New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets

Sat, Feb 28, 2026 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

New York Islanders

4 – 3

Final/OT

Columbus Blue Jackets

The New York Islanders beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. Mathew Barzal led the way with 2 points. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NYI	0	3	0	1	4	27
CBJ	1	2	0	0	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:30	CBJ	EV	Isac Lundeström (3) · tip-in	Dante Fabbro (5), Miles Wood (6)	0–1
2nd	03:58	CBJ	EV	Mason Marchment (14) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (28), Zach Werenski (44)	0–2
2nd	11:37	NYI	EV	Anders Lee (13) · wrist	Scott Mayfield (8), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (13)	1–2
2nd	11:59	NYI	EV	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (14) · tip-in	Unassisted	2–2
2nd	17:10	NYI	EV	Scott Mayfield (2) · snap	Mathew Barzal (36)	3–2
2nd	18:58	CBJ	EV	Adam Fantilli (15) · tip-in	Zach Werenski (45)	3–3
OT	01:47	NYI	EV	Simon Holmstrom (14) · wrist	Tony DeAngelo (22), Mathew Barzal (37)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	11:59	CBJ	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	13:53	CBJ	Boone Jenner	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYI 3.28 · CBJ 2.82 · xG% NYI 53.8

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	2	2	0	1	0	0		20:52	24
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	1	1	2	+3	2	2	1	62.5	14:21	23
24	Scott Mayfield	D	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0		14:19	21
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	4		22:11	29
10	Simon Holmstrom	R	1	0	1	+3	1	0	2		16:01	22
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0		14:03	23
48	Matthew Schaefer	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		25:31	30
14	Bo Horvat	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	61.1	22:21	24
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0		21:46	30
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-1	3	2	3		19:35	29
29	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	28.6	19:08	20
64	Calum Ritchie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	50.0	17:14	18
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1		17:01	20
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		16:24	22
4	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0		14:52	21
16	Marc Gatcomb	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0		10:39	15
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	60.0	9:56	17
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	100.0	9:07	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	W	30	27	3	.900	61:47

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	2	2	+1	0	5	2	1		28:02	26
17	Mason Marchment	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	4	0		19:24	22
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	44.4	18:55	23
19	Adam Fantilli	C	1	0	1	-2	0	2	4	1	42.9	18:21	22
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	3		14:40	18
21	Isac Lundeström	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	25.0	10:17	15
11	Miles Wood	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		8:37	13
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	3		26:11	25
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		19:09	23
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:44	23
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	100.0	17:52	22
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		16:34	22
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1		16:08	21
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	46.7	15:22	23
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	2		15:21	24
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		15:06	18
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		14:07	22
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0		8:31	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	OTL	26	22	4	.846	61:47