Final
NYI at NYR game report
Islanders
4–3
Rangers
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Madison Square Garden
Islanders beat the Rangers 4–3 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.7–2.1 in expected goals and 11–7 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
NYRNYI
- 3Goals4
- 2.10Expected goals3.68
- 0.985-on-5 expected goals2.41
- 7High-danger chances11
- 19Shots on goal28
- 45Shot attempts52
- 315-on-5 shot attempts33
- 2:06Power-play time7:11
5-on-5 shares for NYR: 48.4% of shot attempts, 29.0% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
RangersIslandersCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Islanders shooting ←→ Rangers shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| NYR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 43:37 | 31–33 | 0.98–2.41 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 2:06 | 2–16 | 0.08–1.05 | 0–3 |
| Shorthanded | 7:11 | 0–1 | 0.00–0.10 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 7:06 | 12–2 | 1.04–0.12 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as NYR–NYI. “Power play” means NYR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin NYI | 6/9 | .667 | 1.43 | -1.57 |
| Igor Shesterkin NYR | 18/20 | .900 | 3.14 | +1.14 |
| Semyon Varlamov NYI | 10/10 | 1.000 | 0.67 | +0.67 |
| Spencer Martin NYR | 6/8 | .750 | 0.53 | -1.47 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.64 |
| Kyle MacLean NYI | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.62 |
| Bo Horvat NYI | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.49 |
| Matthew Schaefer NYI | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.44 |
| Cole Beaudoin NYR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.41 |
| Calum Ritchie NYI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.38 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev NYR | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.36 |
| Eeli Tolvanen NYR | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.35 |
| Victor Eklund NYI | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.24 |
| Alexis Lafrenière NYR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.22 |
Three stars
- ★M. MaccelliNYI · 2G 1A
- ★★M. SchaeferNYI · 1G 2A
- ★★★P. DorofeyevNYR · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 08:23NYR C. Beaudoin (from E. Tolvanen, S. Durzi)0–1
Period 2
- 06:03NYR P. Dorofeyev (from O. Bjorkstrand, J. Miller)0–2
- 07:20NYR T. Raddysh (from A. Smits, B. Schneider)0–3
- 11:36NYI K. MacLean (from M. Chaffee, C. Cizikas)1–3
- 17:47NYI M. Schaefer pp (from M. Maccelli, B. Schenn)2–3
Period 3
- 04:02NYI M. Maccelli pp (from B. Horvat, M. Schaefer)3–3
- 09:29NYI M. Maccelli pp (from M. Schaefer, K. Palmieri)4–3