New York Islanders

The New York Islanders are a National Hockey League team in the Metropolitan Division (Eastern Conference), founded in 1972. 4 Stanley Cups.

The basics

Founded1972
ConferenceEastern
DivisionMetropolitan
Stanley Cups4 (all-time)

All-time record

Regular-season wins–losses–ties in franchise history (1972–2024). Pre-2018 from the Hockey Databank; 2018–2024 from fastRhockey (where overtime losses count as losses).

All-time1837–1773–347

Season by season

Every season the sources carry. To 2017 that is the full row, from the Hockey Databank. 2018 onwards carry wins and losses only — fastRhockey does not record the rest, and overtime losses are counted there as losses. Pick a figure to chart it; the year links to that season’s page where there is one. A dash means the source carries no figure for that season — a season not played, or a column the source does not record that year. It is not a nought, so this page does not print one, and the all-time row adds only the seasons that have a figure.

5401972–73: 121973–74: 191974–75: 331975–76: 421976–77: 471977–78: 481978–79: 511979–80: 391980–81: 481981–82: 541982–83: 421983–84: 501984–85: 401985–86: 391986–87: 351987–88: 391988–89: 281989–90: 311990–91: 251991–92: 341992–93: 401993–94: 361994–95: 151995–96: 221996–97: 291997–98: 301998–99: 241999–00: 242000–01: 212001–02: 422002–03: 352003–04: 382005–06: 362006–07: 402007–08: 352008–09: 262009–10: 342010–11: 302011–12: 342012–13: 242013–14: 342014–15: 472015–16: 452016–17: 412017–18: 352018–19: 352019–20: 522020–21: 482021–22: 432022–23: 372023–24: 442024–25: 5197219741976197819801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024
W by season. Every figure is in the table below.
SeasonWLTOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlay-offs
1972–7312606—301703478th—
1973–74194118—561822478th—
1974–75332522—882642213rdReached the semi-finals
1975–76422117—1012971902ndReached the semi-finals
1976–77472112—1062881932ndReached the semi-finals
1977–78481715—1113342101stReached the quarter-finals
1978–79511514—1163582141stReached the semi-finals
1979–80392813—912812472ndWon the Stanley Cup
1980–81481814—1103552601stWon the Stanley Cup
1981–82541610—1183852501stWon the Stanley Cup
1982–83422612—963022262ndWon the Stanley Cup
1983–8450264—1043572691stLost the Stanley Cup Final
1984–8540346—863453123rdReached the division finals
1985–86392912—903272843rdReached the division semi-finals
1986–87353312—822792813rdReached the division finals
1987–88393110—883082671stReached the division semi-finals
1988–8928475—612653256th—
1989–90313811—732812884thReached the division semi-finals
1990–91254510—602232906th—
1991–92343511—792912995th—
1992–9340377—873352973rdReached the conference finals
1993–94363612—842822644thMade the play-offs
1994–9515285—351261587th—
1995–96225010—542293157th—
1996–97294112—702402507th—
1997–98304111—712122254th—
1998–99244810—581942445th—
1999–00244891581942755th—
2000–01215173521852685th—
2001–02422884962392202ndMade the play-offs
2002–033534112832242313rdMade the play-offs
2003–043829114912372103rdMade the play-offs
2005–063640—6782302784th—
2006–074030—12922482404thMade the play-offs
2007–083538—9791942435th—
2008–092647—9612012795th—
2009–103437—11792222645th—
2010–113039—13732292645th—
2011–123437—11792032555th—
2012–132417—7551391393rdMade the play-offs
2013–143437—11792252678th—
2014–154728—71012522303rdMade the play-offs
2015–164527—101002322164thMade the play-offs
2016–174129—12942412425th—
2017–183537—10802642967th—
2018–193547———————
2019–205238———————
2020–214842———————
2021–224332———————
2022–233745———————
2023–244444———————
2024–2555———————
All-time1837177334714236351146911390

Where this came from

The information used herein was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by the Hockey Databank project. Recent seasons (2018–2024) are from fastRhockey.

Filed under Metropolitan Division · All NHL teams and players