Patrick Roy was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Sunday and replaced by Peter DeBoer.
The 60-year-old went 97-78-22 in three seasons after taking on for Lane Lambert, who was fired Jan. 20, 2024.
The Islanders (42-31-5) have misplaced a season-high 4 in a row and 7 of 10 video games since March 18 whereas getting outscored 37-26. They’re third within the Metropolitan Division, one level forward of the Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets. Philadelphia has two video games in hand; Columbus has one.
DeBoer, 57, was fired by the Dallas Stars on June 6 and replaced by Glen Gulutzan. He’s coached the sixth-most video games (1,261) amongst energetic coaches, trailing Paul Maurice of the Florida Panthers (2,006), Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres (1,933), Joel Quenneville of the Anaheim Ducks (1,845), John Tortorella of the Vegas Golden Knights (1,623) and Todd McLellan of the Detroit Red Wings (1,268). His 662 wins are sixth amongst energetic coaches behind Quenneville (1,010), Maurice (953), Ruff (946), Tortorella (773) and McLellan (664).
DeBoer guided the Stars to the Western Conference Final in every of his three seasons, dropping to the Golden Knights in 2023 and the Edmonton Oilers in every of the previous two seasons.
He was an assistant for silver medalist Team Canada on the 2026 Winter Olympics.
“I’m very confident with my ability to come in and get a team on the same page and play the right way and being able to win in the playoffs,” DeBoer instructed NHL.com in September, his first feedback since being fired. “Again, my confidence in having the ability to do that’s actually excessive.
“Am I thinking about that right now? No, I’m thinking about the Olympics right now. But that doesn’t mean if the phone rings, that a switch doesn’t go off in my head and that changes.”
The Islanders are off till Thursday, after they’ll host the Toronto Maple Leafs (6:45 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, TSN4).
DeBoer is 662-447-152 in 1,261 regular-season video games for the Florida Panthers, Devils, San Jose Sharks, Golden Knights and Stars, and 97-82 in 179 Stanley Cup Playoff video games whereas additionally guiding San Jose to the 2016 Final, a six-game loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. His groups have superior to a minimum of the third spherical of the playoffs every of his previous six seasons qualifying for the postseason, and in eight of his 10 general.
Roy is the fourth coach to be fired this season. Rick Bowness was employed by the Columbus Blue Jackets to exchange Dean Evason on Jan. 12, D.J. Smith took over the Los Angeles Kings after Jim Hiller was fired March 1 and Tortorella replaced Bruce Cassidy with the Golden Knights on March 29.
