New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · Madison Square Garden · 2026–27 Regular Season

New York Islanders

2 – 5

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice; Alexis Lafrenière scored a hat trick. Igor Shesterkin made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	2	0	2	19
NYR	1	2	2	5	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:40	NYR	EV	Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) · slap	Alexis Lafrenière (2), Sean Durzi (1)	0–1
2nd	00:25	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (1) · snap	Mika Zibanejad (3), Vladislav Gavrikov (2)	0–2
2nd	02:56	NYI	PP	Bo Horvat (2) · snap	Matias Maccelli (1), Brayden Schenn (2)	1–2
2nd	04:52	NYI	EV	Calum Ritchie (1) · wrist	Brayden Schenn (3)	2–2
2nd	17:07	NYR	PP	Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) · wrist	Gabe Perreault (2), Will Cuylle (3)	2–3
3rd	18:22	NYR	SH EN	Alexis Lafrenière (2) · wrist	J.T. Miller (1), Mika Zibanejad (4)	2–4
3rd	18:54	NYR	SH EN	Alexis Lafrenière (3) · wrist	Adam Fox (5), Vladislav Gavrikov (3)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:21	NYR	Cole Beaudoin	interference	2
1st	12:13	NYI	Brayden Schenn	fighting	5
1st	12:13	NYR	J.T. Miller	fighting	5
1st	12:41	NYI	Victor Eklund	holding	2
1st	16:57	NYR	Alexis Lafrenière	slashing	2
2nd	02:02	NYR	Eeli Tolvanen	hooking	2
2nd	12:11	NYI	Casey Cizikas	roughing	2
2nd	12:11	NYR	Alberts Smits	roughing	2
2nd	15:28	NYI	Brayden Schenn	holding	2
3rd	04:25	NYR	Tye Kartye	holding	2
3rd	19:47	NYI	Adam Pelech	roughing	2
3rd	19:47	NYR	Oliver Bjorkstrand	fighting	5
3rd	19:47	NYI	Adam Pelech	fighting	5

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYI 2.28 · NYR 4.48 · xG% NYI 33.8

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Brayden Schenn	C	0	2	2	0	7	2	1	1	62.5	16:16	20
14	Bo Horvat	C	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0	60.0	17:49	21
63	Matias Maccelli	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		14:32	18
64	Calum Ritchie	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	14:27	20
48	Matthew Schaefer	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1		25:03	28
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	1		20:56	30
8	Logan Stanley	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		19:21	28
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		18:12	26
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		16:40	20
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		16:37	18
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		16:32	21
92	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:11	20
38	Victor Eklund	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	1		15:01	20
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1	38.9	14:50	21
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		14:32	20
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	54.5	13:26	17
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		13:20	15
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	100.0	11:57	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Semyon Varlamov	L	22	19	3	.864	59:26

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	3	1	4	+4	2	3	0	1		18:54	24
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	1	0		24:10	28
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	2	2	+3	0	3	1	1	52.9	20:05	24
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	2	0	2	+1	5	3	1	1		8:58	14
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0		23:49	24
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	6	0	60.0	17:44	22
5	Sean Durzi	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		17:34	22
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	+1	5	3	3	1	47.1	16:29	23
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		13:45	21
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		17:47	21
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		17:39	21
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		16:25	19
12	Alberts Smits	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		15:27	21
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		15:11	22
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	53.8	14:47	21
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4		13:57	21
53	Cole Beaudoin	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	1	54.5	9:57	17
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:28	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	19	17	2	.895	60:00