New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · UBS Arena

NY RangersRangersAway

2–5

Final

SOG 16–36

NY IslandersIslandersHome

MSGSN · MSG 2

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at UBS Arena. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 36-16.

Goals came from Ondrej Palat, Simon Holmstrom, Mika Zibanejad, Mathew Barzal, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Taylor Raddysh and Emil Heineman.

David Rittich made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Spencer Martin stopped 31 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	0	2	16
NYI	2	3	0	5	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ondrej Palat (5)Simon Holmstrom (13), Matthew Schaefer (22)0–114:59 NYI · PPG
Simon Holmstrom (13)Tony DeAngelo (19), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (12)0–216:10 NYI
Mika Zibanejad (22)J.T. Miller (20), Vladislav Gavrikov (10)1–218:04 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Mathew Barzal (13)Simon Holmstrom (14), Bo Horvat (13)1–313:12 NYI · PPG
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (11)Marc Gatcomb (2), Kyle MacLean (3)1–413:59 NYI
Taylor Raddysh (8)Noah Laba (10), Will Borgen (3)Pulock 1:23 into shift2–415:42 NYR
Emil Heineman (15)Adam Pelech (6), Ondrej Palat (7)2–519:12 NYI

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:23

2–4 · 2nd 15:42 · Raddysh. Pulock was 1:23 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceNYI on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 NYI

1st 14:59 · PP · Palat

Zibanejad 0:19

Fresh legsZibanejad 0:19

0–2 NYI

1st 16:10 · Holmstrom

Borgen 0:27

Fresh legsBorgen 0:27

1–2 NYR

1st 18:04 · PP · Zibanejad

Cizikas 0:31

Fresh legsCizikas 0:31

1–3 NYI

2nd 13:12 · PP · Barzal

Zibanejad 0:38

Fresh legsZibanejad 0:38

1–4 NYI

2nd 13:59 · Pageau

Raddysh 0:47

NormalRaddysh 0:47

2–4 NYR

2nd 15:42 · Raddysh

Long shift: Pulock 1:23

Long shiftPulock 1:23

2–5 NYI

2nd 19:12 · Heineman

Borgen 0:58

NormalBorgen 0:58

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NYRNYI

16Shots on goal36

43%Faceoff %57%

1/2Power play2/5

10Penalty minutes6

31Hits23

11Blocked shots16

15Giveaways16

8Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 11:33Alexis Lafrenière · slashing2 min
1st 11:42Bo Horvat · interference2 min
1st 13:02Vincent Trocheck · slashing2 min
1st 17:33Jonathan Drouin · high sticking2 min
2nd 09:41Sam Carrick · tripping2 min
2nd 09:41Sam Carrick · cross checking2 min
2nd 09:41Matt Rempe · boarding2 min
3rd 07:28Bo Horvat · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8J.T. MillerC	0	1	1	-1	1	6	0	0	25	19:46
14Taylor RaddyshR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:28
42Noah LabaC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	14	14:25
93Mika ZibanejadC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	38	21:39
17Will BorgenD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0	–	20:38
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	24:44
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	13:27
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	64	15:50
22Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	10:10
39Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	80	09:50
50Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	14:18
73Matt RempeC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	–	09:49
78Brennan OthmannL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	13:48
94Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:17
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	22:52
18Urho VaakanainenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:54
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	22:14
60Scott MorrowD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:23

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Spencer MartinG	L	36	31	5	.861	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

10Simon HolmstromR	1	2	3	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:53
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	1	1	2	+2	3	3	1	0	67	13:31
81Ondrej PalatL	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	0	–	11:53
13Mathew BarzalC	1	0	1	-1	5	0	3	0	43	20:09
14Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	4	67	17:07
16Marc GatcombC	0	1	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	11:03
32Kyle MacLeanC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	12:12
51Emil HeinemanL	1	0	1	+1	4	4	0	0	–	17:10
3Adam PelechD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	17:29
48Matthew SchaeferD	0	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	–	24:36
77Tony DeAngeloD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	19:39
11Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:40
27Anders LeeL	0	0	0	+1	5	1	2	0	100	15:39
29Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	57	16:23
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	13:07
4Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:38
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:53
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	17:05

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33David RittichG	W	16	14	2	.875	59:22