Otto Koivula #21 of the Islanders and Kaapo Kakko #24 of the Rangers battle for the puck at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 in Uniondale. Credit: Jim McIsaac
This might be the strangest entry in the bitter Islanders-Rangers rivalry.
The NHL on Tuesday released its schedule for exhibition games and the start times for the first three games of the best-of-five qualifying series under the league’s return-to-play format. The season was paused on March 12 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New York rivals will play an exhibition game on July 29 at 8 p.