2020–21 New York Islanders season

New York Islanders
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 Coliseum
Minor league affiliations	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL); Worcester Railers (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Brock Nelson (18)
Assists	Nick Leddy (29)
Points	Mathew Barzal (45)
Penalties in minutes	Mathew Barzal (48)
Plus/minus	4 tied (+15)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (19)
Goals against average	Semyon Varlamov (2.04)
<2019–20	2021–22>

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 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 Coliseum's leaseholder announced that the arena would be closed and seek a new leaseholder, which was found in August 2020.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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 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 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	Recap
2	January 16	NY Islanders	0–5	NY Rangers		Sorokin	0	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	January 18	Boston	0–1	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	January 21	New Jersey	1–4	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	January 24	NY Islanders	0–2	New Jersey		Sorokin	0	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	January 26	NY Islanders	2–3	Washington		Varlamov	0	3–3–0	6	Recap
7	January 28	NY Islanders	3–6	Washington		Varlamov	0	3–4–0	6	Recap
8	January 30	NY Islanders	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Varlamov	0	3–4–1	7	Recap
9	January 31	NY Islanders	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Sorokin	0	3–4–2	8	Recap

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 pandemic;^[18] moved to February 22^[19]
—	February 4	Buffalo	–	NY Islanders	Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic;^[18] moved to March 4^[19]
10	February 6	Pittsburgh	3–4	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	4–4–2	10	Recap
11	February 8	NY Islanders	2–0	NY Rangers		Varlamov	0	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	February 11	Pittsburgh	4–3	NY Islanders	SO	Varlamov	0	5–4–3	13	Recap
13	February 13	Boston	2–4	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	6–4–3	15	Recap
14	February 15	NY Islanders	3–1	Buffalo		Varlamov	0	7–4–3	17	Recap
15	February 16	NY Islanders	3–0	Buffalo		Sorokin	0	8–4–3	19	Recap
16	February 18	NY Islanders	1–4	Pittsburgh		Varlamov	0	8–5–3	19	Recap
17	February 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Pittsburgh		Varlamov	0	8–6–3	19	Recap
18	February 22	Buffalo	2–3	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	9–6–3	21	Recap
19	February 25	Boston	2–7	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	10–6–3	23	Recap
20	February 27	Pittsburgh	4–3	NY Islanders	OT	Varlamov	0	10–6–4	24	Recap
21	February 28	Pittsburgh	0–2	NY Islanders		Sorokin	0	11–6–4	26	Recap

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	Recap
23	March 4	Buffalo	2–5	NY Islanders		Sorokin	0	13–6–4	30	Recap
24	March 6	Buffalo	2–5	NY Islanders		Varlamov	0	14–6–4	32	Recap
25	March 7	Buffalo	2–5	NY Islanders		Sorokin	0	15–6–4	34	Recap
26	March 9	Boston	1–2	NY Islanders	SO	Varlamov	0	16–6–4	36	Recap
27	March 11	New Jersey	3–5	NY Islanders		Sorokin	1,000	17–6–4	38	Recap
28	March 13	NY Islanders	3–2	New Jersey		Varlamov	1,800	18–6–4	40	Recap
29	March 14	NY Islanders	3–2	New Jersey	SO	Sorokin	1,800	19–6–4	42	Recap
30	March 16	NY Islanders	1–3	Washington		Varlamov	0	19–7–4	42	Recap
31	March 18	Philadelphia	4–3	NY Islanders		Varlamov	1,400	19–8–4	42	Recap
32	March 20	Philadelphia	1–6	NY Islanders		Sorokin	1,400	20–8–4	44	Recap
33	March 22	NY Islanders	2–1	Philadelphia	OT	Sorokin	2,820	21–8–4	46	Recap
—	March 23	NY Islanders	–	Boston	Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic;^[20] moved to May 10^[21]
34	March 25	NY Islanders	4–3	Boston	OT	Varlamov	2,191	22–8–4	48	Recap
35	March 27	NY Islanders	3–6	Pittsburgh		Sorokin	2,800	22–9–4	48	Recap
36	March 29	NY Islanders	1–2	Pittsburgh		Varlamov	2,800	22–10–4	48	Recap

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	Recap
38	April 3	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Sorokin	1,400	24–10–4	52	Recap
39	April 6	Washington	0–1	NY Islanders		Varlamov	1,400	25–10–4	54	Recap
40	April 8	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Sorokin	1,400	26–10–4	56	Recap
41	April 9	NY Rangers	4–1	NY Islanders		Varlamov	1,400	26–11–4	56	Recap
42	April 11	NY Rangers	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Sorokin	1,400	27–11–4	58	Recap
43	April 15	NY Islanders	1–4	Boston		Varlamov	2,191	27–12–4	58	Recap
44	April 16	NY Islanders	0–3	Boston		Sorokin	2,191	27–13–4	58	Recap
45	April 18	NY Islanders	1–0	Philadelphia	OT	Sorokin	3,603	28–13–4	60	Recap
46	April 20	NY Rangers	1–6	NY Islanders		Varlamov	1,400	29–13–4	62	Recap
47	April 22	Washington	1–0	NY Islanders	SO	Varlamov	1,400	29–13–5	63	Recap
48	April 24	Washington	6–3	NY Islanders		Sorokin	1,400	29–14–5	63	Recap
49	April 27	NY Islanders	0–1	Washington		Sorokin	2,133	29–15–5	63	Recap
50	April 29	NY Islanders	4–0	NY Rangers		Varlamov	1,800	30–15–5	65	Recap

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	Recap
52	May 3	NY Islanders	2–4	Buffalo		Varlamov	0	31–16–5	67	Recap
53	May 4	NY Islanders	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Sorokin	0	31–16–6	68	Recap
54	May 6	New Jersey	2–1	NY Islanders		Varlamov	1,400	31–17–6	68	Recap
55	May 8	New Jersey	1–5	NY Islanders		Sorokin	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	32–17–6	70	Recap
56	May 10	NY Islanders	2–3	Boston	OT	Sorokin	4,565	32–17–7	71	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Postponement

Playoffs

The Islanders faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in the First Round,^[22] defeating them in six games.^[23]

The Islanders faced the Boston Bruins in the Second Round,^[24] defeating them in six games.^[25]

The Islanders faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Semifinals,^[26] 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	Recap
2	May 18	NY Islanders	1–2	Pittsburgh		Varlamov	9,344	1–1	Recap
3	May 20	Pittsburgh	5–4	NY Islanders		Varlamov	6,800	1–2	Recap
4	May 22	Pittsburgh	1–4	NY Islanders		Sorokin	6,800	2–2	Recap
5	May 24	NY Islanders	3–2	Pittsburgh	2OT	Sorokin	9,344	3–2	Recap
6	May 26	Pittsburgh	3–5	NY Islanders		Sorokin	9,000	4–2	Recap

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	Recap
2	May 31	NY Islanders	4–3	Boston	OT	Varlamov	17,400	1–1	Recap
3	June 3	Boston	2–1	NY Islanders	OT	Varlamov	12,000	1–2	Recap
4	June 5	Boston	1–4	NY Islanders		Varlamov	12,000	2–2	Recap
5	June 7	NY Islanders	5–4	Boston		Varlamov	17,400	3–2	Recap
6	June 9	Boston	2–6	NY Islanders		Varlamov	12,000	4–2	Recap

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	Recap
2	June 15	NY Islanders	2–4	Tampa Bay		Varlamov	14,771	1–1	Recap
3	June 17	Tampa Bay	2–1	NY Islanders		Varlamov	12,978	1–2	Recap
4	June 19	Tampa Bay	2–3	NY Islanders		Varlamov	12,978	2–2	Recap
5	June 21	NY Islanders	0–8	Tampa Bay		Varlamov	14,791	2–3	Recap
6	June 23	Tampa Bay	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Varlamov	12,978	3–3	Recap
7	June 25	NY Islanders	0–1	Tampa Bay		Varlamov	14,805	3–4	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

As of June 9, 2021^[27]^[28]

Skaters

Regular season^[29]
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^[30]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	12	3	10	13	+11	2
Josh Bailey	12	5	6	11	0	4
Anthony Beauvillier	12	4	7	11	0	2
Brock Nelson	12	6	4	10	+2	0
Kyle Palmieri	12	7	2	9	+6	4
Mathew Barzal	12	3	6	9	−1	4
Jordan Eberle	12	3	5	8	−1	4
Noah Dobson	12	0	7	7	+1	0
Ryan Pulock	12	3	2	5	+2	2
Scott Mayfield	12	1	4	5	+12	11
Nick Leddy	12	0	5	5	+5	2
Cal Clutterbuck	12	3	1	4	+6	4
Casey Cizikas	12	2	2	4	+2	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	5	1	2	3	+2	8
Leo Komarov	12	0	3	3	0	0
Adam Pelech	12	1	1	2	+1	6
Travis Zajac	7	1	1	2	+4	0
Matt Martin	12	0	0	0	+2	15
Andy Greene	12	0	0	0	+1	8

Goaltenders

Regular season^[31]
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^[32]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ilya Sorokin	5	5	335:35	4	1	13	2.32	198	.934	0	0	0	2
Semyon Varlamov	7	7	434:44	4	3	19	2.62	253	.925	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.

Roster

Updated September 23, 2021^[33]^[34]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
25	Sebastian Aho	D	L	28	2017	Umeå, Sweden
55	Ken Appleby	G	L	29	2021	North Bay, Ontario
12	Josh Bailey (A)	RW	L	34	2008	Bowmanville, Ontario
13	Mathew Barzal	C	R	26	2015	Coquitlam, British Columbia
18	Anthony Beauvillier	LW	L	26	2015	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
20	Kieffer Bellows	LW	L	25	2016	Edina, Minnesota
48	Samuel Bolduc	D	L	23	2019	Laval, Quebec
33	Zdeno Chara	D	L	47	2021	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
53	Casey Cizikas	C	L	33	2009	Toronto, Ontario
15	Cal Clutterbuck (A)	RW	R	36	2013	Welland, Ontario
–	Mike Cornell (PTO)	D	R	36	2021	Franklin, Massachusetts
10	Austin Czarnik	C	R	31	2020	Washington Township, Michigan
8	Noah Dobson	D	R	24	2018	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
33	Anatolii Golyshev (RFA)	LW	L	29	2016	Perm, Russia
4	Andy Greene	D	L	41	2020	Trenton, Michigan
32	Erik Gustafsson (PTO)	D	L	32	2021	Nynäshamn, Sweden
–	Seth Helgeson (PTO)	D	L	33	2021	Faribault, Minnesota
2	Thomas Hickey	D	L	35	2013	Calgary, Alberta
74	Simon Holmstrom	RW	L	22	2019	Tranas, Sweden
45	Grant Hutton	D	R	28	2019	Carmel, Indiana
32	Ross Johnston	LW	L	30	2015	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
21	Otto Koivula	LW	L	25	2016	Nokia, Finland
47	Leo Komarov	C	L	37	2018	Narva, Soviet Union
27	Anders Lee (C) Injured Reserve	LW	L	33	2009	Edina, Minnesota
17	Matt Martin	LW	L	34	2018	Windsor, Ontario
24	Scott Mayfield	D	R	31	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
29	Brock Nelson (A)	LW	L	32	2010	Warroad, Minnesota
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	R	31	2020	Ottawa, Ontario
21	Kyle Palmieri	RW	R	33	2021	Smithtown, New York
16	Richard Panik	RW	L	33	2021	Martin, Czechoslovakia
11	Zach Parise	LW	L	39	2021	Minneapolis, Minnesota
3	Adam Pelech	D	L	29	2015	Toronto, Ontario
6	Ryan Pulock	D	R	29	2013	Grandview, Manitoba
30	Ilya Sorokin	G	L	28	2014	Mezhdurechensk, Russia
40	Semyon Varlamov	G	L	35	2019	Kuybyshev, Soviet Union
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	RW	R	23	2018	Yarmouth, Maine
46	Bode Wilde	D	R	24	2018	Montreal, Quebec
42	Parker Wotherspoon	D	L	26	2015	Surrey, British Columbia

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	^[35]
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	^[36]
December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	To New York Islanders Dmytro Timashov	^[37]
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	^[38]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Ottawa Senators 7th-round pick in 2022	To New York Islanders Braydon Coburn	^[39]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Christopher Gibson	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[40]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Thomas Greiss	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	^[41]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Austin Czarnik	from Calgary Flames	2-year	^[42]
October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29)	Seth Helgeson	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[43]
December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)	Jared Coreau	to Bratislava Capitals (IHL)	1-year	^[44]
December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30)	Derick Brassard	to Arizona Coyotes	1-year	^[45]
January 9, 2021 (2021-01-09)	Travis St. Denis	to Binghamton Devils (AHL)	1-year	^[46]
January 21, 2021 (2021-01-21)	Jordan Schmaltz	to Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)	1-year	^[47]^[48]
January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	Tom Kuhnackl	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[49]^[50]
January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	Andrew Ladd	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	1-year	^[49]^[50]
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	Ken Appleby	from Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	2-year	^[51]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25)	Johnny Boychuk	^[52]^[53]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	Sebastian Aho	2-year	^[54]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Grant Hutton	2-year	^[42]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	A. J. Greer	1-year	^[55]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Josh Ho-Sang	1-year	^[55]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Mitchell Vande Sompel	2-year	^[55]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Parker Wotherspoon	2-year	^[55]
November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)	Ryan Pulock	2-year	^[56]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Mathew Barzal	3-year	^[57]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Andy Greene	1-year	^[57]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Matt Martin	4-year	^[57]
January 14, 2021 (2021-01-14)	Cory Schneider	1-year	^[57]
February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)	Robin Salo	2-year	^[58]
March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)	Anatolii Golyshev	1-year	^[59]
April 14, 2021 (2021-04-14)	Collin Adams	2-year	^[60]
May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13)	Reece Newkirk	3-year	^[61]

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.^[62] It was originally scheduled to be held on June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec,^[63]^[64] but was postponed on March 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conclusion of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[65]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
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

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

References

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v t e New York Islanders
Founded in 1972 Based in Elmont, New York
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
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Personnel	Owner(s) New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. (Jon Ledecky, governor) General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Anders Lee Current roster
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