The New York Islanders used 49 players in the 1995-96 season, with a 26-45-11 record. Ziggy Palffy led the team with 87 points (43 goals, 44 assists) in 81 games. Tommy Soderstrom played the most games in goal (51).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu Schneider 🇺🇸 D 26 | 65 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 0.72 | 7 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 2 | Bryan McCabe 🇨🇦 D 20 | 82 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.28 | 3 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 156 | — |
| 3 | Scott Lachance 🇺🇸 D 23 | 55 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.24 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 4 | Chris Luongo 🇺🇸 D 29 | 74 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.14 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 5 | Darius Kasparaitis 🇱🇹 D 23 | 46 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.17 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 6 | Dennis Vaske 🇺🇸 D 28 | 19 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.37 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 7 | Bob Beers 🇺🇸 D 28 | 13 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 8 | Milan Tichy 🇨🇿 D 26 | 9 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 9 | Kenny Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 21 | 16 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 10 | Rich Pilon 🇨🇦 D 27 | 28 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 11 | Dean Chynoweth 🇨🇦 D 27 | 15 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 12 | Jason Herter 🇨🇦 D 25 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Jason Widmer 🇨🇦 D 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 14 | Bob Halkidis 🇨🇦 D 30 | 5 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 15 | Jason Strudwick 🇨🇦 D 20 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| Team totals · 15 skaters | 82 | 26 | 100 | 126 | 1.54 | 13 | 537 | 0 | 0 | 656 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Soderstrom 🇸🇪 G 26 | 51 | 13 | 3.27 | 0.000 | 0 | 167 | 50:46 | |
| 2 | Eric Fichaud 🇨🇦 G 20 | 24 | 8 | 2.83 | 0.000 | 0 | 68 | 51:24 | |
| 3 | Jamie McLennan 🇨🇦 G 24 | 13 | 4 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 39 | 48:57 | |
| 4 | Tommy Salo 🇸🇪 G 25 | 10 | 1 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 35 | 52:20 |
53% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 10% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 44% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 26 |
|
-9 | 262 (44%) | Green, Clark, Bertuzzi, King +22 |
| United States | 11 |
|
+4 | 156 (26%) | Schneider, Mcinnis, Lachance, Sweeney +7 |
| Sweden | 5 |
|
+6 | 31 (5%) | Andersson, Jonsson, Johansson, Soderstrom +1 |
| Russia | 3 |
|
-1 | 41 (7%) | Semak, Vasilyev, Panteleev |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
even | 16 (3%) | Straka, Tichy |
| Lithuania | 1 |
|
+2 | 8 (1%) | Kasparaitis |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+1 | 87 (14%) | Palffy |
Ziggy Palffy led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1995-96 with 87 points — 43 goals and 44 assists in 81 games. Next came Travis Green (70) and Mathieu Schneider (47).
Ziggy Palffy scored 43 goals for the New York Islanders in 1995-96, 17 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 49 players in 1995-96: 45 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 229 goals.
Tommy Soderstrom played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1995-96: 51 games, 13 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.27 goals against average. Eric Fichaud was the backup, in 24 games.
The average age was 25.5 years. Jason Strudwick was the youngest at 20, and Pat Conacher the oldest at 36.
The New York Islanders used 49 players in 1995-96 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 26 in Canada, 11 in the United States and 5 in Sweden. The other 7 came from Russia, Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 53% on this roster.