Final
NYI at NYR game report
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. ET · Madison Square Garden
Rangers beat the Islanders 5–2 and earned it, out-chancing them 4.0–2.2 in expected goals and 11–8 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 5Goals2
- 3.95Expected goals2.18
- 1.735-on-5 expected goals1.36
- 11High-danger chances8
- 24Shots on goal19
- 56Shot attempts47
- 405-on-5 shot attempts35
- 3:58Power-play time8:05
5-on-5 shares for NYR: 53.3% of shot attempts, 56.0% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (NYR 1.41, NYI 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
By strength
| NYR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 45:22 | 40–35 | 1.73–1.36 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 3:58 | 11–11 | 1.97–0.82 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 8:05 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:35 | 5–1 | 1.65–0.00 | 2–0 |
Read pairs as NYR–NYI. “Power play” means NYR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin NYR | 17/19 | .895 | 2.18 | +0.18 |
| Semyon Varlamov NYI | 19/22 | .864 | 3.95 | +0.95 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingRangers6.4Islanders5.7
| ★Top three of the night: Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | 9.4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18:54 | 64.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Oliver BjorkstrandFNYR | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8:58 | 69.2 |
| ★Top three of the night: Mika ZibanejadFNYR | 8.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20:05 | 65.2 |
| Vladislav GavrikovDNYR | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24:10 | 52.6 |
| Brayden SchennFNYI | 7.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:16 | 62.5 |
| Calum RitchieFNYI | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:27 | 68.4 |
| Adam FoxDNYR | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:49 | 68.0 |
| Gabe PerreaultFNYR | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:45 | 66.7 |
| J.T. MillerFNYR | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:29 | 66.7 |
| Matias MaccelliFNYI | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:32 | 62.5 |
| Semyon VarlamovGNYI | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:26 | — |
| Sean DurziDNYR | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:34 | 56.5 |
| Victor EklundFNYI | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 | 65.2 |
| Bo HorvatFNYI | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 | 21.4 |
| Tony DeAngeloDNYI | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 | 50.0 |
| Igor ShesterkinGNYR | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Alberts SmitsDNYR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | 53.3 |
| Cole BeaudoinFNYR | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:57 | 64.3 |
| Jaroslav ChmelarFNYR | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:28 | 72.7 |
| Tye KartyeFNYR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 | 66.7 |
| Casey CizikasFNYI | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 57.1 |
| Ondrej PalatFNYI | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 | 56.5 |
| Pavel DorofeyevFNYR | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 | 66.7 |
| Alexander RomanovDNYI | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 | 56.3 |
| Logan StanleyDNYI | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 | 40.9 |
| Matthew SchaeferDNYI | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:03 | 47.2 |
| Marcus PetterssonDNYR | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 | 56.5 |
| Will CuylleFNYR | 5.4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17:44 | 21.7 |
| Braden SchneiderDNYR | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:39 | 36.7 |
| Adam PelechDNYI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:56 | 46.7 |
| Ryan PulockDNYI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 | 42.3 |
| Simon HolmstromFNYI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 | 25.0 |
| Kyle PalmieriFNYI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:37 | 23.5 |
| Emil HeinemanFNYI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 26.3 |
| Anthony DuclairFNYI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 31.3 |
| Jean-Gabriel PageauFNYI | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 | 21.4 |
| Noah LabaFNYR | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 19.0 |
| Eeli TolvanenFNYR | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 20.0 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Rangers
Forward lines
- Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault10:49 · 14–7 · xG 0.7–0.5
- Miller – Dorofeyev – Kartye8:55 · 10–4 · xG 0.5–0.3
- Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba8:12 · 3–14 · xG 0.1–0.2
- Bjorkstrand – Chmelar – Beaudoin6:14 · 7–2 · xG 0.1–0.0
Defence pairs
- Gavrikov – Fox12:56 · 10–7 · xG 0.5–0.5
- Pettersson – Durzi11:21 · 12–8 · xG 0.8–0.5
- Schneider – Smits8:18 · 11–13 · xG 0.3–0.2
Islanders
Forward lines
- Palmieri – Horvat – Heineman9:43 · 3–10 · xG 0.2–0.4
- Schenn – Ritchie – Eklund9:01 · 12–5 · xG 0.5–0.4
- Pageau – Duclair – Holmstrom8:09 · 2–7 · xG 0.0–0.4
- Cizikas – Palat – Maccelli6:09 · 10–5 · xG 0.1–0.1
Defence pairs
- Pelech – Schaefer12:25 · 13–11 · xG 0.5–0.5
- DeAngelo – Stanley9:37 · 7–4 · xG 0.3–0.0
- Pulock – Romanov9:21 · 9–7 · xG 0.5–0.2
Three stars
- ★O. BjorkstrandNYR · 2G 0A
- ★★A. LafrenièreNYR · 3G 1A
- ★★★M. ZibanejadNYR · 0G 2A
Scoring
Period 1
- 06:40NYR O. Bjorkstrand (from A. Lafrenière, S. Durzi)0–1
Period 2
- 00:25NYR A. Lafrenière (from M. Zibanejad, V. Gavrikov)0–2
- 02:56NYI B. Horvat pp (from M. Maccelli, B. Schenn)1–2
- 04:52NYI C. Ritchie (from B. Schenn)2–2
- 17:07NYR O. Bjorkstrand pp (from G. Perreault, W. Cuylle)2–3
Period 3
- 18:22NYR A. Lafrenière (from J. Miller, M. Zibanejad)2–4
- 18:54NYR A. Lafrenière (from A. Fox, V. Gavrikov)2–5