Islanders vs. Stars (Oct 25, 2026)

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Islanders NYI

5-3-2

5-3-2 in Last 10

Stars DAL

6-3-1

6-3-1 in Last 10

Preview

Islanders

Stars

Predictions

Notes

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Predictions

Lines as of 10:21 AM

DAL 64%

Now

36% NYI

NYI DAL

+170

-174

o5.5

+111

u5.5

-113

+1.5

-156

-1.5

+150

o5.5

Open

-200

Open

J. Robertson Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -174

T. Harley Over 1.5 Shots on Goal -141

Forward Matchup

B. Horvat

NYI C #14

M. Rantanen

DAL RW #96

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Schaefer

NYI D #48

M. Heiskanen

DAL D #4

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

I. Sorokin

NYI G #30

J. Oettinger

DAL G #29

Wins

.934

Save Pct

.939

1.72

Goals Against Avg

1.23

NYI

Team Stats

DAL

2.9

Goals per Game

2.5

2.2

Goals Against per Game

1.6

26.70

Shots per Game

26.70

25.50

Shots Against per Game

22.00

20.0

Power Play Pct

16.0

88.2

Penalty Kill Pct

91.7

.914

Save Pct

.927

NYI

Injuries

DAL

Calum Ritchie

Out (Lower Body)

Sam Steel

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Matias Maccelli

Out (Lower Body)

Oskar Back

Out (Finger)

Alexander Romanov

Out (ACL)

Esa Lindell

Out (Lower-Body)

Mathew Barzal

Out (Knee)

Cameron Hughes

Out (Upper-body)

Matt Duchene

Out (Abdomen)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

NYIDAL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	9	2	2	20	18
Rangers	7	5	1	15	5
Devils	7	4	0	14	4
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Flyers	3	7	3	9	-18
Blue Jackets	4	5	0	8	-8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	8	4	0	16	6
Wild	7	3	2	16	9
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
Avalanche	6	4	1	13	13
Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Blues	5	5	1	11	0
Predators	3	3	4	10	-8
Blackhawks	3	7	0	6	-18

NYI

Last 5

DAL

Thu, Oct 22

Thu, Oct 22

Tue, Oct 20

Tue, Oct 20

Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17

Thu, Oct 15

Wed, Oct 14

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Game Info

October 25, 2026

ESPN+

American Airlines Center

Dallas, Texas

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

M. Rantanen +545

K. Palmieri +770 -99900

J. Robertson +900 -99900

A. Duclair +953

A. Hyry +953

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Duclair 0.5 +590

A. Hyry 0.5 +471 -99900

A. Pelech 0.5 +1900

B. Horvat 0.5 +239 -245

B. Schenn 0.5 +441 -506

Points

Line Over Under

J. Robertson 1.5 +208 -471

M. Rantanen 1.5 +194 -251

W. Johnston 1.5 +251 -365

B. Horvat 0.5 -120 +115

B. Schenn 0.5 +147 -153

Assists

Line Over Under

J. Robertson 2.5 -102 -99900

M. Rantanen 2.5 +1329

M. Schaefer 2.5 -102 -99900

R. Hintz 2.5 -99900 -99900

W. Johnston 2.5 -99900 -99900

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

B. Horvat 2.5 -108 +102

J. Robertson 2.5 -174 +163

M. Rantanen 2.5 +153 -194

M. Schaefer 2.5 -120 +111

T. Seguin 2.5 +270 -669

Team Leaders

B. Horvat

M. Schaefer

GWG

S. Holmstrom

SV%

.934

I. Sorokin

Season

Career vs DAL

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	10	5	5	10	+2	4	3	2	0	1	1	34	14.7	85	152	55.9	20	3	3	11	20:45
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	10	1	8	9	+1	6	0	3	0	0	0	41	2.4	0	0	0	5	7	13	16	26:13
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	10	2	5	7	-2	11	1	1	0	0	0	21	9.5	32	54	59.3	18	3	0	7	16:26
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	8	2	4	6	+3	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	14:28
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	10	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	15	26.7	0	0	0	3	4	2	10	17:15
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	10	0	5	5	+7	28	0	0	0	1	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	23	15	0	11	20:40
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	10	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	105	177	59.3	28	12	2	4	15:43
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	10	2	2	4	+3	4	0	1	1	0	1	15	13.3	0	4	0.0	25	2	2	5	15:37
Victor Eklund V. Eklund	10	3	1	4	+2	8	1	0	0	0	0	15	20.0	0	2	0.0	25	4	0	6	13:48
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	10	2	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	18	11.1	0	1	0.0	3	6	0	4	16:18
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	10	1	2	3	-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	4	11	1	11	16:20
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	10	2	1	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	1	3	33.3	2	2	0	3	12:52
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	10	2	1	3	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	1	4	25.0	20	7	3	3	13:04
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	10	0	2	2	+1	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	9	19	1	16	20:29
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	10	1	1	2	+4	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	37	73	50.7	13	2	3	5	12:12
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	8	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	19	45	42.2	2	5	1	5	12:11
Matthew Kessel M. Kessel	5	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	5	2	0	4	13:37
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	10	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	9	16	1	10	18:58
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
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	7	0	0	0	9:00
Mitchell Chaffee M. Chaffee	2	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	9:10

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	7	7	5	2	0	183	171	.934	12	1.72	1	418
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	3	3	0	1	2	69	62	.899	7	2.25	0	187

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	28	7	18	25	+3	2	3	6	0	0	5	0	50	14.0	2	7	28.6	51	26	14	15	16:39
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	26	8	13	21	+18	8	3	0	0	0	2	0	71	11.3	2	4	50.0	20	5	10	5	15:15
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	37	10	8	18	+3	28	5	2	0	0	2	0	76	13.2	217	424	51.2	77	24	12	20	18:04
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	24	10	7	17	-2	16	1	2	0	0	2	2	56	17.9	229	470	48.7	17	15	9	16	19:42
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	31	7	5	12	+3	8	2	0	1	0	3	0	60	11.7	5	14	35.7	37	8	8	9	14:53
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	15	4	6	10	-5	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	37	10.8	39	94	41.5	9	9	9	15	19:12
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	20	5	4	9	-1	6	1	0	1	1	2	0	39	12.8	171	325	52.6	46	17	8	6	17:17
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	15	2	5	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	6.5	0	0	0	17	24	4	14	20:40
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	11	2	4	6	-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	0	3	3	3	8	15:23
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	20	1	4	5	+3	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	106	221	48.0	50	15	10	10	12:42
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	10	2	1	3	+1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	0	23	10	2	11	14:19
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	9	1	2	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	20	25	4	12	20:50
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	12	0	2	2	-5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	0	8	10	2	9	19:53
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	16	1	1	2	-4	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	16	26	2	12	17:40
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	5	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	11	30	36.7	13	1	2	0	9:11
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	6	4	0	1	17:39
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	2	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0	2	11:44
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	2	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	23:52
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	14	0	1	1	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	21	17	9	10	19:48
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	1	100.0	3	3	5	4	15:17
Mitchell Chaffee M. Chaffee	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	16:11
Matthew Kessel M. Kessel	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:03

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	30	29	17	10	2	960	875	.911	85	2.94	0	1737
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	5	5	3	1	1	157	147	.936	10	1.96	0	307

Team Leaders

R. Hintz

M. Rantanen

GWG

J. Robertson

SV%

.939

J. Oettinger

Season

Career vs NYI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	10	5	8	13	+7	10	1	2	0	1	1	22	22.7	10	21	47.6	10	3	3	12	20:49
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	10	3	8	11	+7	2	1	2	0	2	0	33	9.1	0	0	0	9	3	4	8	20:13
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	10	3	5	8	+8	8	0	2	0	1	0	18	16.7	0	0	0	4	13	3	11	26:02
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	10	5	3	8	+6	9	1	0	0	1	1	21	23.8	70	128	54.7	17	6	1	6	16:53
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	8	1	5	6	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	4.2	43	73	58.9	6	5	1	5	20:07
Thomas Harley T. Harley	10	0	4	4	+2	6	0	1	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	11	20	5	14	24:46
Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	10	2	2	4	-2	8	1	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	20	38	52.6	7	2	0	6	14:59
Sam Steel S. Steel	10	1	2	3	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	25	43	58.1	8	3	0	7	15:55
Arttu Hyry A. Hyry	10	3	0	3	+1	7	0	0	1	0	0	15	20.0	65	101	64.4	22	4	2	2	14:20
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	10	0	2	2	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	5	12	1	13	17:10
Jamie Benn J. Benn	10	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	4	7	57.1	11	1	0	8	12:38
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	10	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	32	64	50.0	12	9	3	2	10:45
Oskar Back O. Back	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	4	7	57.1	5	9	1	2	11:20
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	6	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	3	5	60.0	10	2	4	6	11:17
Tyler Myers T. Myers	10	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	8	18	4	11	14:55
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	9:39
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	8	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	18	1	10	20:49
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	8	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	8	16	50.0	16	0	2	3	9:59
Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	10	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	23	18	1	4	15:49
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	34	54	63.0	23	3	1	5	15:02

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	8	8	5	2	1	165	155	.939	10	1.23	3	487
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	2	2	1	1	0	53	49	.925	4	1.94	0	123

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	28	10	18	28	+7	4	1	2	0	3	79	12.7	103	204	50.5	18	9	11	19	17:20
Jamie Benn J. Benn	28	8	14	22	+2	16	2	0	1	2	67	11.9	101	211	47.9	42	20	18	20	17:09
Matt Duchene M. Duchene	30	8	12	20	-3	0	4	4	0	1	62	12.9	198	361	54.8	17	18	19	25	18:06
Tyler Myers T. Myers	33	7	5	12	-2	16	0	1	0	1	61	11.5	0	0	0	32	46	14	28	22:09
David Perron D. Perron	25	6	6	12	-2	20	3	1	0	0	58	10.3	4	8	50.0	31	11	10	4	16:41
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	16	2	8	10	0	23	0	3	0	1	53	3.8	23	43	53.5	10	12	10	5	21:04
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	10	8	0	8	+3	4	2	0	0	1	38	21.1	0	0	0	9	5	4	14	19:34
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	19	3	2	5	+6	19	0	0	1	1	28	10.7	93	177	52.5	26	8	8	3	14:07
Sam Steel S. Steel	11	2	3	5	+2	6	0	1	0	1	20	10.0	34	64	53.1	14	4	3	4	14:41
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	10	1	3	4	-2	4	0	2	0	0	20	5.0	33	62	53.2	10	6	3	9	16:35
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	17	3	1	4	+8	2	0	1	0	1	25	12.0	0	0	0	14	26	4	19	22:35
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	11	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	4	14	24:07
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	15	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	19	5.3	23	31	74.2	20	8	2	5	13:38
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	8	0	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	15	0.0	27	58	46.6	4	4	1	3	18:03
Thomas Harley T. Harley	7	0	2	2	+1	4	0	1	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	6	9	5	7	22:51
Oskar Back O. Back	4	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	2	1	1	11:29
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	6	1	0	1	+4	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	16:14
Kyle Burroughs K. Burroughs	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	10	4	0	1	13:43
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:58
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	7	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	1	1	100.0	7	1	1	0	10:49
Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	11	2	2	3	15:15
Arttu Hyry A. Hyry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	0	9:16
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	2	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	4	50.0	2	1	0	1	14:30

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	9	7	4	2	1	230	208	.904	22	2.67	0	495
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	8	8	5	3	0	220	204	.927	16	2.01	1	478

Stars host the Islanders after overtime win

The Associated Press

Oct 24, 2026

New York Islanders (5-3-2, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Dallas Stars (6-3-1, in the Central Division)

Dallas; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars host the New York Islanders after the Stars took down the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in overtime.

Dallas is 6-3-1 overall and 3-2-0 in home games. The Stars have a 5-0-0 record in games they score three or more goals.

New York is 5-3-2 overall and 1-2-1 in road games. The Islanders have a 5-1-0 record in games they score three or more goals.

Sunday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.

INJURIES: Stars: Oskar Back: out (finger), Cameron Hughes: out (upper-body), Esa Lindell: out (lower-body), Matt Duchene: out (abdomen).

Islanders: Mathew Barzal: out (knee), Matias Maccelli: out (lower body), Calum Ritchie: out (lower body), 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

Stars DAL

Predictions

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

Stars host the Islanders after overtime win

Players Mentioned

Matt Duchene

Mathew Barzal

Cameron Hughes

Esa Lindell

Oskar Back

Alexander Romanov

Matias Maccelli