Islanders–Rangers rivalry
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The Islanders–Rangers rivalry, also known as the Battle of New York,[1][2] is a local sports rivalry between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Both teams play in New York, with the Rangers in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and the Islanders in the Long Island county of Nassau near its border with Queens. They are two of the three teams that play in the New York metropolitan area, the other being the New Jersey Devils who play in Newark, New Jersey.
First meeting | October 21, 1972 |
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Latest meeting | April 13, 2024 |
Next meeting | TBD |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 332 |
All-time series | 157–146–19–10 (NYR) |
Regular season series | 138–126–19–10 (NYR) |
Postseason results | 20–19 (NYI) |
Largest victory | NYI 10–2 NYR April 3, 1976 |
Longest win streak | NYI W8 |
Current win streak | NYR W1 |
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Like the Knicks–Nets rivalry of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the old Dodgers–Giants rivalry of Major League Baseball (MLB), the two teams are in the same division and thus play several matches together each season. In contrast, the New York Yankees and New York Mets are in different leagues while the New York Jets and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) are in different conferences, and as such those teams meet rarely, either during interconference or championship games.