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New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, New York Preseason Final

Final score

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
New York Islanders 4 3-3-1
at New York Rangers 3 6-3-0

Goals by period

Team Total
New York Islanders 0 2 2 4
New York Rangers 1 2 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
New York Islanders 8 12 8 28
New York Rangers 5 6 8 19

Three stars

  1. M. Maccelli, New York Islanders (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. M. Schaefer, New York Islanders (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. P. Dorofeyev, New York Rangers (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:23 New York Rangers Cole Beaudoin (1) Eeli Tolvanen (1), Sean Durzi (1) Even strength NYI 0, NYR 1
2nd 06:03 New York Rangers Pavel Dorofeyev (1) Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), J.T. Miller (1) Even strength NYI 0, NYR 2
2nd 07:20 New York Rangers Taylor Raddysh (1) Alberts Smits (1), Braden Schneider (1) Even strength NYI 0, NYR 3
2nd 11:36 New York Islanders Kyle MacLean (1) Mitchell Chaffee (1), Casey Cizikas (1) Even strength NYI 1, NYR 3
2nd 17:47 New York Islanders Matthew Schaefer (1) Matias Maccelli (1), Brayden Schenn (1) Power play NYI 2, NYR 3
3rd 04:02 New York Islanders Matias Maccelli (1) Bo Horvat (1), Matthew Schaefer (1) Power play NYI 3, NYR 3
3rd 09:29 New York Islanders Matias Maccelli (2) Matthew Schaefer (2), Kyle Palmieri (1) Power play NYI 4, NYR 3

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

Team stats

Stat New York Islanders New York Rangers
Shots on goal 28 19
Power play 3 of 5 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 11 19
Hits 22 31
Blocked shots 14 11
Giveaways 10 13
Takeaways 2 5
Faceoffs won 31/62 (50%) 31/62 (50%)

Box score

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player
10 B. Schenn C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 33.3% 17:57
14 B. Horvat C 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 45% 19:49
21 K. Palmieri C 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 19:03
26 M. Chaffee R 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:46
32 K. MacLean C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 12:31
44 J. Pageau C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 0 50% 13:07
53 C. Cizikas C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 54.5% 12:49
57 C. Eiserman L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 11:24
63 M. Maccelli L 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 19:08
64 C. Ritchie C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 50% 14:59
73 V. Eklund R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 1 0 100% 14:10
92 S. Holmstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 14:44
3 A. Pelech D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:48
24 S. Mayfield D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 5 0 15:09
36 I. George D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19:20
37 K. Aitcheson D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 1 0 14:48
48 M. Schaefer D 1 2 3 -1 0 6 1 0 1 27:14
77 T. DeAngelo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:14
New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30 I. Sorokin 9 6 3 .667 29:45
40 S. Varlamov 10 10 0 1.000 30:15 Win

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
10 J. Miller C 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 66.7% 19:01
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 15:31
14 T. Raddysh R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 11:39
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 17:32
17 E. Tolvanen R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 7 0 0 100% 15:15
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 15:07
49 J. Chmelar R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 11:00
53 C. Beaudoin C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 3 0 0 42.9% 14:02
54 D. Roobroeck C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 42.9% 11:01
85 L. Greentree R 0 0 0 +1 5 1 1 0 0 11:26
93 M. Zibanejad C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 1 0 35.7% 19:16
94 G. Perreault R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 13:20
4 B. Schneider D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 14:47
5 S. Durzi D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 4 0 23:32
23 A. Fox D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 21:32
26 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 21:50
44 V. Gavrikov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20:52
63 A. Smits D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 15:29
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31 I. Shesterkin 20 18 2 .900 39:36
41 S. Martin 8 6 2 .750 17:10 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:02 New York Islanders Kyle Palmieri Hooking 2
2nd 08:18 New York Rangers Eeli Tolvanen Interference 2
2nd 14:05 New York Islanders Scott Mayfield Fighting (major) 5
2nd 14:05 New York Rangers Liam Greentree Fighting (major) 5
2nd 17:19 New York Rangers Cole Beaudoin Hooking 2
2nd 19:02 New York Rangers Oliver Bjorkstrand Cross checking 2
3rd 02:17 New York Rangers Mika Zibanejad Tripping 2
3rd 06:42 New York Rangers Oliver Bjorkstrand Roughing 2
3rd 06:42 New York Islanders Bo Horvat Roughing 2
3rd 08:40 New York Rangers Alexis Lafrenière High sticking 2
3rd 13:05 New York Islanders Kashawn Aitcheson Roughing 2
3rd 13:05 New York Rangers Dylan Roobroeck Roughing 2

Game information

New York Islanders head coach
Peter DeBoer
New York Rangers head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Liam Maaskant
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Chris Martenet
New York Islanders scratches
Ondrej Palat, Anthony Duclair, Ryan Pulock, Vitek Vanecek, Pierre Engvall, Matthew Highmore, Mathew Barzal, Ethan Bear, Matt Luff, Liam Foudy, Hunter Drew, Alexander Romanov, Marshall Warren, Alex Jefferies, Henrik Tikkanen, Emil Heineman, Matthew Kessel, Cameron Berg, Tomas Machu, Daylan Kuefler, Brandon Scanlin, Quinn Finley, Ryan Fanti, Ryan Healey, Danny Nelson, Zachary Schulz, Dennis Good Bogg, Luke Rowe, Kamil Bednarik, Camden Thiesing, Dmitry Gamzin, Xavier Veilleux, Luca Romano, Tomas Poletin, Sam Laurila, Daniil Prokhorov, Burke Hood, Jacob Kvasnicka, Vladimír Dravecký, Lincoln Kuehne, Joshua Kotai, Ryan Bottrill, Artyom Matyuk, Robert Cowan, Luke Antonacci
New York Rangers scratches
Justin Dowling, Joonas Korpisalo, Anton Blidh, Glenn Gawdin, Dennis Cholowski, Urho Vaakanainen, Joseph Veleno, Matthew Robertson, Juuso Parssinen, Marc Del Gaizo, Tye Kartye, Will Cuylle, Dylan Garand, Matt Rempe, Scott Morrow, William Trudeau, Vincent Iorio, Brody Lamb, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Adam Sykora, Aidan Thompson, Noah Laba, Zakary Karpa, Jackson Dorrington, Drew Fortescue, Carey Terrance, Rasmus Larsson, Ty Henricks, Jacob Battaglia, Raoul Boilard, EJ Emery, Nathan Aspinall, Rico Gredig, Malcolm Spence, Sean Barnhill, Zeb Lindgren, Callum Tung, Artem Gonchar, Mikkel Eriksen, Samuel Jung, Evan Passmore, Felix Farhammar, Andre Mondoux, Michael Suda, Ben MacBeath, Charlie Morrison, Danai Shaiikov, Tomas Chrenko, Spencer Bowes, Darian Anderson, Ivan Patrikhayev

2026-2027 season series

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