from Jim Baumbach of Newsday,

The Islanders have agreed to a deal that calls for them to split their regular-season home games between Nassau Coliseum and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in the years leading up to the opening of their new arena at Belmont Park, sources said.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to attend a news conference Monday at the team’s former home arena in Uniondale to announce the unusual setup effectively giving the NHL team two home arenas for at least three seasons.

Sources said the Islanders will play 12 regular-season home games at Nassau Coliseum next season and — if all goes well with that experience — they will play at least half of their home schedule in the remaining years there before their Belmont arena opens.

The earliest the Islanders’ new arena at Belmont is expected to be ready is for the 2021-22 season, meaning the team needs a home for three seasons.

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from Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,