While the Rangers are retooling, the Islanders are building to be a competitive group in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Tuesday, the team went out and acquired Ondrej Palat from the New Jersey Devils, adding some veteran scoring.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Carson Soucy scored against the team that traded him 72 hours earlier, Matthew Schaefer got the 14th goal of his stellar rookie year and the New York Islanders defeated the Rangers 2-1 on Thursday night.

Carson Soucy, acquired from the Rangers on Monday, became the first player to score for the Rangers and the Islanders at MSG in the same season.

Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist in his New York Islanders debut, a 5-2 win against the New York Rangers at UBS Arena on Wednesday. The Islanders acquired the 34-year-old forward from the New Jersey Devils along with a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft for forward Maxim Tsyplakov on Tuesday.

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