittsburgh Varlamov 9,344 1–1 ^[84] 3 May 20 Pittsburgh 5–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 6,800 1–2 ^[85] 4 May 22 Pittsburgh 1–4 NY Islanders Sorokin 6,800 2–2 ^[86] 5 May 24 NY Islanders 3–2 Pittsburgh 2OT Sorokin 9,344 3–2 ^[87] 6 May 26 Pittsburgh 3–5 NY Islanders Sorokin 9,000 4–2 ^[88]
East Division second round vs. (E3) Boston Bruins: New York won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 29 NY Islanders 2–5 Boston Sorokin 17,400 0–1 ^[89] 2 May 31 NY Islanders 4–3 Boston OT Varlamov 17,400 1–1 ^[90] 3 June 3 Boston 2–1 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 12,000 1–2 ^[91] 4 June 5 Boston 1–4 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,000 2–2 ^[92] 5 June 7 NY Islanders 5–4 Boston Varlamov 17,400 3–2 ^[93] 6 June 9 Boston 2–6 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,000 4–2 ^[94]
Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. (C3) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 13 NY Islanders 2–1 Tampa Bay Varlamov 14,513 1–0 ^[95] 2 June 15 NY Islanders 2–4 Tampa Bay Varlamov 14,771 1–1 ^[96] 3 June 17 Tampa Bay 2–1 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,978 1–2 ^[97] 4 June 19 Tampa Bay 2–3 NY Islanders Varlamov 12,978 2–2 ^[98] 5 June 21 NY Islanders 0–8 Tampa Bay Varlamov 14,791 2–3 ^[99] 6 June 23 Tampa Bay 2–3 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 12,978 3–3 ^[100] 7 June 25 NY Islanders 0–1 Tampa Bay Varlamov 14,805 3–4 ^[101]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of June 25, 2021^[102][103]

Skaters

Regular season^[104] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mathew Barzal 55 17 28 45 +15 48 Josh Bailey 54 8 27 35 +12 4 Brock Nelson 56 18 15 33 –5 14 Jordan Eberle 55 16 17 33 +9 16 Nick Leddy 56 2 29 31 –3 8 Anthony Beauvillier 47 15 13 28 +15 12 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 54 14 14 28 +10 10 Oliver Wahlstrom 44 12 9 21 +2 21 Anders Lee 27 12 7 19 +11 12 Ryan Pulock 56 2 15 17 +15 8 Scott Mayfield 56 2 13 15 +2 38 Casey Cizikas 56 7 7 14 –2 27 Adam Pelech 56 4 10 14 +15 18 Noah Dobson 46 3 11 14 +1 8 Matt Martin 54 6 5 11 –2 36 Cal Clutterbuck 50 4 7 11 −5 10 Leo Komarov 33 1 7 8 +7 15 Andy Greene 55 1 4 5 +9 6 Kyle Palmieri^† 17 2 2 4 –3 2 Michael Dal Colle 26 1 3 4 +1 4 Kieffer Bellows 14 3 0 3 0 4 Sebastian Aho 3 1 1 2 −1 2 Travis Zajac^† 13 1 1 2 −1 0 Thomas Hickey 5 0 2 2 +5 0 Ross Johnston 12 0 1 1 –3 35 Braydon Coburn^† 3 0 0 0 0 4 Dmytro Timashov 1 0 0 0 –2 0 Austin Czarnik 4 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs^[105] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mathew Barzal 19 6 8 14 0 19 Josh Bailey 19 6 7 13 −2 4 Anthony Beauvillier 19 5 8 13 −1 4 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 19 3 10 13 +9 6 Brock Nelson 19 7 5 12 −1 4 Jordan Eberle 19 4 7 11 −1 4 Kyle Palmieri 19 7 2 9 +5 10 Cal Clutterbuck 19 4 3 7 +5 10 Noah Dobson 19 0 7 7 +1 0 Ryan Pulock 19 4 2 6 −3 4 Scott Mayfield 19 2 4 6 +12 25 Nick Leddy 19 0 6 6 +2 2 Casey Cizikas 19 2 3 5 0 2 Adam Pelech 19 1 4 5 −1 13 Oliver Wahlstrom 5 1 2 3 +2 8 Leo Komarov 19 0 3 3 −1 14 Matt Martin 19 1 1 2 +1 43 Travis Zajac 14 1 1 2 +2 6 Andy Greene 19 0 1 1 +1 8

Goaltenders

Regular season^[106]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	36	35	2,116:56	19	11	4	72	2.04	1,020	.929	7	0	1	2
Ilya Sorokin	22	21	1,271:47	13	6	3	46	2.17	563	.918	3	0	0	0

Playoffs^[107]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	14	14	797:26	7	7	34	2.56	437	.922	0	0	0	0
Ilya Sorokin	7	5	386:58	4	1	18	2.79	230	.922	0	0	0	2

• ^† 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 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	To Colorado Avalanche Kyle Burroughs	To New York Islanders A. J. Greer	^[108]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)	To Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews	To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022	^[109]
December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	To New York Islanders Dmytro Timashov	^[110]
April 7, 2021 (2021-04-07)	To New Jersey Devils A. J. Greer Mason Jobst 1st-round pick in 2021 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022	To New York Islanders Kyle Palmieri Travis Zajac	^[111]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Ottawa Senators 7th-round pick in 2022	To New York Islanders Braydon Coburn	^[112]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Christopher Gibson	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[113]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Thomas Greiss	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	^[114]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Austin Czarnik	from Calgary Flames	2-year	^[115]
October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29)	Seth Helgeson	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[116]
December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)	Jared Coreau	to Bratislava Capitals (IHL)	1-year	^[117]
December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30)	Derick Brassard	to Arizona Coyotes	1-year	^[118]
January 9, 2021 (2021-01-09)	Travis St. Denis	to Binghamton Devils (AHL)	1-year	^[119]
January 21, 2021 (2021-01-21)	Jordan Schmaltz	to Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)	1-year	^[120]^[121]
January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	Tom Kuhnackl	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[122]^[123]
January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	Andrew Ladd	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[122]^[123]
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	Ken Appleby	from Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	2-year	^[124]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25)	Johnny Boychuk	^[125]^[126]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	Sebastian Aho	2-year	^[127]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Grant Hutton	2-year	^[115]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	A. J. Greer	1-year	^[128]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Josh Ho-Sang	1-year	^[128]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Mitchell Vande Sompel	2-year	^[128]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Parker Wotherspoon	2-year	^[128]
November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)	Ryan Pulock	2-year	^[129]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Mathew Barzal	3-year	^[130]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Andy Greene	1-year	^[130]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Matt Martin	4-year	^[130]
January 14, 2021 (2021-01-14)	Cory Schneider	1-year	^[130]
February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)	Robin Salo	2-year	^[131]
March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)	Anatolii Golyshev	1-year	^[132]
April 14, 2021 (2021-04-14)	Collin Adams	2-year	^[133]
May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13)	Reece Newkirk	3-year	^[134]

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Islanders draft picks

Below are the New York Islanders' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on October 6 and 7, 2020, in a remote format, with teams convening via videoconferencing, and Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing selections from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.^[135] It was originally scheduled to be held on June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Centre in Montreal,^[136][137] but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conclusion of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[138]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
3	90	Alexander Ljungkrantz	LW	Sweden	Brynäs IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4	121	Alex Jefferies	LW	United States	The Frederick Gunn School (Connecticut)
5	152	William Dufour	RW	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	183	Matias Rajaniemi	D	Finland	Lahti Pelicans (Liiga)
7	214	Henrik Tikkanen	G	Finland	IPH (Mestis)

Notes

1. Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

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