MSG Networks announced on Friday it would broadcast 70 Islanders games this coming season, as well as three of the team’s six preseason games.
ESPN and TNT, the NHL’s new national television partners, previously announced there will be 12 Islanders games spread across their two network platforms.
The Islanders’ preseason opener on Sunday night against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, along with their game against the Devils at Prudential Center on Oct. 7 and their preseason finale against the Rangers in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Oct. 9, will air on MSG Plus.
The Islanders’ regular-season opener at Carolina on Oct.