3-2-0Record5-0-0
.934Save %.948
1.81GAA1.27
5Games played5
1Shutouts0
Other goalies
Semyon Varlamov18%.864 · 3.03 GAA · 1 GP
Other goalies
Samuel Ersson9%.829 · 5.26 GAA · 3 GP
New York Islanders vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS · MSGSN
Game preview
The New York Islanders visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TSN5, RDS and MSGSN.
This is the first of 3 meetings between the teams this season.
In goal: Ilya Sorokin (3-2-0, .934 save percentage, 1.81 GAA) is projected to start for the Islanders; Linus Ullmark (5-0-0, .948 save percentage, 1.27 GAA) is projected to start for the Senators.
Rest and travel
Islanders
First game of a road trip.
- 52026-10-05: no game
- 62026-10-06: at NYR
- 72026-10-07: no game
- 82026-10-08: vs CHI
- 92026-10-09: no game
- 102026-10-10: vs TBL
- 112026-10-11: no game
- 122026-10-12: no game
- 132026-10-13: vs VAN
- 142026-10-14: no game
- 152026-10-15: at OTT
- rest since last game
- 1 day
- rest since last game
- since last game
- ~336 mi
- since last game
- on this road trip
- ~336 mi
- on this road trip
- body clock vs home
- Home time
- body clock vs home
Senators
Another game at home.
- 52026-10-05: at BOS
- 62026-10-06: at DET, second of a back-to-backB2B
- 72026-10-07: no game
- 82026-10-08: vs PHI
- 92026-10-09: no game
- 102026-10-10: vs NSH
- 112026-10-11: no game
- 122026-10-12: at NJD
- 132026-10-13: vs STL, second of a back-to-backB2B
- 142026-10-14: no game
- 152026-10-15: vs NYI
- rest since last game
- 1 day
- rest since last game
- since last game
- ~0 mi
- since last game
- road trip
- –
- road trip
- body clock vs home
- Home time
- body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.
Starting goalies
Lines from last game
- 10:44 together at 5v5
- 8:29 together at 5v5
- 6:33 together at 5v5
- 5:23 together at 5v5
- 13:56 together at 5v5
- 12:01 together at 5v5
- 8:45 together at 5v5
Power play
Penalty kill
- 8:55 together at 5v5
- 6:26 together at 5v5
- 6:17 together at 5v5
- 2:25 together at 5v5
- 8:56 together at 5v5
- 8:53 together at 5v5
- 4:34 together at 5v5
Power play
Penalty kill
Behind the bench
Each grey tick is one NHL team.
NYIOTT
Settled lines
Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27
NYI 68% (15th most shuffled)OTT 50% (3rd most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesdashed = league averageKeeps lines together →
Goalie pull, down one
Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26
NYI 2:02 left (7th earliest · 15 pulls)OTT 1:42 left (14th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latedashed = league averagePulls early →
Average shift
All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26
NYI 48.2s (15th shortest)OTT 43.2s (shortest)
← Short shiftsdashed = league averageLong shifts →
Caught on long shifts
Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26
NYI 33% (11th most often)OTT 29% (16th least often)
← Rarely caughtdashed = league averageOften caught →
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.