Final
NYR at NYI game report
Rangers
6–1
Islanders
Friday, September 25, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. ET · UBS Arena
Rangers beat the Islanders 6–1 and earned it, out-chancing them 2.9–1.8 in expected goals.
Team comparison
NYINYR
- 1Goals6
- 1.79Expected goals2.86
- 1.585-on-5 expected goals2.33
- 9High-danger chances9
- 16Shots on goal27
- 29Shot attempts57
- 265-on-5 shot attempts49
- 5:14Power-play time6:50
5-on-5 shares for NYI: 34.7% of shot attempts, 40.3% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
IslandersRangersCircles 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
Rangers shooting ←→ Islanders shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| NYI at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 47:56 | 26–49 | 1.58–2.33 | 1–4 |
| Power play | 5:14 | 1–8 | 0.00–0.53 | 0–2 |
| Shorthanded | 6:50 | 2–0 | 0.22–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:00 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as NYI–NYR. “Power play” means NYI had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semyon Varlamov NYI | 21/27 | .778 | 2.86 | -3.14 |
| Igor Shesterkin NYR | 15/16 | .938 | 1.79 | +0.79 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Cuylle NYR | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.48 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand NYR | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.43 |
| Daniil Prokhorov NYI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.42 |
| Mitchell Chaffee NYI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Eeli Tolvanen NYR | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev NYR | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.32 |
| J.T. Miller NYR | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.26 |
| Mika Zibanejad NYR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.26 |
| Emil Heineman NYI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.20 |
| Kyle MacLean NYI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 |
Three stars
- ★I. ShesterkinNYR · .938 SV%
- ★★A. FoxNYR · 0G 3A
- ★★★J. MillerNYR · 1G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 03:48NYR O. Bjorkstrand (from P. Dorofeyev, S. Durzi)1–0
- 04:43NYR J. Miller pp (from M. Zibanejad, A. Fox)2–0
Period 2
- 03:27NYR T. Kartye (from A. Fox, M. Rempe)3–0
- 13:12NYR G. Perreault (from V. Gavrikov, J. Miller)4–0
- 17:04NYR W. Cuylle (from N. Laba, M. Pettersson)5–0
Period 3
- 01:23NYR M. Zibanejad pp (from A. Fox, P. Dorofeyev)6–0
- 11:22NYI P. Engvall (from C. Eiserman, L. Foudy)6–1