The most important stat for every player on Islanders defense

Picking up where we left off last week , we dig into one stat for every Islanders defenseman and goaltender to prime us for 2025-26.

All advanced stats per Evolving Hockey unless otherwise noted.

Matthew Schaefer

5: Islanders in history who have won the Calder Trophy

Schaefer is not the odds-on favorite to win the Calder — that would be Montreal’s Ivan Demidov — and he’s behind the likes of Michael Misa, Alexander Nikishin, Zeev Buium, Isaac Howard, Jimmy Snuggerud, Zayne Parekh and Ryan Leonard as well.