Islanders fans vote to narrow down third jersey design to four blue ones

You can call the Islanders the new blueshirts.

Four blue designs made it to the second round of voting for the Islanders’ fan-designed third jersey for the 2027-28 NHL season, the team announced on Friday night.

Three blue designs beat three orange ones that fans had submitted as part of a contest that begin on July 8. A fourth contest in the bracket-style completion was blue vs. blue.

None of the votes were close, with the winning designs earning between 62.3% to 70.9% of the vote in their categories.

The Islanders received more than 80,000 submissions and whittled them down to eight for fan voting.

Four contenders remain: A fisherman vs. a lighthouse in one bracket and a “NY” logo with the “Y” in the shape of a hockey stick vs. a sweater with “Islanders” printed across the chest in the other.

Voting to determine the final two begins on Saturday at noon at www.newyorkIslanders.com and ends on Monday at 5 p.m.

A final vote for the last two entries standing will take place Aug. 18-20. The winner will be revealed soon thereafter.

The creator of the overall winning design will receive a team-signed third jersey and tickets to the 2027-28 game in which the jersey will make its on-ice debut. The jersey cannot be used in the 2026-27 season because it takes two years to make an NHL jersey and get the design approved by the league.