New York Rangers
2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 1st in the NHL · 1st in the Metropolitan · L10 4-1-0 · W4
2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30th in the NHL · 8th in the Metropolitan
at Washington · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Igor Shesterkin 64%Game preview →NY Rangers are 4-1-0 after 5 games of 2026-27, 1st in the Metropolitan. Last season they finished 30th in the league with 77 points.
1st in the Metropolitan after 5 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 1st in the league · 4-1-0 · 8 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 16 goals for and 8 against in 5 games. Last season: 77 points against 87.4. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Three home, three away next
Next six
See all: Next six →Washington Capitals95 pts · 12th11 Octvs
Vancouver Canucks58 pts · 32nd13 Octvs
Tampa Bay Lightning106 pts · 5th15 Oct@
New Jersey Devils87 pts · 21st17 Oct@
Columbus Blue Jackets92 pts · 17th19 Octvs
Anaheim Ducks92 pts · 18thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.6% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleMika Zibanejad leads with 5 points in 5 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$447K of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include. 1 roster player without a contract record is left out of the split.
Who dressed against NY Islanders on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 4 Oct: in Cole Beaudoin; out Joseph Veleno.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 17th power play and a 11th penalty kill
Small sample after 5 games. Last season: power play 24.7%, penalty kill 79.9%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
NY Rangers attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every NY Rangers attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (5 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 5 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
253 att · 116 on goal · 16 G
By shot type
New York Rangers rank 5th for 22+ mph bursts and 16th for shot-attempt differential
How fast New York Rangers skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.38Gabe PerreaultvsTBL1 Oct · 1st 16:49
- 22.26Joseph VelenovsTBL1 Oct · 3rd 09:41
- 21.75Alexis Lafrenière@
BOS29 Sep · 3rd 10:53 - 21.72Cole Beaudoinvs
NYI6 Oct · 2nd 18:59 - 21.47Noah Labavs
UTA4 Oct · 3rd 07:08 - 21.32J.T. Miller@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 01:20
- 21.29Will Cuylle@BOS29 Sep · 1st 06:11
- 21.22Jaroslav Chmelar@
DET2 Oct · 1st 16:38
Each New York Rangers skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 93.34Mika Zibanejad@DET2 Oct · 3rd 02:38
- 86.08Will CuyllevsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 07:08
- 85.37Pavel DorofeyevvsTBL1 Oct · 1st 05:32
- 82.89Sean Durzi@BOS29 Sep · 1st 09:04
- 82.77Adam FoxvsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 04:49
- 81.83Marcus Pettersson@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 00:43
- 78.11Tye Kartye@DET2 Oct · 3rd 12:25
- 77.99Alexis LafrenièrevsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 05:15
Each New York Rangers skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Igor Shesterkin has started 4 of 5
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Four on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Recalled C Gabriel Beaudoin from Hartford (AHL). Placed C Joe Veleno on injured reserve.
Placed D Matthew Robertson on waivers.
Placed G Joonas Korpisalo on injured reserve. Recalled G Dylan Garand from Hartford (AHL).
Placed G Dylan Garand and D Taylor Raddysh on waivers.
Assigned Gs Spencer Martin and Callum Tung and Fs Jacob Battaglia, Brody Lamb, and Dylan Roobroeck to Hartford (AHL).
Placed F Justin Dowling and D Urho Vaakanainen on waivers.
Signed LW Eeli Tolvanen to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 48% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the New York Rangers, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 79-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 13%; the market sits 35 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
8 points from 5 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Philadelphia is the most-played rivalry: 386 meetings
NY Rangers against every Metropolitan rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Philadelphia Flyers386190-172-24.4921967-68
Pittsburgh Penguins357178-146-33.4991967-68New York Islanders347173-146-28.4991972-73Washington Capitals314153-133-28.4871974-75New Jersey Devils289143-111-35.4951982-83
Carolina Hurricanes12874-48-6.5781997-98Columbus Blue Jackets6032-23-5.5332000-0116 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 43 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct