New York Islanders vs New York Rangers

atIslanders at Rangers

October 6 · 8:00 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

New York Islanders6th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 22 backLLLWLL343-34

New York Rangers8th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 36 backWLLLWW134-39

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

New York Islanders4 listed

Mathew BarzalCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Semyon VarlamovG · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Kyle PalmieriCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Pierre EngvallLW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

New York Rangers1 listed

Matt RempeCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

New York Islanders33 players

Forwards19

Mathew Barzal6' 1"29 yrs9 yrOut

Casey Cizikas5' 11"35 yrs15 yr

Liam Foudy6' 2"26 yrs4 yr

Bo Horvat6' 1"31 yrs12 yr

Kyle MacLean6' 1"27 yrs3 yr

Jean-Gabriel Pageau5' 11"33 yrs13 yr

Kyle Palmieri6' 0"35 yrs16 yrInjured Reserve

Calum Ritchie6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Brayden Schenn6' 1"35 yrs15 yr

Anthony Duclair6' 0"31 yrs12 yr

Victor Eklund5' 11"19 yrsRookie

Emil Heineman6' 2"24 yrs2 yr

Alex Jefferies6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Matias Maccelli5' 11"25 yrs5 yr

Ondrej Palat6' 0"35 yrs14 yr

Mitchell Chaffee6' 1"28 yrs3 yr

Quinn Finley5' 11"22 yrsRookie

Simon Holmstrom6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Matt Luff6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen11

Ethan Bear5' 11"29 yrs7 yr

Adam Boqvist6' 0"26 yrs7 yr

Tony DeAngelo6' 0"30 yrs9 yr

Isaiah George6' 0"22 yrs2 yr

Matthew Kessel6' 2"26 yrs3 yr

Scott Mayfield6' 4"33 yrs10 yr

Adam Pelech6' 3"32 yrs10 yr

Ryan Pulock6' 1"31 yrs10 yr

Alexander Romanov6' 1"26 yrs6 yr

Matthew Schaefer6' 2"18 yrsRookie

Carson Soucy6' 5"32 yrs7 yr

Goaltenders3

Ilya Sorokin6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Vitek Vanecek6' 2"30 yrs6 yr

Semyon Varlamov6' 2"38 yrs17 yrInjured Reserve

New York Rangers35 players

Forwards17

Cole Beaudoin6' 2"20 yrsRookie

Noah Laba6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Matt Rempe6' 9"24 yrs3 yrInjured Reserve

Massimo Rizzo5' 11"25 yrsRookie

Joe Veleno6' 1"26 yrs5 yr

Mika Zibanejad6' 2"33 yrs14 yr

Anton Blidh6' 0"31 yrs5 yr

Will Cuylle6' 3"24 yrs3 yr

Tye Kartye5' 11"25 yrs3 yr

Alexis Lafreniere6' 2"24 yrs6 yr

J.T. Miller6' 1"33 yrs14 yr

Adam Sykora5' 11"21 yrsRookie

Oliver Bjorkstrand6' 0"31 yrs11 yr

Jaroslav Chmelar6' 4"23 yrsRookie

Pavel Dorofeyev6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Gabe Perreault5' 11"21 yrsRookie

Taylor Raddysh6' 3"28 yrs5 yr

Defensemen13

Dennis Cholowski6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Marc Del Gaizo5' 11"26 yrs2 yr

Sean Durzi6' 0"27 yrs5 yr

Drew Fortescue6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Adam Fox5' 11"28 yrs7 yr

Vladislav Gavrikov6' 3"30 yrs7 yr

Vincent Iorio6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Scott Morrow6' 2"23 yrs2 yr

Marcus Pettersson6' 5"30 yrs9 yr

Matthew Robertson6' 4"25 yrsRookie

Braden Schneider6' 4"24 yrs5 yr

William Trudeau6' 0"23 yrsRookie

Urho Vaakanainen6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders5

Dylan Garand6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Joonas Korpisalo6' 4"32 yrs11 yr

Spencer Martin6' 3"31 yrs3 yr

Jonathan Quick6' 1"40 yrs18 yr

Igor Shesterkin6' 1"30 yrs7 yr

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

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atIslanders at Rangers

October 6 · 8:00 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

New York Islanders6th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 22 backLLLWLL343-34

New York Rangers8th in the Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final, 36 backWLLLWW134-39

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

New York Islanders4 listed

Mathew BarzalCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Semyon VarlamovG · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Kyle PalmieriCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Pierre EngvallLW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

New York Rangers1 listed

Matt RempeCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

New York Islanders33 players

Forwards19

Mathew Barzal6' 1"29 yrs9 yrOut

Casey Cizikas5' 11"35 yrs15 yr

Liam Foudy6' 2"26 yrs4 yr

Bo Horvat6' 1"31 yrs12 yr

Kyle MacLean6' 1"27 yrs3 yr

Jean-Gabriel Pageau5' 11"33 yrs13 yr

Kyle Palmieri6' 0"35 yrs16 yrInjured Reserve

Calum Ritchie6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Brayden Schenn6' 1"35 yrs15 yr

Anthony Duclair6' 0"31 yrs12 yr

Victor Eklund5' 11"19 yrsRookie

Emil Heineman6' 2"24 yrs2 yr

Alex Jefferies6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Matias Maccelli5' 11"25 yrs5 yr

Ondrej Palat6' 0"35 yrs14 yr

Mitchell Chaffee6' 1"28 yrs3 yr

Quinn Finley5' 11"22 yrsRookie

Simon Holmstrom6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Matt Luff6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen11

Ethan Bear5' 11"29 yrs7 yr

Adam Boqvist6' 0"26 yrs7 yr

Tony DeAngelo6' 0"30 yrs9 yr

Isaiah George6' 0"22 yrs2 yr

Matthew Kessel6' 2"26 yrs3 yr

Scott Mayfield6' 4"33 yrs10 yr

Adam Pelech6' 3"32 yrs10 yr

Ryan Pulock6' 1"31 yrs10 yr

Alexander Romanov6' 1"26 yrs6 yr

Matthew Schaefer6' 2"18 yrsRookie

Carson Soucy6' 5"32 yrs7 yr

Goaltenders3

Ilya Sorokin6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Vitek Vanecek6' 2"30 yrs6 yr

Semyon Varlamov6' 2"38 yrs17 yrInjured Reserve

New York Rangers35 players

Forwards17

Cole Beaudoin6' 2"20 yrsRookie

Noah Laba6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Matt Rempe6' 9"24 yrs3 yrInjured Reserve

Massimo Rizzo5' 11"25 yrsRookie

Joe Veleno6' 1"26 yrs5 yr

Mika Zibanejad6' 2"33 yrs14 yr

Anton Blidh6' 0"31 yrs5 yr

Will Cuylle6' 3"24 yrs3 yr

Tye Kartye5' 11"25 yrs3 yr

Alexis Lafreniere6' 2"24 yrs6 yr

J.T. Miller6' 1"33 yrs14 yr

Adam Sykora5' 11"21 yrsRookie

Oliver Bjorkstrand6' 0"31 yrs11 yr

Jaroslav Chmelar6' 4"23 yrsRookie

Pavel Dorofeyev6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

Gabe Perreault5' 11"21 yrsRookie

Taylor Raddysh6' 3"28 yrs5 yr

Defensemen13

Dennis Cholowski6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Marc Del Gaizo5' 11"26 yrs2 yr

Sean Durzi6' 0"27 yrs5 yr

Drew Fortescue6' 2"21 yrsRookie

Adam Fox5' 11"28 yrs7 yr

Vladislav Gavrikov6' 3"30 yrs7 yr

Vincent Iorio6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Scott Morrow6' 2"23 yrs2 yr

Marcus Pettersson6' 5"30 yrs9 yr

Matthew Robertson6' 4"25 yrsRookie

Braden Schneider6' 4"24 yrs5 yr

William Trudeau6' 0"23 yrsRookie

Urho Vaakanainen6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders5

Dylan Garand6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Joonas Korpisalo6' 4"32 yrs11 yr

Spencer Martin6' 3"31 yrs3 yr

Jonathan Quick6' 1"40 yrs18 yr

Igor Shesterkin6' 1"30 yrs7 yr

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

New York Islanders vs New York Rangers — Oct 6, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings

New York Islanders vs New York Rangers — Oct 6, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings