Editing New York Islanders (section)

===Move to Barclays Center and playoff series win (2015–2017)===
In June 2015, the Islanders entered the [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015 draft]] without a first-round pick, but emerged with two first-rounders in [[Mathew Barzal]] and [[Anthony Beauvillier]] after a series of draft day trades.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dominik |date=June 26, 2015 |title=Isles acquire 28th pick, draft Anthony Beauvillier |url=https://www.lighthousehockey.com/2015/6/26/8855573/islanders-trade-for-28th-pick-lightning-2015-nhl-draft |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=Lighthouse Hockey}}</ref> The Islanders also selected forward [[Andong Song]] in the sixth round of the 2015 draft, making him the first Chinese player to be drafted by an NHL team.<ref name="Song drafted">{{cite web|last1=Kimelman|first1=Adam|title=First Chinese player to be drafted chosen by Islanders|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772672|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=July 2, 2015|date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:BarclayCenter-1 (48034234167).jpg|thumb|[[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn]]. The Islanders played their home games there from 2015 to 2020.]]
The Islanders played their first regular season game at [[Barclays Center]] on October 9, 2015, losing 3–2 in overtime to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]. [[Artem Anisimov]] scored the first regular season goal, while Tavares scored the first regular season Islanders goal. The Islanders posted the fourth-best penalty kill rate and allowed the fewest power-play goals during the season. However, in the last quarter of the regular season, some players, including Halak and defenseman [[Travis Hamonic]], suffered key injuries. The team finished the regular season fourth in the Metropolitan Division with 100 points, enough to clinch the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, they faced off against the [[Florida Panthers]]; goaltender [[Thomas Greiss]] only played in 40 minutes of playoff hockey with the [[San Jose Sharks]] prior to this series. Both teams split the first four games of the series. The fifth game of the series proved to be a major turning point, as late season call-up [[Alan Quine]] scored the game-winning goal on the power play with four minutes left in double overtime to end the second-longest game in franchise history; that goal gave them a 3–2 series lead and a chance to clinch the series on home ice. In the sixth game, the Islanders trailed 1–0 for much of the game, but Tavares tied it late in the third period. Tavares would score again with the series-clinching goal in double overtime to give the Islanders their first playoff series win since 1993. In the second round of the playoffs, they faced the Tampa Bay Lightning for the first time since 2004. Despite winning the first game of the series, the Islanders lost their series to the Lightning in five games.

[[File:Andrew Ladd Islanders.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Andrew Ladd]] prior to a game during the [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17 season]]. Ladd signed with the Islanders as a free agent during the 2016 off-season.]]
Summer of 2016 saw free agents and longtime Islanders Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen, and Matt Martin all depart the team, joining the [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[Detroit Red Wings]], and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], respectively. Snow signed free agents [[Andrew Ladd]] from the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and [[Jason Chimera]] from the [[Washington Capitals]] to help fill the gaps left behind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/andrew-ladd-jason-chimera-sign-with-islanders-who-lose-kyle-okposo-frans-nielsen-matt-martin-1.11993762|title=Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera sign with Islanders, who lose Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen, Matt Martin|last=Staple|first=Arthur|date=July 1, 2016|work=[[Newsday]]|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> After an underwhelming first half of the [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17 season]], posting a 17–17–8 record through 42 games, head coach Jack Capuano was relieved of duties, with assistant general manager [[Doug Weight]] being named interim head coach.<ref name="Capuanofired">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/islanders-fire-jack-capuano-doug-weight-named-interim/story?id=44835436|title=Islanders fire Jack Capuano; Doug Weight named interim coach|date=January 17, 2017|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> Having coached the team since 2010, Capuano was the second-winningest coach in the team's history with 227 wins, also leading the team to their first playoff series win since 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/new-york-islanders-fire-coach-jack-capuano-after-disastrous-first-half-seven-seasons-011717|title=Islanders fire coach Jack Capuano after disastrous first half|last=Blackburn|first=Pete|date=January 17, 2017|work=[[Fox Sports]]|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> Prior to Capuano's release, goaltender Jaroslav Halak was placed on waivers, and eventually sent down to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Having carried three goaltenders for the second consecutive season, the decision was made to stick with the tandem of Greiss and back-up [[Jean-François Bérubé|Jean-Francois Berube]] after Halak posted a 6–8–5 record with a .904 save percentage through the beginning of the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18376956/new-york-islanders-waive-goalie-jaroslav-halak|title=New York Islanders waive goalie Jaroslav Halak|date=January 1, 2017|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>

In late January 2017, following a report by ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' which speculated that Barclays Center was considering removing the Islanders due to poor attendance and effects on the venue's profit margins (reception to Barclays Center as a hockey venue was mixed partly due to obstructed view seats,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kreda |first=Allan |date=March 1, 2020 |title=The Islanders Are Saying Goodbye to Brooklyn |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/sports/hockey/islanders-nassau-coliseum.html |access-date=March 31, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> as well as features like an off-center scoreboard, and the Islanders had the third-worst average attendance in the entire league while playing at the venue), ''[[Newsday]]'' reported that Nassau County executive Edward Mangano had met with one of the team's co-owners, and told the paper that it was possible that the Islanders could return to the renovated Nassau Coliseum.<ref name="bloomberg-maybeleaving">{{cite news|title=Brooklyn's Barclays Center Is Dumping the Islanders|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-30/brooklyn-s-barclays-center-said-to-be-dumping-the-islanders|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="sn-returntonassau">{{cite web|title=Report: Islanders discussed a return to Nassau Coliseum|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/report-islanders-discussed-return-nassau-coliseum/|website=Sportsnet.ca|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> However, commissioner [[Gary Bettman]] considered the concept to be "unviable" (the renovation reduced the capacity of the arena to just under 14,000, which is smaller than any NHL arena), and noted that Ledecky and Malkin were pursuing a possible arena project at [[Belmont Park]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/09/nhl-on-islanders-nassau-coliseum-hopes-keep-dreaming/|title=NHL on Islanders' Nassau Coliseum hopes: Keep dreaming|date=September 9, 2017|work=New York Post|access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

Despite winning their last six games of the 2016–17 season, the Islanders finished in ninth place in the Eastern Conference; they missed the playoffs by only one point when the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched the final playoff spot on the penultimate day of the season.