New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:00 PM ET Madison Square Garden, New York Preseason Final

Final score

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Thursday, September 25, 2025 on the road.

Final score, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
New York Islanders	5	43-34-5
at New York Rangers	4	34-39-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	2	0	3	5
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	6	9	10	25
New York Rangers	15	9	5	29

Three stars

K. Palmieri, New York Islanders (1 goal)
G. Veremyev, New York Islanders (2 goals)
V. Trocheck, New York Rangers (1 goal, 1 assist)

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	14:23	New York Islanders	Gleb Veremyev (1)	Sean Day (1)	Even strength	NYI 1, NYR 0
1st	14:46	New York Islanders	Chris Terry (1)	Adam Pelech (1), Alex Jefferies (1)	Even strength	NYI 2, NYR 0
1st	15:02	New York Rangers	Vincent Trocheck (1)	Adam Fox (1), Alexis Lafrenière (1)	Even strength	NYI 2, NYR 1
1st	17:21	New York Rangers	Brennan Othmann (1)	Scott Morrow (1), Conor Sheary (1)	Power play	NYI 2, NYR 2
1st	17:33	New York Rangers	Brett Berard (1)	Noah Laba (4), Conor Sheary (2)	Even strength	NYI 2, NYR 3
2nd	10:17	New York Rangers	J.T. Miller (1)	Vincent Trocheck (1), Mika Zibanejad (1)	Power play	NYI 2, NYR 4
3rd	06:59	New York Islanders	Cameron Berg (1)	Alex Jefferies (2)	Even strength	NYI 3, NYR 4
3rd	15:17	New York Islanders	Gleb Veremyev (2)	Cameron Berg (1), Matthew Maggio (1)	Even strength	NYI 4, NYR 4
3rd	16:14	New York Islanders	Kyle Palmieri (2)	Adam Pelech (2)	Even strength	NYI 5, 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	25	29
Power play	0 of 3	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	26	25
Blocked shots	12	16
Giveaways	6	10
Faceoffs won	20/53 (37.7%)	33/53 (62.3%)

Box score

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 S. Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:41
Number 20 M. Highmore	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	36.4%	12:07
Number 21 K. Palmieri	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0		23:54
Number 25 C. Terry	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		11:53
Number 32 K. MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40%	15:02
Number 44 J. Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	66.7%	17:37
Number 45 A. Jefferies	L	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0		13:25
Number 51 E. Heineman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		19:16
Number 55 C. Berg	C	1	1	2	+3	4	1	1	0	44.4%	09:52
Number 64 C. Ritchie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	28.6%	20:17
Number 67 G. Veremyev	C	2	0	2	+2	0	3	6	0		09:53
Number 71 M. Maggio	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0		09:35
Number 3 A. Pelech	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2		19:50
Number 6 R. Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		19:41
Number 34 A. Boqvist	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		23:37
Number 36 I. George	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		20:40
Number 38 T. Mitchell	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	3	1		15:10
Number 47 S. Day	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	1		15:21

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 D. Rittich	24	20	4	.833	40:00
Number 50 M. Hogberg	5	5	0	1.000	20:00	Win

New York Rangers

New York Rangers 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 8 J. Miller	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0	1	20%	21:21
Number 13 A. Lafrenière	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:59
Number 16 V. Trocheck	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	3	0	0	69.2%	19:25
Number 42 N. Laba	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	68.8%	15:03
Number 43 C. Sheary	L	0	2	2	-1	0	4	0	1	0		14:20
Number 54 D. Roobroeck	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0	55.6%	10:05
Number 65 B. Berard	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	1	0	100%	12:06
Number 73 M. Rempe	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	5	0	0		12:21
Number 78 B. Othmann	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	1		10:05
Number 84 A. Edstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	0		11:22
Number 93 M. Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	85.7%	22:25
Number 94 G. Perreault	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	0		19:25
Number 17 W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		19:08
Number 23 A. Fox	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		24:55
Number 24 C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0		18:00
Number 29 M. Robertson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	4	0		19:17
Number 51 D. Pouliot	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0		12:38
Number 60 S. Morrow	D	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0	1	0		18:19

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 J. Quick	15	13	2	.867	40:00
Number 33 D. Garand	10	7	3	.700	17:46	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, New York Islanders at New York Rangers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:22	New York Rangers	Brett Berard	Boarding	2
1st	16:06	New York Islanders	Cameron Berg	Slashing	2
2nd	09:23	New York Islanders	Alex Jefferies	Delaying game	2
2nd	16:07	New York Rangers	Carson Soucy	Tripping	2
3rd	01:51	New York Islanders	Travis Mitchell	Interference	2
3rd	04:50	New York Islanders	Cameron Berg	Delaying game face off violation	2
3rd	09:35	New York Rangers	Noah Laba	High sticking	2

Game information

New York Islanders head coach: Patrick Roy
New York Rangers head coach: Mike Sullivan
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Matt MacPherson
New York Islanders scratches: Semyon Varlamov, Casey Cizikas, Anders Lee, Scott Mayfield, Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Drouin, Bo Horvat, Tony DeAngelo, Ilya Sorokin, Pierre Engvall, Mathew Barzal, Ethan Bear, Julien Gauthier, Liam Foudy, Alexander Romanov, Adam Beckman, Marshall Warren, Henrik Tikkanen, Tristan Lennox, Eetu Liukas, Tomas Machu, Daylan Kuefler, Quinn Finley, Calle Odelius, Marc Gatcomb, Danny Nelson, Jesse Nurmi, Zachary Schulz, Cole McWard, Dennis Good Bogg, Jesse Pulkkinen, Kamil Bednarik, Cole Eiserman, Camden Thiesing, Maxim Tsyplakov, Cam McDonald, Dmitry Gamzin, Marcus Gidlöf, Xavier Veilleux, Kashawn Aitcheson, Matthew Schaefer, Luca Romano, Tomas Poletin, Sam Laurila, Joey Larson, Burke Hood, Jacob Kvasnicka, Maxim Shabanov
New York Rangers scratches: Justin Dowling, Sam Carrick, Andrej Sustr, Anton Blidh, Jonny Brodzinski, Igor Shesterkin, Artemi Panarin, Vladislav Gavrikov, Taylor Raddysh, Casey Fitzgerald, Blake Hillman, Urho Vaakanainen, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Gavin Hain, Case McCarthy, Juuso Parssinen, Christopher Merisier-Ortiz, Connor Mackey, Braden Schneider, Brendan Brisson, Will Cuylle, Kalle Vaisanen, Talyn Boyko, Jaroslav Chmelar, Brody Lamb, Kyle Jackson, Brandon Scanlin, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Adam Sykora, Jackson Dorrington, Drew Fortescue, Carey Terrance, Rasmus Larsson, Ty Henricks, Raoul Boilard, EJ Emery, Ryan Siedem, Nathan Aspinall, Rico Gredig, Malcolm Spence, Sean Barnhill, Zeb Lindgren, Artem Gonchar, Mikkel Eriksen, Samuel Jung, Evan Passmore, Felix Farhammar

2025-2026 season series

Every New York Islanders and New York Rangers game in the 2025-2026 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 5 at New York Rangers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, Thu, Sep 25, 2025
New York Rangers 3 at New York Islanders 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at New York Islanders, Mon, Sep 29, 2025

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