Islanders–Rangers rivalry

Islanders–Rangers rivalry
	New York Islanders New York Rangers
First meeting	October 21, 1972
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
Postseason history
	1975 preliminary round: Islanders won, 2–1; 1979 semifinals: Rangers won, 4–2; 1981 semifinals: Islanders won, 4–0; 1982 Division finals: Islanders won, 4–2; 1983 Division finals: Islanders won, 4–2; 1984 Division semifinals: Islanders won, 3–2; 1990 Division semifinals: Rangers won, 4–1; 1994 Conference quarterfinals: Rangers won, 4–0;

The Islanders–Rangers rivalry, also known as the Battle of New York, 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.

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.

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