New York Islanders 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3: final score and stats
New York Islanders beat Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders 4 to Columbus Blue Jackets 3, on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders.
NHLSaturday, February 28, 2026
DateFeb 28, 2026
Start time6:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance18,925
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York IslandersColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-21-5Record29-21-8
5th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
3-5Road record / home record6-4
LLLLWLast 5LLWWL
L4StreakL2
Team stats
New York IslandersColumbus Blue Jackets
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New York Islanders
Matias Maccelli LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMathew Barzal C · Knee
Injured ReserveRyan Pulock D · Upper Body
OutCalum Ritchie C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAlexander Romanov D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
New York Islanders Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 18:35 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:08 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 17:32 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:39 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 1 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 17:01 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 15:43 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:21 | 2:45 | 0:00 | 19:36 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:03 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 12:49 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 9:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:07 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:17 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Palat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 15:20 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Ritchie | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:14 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony DeAngelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:11 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 21:05 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:19 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:46 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 21:45 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Pulock | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:35 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Schaefer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:31 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 22:41 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Soucy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:52 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .900 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 61:47 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 16:42 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 18:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:21 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:07 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 15:21 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 14:30 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:17 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 8:47 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 17:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:52 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 18:18 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:22 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 13:31 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:08 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:34 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 16:23 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:31 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:37 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 14:05 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 16:39 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 14:19 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:09 | 0:00 | 2:08 | 17:01 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:11 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 25:12 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28:02 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 26:48 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .852 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 61:47 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
NYI lead series 2-1
Mar 22, 2026CBJ 0, NYI 1
Feb 28, 2026NYI 4, CBJ 3
Dec 28, 2025NYI 2, CBJ 4
Nov 2, 2025CBJ 2, NYI 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Islanders vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
New York Islanders won, 4-3, on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
What was the final score of New York Islanders vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
New York Islanders 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3.
Who were the top performers?
New York Islanders: Scott Mayfield (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Mason Marchment (1 goals).
Where is New York Islanders vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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