Players who played for the Detroit Red Wings and New York Islanders

Detroit Red Wings
New York Islanders

29 players

29 players have played for both the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Islanders. Chris Osgood spent the most seasons with the two: 14 with the Detroit Red Wings and 2 with the New York Islanders. On a roster now: Dennis Cholowski. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Players who played for the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Islanders, with their years at each
PlayerPosDETNYI
Chris OsgoodG1993–2011 · 14 seasons2001–2003 · 2 seasons
Frans NielsenC2016–2021 · 5 seasons2006–2016 · 10 seasons
Valtteri FilppulaC2005–2021 · 10 seasons2018–2019 · 1 season
Todd BertuzziRW2006–2014 · 6 seasons1995–1998 · 3 seasons
Travis HamonicD2025–2026 · 1 season2010–2017 · 7 seasons
Nick LeddyD2021–2022 · 1 season2014–2021 · 7 seasons
Thomas GreissG2020–2022 · 2 seasons2015–2020 · 5 seasons
Doug HoudaD1985–1999 · 5 seasons1996–1998 · 2 seasons
Claude LoiselleC1981–1986 · 5 seasons1992–1994 · 2 seasons
Mike SillingerC1990–1994 · 3 seasons2006–2009 · 3 seasons
Dennis CholowskiD2018–2021 · 3 seasons2022–2025 · 2 seasons
Joey MacDonaldG2006–2012 · 3 seasons2007–2009 · 2 seasons
Mathieu SchneiderD2002–2007 · 4 seasons1995–1996 · 1 season
Steve ThomasRW2003–2004 · 1 season1992–1995 · 3 seasons
Uwe KruppD1998–2002 · 2 seasons1992–1994 · 2 seasons
Chris LuongoD1990–1991 · 1 season1993–1996 · 3 seasons
Thomas VanekLW2016–2019 · 2 seasons2013–2014 · 1 season
Darryl BootlandRW2003–2007 · 2 seasons2007–2008 · 1 season
Jamie RiversD2003–2006 · 2 seasons1999–2000 · 1 season
Kevin MillerC1991–2004 · 2 seasons1998–1999 · 1 season
Jim CumminsRW1991–1993 · 2 seasons2001–2002 · 1 season
Richard PanikRW2020–2021 · 1 season2021–2022 · 1 season
Marek ZidlickyD2014–2015 · 1 season2015–2016 · 1 season
Anders MyrvoldD2003–2004 · 1 season2000–2001 · 1 season
Wendel ClarkLW1998–1999 · 1 season1995–1996 · 1 season
Bob HalkidisD1993–1994 · 1 season1995–1996 · 1 season
Marc BergevinD1995–1996 · 1 season1989–1990 · 1 season
Micah AivazoffC1993–1994 · 1 season1995–1996 · 1 season
Doug CrossmanD1991–1992 · 1 season1989–1990 · 1 season

Regular season, under every name each club has played as. A season split by a trade counts for both clubs where the game logs reach it (NBA from 1993-94, NFL 1994, NHL 1996, MLB 2001). Longest stay with the two first.

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