New York 3rd Metropolitan33-21-0-5

Columbus 5th Metropolitan29-21-6-1

6:00PM ET February 28, 2026

Islanders vs Blue Jackets Game Overview

NYI vs CLBRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
NYI	33-21-5	30-29-0	26-31-2	17-11-3	16-10-2
CLB	29-21-7	30-27-0	26-27-4	14-13-3	15-8-4

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

5-5 Even

Over / Under

4-4-2

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Dec 28, '25	CLB	4 - 2	CLB -140	P6.0	35	26	0-4	0-2
Nov 02, '25	NYI	3 - 2	NYI -126	u6.5	39	22	1-2	0-4
Apr 17, '25	CLB	6 - 1	CLB -194	o6.5	26	37	0-0	0-1
Mar 24, '25	NYI	4 - 3 (SO)	CLB +109	o6.0	33	30	0-3	0-1
Jan 20, '25	NYI	3 - 1	NYI -184	u5.5	25	26	1-2	1-4
Oct 30, '24	CLB	2 - 0	CLB +112	u5.5	26	26	0-0	0-1
Apr 04, '24	CLB	4 - 2	NYI -192	P6.0	27	41	1-1	1-3
Dec 07, '23	NYI	7 - 3	NYI -181	o6.5	36	35	1-2	0-1
Oct 28, '23	CLB	2 - 0	NYI -139	u6.5	34	34	0-3	0-3
Mar 24, '23	CLB	5 - 4 (OT)	CLB +199	o6.5	27	38	2-4	1-1

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-4-0-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

$138

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 26, '26	@ MON	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +122	o6.0	26	24	1-2	2-3
Feb 05, '26	@ NJ	W 3 - 1	W -110	u5.5	14	24	0-1	0-1
Feb 03, '26	PIT	W 5 - 4 (OT)	W -102	o5.5	23	35	0-2	0-2
Feb 02, '26	@ WAS	L 1 - 4	L +108	u6.5	30	24	0-2	0-4
Jan 31, '26	NAS	L 3 - 4	L -120	o5.5	30	42	0-2	1-2
Jan 29, '26	@ NYR	W 2 - 1	W -142	u6.0	21	21	0-3	1-3
Jan 28, '26	NYR	W 5 - 2	W -152	o6.0	36	16	2-5	1-2
Jan 26, '26	@ PHI	W 4 - 0	W -110	u5.5	23	21	1-3	0-3
Jan 24, '26	BUF	L 0 - 5	L -105	u6.5	26	20	0-3	0-2
Jan 21, '26	@ SEA	L 1 - 4	L -118	u5.5	25	24	1-7	1-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 01, '26	FLA	L 1-4	L +136	u6.0
Mar 04, '26	@ ANA	W 5-2	W -115	o6.5
Mar 05, '26	@ LA	L 1-4	L +160	u5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

8-2-0-0

Over / Under

4-5-1

$473

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 26, '26	@ BOS	L 2 - 4	L -105	u6.5	40	22	0-1	1-3
Feb 04, '26	CHI	W 4 - 0	W -160	u5.5	20	21	0-1	0-3
Feb 03, '26	@ NJ	W 3 - 0	W -108	u6.0	25	24	0-2	0-3
Jan 31, '26	@ STL	W 5 - 3	W -114	o6.0	23	33	1-2	1-4
Jan 30, '26	@ CHI	W 4 - 2	W -166	p6.0	26	24	1-3	0-2
Jan 28, '26	PHI	W 5 - 3	W -120	o6.5	31	27	0-3	0-5
Jan 24, '26	TB	W 8 - 5	W +100	o6.5	31	30	1-2	1-2
Jan 22, '26	DAL	W 1 - 0	W -110	u6.0	22	28	0-1	0-2
Jan 20, '26	OTT	L 1 - 4	L -110	u6.5	22	20	0-3	0-3
Jan 17, '26	@ PIT	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -104	o6.5	26	33	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 02, '26	@ NYR	L 1-2 (SO)	L -102	u6.5
Mar 03, '26	NAS	L 1-2	L -102	u6.5
Mar 05, '26	FLA	L 6-7 (OT)	L +140	o6.0

NYI vs CLB Preview

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NYI vs CLBInjury report

New York's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
K. Palmieri	C	Out - Knee( Nov 29, '25)	Nov 29, '25
The New York Islanders placed F Kyle Palmieri on injured reserve on Sunday (Nov. 30).
A. Romanov	D	Out For Season - Upper-body( Nov 22, '25)	Nov 22, '25
The Islanders reported on Sunday (Nov. 23) that Romanov will have surgery and be out for 5-6 months.
P. Engvall	LW	Out - Ankle( Oct 22, '25)	Oct 22, '25
The New York Islanders placed F Pierre Engvall on long-term injured reserve on Thursday (Oct. 23).
S. Varlamov	G	Out - Knee( Oct 05, '25)	Oct 05, '25
The New York Islanders placed G Semyon Varlamov on injured reserve on Monday (Oct. 6).

New York Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Simon Holmstrom
LW	11	Anthony Duclair
C	13	Mathew Barzal
C	14	Bo Horvat
C	16	Marc Gatcomb
LW	27	Anders Lee
LW	29	Jonathan Drouin
C	32	Kyle MacLean
C	44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau
RW	49	Max Shabanov
LW	51	Emil Heineman
C	53	Casey Cizikas
C	64	Calum Ritchie
LW	81	Ondrej Palat

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	3	Adam Pelech
D	4	Carson Soucy
D	6	Ryan Pulock
D	24	Scott Mayfield
G	30	Ilya Sorokin
G	33	David Rittich
D	34	Adam Boqvist
D	48	Matthew Schaefer
D	77	Tony DeAngelo

Columbus's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
B. Smith	D	Out - Leg( Jan 07, '26)	Jan 07, '26
The Columbus Blue Jackets said on Thursday (Jan. 8) that Smith underwent successful surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and is expected to make a full recovery in 3-4 months.

Columbus Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	3	Charlie Coyle
C	4	Cole Sillinger
LW	10	Dmitri Voronkov
LW	11	Miles Wood
LW	17	Mason Marchment
C	19	Adam Fantilli
C	21	Isac Lundestrom
C	23	Sean Monahan
RW	24	Mathieu Olivier
C	38	Boone Jenner
LW	43	Danton Heinen
RW	86	Kirill Marchenko
C	91	Kent Johnson

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	2	Jake Christiansen
D	5	Denton Mateychuk
D	6	Egor Zamula
D	8	Zach Werenski
D	9	Ivan Provorov
D	15	Dante Fabbro
D	44	Erik Gudbranson
G	73	Jet Greaves
D	78	Damon Severson
G	90	Elvis Merzlikins

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.900

NY Islanders Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
I.Sorokin	Feb 26, 2026	MON 3 - NYI 4 (OT)	W	3	24	.875	-	W +122	o6.0
I.Sorokin	Feb 5, 2026	NJ 1 - NYI 3	W	1	24	.958	-	W -110	u5.5
I.Sorokin	Feb 3, 2026	NYI 5 - PIT 4 (OT)	W	4	35	.886	-	W -102	o5.5
D.Rittich	Feb 2, 2026	WAS 4 - NYI 1	L	3	24	.875	-	L +108	u6.5
I.Sorokin	Jan 31, 2026	NYI 3 - NAS 4	L	4	42	.905	-	L -120	o5.5

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

1.60

Save %

.938

Columbus Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
E.Merzlikins	Feb 26, 2026	BOS 4 - CLB 2	L	3	22	.864	-	L -105	u6.5
J.Greaves	Feb 4, 2026	CLB 4 - CHI 0	W	0	21	1.00	-	W -160	u5.5
E.Merzlikins	Feb 3, 2026	NJ 0 - CLB 3	W	0	24	1.00	-	W -108	u6.0
J.Greaves	Jan 31, 2026	STL 3 - CLB 5	W	3	33	.909	-	W -114	o6.0
E.Merzlikins	Jan 30, 2026	CHI 2 - CLB 4	W	2	24	.917	-	W -166	p6.0

NYI vs CLBStats

Offense vs Defense

NYINY Islanders Offense
CLBColumbus Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.93	Total	3.18
0.81	1st Period	0.74
1.03	2nd Period	1.05
0.90	3rd Period	1.26
0.12	OT	0.11

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.42	Total	30.14
7.76	1st Period	8.39
8.53	2nd Period	9.46
7.15	3rd Period	9.39
0.63	OT	0.54

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.89
0.10	1st Period	0.91
0.12	2nd Period	0.89
0.13	3rd Period	0.87
0.19	OT	0.81

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
28 - 174	G/Att vs. GA/Att	37 - 162
16.09	PP % vs. PK %	77.16

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
NY Islanders Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
David Rittich	590	531	0.900	12-8-3
Ilya Sorokin	1036	948	0.915	21-13-2
Semyon Varlamov	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Islanders vs Blue Jackets Game Overview

NYI vs CLBRecords

NYI vs CLBRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

NYI vs CLB Preview

NYI vs CLBInjury report

New York's Injuries

New York Starters Last Game

Columbus's Injuries

Columbus Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

NYI vs CLBStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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