The Islanders and Rodney Dangerfield might have the same punch line, but Brooklyn’s new NHL club is just fine not getting any outside respect.

“Nobody gives this team credit,” coach Jack Capuano said after Monday’s practice at their soon-to-be new home at the Northwell Health Ice Center in Long Island’s Eisenhower Park.

The regular season is winding to a close, with only seven games remaining after Tuesday’s match against the Hurricanes at Barclays Center. The Isles (40-25-9) are three points behind the Penguins for third place in the Metropolitan Division, holding one game in hand, and six points behind the second-place Rangers, with two games in hand — and one remaining matchup between the interborough rivals at the Garden on April 7.

The Isles have won two of their past three, yet the loss was an ugly 7-4 defeat in Tampa Bay on Friday. That was preceded by a 3-1 win over the Senators, which ended a rough 0-3-1 stretch that bumped them out of position for the coveted Rangers-Islanders first-round matchup.

But after dealing with this first season in a new building — and whether it’s warranted or not — how many people are putting them in the same breath as any of the league’s elite?

“I don’t think it’s a positive thing when you turn on the TV every single time and you have everybody in the world telling you you’re supposed to win the Stanley Cup,” forward Cal Clutterbuck said. “I’d hate to be the Washington Capitals right now. A lot of pressure.”

Yet the Capitals running away with the Presidents’ Trophy has added to their expectations, which could make even a good team crumble under its own weight. The Islanders are the exact opposite, paid so little attention — and they’re happy about that.

“It’s not easier. It just frees you of any sort of negative pressure,” said Clutterbuck, whose play has risen with two goals (including the game-winner) in a 4-3 overtime victory at Carolina on Saturday, to go along with his dramatic game-winner against the Rangers on March 6.

“If you go in [to the playoffs] with a huge expectations, and let’s say in Game 1 you’re down 1-0 or 2-0, if the expectation is astronomical that’s placed on you from the outside, the sense of panic tends to rush in quicker. I just feel comfortable that we’ll be able to just stick with it. So I think that’s the more expectation you have from the outside, the more easy it is for things to kind of pile up on you.”

The Islanders have internal expectations — from the front office to the coaching staff to the players. The fact that the franchise hasn’t won a playoff series since 1993 isn’t lost on anyone. But it’s not brought up often, nor is how the franchise is perceived from the outside.

“I don’t talk about any of the things I feel that they might be thinking about that could be a distraction,” Capuano said.

The Isles go about their business under the radar, and they’re hoping it pays off.

“It’s always been like that,” Clutterbuck said. “You play well, you win nine of 10, it’s just like, ‘Yeah, it is what it is.’ Other teams go in seven of 11, and it’s like they’re in the Stanley Cup final because of that, the hottest team in the NHL. It’s just the way it is. We’re better off that way.”

Defenseman Adam Pelech, 21, skated fully with the team, but Capuano still said he’s “quite a ways away” from returning from the injury suffered when he took Derek Stepan’s skate to the face in a game against the Rangers on Jan. 14. Capuano said Pelech might go on a conditioning assignment before being ready to return.

Capuano said forward Mikhail Grabovski (concussion) isn’t close to returning, though the winger skated Monday morning before the rest of team.