New York Rangers vs New York Islanders — January 28, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New York Islanders defeated the New York Rangers 5-2 on January 28, 2026. The New York Islanders controlled play with 55.6% Corsi and generated 8.24 expected goals compared to 4.87 from the New York Rangers at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The New York Islanders created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the New York Rangers at 5-on-5. Simon Holmstrom was the most dangerous skater with 1.54 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The New York Islanders outshot the New York Rangers 36-16 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New York Rangers vs New York Islanders progressed on Jan 28, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

NYR2 - 5NYI

Jan 28, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
NYI	P1	26	16	61.9	19	11	63.3	14	7	66.7	16	13	55.2	4	3	57.1	4.98	3.20	60.9	2	1	66.7
	P2	21	13	61.8	17	9	65.4	14	6	70.0	16	8	66.7	7	1	87.5	5.19	1.41	78.6	3	1	75.0
	P3	15	15	50.0	12	8	60.0	8	3	72.7	9	10	47.4	2	3	40.0	2.08	1.86	52.8	0	0	—
	Total	62	44	58.5	48	28	63.2	36	16	69.2	41	31	56.9	13	7	65.0	12.25	6.47	65.5	5	2	71.4
NYR	P1	16	26	38.1	11	19	36.7	7	14	33.3	13	16	44.8	3	4	42.9	3.20	4.98	39.1	1	2	33.3
	P2	13	21	38.2	9	17	34.6	6	14	30.0	8	16	33.3	1	7	12.5	1.41	5.19	21.4	1	3	25.0
	P3	15	15	50.0	8	12	40.0	3	8	27.3	10	9	52.6	3	2	60.0	1.86	2.08	47.2	0	0	—
	Total	44	62	41.5	28	48	36.8	16	36	30.8	31	41	43.1	7	13	35.0	6.47	12.25	34.5	2	5	28.6

Win Probability

NYI Favored

NYR Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

NYI

NYR

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NYR Attempts

NYI Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NYR ShootNYI Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (NYI) performed against every skater on the away team (NYR) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = NYI players, Columns = NYR players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the NYI player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

NYI ↓ / NYR →	Zibanejad	Miller	Trocheck	Laba	Rempe	Brodzinski	Carrick	Cuylle	Lafrenière	Othmann	Perreault	Raddysh	Gavrikov	Robertson	Borgen	Schneider	Morrow	Vaakanainen
Horvat	60	40	50	67	100	100	100	50	38	67	50	80	59	71	71	63	60	50
Barzal	53	36	82	43	100	100	100	79	80	33	42	33	68	67	65	58	67	60
Cizikas	46	13	22	60	82	82	75	—	17	60	—	60	50	69	67	100	60	33
Pageau	40	40	25	64	17	29	17	50	25	62	67	64	20	71	60	22	67	67
MacLean	100	—	100	86	82	82	75	100	100	86	—	86	100	93	89	100	75	33
Gatcomb	100	—	100	100	83	83	78	100	100	100	—	100	100	92	89	100	86	50
Heineman	72	50	53	100	100	—	—	44	55	100	50	100	79	67	67	50	50	33
Lee	78	75	50	60	17	29	17	83	60	54	75	57	53	78	75	46	58	67
Drouin	38	33	79	40	—	—	—	80	79	25	36	25	61	45	45	63	100	100
Duclair	42	53	87	29	100	—	—	88	83	17	42	17	67	64	64	68	33	50
Palat	75	60	44	100	100	100	100	33	33	100	50	100	75	60	67	50	50	33
Holmstrom	70	67	60	64	17	29	17	80	50	62	67	69	56	71	78	38	67	64
Schaefer	66	45	71	82	100	100	100	63	70	82	44	85	84	73	71	71	69	50
Pulock	38	38	23	78	100	100	100	67	27	78	46	78	60	55	44	89	70	57
Pelech	23	23	45	25	50	50	50	67	50	25	50	25	45	53	50	50	40	50
Soucy	83	75	50	38	25	33	25	33	40	33	100	38	36	60	56	23	50	40
Mayfield	71	50	67	42	40	50	40	80	71	36	67	42	50	67	63	43	67	40
DeAngelo	50	60	73	67	83	83	83	75	67	60	20	60	64	77	77	67	67	71