The New York Islanders were led by John Tavares in 2013. The Isles made the playoffs and Tavares was a finalist for the MVP. Things are looking up on Long Island. Take a look back at a successful season for the Isles.
Team Name: New York Islanders
Record: 24-17-7, 3rd in Atlantic, Lost 4-2 to Pittsburgh in Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Player of the Season: Tavares led the team with a 28-19–47 stat line including 16 points on the power play (9G, 7A) that got him nominated for the NHL MVP honors and rightly so.
Breakout of the Season: Josh Bailey put out a season of 11-8–19 with a career-best +7 rating. Bailey should get over the 40-point barrier next season. A 50-point campaign isn’t out of the question if he gets more time on the power play.
Disappointment of the Season: The Islanders outperformed everyone’s expectation so there isn’t much of anyone who can be singled out as a disappointment.
Team Analysis: Goaltender Evgeni Nabokov made this his team in goal and sent Rick DiPietro packing. Nabokov’s numbers (23-11-7, 2.50 GAA and .910 save percentage) were solid and made him a great value in goal. He finished in the top 10 in most leagues and still had an ADP of 185.
2013-2014 Story Lines: Who will be the captain of this team after Mark Streit was sent to Philadelphia?
2013-2014 Fantasy Guys to Have: Tavares, Moulson, Boyes, Michael Grabner, Nabokov, Lubomir Visnovsky
Guys On the Fringe: Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey, Colin McDonald
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | SOG | SPCT |
| John Tavares, C | 48 | 28 | 19 | 47 | -2 | 18 | 20:46 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 17.3 |
| Matt Moulson, LW | 47 | 15 | 29 | 44 | -3 | 4 | 19:09 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 9.7 |
| Brad Boyes, C | 48 | 10 | 25 | 35 | -6 | 16 | 18:13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 10.3 |
| Frans Nielsen, C | 48 | 6 | 23 | 29 | -3 | 12 | 18:01 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 6.5 |
| Mark Streit, D | 48 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -14 | 22 | 23:21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 7.2 |
| Kyle Okposo, RW | 48 | 4 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 38 | 16:57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 4.0 |
| Michael Grabner, RW | 45 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 14:48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 14.8 |
| Josh Bailey, C | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 16:23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14.5 |
| Colin McDonald, RW | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 32 | 11:22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8.5 |
| Casey Cizikas, C | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 10:47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky, D | 35 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 22:48 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Keith Aucoin, C | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 4 | 12:30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Andrew MacDonald, D | 48 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 20 | 23:31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Matt Martin, LW | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 63 | 11:54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Travis Hamonic, D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 28 | 22:48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 3.6 |
| David Ullstrom, LW | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Marty Reasoner, C | 31 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 4 | 11:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Thomas Hickey, D | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Brian Strait, D | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Radek Martinek, D | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 | 16:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Matt Carkner, D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 46 | 12:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Jesse Joensuu, LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Anders Lee, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 8:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Joe Finley, D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 20 | 11:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Eric Boulton, LW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 36 | 5:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| PLAYER | GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | TOI | SV | SV% | SHO | TGA | TSA | PIM |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2.50 | 2475:24 | 1036 | .910 | 3 | 103 | 1139 | 6 |
| Kevin Poulin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.03 | 257:37 | 109 | .893 | 0 | 13 | 122 | 0 |
| Rick DiPietro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.10 | 175:36 | 71 | .855 | 0 | 12 | 83 | 0 |
