New York Islanders Depth Chart 2025-26

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	M. BarzalMathew Barzal	B. Horvat Islanders' Bo Horvat: Goal streak at three games Bo Horvat Islanders' Bo Horvat: Goal streak at three games	C. Ritchie Islanders' Calum Ritchie: First career power-play snipe Calum Ritchie Islanders' Calum Ritchie: First career power-play snipe C. Cizikas Islanders' Casey Cizikas: Yet another empty netter Casey Cizikas Islanders' Casey Cizikas: Yet another empty netter J. Pageau Islanders' Jean-Gabriel Pageau: Could return Sunday Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Dec 7 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Islanders' Jean-Gabriel Pageau: Could return Sunday Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Dec 7
Left Wing	A. LeeAnders Lee	E. HeinemanEmil Heineman	A. DuclairAnthony Duclair K. MacLeanKyle MacLean P. Engvall Ankle: IR. Out for the season Pierre Engvall Ankle: IR. Out for the season
Right Wing	M. TsyplakovMaxim Tsyplakov	M. ShabanovMaxim Shabanov	S. HolmstromSimon Holmstrom M. Gatcomb Islanders' Marc Gatcomb: Logs first assist of season Mark Gatcomb Islanders' Marc Gatcomb: Logs first assist of season J. Drouin Islanders' Jonathan Drouin: Not on road trip Back: Expected to be out until at least Dec 9 Jonathan Drouin Islanders' Jonathan Drouin: Not on road trip Back: Expected to be out until at least Dec 9 K. Palmieri Knee: IR. Out for the season Kyle Palmieri Knee: IR. Out for the season
Left Defenseman	M. SchaeferMatthew Schaefer	A. Pelech Islanders' Adam Pelech: Ends point drought with goal Adam Pelech Islanders' Adam Pelech: Ends point drought with goal	A. BoqvistAdam Boqvist T. MitchellTravis Mitchell A. Romanov Shoulder: IR. Out for the season Alexander Romanov Shoulder: IR. Out for the season
Right Defenseman	R. PulockRyan Pulock	T. DeAngeloTony DeAngelo	S. MayfieldScott Mayfield E. Bear Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 30 Ethan Bear Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 30
Goalie	I. Sorokin Islanders' Ilya Sorokin: Third shutout this season Ilya Sorokin Islanders' Ilya Sorokin: Third shutout this season	D. RittichDavid Rittich	S. Varlamov Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 28 Semyon Varlamov Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 28