Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa2014 usiri wemwaka, maIslanders akaita matanho akati wandei ekuvandudza timu pamberi pemwaka wavo wekupedzisira kuNassau Coliseum. Muna Chivabvu, Islanders yakawana kodzero kuna Jaroslav Halak kubva kuWashington Capitals mukutsinhana nekutora kwechina-kutenderera muna 2014. Halak akabva asayina chibvumirano chemakore mana. The Islanders zvakare yakasaina Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin uye muchengeti wepagedhi Chad Johnson sevashandi vakasununguka. Mukuwedzera, musi waOctober 4, Islanders yakawana Johnny Boychuk kubva kuBoston Bruins nokuda kwezviviri zvechipiri-kutenderera mu 2014 uye 2015
uye kusarudzwa kwedenderedzwa rechitatu muna 2015, pamwe chete naNick Leddy kubva kuChicago Blackhawks mukutsinhana netarisiro Ville Pokka, T. J. Brennan uye kodzero dzaAnders Nilsson.