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New York Rangers at New York Islanders

UBS Arena, Elmont Preseason Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–1 on Friday, September 25, 2026 on the road.

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

Goals by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 2 3 1 6
New York Islanders 0 0 1 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 10 11 6 27
New York Islanders 5 5 6 16

Three stars

  1. I. Shesterkin, New York Rangers (goaltender)
  2. A. Fox, New York Rangers (3 assists)
  3. J. Miller, New York Rangers (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:48 New York Rangers Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Sean Durzi (2) Even strength NYR 1, NYI 0
1st 04:43 New York Rangers J.T. Miller (1) Mika Zibanejad (1), Adam Fox (1) Power play NYR 2, NYI 0
2nd 03:27 New York Rangers Tye Kartye (1) Adam Fox (2), Matt Rempe (2) Even strength NYR 3, NYI 0
2nd 13:12 New York Rangers Gabe Perreault (1) Vladislav Gavrikov (1), J.T. Miller (2) Even strength NYR 4, NYI 0
2nd 17:04 New York Rangers Will Cuylle (2) Noah Laba (1), Marcus Pettersson (1) Even strength NYR 5, NYI 0
3rd 01:23 New York Rangers Mika Zibanejad (1) Adam Fox (3), Pavel Dorofeyev (2) Power play NYR 6, NYI 0
3rd 11:22 New York Islanders Pierre Engvall (1) Cole Eiserman (1), Liam Foudy (1) Even strength NYR 6, NYI 1

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

Team stats

Stat New York Rangers New York Islanders
Shots on goal 27 16
Power play 2 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 8 22
Hits 24 25
Blocked shots 8 17
Giveaways 20 15
Takeaways 2 4
Faceoffs won 24/47 (51.1%) 23/47 (48.9%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
10 J. Miller C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 1 36.4% 15:02
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 15:33
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 2 2 +1 2 2 0 0 0 16:04
17 E. Tolvanen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:38
24 T. Kartye L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 17:02
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 13:05
42 N. Laba C 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 50% 14:29
50 W. Cuylle L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 50% 14:44
73 M. Rempe C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 1 0 13:43
90 J. Veleno C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 0 33.3% 16:59
93 M. Zibanejad C 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 73.3% 14:57
94 G. Perreault R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 12:51
4 B. Schneider D 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 16:42
5 S. Durzi D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21:17
23 A. Fox D 0 3 3 +2 0 2 0 0 0 17:53
26 M. Pettersson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 1 0 22:14
44 V. Gavrikov D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 0 20:35
63 A. Smits D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 18:18
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31 I. Shesterkin 16 15 1 .938 59:54 Win

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player
11 A. Duclair L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 33.3% 17:06
18 P. Engvall L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 19:07
20 M. Highmore C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57.1% 09:41
25 M. Luff R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 11:43
26 M. Chaffee R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 1 0 14:54
32 K. MacLean C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 69.2% 17:13
43 L. Foudy C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 37.5% 17:29
45 A. Jefferies L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 10:58
51 E. Heineman L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 2 0 16:38
52 D. Kuefler L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 5 0 0 45.5% 15:03
57 C. Eiserman L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 15:07
76 D. Prokhorov R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0 0 14:16
4 M. Kessel D 0 0 0 +1 6 1 0 0 0 15:27
6 R. Pulock D 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 2 0 18:29
28 A. Romanov D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 5 0 20:24
36 I. George D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 17:32
37 K. Aitcheson D 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 22:27
77 T. DeAngelo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:11
New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
40 S. Varlamov 27 21 6 .778 60:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:27 New York Islanders Mitchell Chaffee Holding 2
1st 10:52 New York Rangers Pavel Dorofeyev Tripping 2
1st 15:07 New York Rangers Noah Laba Slashing 2
2nd 05:20 New York Islanders Emil Heineman Hooking 2
2nd 14:41 New York Islanders Matthew Kessel Roughing 2
2nd 14:41 New York Rangers Braden Schneider Roughing 2
2nd 14:41 New York Rangers Braden Schneider Roughing 2
2nd 14:41 New York Islanders Matthew Kessel Roughing 2
3rd 00:24 New York Islanders Ryan Pulock Hooking 2
3rd 03:16 New York Islanders Matthew Kessel Tripping 2
3rd 16:54 New York Islanders Kashawn Aitcheson Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Mike Sullivan
New York Islanders head coach
Peter DeBoer
Referees
Francois St-Laurent, Austin Rook
Linesmen
Shandor Alphonso, Anthony Lapointe
New York Rangers scratches
Anton Blidh, Glenn Gawdin, Taylor Raddysh, Matthew Robertson, Marc Del Gaizo, Dylan Garand, Scott Morrow, William Trudeau, Vincent Iorio, Jaroslav Chmelar, Adam Sykora, Aidan Thompson, Zakary Karpa, Rasmus Larsson, Ty Henricks, Raoul Boilard, EJ Emery, Rico Gredig, Malcolm Spence, Sean Barnhill, Zeb Lindgren, 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
New York Islanders scratches
Kyle Palmieri, Brayden Schenn, Casey Cizikas, Ondrej Palat, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Scott Mayfield, Adam Pelech, Bo Horvat, Vitek Vanecek, Ilya Sorokin, Mathew Barzal, Hunter Drew, Marshall Warren, Simon Holmstrom, Matias Maccelli, Cameron Berg, Tomas Machu, Brandon Scanlin, Quinn Finley, Ryan Fanti, Ryan Healey, Danny Nelson, Calum Ritchie, Zachary Schulz, Dennis Good Bogg, Luke Rowe, Kamil Bednarik, Camden Thiesing, Dmitry Gamzin, Xavier Veilleux, Matthew Schaefer, Luca Romano, Tomas Poletin, Victor Eklund, Sam Laurila, Burke Hood, Jacob Kvasnicka, Vladimír Dravecký, Lincoln Kuehne, Artyom Matyuk, Robert Cowan, Luke Antonacci

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
New York Islanders 4 at New York Rangers 3 Final Preseason Game page
New York Rangers 6 at New York Islanders 1 Final Preseason Game page

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