New York Islanders at New York Rangers: game preview
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19that
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30thFourteen points apart last season
NY Islanders finished last season 19th in the league on 91 points. NY Rangers finished 30th on 77, and the 2025-26 season series went NYI 4-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 348
Across 347 completed games, NY Islanders lead the head-to-head 174-151-21.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 8 Nov 2025, NY Islanders were 20th in the league and NY Rangers 22nd. By 6 Oct it was 24th and 1st.
NY Rangers out-attempted NY Islanders 279 to 270
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
NY Rangers have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for NY Islanders, 5 for NY Rangers. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Islanders, 10 for NY Rangers.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Islanders, 82 for NY Rangers.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
NY Islanders
Small sampleNY Rangers
Small sampleBo Horvat has 5 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Bo Horvat vs NY Rangers · game by game
See all: Bo Horvat vs NY Rangers · game by game →Ilya Sorokin has started most of these meetings
Ilya Sorokin played 2 of the last 5 meetings with NY Rangers, with a .981 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 3 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 3 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Ilya Sorokin
See all: Ilya Sorokin →NYI · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Semyon Varlamov .864 (1 GP)
Full game logIgor Shesterkin
See all: Igor Shesterkin →NYR · 3-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Dylan Garand 1.000 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 5.7 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
6 on the injury lists
NY Islanders · injuries
NY Rangers · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Agreed to terms with LD Logan Stanley on a 1-Year contract worth $1.5M. Placed G Vitek Vanecek on waivers with the intention of sending to Hamilton (AHL)
Waived Fs Tanner Fritz, Matt Luff and Nathan Chaffee. Waived Fs Dylan Foudy and Hudson Kuefler for the purpose of sending to Hamilton (AHL).
Signed F Alex Jefferies to a one-year contract.
Recalled C Gabriel Beaudoin from Hartford (AHL). Placed C Joe Veleno on injured reserve.
Placed D Matthew Robertson on waivers.
Placed G Joonas Korpisalo on injured reserve. Recalled G Dylan Garand from Hartford (AHL).
NY Islanders · 2026 draft
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