2015–16 New York Islanders season explained

The 2015–16 New York Islanders season was the 44th season in the franchise's history.^[2] 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.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–5–0)[3]
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia			––	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders			5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 23	New Jersey	1–2	NY Islanders			7,046	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia			17,369	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 25	NY Islanders	2–4	New Jersey			8,871	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 26	NY Islanders	3–5	Carolina			––	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	Recap
– indicates split-squad game. – game to be played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. – game to be played at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[4]
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 3–2 NY Islanders OT 15,795 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 10 NY Islanders 1–4 21,392 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,183 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 15 3–4 NY Islanders Greiss 10,542 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 17 3–6 NY Islanders 11,577 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 20 NY Islanders 4–0 Halak 14,295 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 23 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,113 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 24 NY Islanders 3–2 OT Greiss 19,186 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 26 0–4 NY Islanders Halak 11,582 6–2–1 13 Recap 10 October 29 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 11,494 6–2–2 14 Recap 11 October 31 NY Islanders 2–3 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 2–1 NY Islanders 11,278 6–3–3 15 Recap 13 November 3 1–2 NY Islanders 12,122 7–3–3 17 Recap 14 November 5 NY Islanders 1–4 Halak 21,288 7–4–3 17 Recap 15 November 8 2–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,197 7–5–3 17 Recap 16 November 10 NY Islanders 4–2 Greiss 16,558 8–5–3 19 Recap 17 November 12 NY Islanders 1–2 Halak 18,230 8–6–3 19 Recap 18 November 13 NY Islanders 4–1 Greiss 17,174 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 16 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 11,841 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 20 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,171 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 22 NY Islanders 2–4 Greiss 21,288 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 25 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,027 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 27 NY Islanders 2–3 SO Halak 14,598 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 November 28 NY Islanders 3–2 Greiss 19,092 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 November 30 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 1–2 NY Islanders SO 15,795 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 4 1–2 NY Islanders SO 12,873 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 5 NY Islanders 2–3 OT Halak 17,281 15–8–5 35 Recap 29 December 8 NY Islanders 4–3 SO Halak 18,108 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 12 NY Islanders 3–2 OT Halak 12,342 17–8–5 39 Recap 31 December 13 0–4 NY Islanders Greiss 13,259 18–8–5 41 Recap 32 December 15 5–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,656 18–9–5 41 Recap 33 December 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Greiss 15,811 18–10–5 41 Recap 34 December 19 NY Islanders 0–1 Halak 11,878 18–11–5 41 Recap 35 December 21 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 13,578 19–11–5 43 Recap 36 December 27 3–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 19–12–5 43 Recap 37 December 29 NY Islanders 6–3 Greiss 19,899 20–12–5 45 Recap 38 December 31 NY Islanders 2–1 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 18,665 21–13–5 47 Recap 40 January 3 5–6 NY Islanders Greiss 14,054 22–13–5 49 Recap 41 January 7 4–1 NY Islanders 14,261 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Halak 19,874 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 12 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,115 23–15–5 51 Recap 44 January 14 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 24–15–5 53 Recap 45 January 17 2–1 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,795 24–15–6 54 Recap 46 January 22 NY Islanders 5–2 Halak 18,305 25–15–6 56 Recap – January 23 NY Islanders Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 47 January 25 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 3–5 NY Islanders 13,331 26–16–6 58 Recap 49 February 4 NY Islanders 2–3 18,506 26–17–6 58 Recap 50 February 6 NY Islanders 1–5 Halak 20,027 26–18–6 58 Recap 51 February 7 1–8 NY Islanders 14,030 27–18–6 60 Recap 52 February 9 NY Islanders 3–2 SO Halak 14,303 28–18–6 62 Recap 53 February 11 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,643 29–18–6 64 Recap 54 February 13 NY Islanders 3–6 Halak 12,665 29–19–6 64 Recap 55 February 15 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 30–19–6 66 Recap 56 February 18 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 30–19–7 67 Recap 57 February 19 NY Islanders 1–0 Halak 16,514 31–19–7 69 Recap 58 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Halak 19,085 32–19–7 71 Recap 59 February 25 NY Islanders 2–1 OT Halak 19,289 33–19–7 73 Recap 60 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 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 18,264 34–20–7 75 Recap 62 March 3 NY Islanders 4–3 OT Greiss 15,294 35–20–7 77 Recap 63 March 6 NY Islanders 6–4 18,006 36–20–7 79 Recap 64 March 8 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 14,724 37–20–7 81 Recap 65 March 9 NY Islanders 3–4 SO Greiss 18,889 37–20–8 82 Recap 66 March 12 NY Islanders 1–3 Greiss 17,565 37–21–8 82 Recap 67 March 14 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 14,106 38–21–8 84 Recap 68 March 15 NY Islanders 1–2 SO 18,456 38–21–9 85 Recap 69 March 17 NY Islanders 2–4 Greiss 17,113 38–22–9 85 Recap 70 March 19 NY Islanders 0–3 Greiss 18,532 38–23–9 85 Recap 71 March 21 4–1 NY Islanders Greiss 14,329 38–24–9 85 Recap 72 March 23 1–3 NY Islanders Berube 13,837 39–24–9 87 Recap 73 March 25 NY Islanders 4–7 Greiss 19,092 39–25–9 87 Recap 74 March 26 NY Islanders 4–3 OT Berube 11,636 40–25–9 89 Recap 75 March 29 1–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 13,733 41–25–9 91 Recap 76 March 31 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 5–0 NY Islanders 15,795 42–26–9 93 Recap 78 April 4 2–5 NY Islanders 13,106 43–26–9 95 Recap 79 April 5 NY Islanders 4–3 OT 18,506 44–26–9 97 Recap 80 April 7 NY Islanders 4–1 Greiss 18,006 45–26–9 99 Recap 81 April 9 4–3 NY Islanders OT Gibson 14,811 45–26–10 100 Recap 82 April 10 5–2 NY Islanders Gibson 14,244 45–27–10 100 Recap
Legend:

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 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 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 Recap
Legend:

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season^[5]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	78	33	37	70	6	38
	79	22	42	64	−4	51
	81	20	32	52	1	12
	81	26	14	40	−3	30
	81	5	35	40	−9	25
	80	15	21	36	−2	51
	81	12	20	32	−7	22
	80	8	21	29	4	31
	71	8	20	28	−9	28
	70	9	16	25	17	31
	58	9	16	25	3	33
	77	15	8	23	7	22
	81	9	13	22	13	22
	72	5	16	21	−5	35
	80	10	9	19	2	119
	62	6	12	18	9	30
	53	4	12	16	5	20
	72	2	14	16	3	20
	24	1	5	6	3	9
	52	1	5	6	1	31
†	20	3	2	5	3	4
	15	2	2	4	1	5
	9	0	2	2	−1	0
	2	1	0	1	0	0
	6	1	0	1	−4	11
	2	0	1	1	1	4
	6	0	0	0	−3	2
	1	0	0	0	0	4
‡	2	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	11	6	5	11	−3	6
	11	2	6	8	−3	4
	11	3	3	6	−3	2
	10	1	4	5	−1	2
	11	1	4	5	−5	6
	11	1	4	5	−5	8
	11	3	1	4	−1	0
	8	1	3	4	1	2
	11	1	3	4	1	0
	11	1	3	4	−5	2
	9	2	1	3	−4	2
	11	2	1	3	−2	12
	11	1	2	3	−2	8
	6	1	2	3	−4	0
	11	0	3	3	−1	16
	11	0	2	2	−5	2
	5	0	1	1	2	4
	11	0	0	0	−1	12
	6	0	0	0	−2	0
	11	0	0	0	−7	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player
style=white-space:nowrap		41	38	2287	23	11	4	90	2.36	1197	0.925	1	0	1	2
style=white-space:nowrap		36	36	2091	18	13	4	80	2.30	984	0.919	3	0	1	0
style=white-space:nowrap		7	6	399	3	2	1	18	2.71	210	0.914	0	0	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap		4	2	194	1	1	1	11	3.40	93	0.882	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player
style=white-space:nowrap		11	11	733	5	6	2	30	2.46	388	.923	0	0	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap		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
	NHL All-Star game selection[6]	January 6, 2016
	NHL All-Star game replacement captain[7]	January 28, 2016
	NHL First Star of the Week[8]	April 11, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
	100th Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2015
	500th Career NHL Game	October 17, 2015
	100th Career NHL Goal 200th Career NHL Assist 300th Career NHL Point	October 17, 2015
	400th Career NHL Game	October 23, 2015
	1st Career NHL Game	November 13, 2015
	800th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2015
	200th Career NHL Assist	November 16, 2015
	100th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2015
	500th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2015
	500th Career NHL Game	November 30, 2015
	1st Career NHL Game	January 2, 2016
	400th Career NHL Game	January 9, 2016
	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Assist	January 13, 2016
	200th Career NHL Game	January 22, 2016
	100th Career NHL Assist	January 22, 2016
	1st Career NHL Win	February 2. 2016
	500th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2016
	100th Career NHL Point	February 15, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	February 28, 2016
	200th Career NHL Head Coaching Win	March 3, 2016
	200th Career NHL Win	March 8, 2016
	400th Career NHL Game	March 8, 2016
	200th Career NHL Goal	March 12, 2016
	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	March 17, 2016
	500th Career NHL Game	March 21, 2016
	600th Career NHL Game	March 29, 2016
	1st Career NHL Win	April 5, 2016
	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	April 9, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	April 9, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	April 10, 2016
	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

Date			Ref
	To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart	To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2015	[9]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning EDM's 2nd-round pick in 2015 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2015	To New York Islanders NYR's 1st-round pick in 2015
	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015
	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner	To New York Islanders Taylor Beck Carter Verhaeghe Matt Finn Tom Nilsson Christopher Gibson	[10]
	To Colorado Avalanche Taylor Beck	To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Cliche	[11]
	To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders Shane Prince 7th-round pick in 2016	[12]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
	Thomas Greiss	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $3 million	[13]
	Justin Florek	Providence Bruins	1 year, $725,000	[14]
	Ben Holmstrom	Charlotte Checkers	1 year, $750,000
	Bracken Kearns	Espoo Blues	1 year, $775,000
	Justin Vaive	Hartford Wolf Pack	1 year, $650,000
	Joe Whitney	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $750,000
	James Wright	KHL Medvescak Zagreb	1 year, $800,000
	Louis Leblanc	Norfolk Admirals	1 year, $605,000	[15]
	Steve Bernier	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $750,000	[16]
	Marek Zidlicky	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $1.5 million	[17]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
	Matt Donovan	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $825,000	[18]
	Kael Mouillierat	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000	[19]
	Aaron Ness	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000
	Michal Neuvirth	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $3.25 million	[20]
	Brett Gallant	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $1.5 million
	Colin McDonald	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $625,000	[21]
	Harry Zolnierczyk	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000	[22]
	Lubomir Visnovsky	HC Slovan Bratislava	undisclosed	[23]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
		4 years, $15 million	[26]
		3 years, $6.6 million	[27]
		1 year, entry-level contract	[28]
		1 year, $600,000	[29]
		3 years, entry-level contract	[30]
		3 years, $7.5 million	[31]
		1 year, $575,000	[32]
		3 years, entry-level contract	[33]
		3 years, entry-level contract	[34]
		2 years, entry-level contract	[35]
		3 years, entry-level contract	[36]
		3 years, entry-level contract	[37]
		1 year, $800,000	[38]
		1 year, $800,000	[39]
		5 years, $16.75 million	[40]

Draft picks

See also: 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		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
1	28	Anthony Beauvillier	LW		Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
3	82	Mitchell Vande Sompel	D		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	112	Parker Wotherspoon	D		Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	147	Ryan Pilon	D		Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	172	Andong Song	D		Lawrenceville School (HS-New Jersey)
7	202	Peter Hansson	D		Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Draft notes^[41]

• 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.^[42]

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.^[43]

• 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).^[44] 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.^[45]
• 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.^[46]

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).^[44] 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.^[47] 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.^[48]

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.^[49]

• 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).^[50] 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.^[51]
• 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.^[52]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20081214165302/http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance. dead. December 14, 2008. ESPN. April 12, 2016.
2. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 87. 978-1-60078-422-4.
3. Web site: 2015-16 Preseason Schedule - New York Islanders - Schedule. July 17, 2015. Islanders.nhl.com.
4. Web site: 2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - New York Islanders - Schedule. July 17, 2015. Islanders.nhl.com.
5. Web site: 2015-2016 Regular Season Stats - Points - New York Islanders - Statistics. New York Islanders. January 6, 2016.
6. Web site: Star-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal. NHL. January 6, 2016.
7. Web site: Tavares Named All-Star Captain. islanders.nhl.com. January 28, 2016.
8. Web site: Tavares, Kane and Ovechkin names stars of week. nhl.com. April 11, 2016.
9. Web site: Islanders Deal For Targets. June 27, 2015. National Hockey League. June 29, 2015.
10. Web site: Islanders Acquire Five Players for Grabner. nhl.com. September 16, 2015.
11. Web site: 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.
12. Web site: Islanders Acquire Prince. nhl.com. March 1, 2016.
13. Web site: New York Islanders – Greiss Agrees To Terms. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
14. Web site: New York Islanders – Islanders Sign Six To Two-Way Deals. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
15. Web site: Leblanc Agrees To Terms. nhl.com. July 22, 2015.
16. Web site: Bernier Agrees to Terms. nhl.com. September 17, 2015.
17. Web site: Zidlicky agrees to one-year contract with Islanders. nhl.com. September 18, 2015.
18. Web site: Jason Akeson, Matt Donovan sign one-year deals with Buffalo Sabres. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
19. Web site: Penguins Sign Forward Kael Mouillierat. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
20. Web site: Flyers ink goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a multi-year deal. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
21. Web site: Flyers sign RW Colin McDonald. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
22. Web site: Ducks Sign Zolnierczyk to One-Year Contract. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
23. Web site: Visnovsky signs in KHL. NBCSports. October 27, 2015 . October 27, 2015.
24. Web site: Islanders Claim Berube . islanders.nhl.com . 2015-10-06.
25. Web site: Lightning Claim Kevin Poulin off Waivers, Release Ray Emery from PTO . lightning.nhl.com . 2015-09-27.
26. Web site: Lee Agrees To Terms. June 30, 2015. National Hockey League. June 30, 2015.
27. Web site: Hickey Agrees To Terms. July 1, 2015. National Hockey League. July 1, 2015.
28. Web site: Kirill Petrov Agrees to Entry-Level Contract. July 1, 2015. National Hockey League. July 1, 2015.
29. Web site: Islanders Agree to Terms With Poulin. August 11, 2015. National Hockey League. August 12, 2015.
30. Web site: Barzal Agrees to Entry-Level Contract. September 10, 2015. National Hockey League. September 10, 2015.
31. Web site: Islanders Agree to Terms with Nelson. September 16, 2015. National Hockey League. September 17, 2015.
32. Web site: Boulton Agrees to Terms. October 13, 2015. National Hockey League. November 12, 2015.
33. Web site: Beauvillier Agrees to Entry-Level Deal. October 23, 2015. National Hockey League. November 12, 2015.
34. Web site: Islanders Sign McAdam to Entry-Level Contract. March 23, 2016. National Hockey League. March 23, 2016.
35. Web site: Islanders Sign Schempp To Entry-Level Contract. March 29, 2016. National Hockey League. March 29, 2016.
36. Web site: Islanders Sign Toews To Entry-Level Deal. April 15, 2016. National Hockey League. April 15, 2016.
37. Web site: Islanders Sign Wotherspoon To Entry-Level Deal. May 2, 2016. National Hockey League. May 2, 2016.
38. Web site: Kearns Agrees To One-Year Deal. June 1, 2016. National Hockey League. June 3, 2016.
39. Web site: Holmstrom Agrees To One-Year Deal. June 2, 2016. National Hockey League. June 3, 2016.
40. Web site: Cizikas Agrees To Five-Year Deal. June 2, 2016. National Hockey League. June 3, 2016.
41. Web site: 2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions. Pro Sports Transactions. June 3, 2015.
42. Web site: Islanders trade defenseman Reinhart to Oilers. June 26, 2015. June 26, 2015.
43. Web site: Penguins acquire Perron from Oilers for Klinkhammer. January 2, 2015. January 2, 2015.
44. Web site: Islanders Acquire Vanek from Sabres for Moulson, Picks. October 28, 2013. October 29, 2013.
45. Web site: Islanders to retain 2014 first-round draft pick. May 22, 2014. May 22, 2014.
46. Web site: Sens to trade Lehner, Legwand to Sabres for first-rounder. June 26, 2015. June 26, 2015.
47. Web site: Islanders to retain 2014 first-round draft pick. May 22, 2014. May 22, 2014.
48. Web site: Trades completed during Day 1 of 2015 NHL Draft. June 26, 2015. June 26, 2015.
49. Web site: Lightning trade St. Louis to Rangers for Callahan. March 5, 2014. June 25, 2014.
50. Web site: Boyle's rights traded by Sharks to Islanders for pick. June 5, 2014. June 5, 2014.
51. Web site: RANGERS SIGN BOYLE FOR TWO-YEARS, $9M; ADD KOSTKA. July 1, 2014. July 1, 2014.
52. Web site: Panthers trade D Weaver to Canadiens for fifth-round pick. March 4, 2014. March 4, 2014.