Though it’s only been five years, the Islanders currently have the ninth-longest drought in the NHL when it comes to winning a playoff series. Every NHL team’s last playoff series win 💪Which team is the most surprising on this list? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/WUF6oqXRed — BarDown (@BarDown) August 4, 2026Between 1993 and 2016, the Islanders went 21 seasons without winning a playoff series. That long-awaited series victory came off the stick of John Tavares, who scored the 2OT winner against the Florida Panthers at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn before losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round. It's difficult even to comprehend that Schaefer was just 13 years old the last time the Islanders won a playoff series.