Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders

atLightning at Islanders

October 10 · 7:30 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

Tampa Bay Lightning2nd in the Atlantic · 2025-26 Final, 3 backLWLWLL150-26

New York Islanders6th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 22 backLLLWLL343-34

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Tampa Bay Lightning1 listed

Pontus HolmbergRW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

New York Islanders4 listed

Mathew BarzalCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Semyon VarlamovG · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Kyle PalmieriCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Pierre EngvallLW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Tampa Bay Lightning33 players

Forwards16

Nick Abruzzese5' 10"27 yrsRookie

Anthony Cirelli6' 1"29 yrs9 yr

Conor Geekie6' 4"22 yrs2 yr

Zemgus Girgensons6' 3"32 yrs12 yr

Gage Goncalves6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

Yanni Gourde5' 9"34 yrs10 yr

Jake Guentzel5' 11"31 yrs10 yr

Jansen Harkins6' 1"29 yrs7 yr

Dominic James6' 0"24 yrsRookie

Brayden Point5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Brandon Hagel6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Jeffrey Viel6' 1"29 yrs3 yr

Pontus Holmberg6' 0"27 yrs4 yrOut

Nikita Kucherov6' 0"33 yrs12 yr

Ilya Mikheyev6' 2"31 yrs7 yr

Scott Sabourin6' 3"34 yrs2 yr

Defensemen10

Michael Callahan6' 2"26 yrs2 yr

John Carlson6' 3"36 yrs17 yr

Erik Cernak6' 4"29 yrs8 yr

Maxwell Crozier6' 3"26 yrs2 yr

Charle-Edouard D'Astous6' 2"28 yrsRookie

Maxim Groshev6' 2"24 yrsRookie

Victor Hedman6' 7"35 yrs17 yr

Emil Lilleberg6' 3"25 yrs3 yr

Ryan McDonagh6' 1"37 yrs16 yr

J.J. Moser6' 2"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders7

Dennis Hildeby6' 7"25 yrsRookie

Jonas Johansson6' 5"30 yrs5 yr

Kyle Konin6' 0"28 yrsRookie

Harrison Meneghin6' 3"21 yrsRookie

Olivier Rodrigue6' 1"26 yrsRookie

Mads Sogaard6' 7"25 yrs2 yr

Andrei Vasilevskiy6' 4"32 yrs12 yr

New York Islanders33 players

Forwards19

Mathew Barzal6' 1"29 yrs9 yrOut

Casey Cizikas5' 11"35 yrs15 yr

Liam Foudy6' 2"26 yrs4 yr

Bo Horvat6' 1"31 yrs12 yr

Kyle MacLean6' 1"27 yrs3 yr

Jean-Gabriel Pageau5' 11"33 yrs13 yr

Kyle Palmieri6' 0"35 yrs16 yrInjured Reserve

Calum Ritchie6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Brayden Schenn6' 1"35 yrs15 yr

Anthony Duclair6' 0"31 yrs12 yr

Victor Eklund5' 11"19 yrsRookie

Emil Heineman6' 2"24 yrs2 yr

Alex Jefferies6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Matias Maccelli5' 11"25 yrs5 yr

Ondrej Palat6' 0"35 yrs14 yr

Mitchell Chaffee6' 1"28 yrs3 yr

Quinn Finley5' 11"22 yrsRookie

Simon Holmstrom6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Matt Luff6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen11

Ethan Bear5' 11"29 yrs7 yr

Adam Boqvist6' 0"26 yrs7 yr

Tony DeAngelo6' 0"30 yrs9 yr

Isaiah George6' 0"22 yrs2 yr

Matthew Kessel6' 2"26 yrs3 yr

Scott Mayfield6' 4"33 yrs10 yr

Adam Pelech6' 3"32 yrs10 yr

Ryan Pulock6' 1"31 yrs10 yr

Alexander Romanov6' 1"26 yrs6 yr

Matthew Schaefer6' 2"18 yrsRookie

Carson Soucy6' 5"32 yrs7 yr

Goaltenders3

Ilya Sorokin6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Vitek Vanecek6' 2"30 yrs6 yr

Semyon Varlamov6' 2"38 yrs17 yrInjured Reserve

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

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atLightning at Islanders

October 10 · 7:30 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

Tampa Bay Lightning2nd in the Atlantic · 2025-26 Final, 3 backLWLWLL150-26

New York Islanders6th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 22 backLLLWLL343-34

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Tampa Bay Lightning1 listed

Pontus HolmbergRW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

New York Islanders4 listed

Mathew BarzalCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Semyon VarlamovG · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Kyle PalmieriCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Pierre EngvallLW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Tampa Bay Lightning33 players

Forwards16

Nick Abruzzese5' 10"27 yrsRookie

Anthony Cirelli6' 1"29 yrs9 yr

Conor Geekie6' 4"22 yrs2 yr

Zemgus Girgensons6' 3"32 yrs12 yr

Gage Goncalves6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

Yanni Gourde5' 9"34 yrs10 yr

Jake Guentzel5' 11"31 yrs10 yr

Jansen Harkins6' 1"29 yrs7 yr

Dominic James6' 0"24 yrsRookie

Brayden Point5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Brandon Hagel6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Jeffrey Viel6' 1"29 yrs3 yr

Pontus Holmberg6' 0"27 yrs4 yrOut

Nikita Kucherov6' 0"33 yrs12 yr

Ilya Mikheyev6' 2"31 yrs7 yr

Scott Sabourin6' 3"34 yrs2 yr

Defensemen10

Michael Callahan6' 2"26 yrs2 yr

John Carlson6' 3"36 yrs17 yr

Erik Cernak6' 4"29 yrs8 yr

Maxwell Crozier6' 3"26 yrs2 yr

Charle-Edouard D'Astous6' 2"28 yrsRookie

Maxim Groshev6' 2"24 yrsRookie

Victor Hedman6' 7"35 yrs17 yr

Emil Lilleberg6' 3"25 yrs3 yr

Ryan McDonagh6' 1"37 yrs16 yr

J.J. Moser6' 2"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders7

Dennis Hildeby6' 7"25 yrsRookie

Jonas Johansson6' 5"30 yrs5 yr

Kyle Konin6' 0"28 yrsRookie

Harrison Meneghin6' 3"21 yrsRookie

Olivier Rodrigue6' 1"26 yrsRookie

Mads Sogaard6' 7"25 yrs2 yr

Andrei Vasilevskiy6' 4"32 yrs12 yr

New York Islanders33 players

Forwards19

Mathew Barzal6' 1"29 yrs9 yrOut

Casey Cizikas5' 11"35 yrs15 yr

Liam Foudy6' 2"26 yrs4 yr

Bo Horvat6' 1"31 yrs12 yr

Kyle MacLean6' 1"27 yrs3 yr

Jean-Gabriel Pageau5' 11"33 yrs13 yr

Kyle Palmieri6' 0"35 yrs16 yrInjured Reserve

Calum Ritchie6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Brayden Schenn6' 1"35 yrs15 yr

Anthony Duclair6' 0"31 yrs12 yr

Victor Eklund5' 11"19 yrsRookie

Emil Heineman6' 2"24 yrs2 yr

Alex Jefferies6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Matias Maccelli5' 11"25 yrs5 yr

Ondrej Palat6' 0"35 yrs14 yr

Mitchell Chaffee6' 1"28 yrs3 yr

Quinn Finley5' 11"22 yrsRookie

Simon Holmstrom6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Matt Luff6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen11

Ethan Bear5' 11"29 yrs7 yr

Adam Boqvist6' 0"26 yrs7 yr

Tony DeAngelo6' 0"30 yrs9 yr

Isaiah George6' 0"22 yrs2 yr

Matthew Kessel6' 2"26 yrs3 yr

Scott Mayfield6' 4"33 yrs10 yr

Adam Pelech6' 3"32 yrs10 yr

Ryan Pulock6' 1"31 yrs10 yr

Alexander Romanov6' 1"26 yrs6 yr

Matthew Schaefer6' 2"18 yrsRookie

Carson Soucy6' 5"32 yrs7 yr

Goaltenders3

Ilya Sorokin6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Vitek Vanecek6' 2"30 yrs6 yr

Semyon Varlamov6' 2"38 yrs17 yrInjured Reserve

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders — Oct 10, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings

Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders — Oct 10, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings