The New York Islanders used 43 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 26-47-9 record. Mark Streit led the team with 56 points (16 goals, 40 assists) in 74 games. Joey MacDonald played the most games in goal (49).
| # | 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 | Kyle Okposo 🇺🇸 RW 20 | 65 | 🔥 1 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 0.60 | 9 | 165 | 64 | 30 | 36 | 18:00 |
| 2 | Doug Weight 🇺🇸 C 38 | 53 | 🔥 3 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 0.72 | 5 | 96 | 38 | 31 | 55 | 18:17 |
| 3 | Bill Guerin 🇺🇸 RW 38 | 62 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0.58 | 5 | 181 | 59 | 27 | 63 | 17:12 |
| 4 | Frans Nielsen 🇩🇰 C 24 | 59 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0.56 | 3 | 101 | 29 | 39 | 18 | 16:32 |
| 5 | Trent Hunter 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 56 | 🧊 8 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.55 | 5 | 154 | 135 | 25 | 41 | 16:22 |
| 6 | Richard Park 🇰🇷 RW 32 | 71 | 🧊 2 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.44 | 4 | 138 | 31 | 49 | 34 | 17:10 |
| 7 | Andy Hilbert 🇺🇸 LW 28 | 67 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0.40 | 1 | 167 | 41 | 85 | 22 | 16:09 |
| 8 | Josh Bailey 🇨🇦 RW 19 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0.37 | 3 | 74 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 15:28 |
| 9 | Blake Comeau 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 53 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0.47 | 2 | 78 | 90 | 18 | 32 | 16:16 |
| 10 | Sean Bergenheim 🇫🇮 LW 25 | 59 | 🔥 2 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 0.41 | 0 | 152 | 83 | 32 | 64 | 14:14 |
| 11 | Mike Comrie 🇨🇦 C 28 | 41 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0.49 | 2 | 80 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 16:27 |
| 12 | Jon Sim 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 49 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.31 | 3 | 90 | 44 | 21 | 42 | 12:10 |
| 13 | Jeff Tambellini 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 65 | 🧊 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.23 | 0 | 98 | 99 | 32 | 32 | 13:06 |
| 14 | Tim Jackman 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 69 | 🔥 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.17 | 0 | 99 | 151 | 50 | 155 | 11:44 |
| 15 | Dean McAmmond 🇨🇦 C 35 | 18 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.50 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15:08 |
| 16 | Mike Iggulden 🇨🇦 C 26 | 11 | 🧊 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12:07 |
| 17 | Nate Thompson 🇺🇸 C 24 | 43 | 🧊 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 56 | 83 | 41 | 49 | 12:04 |
| 18 | Jesse Joensuu 🇫🇮 LW 21 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12:05 |
| 19 | Mike Sillinger 🇨🇦 C 37 | 7 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 20 | Trevor Smith 🇨🇦 C 24 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 21 | Kurtis Mclean 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 |
| 22 | Jeremy Colliton 🇨🇦 C 24 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 23 | Joel Rechlicz 🇺🇸 RW 21 | 17 | 🧊 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 68 | 4:51 |
| 24 | Mitchell Fritz 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 21 | 🧊 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 2:40 |
| 25 | Ben Walter 🇨🇦 C 24 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 26 | Sean Bentivoglio 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| Team totals · 26 skaters | 82 | 159 | 239 | 398 | 4.85 | 43 | 1816 | 1128 | 588 | 815 |
| # | 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 | Joey MacDonald 🇨🇦 G 29 | 49 | 14 | 3.20 | 0.901 | 1427 | 157 | — | |
| 2 | Yann Danis 🇨🇦 G 27 | 31 | 10 | 2.71 | 0.910 | 849 | 84 | — | |
| 3 | Rick DiPietro 🇺🇸 G 27 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.892 | 124 | 15 | — | |
| 4 | Peter Mannino 🇺🇸 G 25 | 3 | 1 | 3.33 | 0.885 | 77 | 10 | — |
56% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on United States: 28% of its players, against 22% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 38% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
+4 | 205 (38%) | Hunter, Bailey, Comeau, Comrie +20 |
| United States | 12 |
|
+6 | 174 (32%) | Okposo, Weight, Guerin, Hilbert +8 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+1 | 27 (5%) | Bergenheim, Joensuu |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+2 | 3 (1%) | Pock |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+1 | 56 (10%) | Streit |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-4 | 10 (2%) | Martinek |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+2 | 33 (6%) | Nielsen |
| South Korea | 1 |
|
+2 | 31 (6%) | Park |
Mark Streit led the New York Islanders in scoring in 2008-09 with 56 points — 16 goals and 40 assists in 74 games. Next came Kyle Okposo (39) and Doug Weight (38).
Kyle Okposo scored 18 goals for the New York Islanders in 2008-09, 9 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 43 players in 2008-09: 39 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 198 goals.
Joey MacDonald played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 2008-09: 49 games, 14 wins, a 0.901 save percentage and a 3.20 goals against average. Yann Danis was the backup, in 31 games.
Mark Streit averaged 25:13 of ice time per game for the New York Islanders in 2008-09, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.0 years. Josh Bailey was the youngest at 19, and Doug Weight the oldest at 38.
The New York Islanders used 43 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 12 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 5 came from Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, Denmark and South Korea. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 56% on this roster.