The 35-year-old Lee scored 19 goals in 2025-26 and finished with 42 points. Steven Ryan / NHLI via Getty ImagesJuly 1, 2026 5:53 pm EDT Updated Anders Lee has signed a three-year, $5.4 million AAV deal with the Utah Mammoth as an unrestricted free agent, ending his 923-game tenure with the New York Islanders, according to league sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity to address negotiations that aren’t public.A sixth-round pick by the Islanders in 2009, Lee made his NHL debut with them in 2013 and became captain in 2018. He was part of teams that made back-to-back Eastern Conference finals in 2020 and 2021, and he leaves Long Island with the fourth-most goals (308) in team history. He scored as many as 40 in a season (2017-18) and notched at least 19 in nine of the past 10 years.The 35-year-old winger scored 19 goals during the 2025-26 season, finishing with 42 points. General manager Mathieu Darche had interest in re-signing him, but the gap in his contract demands and what the Islanders felt was wise to offer proved too much to overcome. Though entering the later years of his career, Lee can still provide production in a middle-six role.According to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun, the Islanders were informed on Tuesday morning that Lee was heading to the UFA market.This story will be updated.