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New York Islanders vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, February 12, 2027 · Madison Square Garden

New York IslandersNY IslandersIslandersAway

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New York RangersNY RangersRangersHome

MSGSN · MSG

Game preview

The New York Islanders visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Friday, February 12, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on MSGSN and MSG.

This is the third of 4 meetings this season. Islanders 0, Rangers 1 so far; the last game finished NYI 2, NYR 5.

Rest and travel

Islanders

Game 6 of a road trip: Pittsburgh, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Florida and Buffalo, now NY Rangers.

  1. 22027-02-02: no game
  2. 32027-02-03: at BUF
  3. 42027-02-04: no game
  4. 52027-02-05: no game
  5. 62027-02-06: no game
  6. 72027-02-07: no game
  7. 82027-02-08: no game
  8. 92027-02-09: no game
  9. 102027-02-10: no game
  10. 112027-02-11: no game
  11. 122027-02-12: at NYR
rest since last game
8 days
rest since last game
since last game
~292 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,871 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Rangers

Another game at home.

  1. 22027-02-02: no game
  2. 32027-02-03: vs WPG
  3. 42027-02-04: no game
  4. 52027-02-05: no game
  5. 62027-02-06: no game
  6. 72027-02-07: no game
  7. 82027-02-08: no game
  8. 92027-02-09: no game
  9. 102027-02-10: no game
  10. 112027-02-11: no game
  11. 122027-02-12: vs NYI
rest since last game
8 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

New York IslandersIslandersTue, Oct 13 vs VAN
  1. L1Schenn#10Ritchie#64Eklund#38
    10:44 together at 5v5
  2. L2Palat#81Duclair#11Pageau#44
    8:29 together at 5v5
  3. L3Heineman#51Palmieri#21Horvat#14
    6:33 together at 5v5
  4. L4Maccelli#63Cizikas#53Holmstrom#92
    5:23 together at 5v5
  1. D1Stanley#8Schaefer#48
    13:56 together at 5v5
  2. D2Pelech#3Pulock#6
    12:01 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewDeAngelo#77Kessel#4
    8:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Maccelli LPalmieri CSchenn CHorvat CSchaefer D3:31

Penalty kill

  1. 1Pageau CHolmstrom RPelech DPulock D2:08
  2. 2Heineman LHorvat CStanley DKessel D1:07
New York RangersRangersTue, Oct 13 vs TBL
  1. L1Zibanejad#93Dorofeyev#16Perreault#94
    10:41 together at 5v5
  2. L2Kartye#24Lafrenière#13Miller#10
    9:44 together at 5v5
  3. L3Cuylle#50Laba#42Tolvanen#17
    8:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewRempe#73Beaudoin#53Bjorkstrand#28
    2:31 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pettersson#26Durzi#5
    16:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Gavrikov#44Fox#23
    12:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Schneider#4Smits#12
    9:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Lafrenière LZibanejad CMiller CPerreault RFox D2:48
  2. 2Cuylle LBjorkstrand RTolvanen RPerreault RDurzi D0:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Kartye LTolvanen RGavrikov DFox D0:45
  2. 2Kartye LTolvanen RPettersson DSchneider D0:38

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

NYINYR

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

NYI 68% (15th most shuffled)NYR 75% (6th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

NYI 2:02 left (7th earliest · 15 pulls)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

NYI 48.2s (15th shortest)NYR 47.0s (8th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

NYI 33% (11th most often)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series