New York Rangers vs. New York IslandersDec 27, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 27, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	7	10	10	27
NYI	1	0	1	2		NYI	10	7	9	26

: NYR 64NYI 58
: NYR 2.61NYI 3.99
PP goals: NYR 0NYI 0
Hits: NYR 24NYI 14
Blocks: NYR 17NYI 19
PIM: NYR 12NYI 8
: NYR 58%NYI 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 2–0

New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 2–0 at home. Anders Lee (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYI: Drouin–Horvat–Heineman skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NYI: Drouin–Horvat–Heineman skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Horvat Heineman
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.61 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Ritchie Shabanov
Luck
NYI scored 2 goals on 3.99 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brennan Othmann (NYR) played 5:47, −4:27 down on his 10:14 season average over 18 games.Othmann
Usage
Scott Morrow (NYR) played 20:04, +4:33 up on his 15:31 season average over 28 games.Morrow
Usage
Maxim Shabanov (NYI) played 9:38, −4:09 down on his 13:47 season average over 43 games.Shabanov
Usage
Marshall Warren (NYI) played 8:31, −3:23 down on his 11:54 season average over 7 games.Warren

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · NYI 58 · NYR 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 32% of the game, NYI 44%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against NYR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	NYI
	54	41
	1.48	2.81
	1.41	2.53
	11	12
	2	1
	17	17
	+0.082	−0.082
	32%	44%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
10:3060% CF
L2Raddysh – Cuylle – Laba
7:2947% CF
L3Trocheck – Brodzinski – Perreault
7:0838% CF
L4Carrick – Rempe – Othmann
4:2789% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
14:5055% CF
D2Soucy – Borgen
8:5953% CF
D3Robertson – Morrow
8:5659% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle – Morrow
4:16100% CF
PP2Brodzinski – Gavrikov – Lafrenière – Laba – Perreault
0:16
PK1FCarrick – Zibanejad
3:43
PK2FTrocheck – Cuylle
2:52
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
3:07
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
2:04

Current NYR line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Barzal – Holmstrom
10:1950% CF
L2Drouin – Horvat – Heineman
9:2933% CF
L3Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
7:4345% CF
L4Pageau – Ritchie – Shabanov
6:3953% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
13:0062% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
12:2735% CF
D3Mayfield – Warren
7:4344% CF

PP1Drouin – Horvat – Barzal – Ritchie – Schaefer
6:22100% CF
PP2Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman – Shabanov
2:0567% CF
PK1FCizikas – Pageau
1:01
PK2FHorvat – Holmstrom
0:58
PK1DPelech – Pulock
2:29
PK2DMayfield – Schaefer
0:37

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:58
NYIAnders Leewrist0.25 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Soucy, Brodzinski, Borgen, PerreaultNYI: Lee, Pelech, DeAngelo, Barzal, Holmstrom
NYR 0 – 1 NYI

3rd period

19:43
NYISimon HolmstromENwrist0.22 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Lafrenière, Cuylle, MorrowNYI: Pageau, Pelech, Horvat, Pulock, Holmstrom
NYR 0 – 2 NYI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	-1	0	0.06	2	4	0	24:19	—	—	67	54
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-1	4	0.49	0	1	0	21:50	—	—	62	37
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-1	2	0.03	0	2	2	14:28	—	—	53	42
Will Cuylle L	L2	-1	4	0.63	5	4	2	20:13	—	—	59	42
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	52	45
Noah Laba C	L2	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	14:13	—	—	42	31
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	-2	3	0.20	3	0	2	22:38	—	—	58	12
Gabe Perreault R	L3	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:27	—	—	44	7
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:01	—	—	37	3
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	80	72
Brennan Othmann L	L4	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	5:47	—	—	83	72
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	5:44	—	—	77	67
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	23:47	—	—	53	43
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	21:46	—	—	60	48
Will Borgen D	D2	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	58	21
Carson Soucy D	D2	-1	4	0.63	2	0	0	15:33	—	—	52	18
Scott Morrow D	D3	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	67	33
Matthew Robertson D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	59	37

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	25	24	1	.960	3.42	58:10

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	+1	4	0.77	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	52	88
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	1	1	+2	1	0.39	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	55	87
Anders Lee L	L1	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	3	0	16:10	—	—	48	85
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	+1	4	0.62	1	3	2	22:41	—	—	42	56
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:59	—	—	28	41
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	33	47
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	28	55
Kyle MacLean C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.34	3	0	0	10:10	—	—	31	56
Marc Gatcomb C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.08	5	3	0	8:32	—	—	46	99
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:19	—	—	48	42
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	+1	1	0.43	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	58	66
Maxim Shabanov R	L4	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	53	54
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	2	21:25	—	—	43	76
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	2	18:24	—	—	67	79
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	27:03	—	—	33	42
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	21:34	—	—	30	21
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	2	0	13:38	—	—	38	64
Marshall Warren D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	8:31	—	—	48	62

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.61	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anders Lee (NYI) 1st 0:58 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 3.8 mph shot · 5.0 s from entry to goal.

Anders Lee · 1st 0:58 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 19:43 · NYI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.2 mph
Distance: 93 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.