New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello admitted that he put Patrick Roy in “a very difficult situation.” More than midway through the 2023-24 season and with the Islanders having lost eight of their previous 10 games — including a 4-3 overtime loss to the league-worst Chicago Blackhawks — Lamoriello fired head coach Lane Lambert on Jan. 20 and brought in Roy, the Hall-of-Fame netminder who was on a seven-year NHL hiatus after a messy split as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 2016.
GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
82 | 55 | 23 | 4 | 114 | |
82 | 52 | 23 | 7 | 111 | |
82 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 94 | |
82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 91 | |
82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 88 | |
82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 87 | |
82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 81 | |
82 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 66 |