After appearing on NBC Sports in the regular season five times last year, the New York Islanders will be featured six times in 2016-17. Three home games at the Barclays Center, and three more on the road.
After their first playoff series win in 23 years, and signing marquee free agent Andrew Ladd, a 20% upgrade in nationally televised games is not as drastic when the number of games is still single digits.
Cross town rivals New York Rangers are on NBC Sports 14 times next season, more than double the Islanders. The same New York Islanders that swept the Rangers in the regular season last year for the first time in franchise history.