Islanders vs. Senators (Oct 15, 2026)

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Senators OTT

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Islanders

Senators

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

NYI

OTT

+150

Money

-153

Money

o5.5

+102

u5.5

-106

+1.5

-178

-1.5

+170

o5.5

Open

-161

Open

F. Zetterlund Over 1.5 Shots on Goal -113 C. Yakemchuk Over 1.5 Shots on Goal +133

Forward Matchup

B. Horvat

NYI C #14

T. Stutzle

OTT C #18

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Schaefer

NYI D #48

T. Chabot

OTT D #72

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

I. Sorokin

NYI G #30

L. Ullmark

OTT G #35

Wins

.934

Save Pct

.948

1.81

Goals Against Avg

1.27

NYI

Team Stats

OTT

3.17

Goals per Game

2.86

2.5

Goals Against per Game

2.71

26.33

Shots per Game

23.14

27.00

Shots Against per Game

26.71

21.1

Power Play Pct

15.2

82.6

Penalty Kill Pct

78.6

.907

Save Pct

.898

NYI

Injuries

OTT

Alexander Romanov

Out (ACL)

Jake Sanderson

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Mathew Barzal

Out (Knee)

Ridly Greig

Day to day (Strain)

Nikolas Matinpalo

Out (Upper Body)

William Eklund

Out (Ankle)

Kurtis MacDermid

Out (Upper-body)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

NYIOTT

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	2	0	12	13
Capitals	4	3	0	8	2
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Senators	5	2	0	10	2
Lightning	4	2	0	8	1
Panthers	3	2	2	8	-1
Maple Leafs	3	3	1	7	1
Sabres	3	3	1	7	-7
Canadiens	3	3	1	7	-4
Red Wings	1	3	2	4	-6

NYI

Last 5

OTT

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Sat, Oct 10

Mon, Oct 12

Thu, Oct 8

Sat, Oct 10

Tue, Oct 6

Thu, Oct 8

Sat, Oct 3

Tue, Oct 6

Game Info

October 15, 2026

ESPN+

Canadian Tire Centre

Ottawa, Canada

Referees Jean Hebert, Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen Mark Shewchyk, Tommy Hughes

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

D. Batherson +1150

T. Stutzle +1150

B. Horvat +1233

D. Cozens +1567

K. Palmieri +1567

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Burakovsky 0.5 +488 -6567

A. Duclair 0.5 +614 -6567

A. Pelech 0.5 +2226 -9900

A. Zub 0.5 +1076 -4900

B. Horvat 0.5 +203 -217

Points

Line Over Under

B. Horvat 2.5 +1438

B. Schenn 2.5 +1011

C. Giroux 2.5 +1011

C. Yakemchuk 2.5 +900

D. Batherson 2.5 +1150

Assists

Line Over Under

M. Schaefer 2.5 +953

B. Horvat 1.5 +1329

B. Schenn 1.5 +1567

C. Giroux 1.5 +1233

D. Batherson 1.5 +900

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

B. Horvat 2.5 -106 -104

D. Batherson 2.5 +160 -170

D. Cozens 2.5 +135 -160

K. Palmieri 2.5 +199 -770

M. Schaefer 2.5 -117 +106

Power Play Points

Line Over Under

B. Horvat 0.5 +270

B. Schenn 0.5 +317

C. Yakemchuk 0.5 +355

D. Batherson 0.5 +228

D. Cozens 0.5 +300

Saves

Line Over Under

I. Sorokin 25.5 -127

S. Varlamov 25.5 +113 -144

S. Varlamov 24.5 -153

L. Ullmark 22.5 -104 -113

Team Leaders

B. Horvat

M. Schaefer

GWG

S. Holmstrom

SV%

.934

I. Sorokin

Season

Career vs OTT

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	6	4	3	7	+1	2	3	1	0	1	0	20	20.0	50	88	56.8	15	2	1	8	19:27
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	6	0	6	6	+2	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	7	12	25:25
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	6	1	4	5	+2	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	15:16
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	6	2	3	5	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	13	15.4	17	29	58.6	14	3	0	2	15:49
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	6	0	4	4	+5	21	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	15	9	0	6	19:38
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	6	1	2	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	55	98	56.1	16	7	2	3	14:45
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	6	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	16.7	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	15:44
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	6	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	11	18.2	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	15:53
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	6	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	1	0	1	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	15	2	2	2	14:55
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	6	0	2	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	0	9	20:31
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	6	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	16.7	26	50	52.0	7	2	2	1	12:21
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	6	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	2	6	1	8	16:44
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	6	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	1	3	33.3	14	7	2	1	12:43
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	6	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	17	41	41.5	2	5	1	3	14:23
Victor Eklund V. Eklund	6	1	1	2	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	11	2	0	4	13:26
Matthew Kessel M. Kessel	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:51
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	6	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	0	1	12:32
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	13:39
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	9	1	7	18:23
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	3	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	7	2	5	16:34

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	5	5	3	2	0	137	128	.934	9	1.81	1	298
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	1	1	0	1	0	22	19	.864	3	3.03	0	59

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	33	11	14	25	+12	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	70	15.7	342	622	55.0	31	19	12	12	19:07
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	37	5	19	24	+6	8	0	5	0	1	2	0	65	7.7	2	13	15.4	64	27	22	17	16:46
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	30	11	12	23	+5	24	2	7	0	0	1	0	83	13.3	6	14	42.9	35	11	12	9	16:59
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	35	8	13	21	-1	19	2	2	0	0	1	0	62	12.9	134	289	46.4	75	24	13	13	16:51
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	22	5	15	20	+12	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	47	10.6	70	129	54.3	9	14	22	22	19:11
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	23	1	11	12	+14	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	34	2.9	0	0	0	34	51	6	25	18:47
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	34	5	6	11	+7	17	1	0	1	0	2	0	41	12.2	200	370	54.1	68	28	19	8	13:19
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	18	5	4	9	+2	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	33	15.2	0	1	0.0	13	10	5	7	13:51
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	11	2	7	9	-6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	1	2	50.0	3	4	2	10	14:39
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	18	1	6	7	-12	30	1	5	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	0	0	0	15	13	4	12	19:38
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	14	3	4	7	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	11.1	114	217	52.5	33	8	6	9	17:14
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	23	1	6	7	+8	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	20	42	7	12	20:07
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	23	2	3	5	+9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	4.9	0	0	0	25	46	4	20	20:26
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	16	1	2	3	+2	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	0	17	14	3	8	13:29
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	7	1	2	3	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	9	28	32.1	11	4	1	4	9:43
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	6	2	1	3	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	0	1	0.0	22	2	0	0	12:54
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	21	0	2	2	+4	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0	0	44	32	5	24	19:02
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	10	1	1	2	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	3	6	8	6	13:23
Matthew Kessel M. Kessel	4	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	10:56
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	3	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	23:53
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	0	3	15:56

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	17	17	8	5	3	523	474	.906	49	3.01	1	978
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	8	8	5	2	1	246	227	.923	19	2.37	0	481

Team Leaders

T. Stutzle

GWG

S. Halliday

SV%

.948

L. Ullmark

Season

Career vs NYI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	7	5	6	11	+5	2	1	1	1	0	1	13	38.5	51	91	56.0	15	5	2	10	21:48
Shane Pinto S. Pinto	7	1	5	6	+1	6	0	2	0	0	0	11	9.1	50	101	49.5	15	3	3	6	19:53
Claude Giroux C. Giroux	7	1	4	5	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	10.0	44	69	63.8	8	1	1	7	17:25
Drake Batherson D. Batherson	7	3	2	5	+2	6	1	0	0	0	0	15	20.0	1	3	33.3	16	2	3	6	17:21
Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	7	1	3	4	+7	4	0	1	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	5	23	4	10	27:20
Michael Amadio M. Amadio	7	2	2	4	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	22.2	0	1	0.0	4	5	5	5	16:29
Stephen Halliday S. Halliday	7	2	1	3	-3	0	1	1	0	0	2	7	28.6	13	38	34.2	3	8	1	7	10:26
Fabian Zetterlund F. Zetterlund	7	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	1	1	100.0	19	3	1	2	12:50
Carter Yakemchuk C. Yakemchuk	7	1	1	2	-4	2	1	1	0	0	1	10	10.0	0	0	0	1	8	4	9	18:29
Dylan Cozens D. Cozens	7	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	0.0	42	76	55.3	20	4	1	6	18:30
Nick Cousins N. Cousins	7	1	1	2	-2	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	13	5	0	6	9:17
Tyler Kleven T. Kleven	7	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	13	21	1	8	20:58
William Eklund W. Eklund	4	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	13:56
Warren Foegele W. Foegele	7	0	1	1	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	3	33.3	11	2	0	5	11:14
Jordan Spence J. Spence	7	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	5	12	0	7	22:29
Ridly Greig R. Greig	5	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	12	32	37.5	6	5	0	0	16:32
Andre Burakovsky A. Burakovsky	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	13:53
Cameron Crotty C. Crotty	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10:54
Hayden Hodgson H. Hodgson	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	5:23
Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4:29
Nikolas Matinpalo N. Matinpalo	6	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	0	6	15:11

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Linus Ullmark L. Ullmark	5	5	5	0	0	116	110	.948	6	1.27	0	284
	Samuel Ersson S. Ersson	3	2	0	2	0	70	58	.829	12	5.26	0	137

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Claude Giroux C. Giroux	76	26	47	73	+7	36	7	18	0	1	4	0	171	15.2	674	1,205	55.9	62	32	51	59	19:05
Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	15	3	15	18	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	30	81	37.0	16	9	6	13	20:57
Dylan Cozens D. Cozens	20	6	7	13	-6	12	1	1	0	1	1	1	56	10.7	73	174	42.0	26	7	7	7	16:29
Drake Batherson D. Batherson	13	4	8	12	+3	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	34	11.8	1	5	20.0	20	7	5	18	18:31
Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	19	1	10	11	-5	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	48	2.1	0	0	0	10	31	7	25	22:56
Andre Burakovsky A. Burakovsky	28	6	4	10	+5	12	1	0	0	0	3	0	43	14.0	13	17	76.5	8	7	11	10	13:45
Nick Cousins N. Cousins	23	4	5	9	+5	12	0	3	0	0	1	1	34	11.8	27	49	55.1	36	13	10	6	12:04
Shane Pinto S. Pinto	9	3	3	6	+3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	13.0	47	102	46.1	7	5	3	3	17:00
Michael Amadio M. Amadio	13	1	3	4	-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	24	47	51.1	15	6	6	8	14:05
Warren Foegele W. Foegele	16	1	3	4	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	1	3	33.3	19	6	5	7	13:16
Ridly Greig R. Greig	10	2	2	4	0	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	22	9.1	20	44	45.5	19	4	3	3	16:06
Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	10	1	3	4	-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	4	20	6	13	25:00
William Eklund W. Eklund	7	1	3	4	-3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	17	5.9	2	8	25.0	6	4	0	6	18:38
Jordan Spence J. Spence	7	0	3	3	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	7	4	0	8	14:29
Fabian Zetterlund F. Zetterlund	8	0	2	2	-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	2	0.0	14	6	3	3	13:30
Artem Zub A. Zub	11	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	28	20	2	11	21:00
Tyler Kleven T. Kleven	5	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	7	6	4	4	17:43
Nikolas Matinpalo N. Matinpalo	3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	12:21
Kurtis MacDermid K. MacDermid	8	0	0	0	-6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	1	0.0	13	3	2	3	6:08

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Linus Ullmark L. Ullmark	18	18	10	7	1	490	444	.906	46	2.54	1	1085
	Samuel Ersson S. Ersson	7	7	5	1	0	180	162	.900	18	2.70	1	400

New York visits Ottawa after Palmieri's 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 14, 2026

New York Islanders (3-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (5-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Ottawa, Ontario; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders visit the Ottawa Senators after Kyle Palmieri's two-goal game against the Vancouver Canucks in the Islanders' 3-2 win.

Ottawa has a 5-2 record overall and a 2-1-0 record on its home ice. The Senators have committed 35 total penalties (5.0 per game) to rank fourth in league play.

New York has a 0-2-0 record in road games and a 3-3 record overall. The Islanders rank 10th in the league serving 13.2 penalty minutes per game.

The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Senators: Artem Zub: out (knee), Nikolas Matinpalo: out (upper body), Jake Sanderson: out (lower-body), William Eklund: out (ankle), Cameron Crotty: out (illness), Kurtis MacDermid: out (upper-body).

Islanders: Mathew Barzal: out (knee), Alexander Romanov: out (acl).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Islanders NYI

Senators OTT

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Power Play Points

Saves

New York visits Ottawa after Palmieri's 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Kyle Palmieri

Mathew Barzal

Kurtis MacDermid

Cameron Crotty

Alexander Romanov

Artem Zub

Jake Sanderson

William Eklund