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New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Preseason · Friday, September 25, 2026 · UBS Arena

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6–1

Final

SOG 27–16

New York IslandersNY IslandersIslandersHome

MSGSN · MSG

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6-1 on Friday, September 25, 2026 at UBS Arena. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 27-16.

Goals came from Oliver Bjorkstrand, J.T. Miller, Tye Kartye, Gabe Perreault, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Pierre Engvall.

Igor Shesterkin made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 21 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR231627
New York IslandersNYI001116

Three stars

  1. ★1st starIgor ShesterkinNYR · .938 SV%
  2. ★2nd starAdam FoxNYR · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starJ.T. MillerNYR · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:47

3–0 · 2nd 3:27 · Kartye. Aitcheson was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceNYI on ice

1–0 NYR

1st 3:48 · Bjorkstrand

Long shift: Pulock 1:03

2–0 NYR

1st 4:43 · PP · Miller

Pulock 0:16

3–0 NYR

2nd 3:27 · Kartye

Stuck out there: Aitcheson 1:47

4–0 NYR

2nd 13:12 · Perreault

Romanov 0:53

5–0 NYR

2nd 17:04 · Cuylle

Pulock 0:58

6–0 NYR

3rd 1:23 · PP · Zibanejad

Foudy 0:59

6–1 NYI

3rd 11:22 · Engvall

Pettersson 0:20

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
27Shots on goal16
51%Faceoff %49%
2/4Power play0/2
8Penalty minutes22
24Hits25
8Blocked shots17
20Giveaways15
2Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 04:27Mitchell Chaffee · holding2 min
  • 1st 10:52Pavel Dorofeyev · tripping2 min
  • 1st 15:07Noah Laba · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 05:20Emil Heineman · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 14:41Matthew Kessel · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:41Braden Schneider · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:41Braden Schneider · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:41Matthew Kessel · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 00:24Ryan Pulock · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 03:16Matthew Kessel · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:54Kashawn Aitcheson · misconduct10 min