New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7:00 PM ET Madison Square Garden, New York Preseason Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at home.

Final score, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
New York Islanders	2	39-27-16
at New York Rangers	4	55-23-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	1	0	1	2
New York Rangers	3	1	0	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	4	8	11	23
New York Rangers	11	13	6	30

Three stars

K. Kakko, New York Rangers (1 goal)
B. Wheeler, New York Rangers (1 goal)
T. Pitlick, New York Rangers (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Islanders at New York Rangers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:15	New York Rangers	Kaapo Kakko (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYI 0, NYR 1
1st	01:17	New York Rangers	Tyler Pitlick (1)	Erik Gustafsson (1), Barclay Goodrow (1)	Even strength	NYI 0, NYR 2
1st	03:10	New York Rangers	Chris Kreider (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYI 0, NYR 3
1st	11:18	New York Islanders	William Dufour (1)	Arnaud Durandeau (1), Matthew Maggio (1)	Power play	NYI 1, NYR 3
2nd	05:01	New York Rangers	Blake Wheeler (1)	Jake Leschyshyn (1)	Even strength	NYI 1, NYR 4
3rd	12:30	New York Islanders	Arnaud Durandeau (1)	Hudson Fasching (1), Jackson Cates (1)	Even strength	NYI 2, NYR 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Stat	New York Islanders	New York Rangers
Shots on goal	23	30
Power play	1 of 2	0 of 2
Penalty minutes	11	11
Hits	21	17
Blocked shots	15	14
Giveaways	7	8
Takeaways	3	7
Faceoffs won	21/42 (50%)	21/42 (50%)

Box score

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 15 C. Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:25
Number 18 P. Engvall	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	18:33
Number 20 H. Fasching	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	16:38
Number 27 A. Lee	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		17:11
Number 29 B. Nelson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3	0	33.3%	20:44
Number 32 R. Johnston	L	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0		10:13
Number 38 A. Durandeau	L	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	15:05
Number 44 J. Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	0	31.3%	15:32
Number 48 M. Maggio	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		13:46
Number 52 K. MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75%	14:48
Number 56 W. Dufour	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	4	0	1		16:53
Number 71 J. Cates	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	60%	11:02
Number 4 S. Bolduc	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2	0		21:11
Number 6 R. Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0		21:03
Number 24 S. Mayfield	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	0		21:49
Number 25 S. Aho	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	0		17:59
Number 33 G. Hutton	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0		16:23
Number 49 I. George	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		14:40

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Skarek	6	6	0	1.000	17:05
Number 40 S. Varlamov	24	20	4	.833	40:00	Loss

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 N. Bonino	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50%	14:55
Number 15 J. Leschyshyn	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		10:27
Number 16 V. Trocheck	C	0	0	0	+1	2	4	2	0	57.1%	18:54
Number 17 B. Wheeler	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		14:39
Number 20 C. Kreider	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		16:36
Number 21 B. Goodrow	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	100%	16:31
Number 22 J. Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	70%	14:08
Number 24 K. Kakko	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:15
Number 71 T. Pitlick	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	5	2		14:23
Number 73 M. Rempe	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1		09:27
Number 78 B. Othmann	L	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	1		16:22
Number 84 A. Edstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:29
Number 8 J. Trouba	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		20:30
Number 23 A. Fox	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		21:07
Number 55 R. Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		19:04
Number 56 E. Gustafsson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2		18:15
Number 79 K. Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	3		22:07
Number 81 M. Hollowell	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0		17:52

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 I. Shesterkin	11	10	1	.909	29:38	Win
Number 33 D. Garand	12	11	1	.917	30:22

Penalties

Penalties, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:48	New York Rangers	Brennan Othmann	Interference	2
1st	02:48	New York Islanders	Grant Hutton	Roughing	2
1st	09:19	New York Rangers	Vincent Trocheck	Kneeing	2
1st	15:16	New York Islanders	Ross Johnston	Roughing	2
1st	15:16	New York Islanders	Ross Johnston	Roughing	2
2nd	02:09	New York Rangers	K'Andre Miller	Holding	2
2nd	04:29	New York Islanders	Ross Johnston	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	04:29	New York Rangers	Matt Rempe	Fighting (major)	5

Game information

New York Islanders head coach: Lane Lambert
New York Rangers head coach: Peter Laviolette
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Jonny Murray
New York Islanders scratches: Matt Martin, Kyle Palmieri, Casey Cizikas, Adam Pelech, Paul LaDue, Brian Pinho, Bo Horvat, Ilya Sorokin, Brent Moran, Mathew Barzal, Dmytro Timashov, Andong Song, Kenneth Appleby, Julien Gauthier, Dennis Cholowski, Otto Koivula, Robin Salo, Oliver Wahlstrom, Blade Jenkins, Noah Dobson, Karson Kuhlman, Alexander Romanov, Ruslan Iskhakov, Samuel Asselin, Simon Holmstrom, Reece Newkirk, Alex Jefferies, Matias Rajaniemi, Alexander Ljungkrantz, Tristan Lennox, Aleksi Malinen, Artem Kulakov, Eetu Liukas, Cameron Berg, Tomas Machu, Daylan Kuefler, Quinn Finley, Calle Odelius, Justin Gill, Danny Nelson, Jesse Nurmi, Zachary Schulz, Travis Mitchell, Aidan Fulp, Dennis Good Bogg, Zsombor Garat
New York Rangers scratches: Jonathan Quick, Riley Nash, Mikhail Pashnin, Louis Domingue, Alex Belzile, Adam Clendening, Mika Zibanejad, Turner Elson, Jimmy Vesey, Anton Blidh, Ben Harpur, Nikolas Brouillard, Artemi Panarin, Filip Chytil, Ty Emberson, Olof Lindbom, Simon Kjellberg, Matthew Robertson, Karl Henriksson, Zac Jones, Connor Mackey, Braden Schneider, Alexis Lafrenière, Brett Berard, Will Cuylle, Oliver Tarnstrom, Hugo Ollas, Ryder Korczak, Kalle Vaisanen, Talyn Boyko, Jaroslav Chmelar, Max McCue, Ryan McCleary, Brody Lamb, Hank Kempf, Brandon Scanlin, Maxim Barbashev, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Bobby Trivigno, Adam Sykora, Noah Laba, Zakary Karpa, Victor Mancini, Bradley Arvanitis, Drew Fortescue, Gabe Perreault, Rasmus Larsson, Ty Henricks, Dylan Roobroeck

2023-2024 season series

Every New York Islanders and New York Rangers game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 2 at New York Rangers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, Tue, Sep 26, 2023
New York Rangers 3 at New York Islanders 5	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at New York Islanders, Sat, Sep 30, 2023

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