When the Islanders traded Noah Dobson to the Montreal Canadiens in June 2025, many believed Montreal clearly got the better end of the deal. Dobson, just 25 years old, came off a 39-point (10 goals, 29 assists) season in 71 games,

During the off-season, the Montreal Canadiens traded forward Emil Heineman, the 16th overall pick of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft (Victor Eklund), and the 17th overall pick of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft (Kashawn Aitcheson to the New York Islanders in exchange for star blueliner Noah Dobson.

Matthew Schaefer went point-less for the first time in his NHL career, and thus fell one game short of Alexandre Daigle’s record points streak for an 18-year-old in the expansion era. Given that it came on a night when 12 other Islanders recorded at least one point, everyone involved was OK with the tradeoff.

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Bo Horvat, Casey Cizikas and Emil Heineman also scored for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves. Schaefer extended his point streak to six games and is tied with Horvat for the team lead with seven points. Collin Graf had a short-handed goal and an assist ...