2015–16 New York Islanders season

2015–16 New York Islanders
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	5th Eastern
2015–16 record	45–27–10
Home record	25–11–5
Road record	20–16–5
Goals for	232
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Garth Snow
Coach	Jack Capuano
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Frans Nielsen Kyle Okposo
Arena	Barclays Center
Average attendance	13,626 (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (33)
Assists	Kyle Okposo (42)
Points	John Tavares (70)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Martin (119)
Plus/minus	Johnny Boychuk (+17)
Wins	Thomas Greiss (23)
Goals against average	Jaroslav Halak (2.30)
<2014–15 2016–17>

The 2015–16 New York Islanders season was the 44th season in the franchise's history. 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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia		Greiss	––	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Halak	5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 23	New Jersey	1–2	NY Islanders		Poulin	7,046	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia		Gibson	17,369	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 25	NY Islanders	2–4	New Jersey		Williams	8,871	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 26	NY Islanders	3–5	Carolina		Greiss	––	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
A – indicates split-squad game. B – game to be played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. C – game to be played at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
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 Chicago 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 10 NY Islanders 1–4 Chicago Berube 21,392 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Winnipeg 2–4 NY Islanders Greiss 11,183 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 15 Nashville 3–4 NY Islanders Greiss 10,542 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 17 San Jose 3–6 NY Islanders Halak 11,577 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 20 NY Islanders 4–0 Columbus Halak 14,295 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 23 Boston 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,113 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 24 NY Islanders 3–2 St. Louis OT Greiss 19,186 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 26 Calgary 0–4 NY Islanders Halak 11,582 6–2–1 13 Recap 10 October 29 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 11,494 6–2–2 14 Recap 11 October 31 NY Islanders 2–3 New Jersey 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 Buffalo 2–1 NY Islanders Greiss 11,278 6–3–3 15 Recap 13 November 3 New Jersey 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 12,122 7–3–3 17 Recap 14 November 5 NY Islanders 1–4 Montreal Halak 21,288 7–4–3 17 Recap 15 November 8 Boston 2–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,197 7–5–3 17 Recap 16 November 10 NY Islanders 4–2 San Jose Greiss 16,558 8–5–3 19 Recap 17 November 12 NY Islanders 1–2 Los Angeles Halak 18,230 8–6–3 19 Recap 18 November 13 NY Islanders 4–1 Anaheim Greiss 17,174 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 16 Arizona 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 11,841 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 20 Montreal 5–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,171 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 22 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Greiss 21,288 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 25 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 13,027 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 27 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida SO Halak 14,598 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 November 28 NY Islanders 3–2 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 November 30 Colorado 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 NY Rangers 1–2 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,795 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 4 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 12,873 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Ottawa OT Halak 17,281 15–8–5 35 Recap 29 December 8 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Halak 18,108 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 12 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Halak 12,342 17–8–5 39 Recap 31 December 13 New Jersey 0–4 NY Islanders Greiss 13,259 18–8–5 41 Recap 32 December 15 Florida 5–1 NY Islanders Halak 13,656 18–9–5 41 Recap 33 December 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Colorado Greiss 15,811 18–10–5 41 Recap 34 December 19 NY Islanders 0–1 Arizona Halak 11,878 18–11–5 41 Recap 35 December 21 Anaheim 2–5 NY Islanders Halak 13,578 19–11–5 43 Recap 36 December 27 Toronto 3–1 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 19–12–5 43 Recap 37 December 29 NY Islanders 6–3 Toronto Greiss 19,899 20–12–5 45 Recap 38 December 31 NY Islanders 2–1 Buffalo 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 Pittsburgh Greiss 18,665 21–13–5 47 Recap 40 January 3 Dallas 5–6 NY Islanders Greiss 14,054 22–13–5 49 Recap 41 January 7 Washington 4–1 NY Islanders Halak 14,261 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Philadelphia Halak 19,874 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 12 Columbus 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,115 23–15–5 51 Recap 44 January 14 NY Rangers 1–3 NY Islanders Halak 15,795 24–15–5 53 Recap 45 January 17 Vancouver 2–1 NY Islanders SO Halak 15,795 24–15–6 54 Recap 46 January 22 NY Islanders 5–2 Ottawa Halak 18,305 25–15–6 56 Recap – January 23 Philadelphia NY Islanders Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 47 January 25 Detroit 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 Minnesota 3–5 NY Islanders Berube 13,331 26–16–6 58 Recap 49 February 4 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington Halak 18,506 26–17–6 58 Recap 50 February 6 NY Islanders 1–5 Detroit Halak 20,027 26–18–6 58 Recap 51 February 7 Edmonton 1–8 NY Islanders Greiss 14,030 27–18–6 60 Recap 52 February 9 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus SO Halak 14,303 28–18–6 62 Recap 53 February 11 Los Angeles 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,643 29–18–6 64 Recap 54 February 13 NY Islanders 3–6 Carolina Halak 12,665 29–19–6 64 Recap 55 February 15 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Greiss 15,795 30–19–6 66 Recap 56 February 18 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders OT Greiss 15,795 30–19–7 67 Recap 57 February 19 NY Islanders 1–0 New Jersey Halak 16,514 31–19–7 69 Recap 58 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Minnesota Halak 19,085 32–19–7 71 Recap 59 February 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Calgary OT Halak 19,289 33–19–7 73 Recap 60 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Edmonton 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 Vancouver Greiss 18,264 34–20–7 75 Recap 62 March 3 NY Islanders 4–3 Winnipeg OT Greiss 15,294 35–20–7 77 Recap 63 March 6 NY Islanders 6–4 NY Rangers Halak 18,006 36–20–7 79 Recap 64 March 8 Pittsburgh 1–2 NY Islanders Halak 14,724 37–20–7 81 Recap 65 March 9 NY Islanders 3–4 Toronto SO Greiss 18,889 37–20–8 82 Recap 66 March 12 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Greiss 17,565 37–21–8 82 Recap 67 March 14 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss 14,106 38–21–8 84 Recap 68 March 15 NY Islanders 1–2 Pittsburgh SO Berube 18,456 38–21–9 85 Recap 69 March 17 NY Islanders 2–4 Nashville Greiss 17,113 38–22–9 85 Recap 70 March 19 NY Islanders 0–3 Dallas Greiss 18,532 38–23–9 85 Recap 71 March 21 Philadelphia 4–1 NY Islanders Greiss 14,329 38–24–9 85 Recap 72 March 23 Ottawa 1–3 NY Islanders Berube 13,837 39–24–9 87 Recap 73 March 25 NY Islanders 4–7 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 39–25–9 87 Recap 74 March 26 NY Islanders 4–3 Carolina OT Berube 11,636 40–25–9 89 Recap 75 March 29 Carolina 1–2 NY Islanders SO Greiss 13,733 41–25–9 91 Recap 76 March 31 Columbus 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 Pittsburgh 5–0 NY Islanders Berube 15,795 42–26–9 93 Recap 78 April 4 Tampa Bay 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 13,106 43–26–9 95 Recap 79 April 5 NY Islanders 4–3 Washington OT Gibson 18,506 44–26–9 97 Recap 80 April 7 NY Islanders 4–1 NY Rangers Greiss 18,006 45–26–9 99 Recap 81 April 9 Buffalo 4–3 NY Islanders OT Gibson 14,811 45–26–10 100 Recap 82 April 10 Philadelphia 5–2 NY Islanders Gibson 14,244 45–27–10 100 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Greiss 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 Greiss 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:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
John Tavares	78	33	37	70	6	38
Kyle Okposo	79	22	42	64	−4	51
Frans Nielsen	81	20	32	52	1	12
Brock Nelson	81	26	14	40	−3	30
Nick Leddy	81	5	35	40	−9	25
Anders Lee	80	15	21	36	−2	51
Josh Bailey	81	12	20	32	−7	22
Casey Cizikas	80	8	21	29	4	31
Ryan Strome	71	8	20	28	−9	28
Johnny Boychuk	70	9	16	25	17	31
Mikhail Grabovski	58	9	16	25	3	33
Cal Clutterbuck	77	15	8	23	7	22
Nikolay Kulemin	81	9	13	22	13	22
Travis Hamonic	72	5	16	21	−5	35
Matt Martin	80	10	9	19	2	119
Thomas Hickey	62	6	12	18	9	30
Marek Zidlicky	53	4	12	16	5	20
Calvin de Haan	72	2	14	16	3	20
Steve Bernier	24	1	5	6	3	9
Brian Strait	52	1	5	6	1	31
Shane Prince†	20	3	2	5	3	4
Ryan Pulock	15	2	2	4	1	5
Adam Pelech	9	0	2	2	−1	0
Alan Quine	2	1	0	1	0	0
Scott Mayfield	6	1	0	1	−4	11
Bracken Kearns	2	0	1	1	1	4
Eric Boulton	6	0	0	0	−3	2
Ross Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	4
Taylor Beck‡	2	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
John Tavares	11	6	5	11	−3	6
Kyle Okposo	11	2	6	8	−3	4
Frans Nielsen	11	3	3	6	−3	2
Alan Quine	10	1	4	5	−1	2
Brock Nelson	11	1	4	5	−5	6
Thomas Hickey	11	1	4	5	−5	8
Shane Prince	11	3	1	4	−1	0
Ryan Strome	8	1	3	4	1	2
Nick Leddy	11	1	3	4	1	0
Nikolay Kulemin	11	1	3	4	−5	2
Josh Bailey	9	2	1	3	−4	2
Cal Clutterbuck	11	2	1	3	−2	12
Travis Hamonic	11	1	2	3	−2	8
Ryan Pulock	6	1	2	3	−4	0
Casey Cizikas	11	0	3	3	−1	16
Calvin de Haan	11	0	2	2	−5	2
Marek Zidlicky	5	0	1	1	2	4
Matt Martin	11	0	0	0	−1	12
Steve Bernier	6	0	0	0	−2	0
Johnny Boychuk	11	0	0	0	−7	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Thomas Greiss	41	38	2287	23	11	4	90	2.36	1197	0.925	1	0	1	2
Jaroslav Halak	36	36	2091	18	13	4	80	2.30	984	0.919	3	0	1	0
Jean-Francois Berube	7	6	399	3	2	1	18	2.71	210	0.914	0	0	0	0
Christopher Gibson	4	2	194	1	1	1	11	3.40	93	0.882	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Thomas Greiss	11	11	733	5	6	2	30	2.46	388	.923	0	0	0	0
Jean-Francois Berube	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
John Tavares	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
John Tavares	NHL All-Star game replacement captain	January 28, 2016
John Tavares	NHL First Star of the Week	April 11, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Jean-Francois Berube	1st Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
Nikolay Kulemin	100th Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2015
Cal Clutterbuck	500th Career NHL Game	October 17, 2015
Frans Nielsen	100th Career NHL Goal 200th Career NHL Assist 300th Career NHL Point	October 17, 2015
Johnny Boychuk	400th Career NHL Game	October 23, 2015
Adam Pelech	1st Career NHL Game	November 13, 2015
Marek Zidlicky	800th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2015
Kyle Okposo	200th Career NHL Assist	November 16, 2015
Thomas Greiss	100th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2015
Mikhail Grabovski	500th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2015
Josh Bailey	500th Career NHL Game	November 30, 2015
Christopher Gibson	1st Career NHL Game	January 2, 2016
Matt Martin	400th Career NHL Game	January 9, 2016
Adam Pelech	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Assist	January 13, 2016
Brock Nelson	200th Career NHL Game	January 22, 2016
Travis Hamonic	100th Career NHL Assist	January 22, 2016
Jean-Francois Berube	1st Career NHL Win	February 2. 2016
Kyle Okposo	500th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2016
Brock Nelson	100th Career NHL Point	February 15, 2016
Ryan Pulock	1st Career NHL Game	February 28, 2016
Jack Capuano	200th Career NHL Head Coaching Win	March 3, 2016
Jaroslav Halak	200th Career NHL Win	March 8, 2016
Nick Leddy	400th Career NHL Game	March 8, 2016
John Tavares	200th Career NHL Goal	March 12, 2016
Ryan Pulock	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	March 17, 2016
John Tavares	500th Career NHL Game	March 21, 2016
Frans Nielsen	600th Career NHL Game	March 29, 2016
Christopher Gibson	1st Career NHL Win	April 5, 2016
Scott Mayfield	1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	April 9, 2016
Alan Quine	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Point 1st Career NHL Goal	April 9, 2016
Ross Johnston	1st Career NHL Game	April 10, 2016
Ryan Pulock	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	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart	To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2015
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	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
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015
September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner	To New York Islanders Taylor Beck Carter Verhaeghe Matt Finn Tom Nilsson Christopher Gibson
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Colorado Avalanche Taylor Beck	To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Cliche
	To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2016	To New York Islanders Shane Prince 7th-round pick in 2016

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Thomas Greiss	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $3 million
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Justin Florek	Providence Bruins	1 year, $725,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Ben Holmstrom	Charlotte Checkers	1 year, $750,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Bracken Kearns	Espoo Blues	1 year, $775,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Justin Vaive	Hartford Wolf Pack	1 year, $650,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Joe Whitney	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $750,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	James Wright	KHL Medvescak Zagreb	1 year, $800,000
July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)	Louis Leblanc	Norfolk Admirals	1 year, $605,000
September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)	Steve Bernier	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $750,000
September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)	Marek Zidlicky	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $1.5 million

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Matt Donovan	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $825,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Kael Mouillierat	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Aaron Ness	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Michal Neuvirth	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $3.25 million
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Brett Gallant	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $1.5 million
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Colin McDonald	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $625,000
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Harry Zolnierczyk	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000
October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27)	Lubomir Visnovsky	HC Slovan Bratislava	undisclosed

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date
Jean-Francois Berube	Los Angeles Kings	October 6, 2015

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date
Kevin Poulin	Tampa Bay Lightning	September 27, 2015

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Anders Lee	4 years, $15 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Thomas Hickey	3 years, $6.6 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Kirill Petrov	1 year, entry-level contract
August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11)	Kevin Poulin	1 year, $600,000
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)	Mathew Barzal	3 years, entry-level contract
September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)	Brock Nelson	3 years, $7.5 million
October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)	Eric Boulton	1 year, $575,000
October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)	Anthony Beauvillier	3 years, entry-level contract
March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)	Eamon McAdam	3 years, entry-level contract
March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)	Kyle Schempp	2 years, entry-level contract
April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	Devon Toews	3 years, entry-level contract
May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)	Parker Wotherspoon	3 years, entry-level contract
June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)	Bracken Kearns	1 year, $800,000
June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)	Ben Holmstrom	1 year, $800,000
June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)	Casey Cizikas	5 years, $16.75 million

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		Linkopings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Draft notes

• 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.

  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.

• 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). 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.
• 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.

  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). 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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). 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.
• 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.

References