Rangers vs. Maple Leafs (Oct 22, 2026)

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Maple Leafs TOR

5-4-2

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Rangers

Maple Leafs

Notes

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Forward Matchup

A. Lafreniere

NYR LW #13

A. Matthews

TOR C #34

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

A. Fox

NYR D #23

M. Rielly

TOR D #44

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

D. Garand

NYR G #33

A. Stolarz

TOR G #41

Wins

.929

Save Pct

.897

1.85

Goals Against Avg

2.99

NYR

Team Stats

TOR

Goals per Game

3.45

2.18

Goals Against per Game

3.09

24.18

Shots per Game

27.82

25.73

Shots Against per Game

30.18

20.6

Power Play Pct

27.5

94.1

Penalty Kill Pct

97.4

.915

Save Pct

.898

NYR

Injuries

TOR

Aidan Thompson

Out (Undisclosed)

William Villeneuve

Out (Knee)

Adam Sykora

Out (Lower-body)

Cade Webber

Out (Elbow)

Joseph Veleno

Out (Lower-Body)

Elvis Merzlikins

Out (Shoulder)

Joonas Korpisalo

Out (Lower-Body)

Dakota Joshua

Out (Abdomen)

Igor Shesterkin

Out for season (Lower Body)

Miles Wood

Out (Undisclosed)

John Tavares

Out (Lower Body)

Chris Tanev

Out (Upper Body)

Max Domi

Out (Back)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

NYRTOR

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	8	2	1	17	15
Rangers	7	3	1	15	9
Islanders	5	3	1	11	7
Capitals	5	4	0	10	1
Devils	5	4	0	10	-1
Penguins	3	6	1	7	-5
Flyers	2	6	3	7	-19
Blue Jackets	3	5	0	6	-9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	7	2	1	15	14
Lightning	7	2	0	14	8
Senators	6	3	0	12	1
Panthers	5	2	2	12	5
Maple Leafs	5	4	2	12	3
Sabres	4	3	2	10	-7
Canadiens	4	3	2	10	-4
Red Wings	3	3	3	9	-5

NYR

Last 5

TOR

Mon, Oct 19

Tue, Oct 20

Sat, Oct 17

Mon, Oct 19

Thu, Oct 15

Sat, Oct 17

Tue, Oct 13

Thu, Oct 15

Sun, Oct 11

Tue, Oct 13

Game Info

October 22, 2026

ESPN+

Scotiabank Arena

Toronto, Canada

Team Leaders

A. Lafreniere

A. Fox

GWG

A. Lafreniere

SV%

.929

D. Garand

Season

Career vs TOR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	11	7	6	13	+3	12	2	2	0	0	1	22	31.8	4	9	44.4	12	6	4	12	19:01
Adam Fox A. Fox	11	0	10	10	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	4	20	4	15	21:31
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	11	2	7	9	+1	2	1	1	1	0	0	19	10.5	97	175	55.4	19	11	6	16	20:46
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	11	2	5	7	+2	11	1	1	0	0	1	14	14.3	102	178	57.3	16	5	3	13	18:33
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	11	2	5	7	+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	14.3	3	7	42.9	26	5	0	3	15:10
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	11	4	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	23	17.4	0	3	0.0	5	8	0	5	16:21
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	11	3	3	6	-1	20	0	2	0	0	0	27	11.1	20	35	57.1	49	1	0	6	15:45
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	11	2	3	5	-7	0	1	2	0	0	1	35	5.7	0	0	0	5	4	2	9	17:28
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	11	4	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	17	23.5	0	2	0.0	3	4	2	4	10:39
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	11	1	4	5	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	11	26	2	12	21:01
Sean Durzi S. Durzi	11	2	2	4	+2	13	1	0	0	0	1	6	33.3	0	0	0	8	18	7	12	20:21
Eeli Tolvanen E. Tolvanen	11	3	1	4	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	21.4	0	1	0.0	17	12	0	7	13:05
Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	11	0	2	2	+6	8	0	0	0	1	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	14	16	5	8	20:19
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	11	0	2	2	+3	6	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	23	14	3	9	17:35
Noah Laba N. Laba	11	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	72	128	56.3	23	6	2	8	14:55
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	2	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	3	8:42
Justin Dowling J. Dowling	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	31.8	1	2	0	0	7:41
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	21	39	53.8	7	5	2	2	11:37
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	6:46
Alberts Smits A. Smits	11	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	9	7	2	10	15:04

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dylan Garand D. Garand	7	6	4	2	1	154	143	.929	11	1.85	1	357
Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	5	5	3	1	0	109	101	.927	8	1.79	0	268
Spencer Martin S. Martin	1	0	0	0	0	18	15	.833	3	5.09	0	35

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	43	17	17	34	+9	22	3	4	0	1	2	110	15.5	301	626	48.1	64	21	29	20	17:46
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	39	15	18	33	-4	6	5	10	1	1	3	78	19.2	197	356	55.3	63	28	22	28	17:57
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	15	5	8	13	+1	0	2	2	0	0	1	27	18.5	3	9	33.3	21	7	6	9	17:04
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	23	7	5	12	+1	7	3	2	0	0	1	60	11.7	2	10	20.0	20	10	12	17	15:33
Adam Fox A. Fox	17	2	8	10	+8	2	0	4	0	0	0	28	7.1	0	0	0	13	29	17	14	23:45
Eeli Tolvanen E. Tolvanen	10	5	2	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	23.8	0	1	0.0	25	6	4	5	15:05
Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	19	1	5	6	+1	17	0	0	0	1	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	33	32	6	19	19:44
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	12	3	3	6	+8	2	0	1	1	0	1	16	18.8	3	6	50.0	14	7	1	5	14:19
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	16	2	3	5	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	60	116	51.7	27	8	5	4	12:39
Sean Durzi S. Durzi	7	1	3	4	-6	4	1	2	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	9	13	1	12	19:51
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	4	3	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	11	27.3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	18:36
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	10	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	27	11.1	4	7	57.1	35	2	2	2	13:15
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	13	1	2	3	-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	10.0	0	0	0	26	19	6	15	16:52
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	13	1	0	1	-10	6	1	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	11	22	3	14	21:02
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	7	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	4	12	33.3	29	2	1	2	12:12
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:45
Justin Dowling J. Dowling	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	7	19	36.8	2	3	1	2	9:39
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	2	0.0	11	2	2	1	7:35
Scott Morrow S. Morrow	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	16:34
Adam Sykora A. Sykora	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	13:33
Noah Laba N. Laba	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	50.0	6	0	0	1	13:08

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	15	15	7	5	3	446	406	.910	40	2.67	899
Joonas Korpisalo J. Korpisalo	12	12	8	4	0	408	374	.917	34	2.83	720
Spencer Martin S. Martin	2	1	1	1	0	53	47	.887	6	3.56	101

Team Leaders

A. Matthews

GWG

A. Matthews

SV%

.902

S. Bobrovsky

Season

Career vs NYR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	11	8	10	18	+5	0	3	4	0	0	2	1	33	24.2	93	175	53.1	6	12	4	7	21:15
William Nylander W. Nylander	11	6	9	15	-2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	33	18.2	6	16	37.5	1	3	4	9	20:24
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	11	5	6	11	-3	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	29	17.2	0	0	0	16	2	1	8	18:40
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	11	4	6	10	+1	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	23	17.4	2	4	50.0	10	6	5	15	14:59
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	11	4	5	9	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	9	24	37.5	5	7	3	8	16:33
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	11	0	7	7	-4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	5	16	3	14	19:41
John Tavares J. Tavares	7	2	5	7	-5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	61	101	60.4	4	5	1	8	16:31
Gavin McKenna G. McKenna	11	3	3	6	-5	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	20	15.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	14:00
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	11	0	5	5	-2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0	0	5	18	2	20	23:50
Nick Paul N. Paul	11	2	3	5	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	42	99	42.4	20	9	2	5	16:09
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	11	2	3	5	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	67	106	63.2	26	6	4	7	15:03
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	11	0	1	1	-2	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	12	9	2	13	17:27
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	11	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	7	12	3	8	18:48
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	6	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	14	3	5	16:51
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	5	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	6	2	0	7	13:25
Marshall Rifai M. Rifai	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	14:09
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	11	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	37	80	46.3	13	3	3	7	12:26
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	11	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	15	21	1	21	18:43
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	11	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	2	6	33.3	20	10	2	4	11:23
Vinni Lettieri V. Lettieri	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	9:04
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	5	0	0	0	-2	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	5	40.0	13	0	0	1	6:21
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	4	7	57.1	9	3	0	1	8:19

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	7	7	2	3	2	214	193	.902	21	2.96	0	425
	Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	4	4	3	1	0	117	105	.897	12	2.99	0	241

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
John Tavares J. Tavares	63	19	36	55	-5	48	6	10	0	1	2	0	204	9.3	601	1,126	53.4	40	21	56	67	19:32
William Nylander W. Nylander	27	8	17	25	+9	6	1	4	0	0	1	0	74	10.8	30	68	44.1	4	8	19	25	18:18
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	26	11	13	24	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	98	11.2	237	425	55.8	17	30	18	28	20:34
Max Domi M. Domi	26	6	11	17	-7	12	2	3	0	0	1	0	60	10.0	96	185	51.9	6	6	11	22	15:16
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	32	5	12	17	-11	8	2	3	0	0	1	0	86	5.8	0	0	0	19	41	8	32	22:28
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	27	3	11	14	-3	12	2	6	0	0	0	0	53	5.7	0	0	0	33	26	11	25	21:56
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	27	1	10	11	+6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	0	0	0	38	58	8	19	20:57
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	21	3	7	10	+2	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	41	7.3	40	95	42.1	18	12	8	7	14:04
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	13	4	6	10	-2	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	32	12.5	1	7	14.3	9	11	6	11	17:59
Miles Wood M. Wood	33	6	3	9	-13	40	1	0	0	0	2	0	75	8.0	2	6	33.3	47	19	9	20	14:02
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	17	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	20.0	78	151	51.7	39	13	3	8	14:07
Nick Paul N. Paul	17	3	3	6	-5	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	12.0	96	194	49.5	17	12	10	4	15:44
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	15	3	3	6	+1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	20	15.0	88	158	55.7	21	9	4	4	15:14
Dakota Joshua D. Joshua	10	2	3	5	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	1	5	20.0	42	8	1	1	11:46
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	11	1	3	4	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	7	14	4	10	18:37
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	18	1	2	3	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0	0	14	12	4	13	16:25
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	18	1	1	2	+2	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	4	35	7	16	19:53
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	14	1	1	2	-6	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	1	6	16.7	36	8	0	2	10:30
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	3	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	5	1	3	7	15:54
Vinni Lettieri V. Lettieri	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	8	13	61.5	2	2	1	1	12:24
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	7	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	10	14	71.4	20	2	1	0	8:23
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	17	58.8	2	0	1	0	10:47
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	6	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	3	8	0	9	17:28

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	35	34	16	15	3	1,037	937	.904	100	2.91	1	2059
Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	10	10	3	6	1	344	314	.913	30	3.13	0	575
Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	8	7	4	3	0	231	215	.931	16	2.21	1	434

New York visits Toronto after Bjorkstrand's 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 21, 2026

New York Rangers (7-3-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (5-4-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Toronto; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs after Oliver Bjorkstrand's two-goal game against the Anaheim Ducks in the Rangers' 5-2 win.

Toronto has a 5-4-2 record overall and a 3-3-1 record on its home ice. The Maple Leafs are seventh in the league serving 9.8 penalty minutes per game.

New York has gone 1-3-1 on the road and 7-3-1 overall. The Rangers have a 5-2-0 record when scoring a power-play goal.

The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Maple Leafs: John Tavares: out (lower body), Dakota Joshua: out (abdomen), Jake McCabe: day to day (face), Cade Webber: out (elbow), Elvis Merzlikins: out (shoulder), Max Domi: out (back), Miles Wood: out (undisclosed), Chris Tanev: out (upper body), William Villeneuve: out (knee).

Rangers: Joseph Veleno: out (lower-body), Igor Shesterkin: out for season (lower body), Joonas Korpisalo: out (lower-body), Aidan Thompson: out (undisclosed), Adam Sykora: out (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Rangers NYR

Maple Leafs TOR

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

New York visits Toronto after Bjorkstrand's 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Oliver Bjorkstrand

Max Domi

Joonas Korpisalo

Jake McCabe

Chris Tanev

John Tavares

Miles Wood

Dakota Joshua

Elvis Merzlikins

Igor Shesterkin

William Villeneuve