4 New York 6th Metropolitan43-33-0-5

3 Columbus 5th Metropolitan40-29-10-2

FINAL 4 FINAL 3 6:00PM ET · Feb 28, 2026

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Islanders vs Blue Jackets Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	OT	Total	In Goal
NYI NY Islanders	0	3	0	1	4	Ilya Sorokin
CLB Columbus	1	2	0	0	3	Jet Greaves

Location Nationwide Arena

Referees Stephen Hiff , Wes McCauley

Linesmen Dylan Blujus, Jonathan Deschamps

Attendance 18,925 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
2:30		I. Lundestrom Assisted by: M. Wood , D. Fabbro
Scoring - Period 2
3:58		M. Marchment Assisted by: C. Coyle , Z. Werenski
11:37		A. Lee Assisted by: J. Pageau , S. Mayfield
11:59		J. Pageau Unassisted
17:10		S. Mayfield Assisted by: M. Barzal ,
18:58		A. Fantilli Assisted by: Z. Werenski ,
Scoring - Period 3
No Scoring
Scoring - Overtime
16:47		S. Holmstrom Assisted by: M. Barzal , T. DeAngelo

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 2
11:59		Bench (2:00) Delay Of Game
13:53		B. Jenner (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 3
No Penalties
Penalties - Overtime
No Penalties

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
NY Islanders	5	11	10	1	27
Columbus	11	16	3	0	30

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
NY Islanders	4	27	14.81	0.00	-	30	0	0
Columbus	3	30	10.00	-	100.00	23	2	4

Goaltending

NY Islanders

NY Islanders Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
I. Sorokin	30	27	3	.900	0	61:47

Columbus

Columbus Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Greaves	27	23	4	.852	0	61:47

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
3	D	A. Pelech	0	0	0	-1	3	30	21:46	21:45	0:01	0:00	-	-	-
4	D	C. Soucy	0	0	0	1	0	21	14:52	14:52	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
6	D	R. Pulock	0	0	0	-1	3	29	19:35	19:35	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
10	RW	S. Holmstrom	1	0	1	3	1	22	16:01	13:26	2:35	0:00	-	-	-
13	C	M. Barzal	0	2	2	E	1	24	20:52	18:35	2:17	0:00	-	-	-
14	C	B. Horvat	0	0	0	E	4	24	22:21	19:36	2:45	0:00	11	7	61
16	C	M. Gatcomb	0	0	0	-1	1	15	10:39	10:39	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
24	D	S. Mayfield	1	1	2	2	4	21	14:19	14:19	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
27	LW	A. Lee	1	0	1	2	1	23	14:03	12:49	1:14	0:00	-	-	-
29	LW	J. Drouin	0	0	0	-1	0	20	19:08	17:32	1:36	0:00	2	5	29
32	C	K. MacLean	0	0	0	-1	0	14	9:07	9:07	0:00	0:00	1	-	100
44	C	J. Pageau	1	1	2	2	2	23	14:17	14:17	0:00	0:00	10	6	62
48	D	M. Schaefer	0	0	0	E	1	30	25:31	22:41	2:50	0:00	-	-	-
51	LW	E. Heineman	0	0	0	-1	1	20	17:01	15:43	1:18	0:00	-	-	-
53	C	C. Cizikas	0	0	0	-1	0	17	9:56	9:56	0:00	0:00	3	2	60
64	C	C. Ritchie	0	0	0	-1	0	18	17:14	14:34	2:40	0:00	3	3	50
77	D	T. DeAngelo	0	1	1	E	1	29	22:11	21:05	1:06	0:00	-	-	-
81	LW	O. Palat	0	0	0	1	4	23	16:28	15:20	1:08	0:00	-	-	-
30	G	I. Sorokin	0	0	0	-	0	-	61:47	57:53	3:54	0:00	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
3	C	C. Coyle	0	1	1	1	0	1	23	18:55	16:42	0:00	2:13	8	10	44
4	C	C. Sillinger	0	0	0	-1	0	4	22	16:34	16:23	0:00	0:11	-	-	-
5	D	D. Mateychuk	0	0	0	-1	0	2	18	15:06	14:19	0:00	0:47	-	-	-
8	D	Z. Werenski	0	2	2	1	0	5	26	28:02	26:48	0:00	1:14	-	-	-
9	D	I. Provorov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	23	19:09	17:01	0:00	2:08	-	-	-
10	LW	D. Voronkov	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	8:31	8:31	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
11	LW	M. Wood	0	1	1	1	0	1	13	8:37	8:37	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
15	D	D. Fabbro	0	1	1	E	0	0	18	14:40	14:05	0:00	0:35	-	-	-
17	LW	M. Marchment	1	0	1	1	0	4	22	19:24	18:18	0:00	1:06	-	-	-
19	C	A. Fantilli	1	0	1	-2	0	2	22	18:21	18:21	0:00	0:00	6	8	43
21	C	I. Lundestrom	1	0	1	1	0	2	15	10:17	8:47	0:00	1:30	1	3	25
23	C	S. Monahan	0	0	0	-1	0	2	23	15:22	13:31	0:00	1:51	7	8	47
24	RW	M. Olivier	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:08	16:08	0:00	0:00	-	1	0
38	C	B. Jenner	0	0	0	-1	2	2	24	15:21	14:30	0:00	0:51	-	-	-
43	LW	D. Heinen	0	0	0	-1	0	2	22	14:07	14:07	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
44	D	E. Gudbranson	0	0	0	E	0	0	23	18:44	16:39	0:00	2:05	-	-	-
78	D	D. Severson	0	0	0	1	0	2	25	26:11	25:12	0:00	0:59	-	-	-
86	RW	K. Marchenko	0	0	0	-2	0	0	22	17:52	17:52	0:00	0:00	1	-	100
73	G	J. Greaves	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	61:47	57:53	0:00	3:54	-	-	-

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	25	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	W 5-4	W +126	o6.0
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	W 5-4 (OT)	W -118	o5.5
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

NY Islanders at

Columbus

Last Meeting ( Dec 28, 2025 ) NY Islanders 2, Columbus 4

Both the New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets picked up Thursday where they left off prior to the Olympic Break.

But only the Islanders were rewarded with two points -- which puts the Blue Jackets in the more urgent position when New York visits Columbus on Saturday.

Both teams were off Friday after returning to action on the road Thursday night. The Islanders overcame an early two-goal deficit to edge the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime, while the Blue Jackets' seven-game winning streak ended with a 4-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

The win was the third straight for the Islanders, who once again displayed the resilience and mix of youth and experience that has defined their surprising surge into contention.

New York, which missed the playoffs by nine points last year, entered Friday in third place in the Metropolitan Division, one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins, four points ahead of the Washington Capitals and six points clear of the Blue Jackets in the race for the division's final guaranteed playoff spot.

Defenseman Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in last June's draft and the overwhelming favorite to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, scored twice in a span of 55 seconds Thursday to even the score late in the second. Schaefer's 18 goals are the most in NHL history for a defenseman 18 years old or younger and the most in franchise history for a rookie defenseman.

Anders Lee, appearing in his 900th NHL game, redirected Bo Horvat's shot with 1:41 left to force overtime before 33-year-old Jean-Gabriel Pageau collected the game-winner 1:46 into overtime.

The Islanders are 7-0 in games decided in overtime after going 5-9 in overtime last season.

"Character -- that's the first word I have in mind, and that's what we've been doing," Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said. "I mean, they're fun to watch. Even if we were down two goals, I felt we were composed and we just kept playing our game."

Few teams had more fun entering the Olympic Break than the Blue Jackets, who outscored their opponents 30-13 during the seven-game surge while improving to 10-1-0 since Rick Bowness replaced Dean Evason as head coach Jan. 12.

The Blue Jackets displayed little rust Thursday night, when they racked up 20 shots in the first period and took the lead on Kirill Marchenko's goal at the 4:32 mark. Columbus outshot the Bruins 40-23 overall, but Boston's Victor Arvidsson, Morgan Geekie and Sean Kuraly scored three consecutive goals over a span of 35-plus minutes bridging the three periods.

The loss dropped the Blue Jackets six points behind the Bruins in the race for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Columbus was in last place in the East, seven points out of a wild-card spot and seven points back of the third-place Philadelphia Flyers, when Bowness took over for Evason.

"You play that way, you're going to win a lot of games," Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski said. "I feel like everything's kind of gone right for us the last 12 games. Even when we weren't necessarily maybe playing our best, we were winning games. And (Thursday), we play one of our better games, and it just didn't work out. That's hockey."

--Field Level Media

NYI vs CLBInjury report

New York's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
M. Shabanov	RW	Day To Day - Upper Body( Apr 11, '26)	Apr 11, '26
Shabanov did not play in Sunday's (Apr. 12) game against the Canadiens.
A. Romanov	D	Out - Shoulder( Apr 11, '26)	Apr 11, '26
Romanov will miss the final two games of the regular season, according to Stefen Rosner of NHL.com on Sunday (Apr. 12).
P. Engvall	LW	Out For Season - Ankle( Mar 11, '26)	Mar 11, '26
The New York Islanders said on Thursday (Mar. 12) that Engvall will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign, per Stefen Rosner of NHL.com.
S. Varlamov	G	Out For Season - Knee( Mar 11, '26)	Mar 11, '26
The New York Islanders said on Thursday (Mar. 12) that Varlamov will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign, per Stefen Rosner of NHL.com.
K. Palmieri	C	Out For Season - Knee( Nov 29, '25)	Nov 29, '25
The New York Islanders placed F Kyle Palmieri on injured reserve on Sunday (Nov. 30) and has undergone season-ending knee surgery.

New York Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Brayden Schenn
LW	11	Anthony Duclair
C	13	Mathew Barzal
C	14	Bo Horvat
C	16	Marc Gatcomb
LW	27	Anders Lee
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
RW	92	Simon Holmstrom

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	36	Isaiah George
D	48	Matthew Schaefer
D	77	Tony DeAngelo

Columbus's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
D. Severson	D	Out For Season - Shoulder( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
The Blue Jackets announced on Friday (Apr. 3) that Severson underwent successful shoulder surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
D. Voronkov	LW	Out - Hand( Mar 31, '26)	Mar 31, '26
The Blue Jackets announced on Wednesday (Apr. 1) that Voronkov is expected to be sidelined for at least 10 days due to his hand injury, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site.
M. Olivier	RW	Out - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Blue Jackets said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Olivier is expected to be out for a couple of weeks, Jeff Svoboda of the team's official site.
B. Smith	D	Out - Knee( 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	27	Zach Aston-Reese
C	38	Boone Jenner
LW	43	Danton Heinen
C	65	Luca Del Bel Belluz
RW	83	Conor Garland
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

GoaltendersLast 5

NY Islanders
Columbus

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.901

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	25	.880	-	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
7.88	1st Period	8.39
8.81	2nd Period	9.46
7.41	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
0.12	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	1037	949	0.915	21-13-2
Semyon Varlamov	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Islanders vs Blue Jackets Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

NYI vs CLBRecords

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Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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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

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