When the NHL schedule is announced every season, this is the game that is circled first on everyone’s calendar in New York.
New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders is one of the best rivalries in hockey, maybe in all of the sports. Since the early 1970s, these two teams and their fans have enjoyed the battle of hockey supremacy in New York.
From their classic playoff series in 1979, the consecutive run of four straight Islanders Stanley Cup championships, to the Denis Potvin hit on Ulf Nielsen, this rivalry has seen just about everything and never fails to entertain all hockey fans.