Islanders fire head coach Patrick Roy with four games left in the season amid playoff race

The New York Islanders person fired caput manager Patrick Roy contempt being successful a choky playoff race.

Islanders GM Mathieu Darche announced the alteration from Roy to Peter DeBoer, who was fired by the Dallas Stars successful June 2025.

The determination comes with conscionable 4 games near successful the regular play for the Islanders, who beryllium connected a four-game losing streak entering Sunday. And the streak comes with 7 losses successful their past 10 games.

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Head manager Patrick Roy of the New York Islanders manages seat duties during the archetypal play against the Montreal Canadiens astatine the Bell Centre successful Montreal, Quebec, connected March 21, 2026. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

As the NHL standings beryllium entering Sunday, the Islanders, who were erstwhile comfortably successful presumption to scope the Stanley Cup Playoffs, beryllium 3rd successful the Metropolitan part with 89 points, which would springiness them a slot if the play ended today.

However, the Philadelphia Flyers (88 points) and Columbus Blue Jackets (88) are gunning for that 3rd and last divisional spot successful the fewer games remaining. As a result, the Islanders are making the astonishment alteration successful hopes DeBoer tin get them into the playoffs implicit the adjacent week.

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Roy’s exit comes aft a nonaccomplishment wherever the Carolina Hurricanes, who already secured a playoff spot, retired changeable them 40-16 successful a 4-3 nonaccomplishment for New York.

The Islanders are not the lone NHL squad making a alteration astatine caput manager with conscionable days near successful the regular season. The Vegas Golden Knights axed Bruce Cassidy from his role, hiring seasoned manager John Tortorella connected an interim ground past week.

Patrick Roy coaches the New York Islanders during a crippled against the New Jersey Devils astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J., connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Rich Graessle/NHLI)

Like the Islanders, the Golden Knights (86) person the 3rd and last presumption successful their division, though the contention is simply a spot much comfy for Vegas with a five-point pb implicit the Los Angeles Kings.

But, portion Tortorella is an interim determination for Vegas, the Islanders are keeping DeBoer intact heading into the 2026-27 campaign.

DeBoer has been caput manager of 5 antithetic franchises implicit his extended coaching career. He owns a vocation 662-447-152 grounds successful 1,261 games with the Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, Golden Knights and the Stars, who helium led for the past 3 seasons earlier his firing.

Head manager Patrick Roy of the New York Islanders looks connected during a crippled against the Philadelphia Flyers astatine UBS Arena successful Elmont, N.Y., connected April 3, 2026. (Steven Ryan/NHLI)

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DeBoer wasn’t with a squad this season, but he’s stepping up for the accidental to assistance crook the tides connected Long Island, arsenic the Islanders anticipation to marque the playoffs aft missing retired the erstwhile 2 seasons.

While DeBoer hasn’t coached this season, helium was a portion of Jon Cooper’s Team Canada unit for the Milan Cortina Olympics earlier this year.

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