Ethan Sears

He has an abysmal 35.28 expected goals rate at five-on-five, and that’s despite playing a significant chunk of minutes alongside Mat Barzal, whose 47.47 xGF rate is fifth on the Islanders. 

For the 24-year-old who grew up in Laurel Hollow rooting for the Islanders, it still constituted an afternoon lifted straight from his dreams — quite literally.

It’s unclear when the Islanders will get Alexander Romanov back from an upper-body injury.

That is in part due to a change in terminology and in part because the Islanders are trying to be more aggressive this season.

The Islanders are still slated to host the 2027 All-Star Game and skills competition.

No. 1 beat No. 2 and the Islanders got win No. 3.

The Islanders made it just six games into the season before making a change to their coaching staff. 

When Patrick Roy took over behind the Islanders’ bench and guided them into the 2024 playoffs, much of the reason was a dramatic improvement in the defensive zone.

This was the time for Roy to bend his own rule about not getting involved with coaching the goaltenders.

The afternoon start time ensured that the Islanders would be the NHL’s first team to start 0-3, and while it is only a small snippet of the 82-game marathon, there is plenty to worry about.