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Early look The full preview opens on Tuesday 10 November, three days before puck drop, with the expected goalies, the latest team news and game-day prices. Until then this page shows the matchup as it stands.
Early look · NHL 2026-27

New York Rangers at Vancouver Canucks: game preview

NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30thatVancouverCanucks2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 25-49-8 · 58 pts · 32nd
Puck drop13 Nov · 9:00 PM ET
VenueRogers Arena
All-time meetings143 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Nineteen points apart last season

NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. Vancouver finished 32nd on 58.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 144

Across 143 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 95-42-6.

All-time record95-42-6NY Rangers's record in the series
Meetings played143This is number 144
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2NY Rangers

Last 5 meetings

See all: Last 5 meetings →
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
16 Dec 2025VAN 3 – NYR 017–23VAN 0/3 · NYR 0/4VAN
28 Oct 2025NYR 2 – VAN 025–23NYR 0/4 · VAN 0/3NYR
22 Mar 2025VAN 3 – NYR 539–12VAN 0/4 · NYR 0/1NYR
19 Nov 2024NYR 4 – VAN 333–24NYR 0/2 · VAN 0/3NYR
8 Jan 2024VAN 6 – NYR 326–42VAN 0/0 · NYR 1/2VAN
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateNY RangersVancouver
28 Oct 20254-5-2 · 10 pts24th5-6-0 · 10 pts25th
16 Dec 202516-15-4 · 36 pts20th13-17-3 · 29 pts32nd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 28 Oct 2025, NY Rangers were 24th in the league and Vancouver 25th. By 16 Dec 2025 it was 20th and 32nd.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

NY Rangers out-attempted Vancouver 274 to 251

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

New York Rangers

274 att · 135 on goal · 14 G · 10.4%
Crease23 att · 1 G
Slot103 att · 5 G
Wing100 att · 6 G
Point39 att · 0 G
Neutral zone9 att · 2 G

Vancouver Canucks

251 att · 129 on goal · 15 G · 11.6%
Crease20 att · 3 G
Slot90 att · 8 G
Wing78 att · 2 G
Point52 att · 0 G
Neutral zone11 att · 2 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked
Expected goals

NY Rangers have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

NY RangersVancouver
3.44xG for per game2.44
2.77xG against per game3.15
55.4%xG share43.6%
−1.2FinishingGoals minus expected goals+9.2
+5.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.4

This season: 5 games for NY Rangers, 4 for Vancouver. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

NY Rangers

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2721.4%
Power play · 2025-2624.7% · 5th
Power play · last 5 meetings1/13 · 7.7%
Penalty kill · 2026-2787.5%
Penalty kill · 2025-2679.9% · 15th
Faceoffs · 2026-2752.2% · 151/289
Drawn · 2026-2714 (2.80/gm)
Drawn · last meetings13 (2.60/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2716 (3.20/gm)
PP goals · last meetings1

Vancouver

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2723.1%
Power play · 2025-2621.8% · 14th
Power play · last 5 meetings0/13 · 0.0%
Penalty kill · 2026-2768.8%
Penalty kill · 2025-2671.5% · 32nd
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.3% · 112/227
Drawn · 2026-2713 (3.25/gm)
Drawn · last meetings13 (2.60/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0
Skaters

Elias Pettersson has 6 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

Forwards to watch

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PlayerGPGAPP/GP
13Alexis Lafrenière53251.00
93Mika Zibanejad51451.00
94Gabe Perreault52240.80
47Paul Cotter44261.50
40Elias Pettersson42461.50
23Marco Rossi43141.00
Points leaders

Defencemen to watch

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PlayerGPGAPP/GP
23Adam Fox50551.00
44Vladislav Gavrikov51340.80
5Sean Durzi51120.40
17Filip Hronek40551.25
4Jamie Oleksiak41230.75
5Tom Willander40330.75
Defencemen stats

In the last meetings

See all: In the last meetings →
PlayerGPGAPSOG
40Elias Pettersson42465
23Adam Fox41566
6Brock Boeser42357
13Alexis Lafrenière50559
93Mika Zibanejad52246
17Filip Hronek50448
16Vincent Trocheck421312
10J.T. Miller42139
Jonny Brodzinski42132
43Quinn Hughes312314
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Elias Pettersson vs NY Rangers · game by game

See all: Elias Pettersson vs NY Rangers · game by game →
DateVenueGAPSOGTOI
28 Oct 2025home000122:19
22 Mar 2025away00007:50
19 Nov 2024home022120:41
8 Jan 2024away224319:06
Last 5 meetings6 P2 G, 4 A · 5 SOG
Next best6 PAdam Fox, NYR
2026-27 season6 P4 GP · 2 G
Blank vs NYR2 of 4
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Goaltending

Thatcher Demko has been the difference

Thatcher Demko faced 89 shots across 3 appearances against NY Rangers and conceded 4, a .955 save percentage against a season figure of .897. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →
NY Rangers

Expected starter after their game on 11 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vancouver

Expected starter after their game on 9 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Igor Shesterkin

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NYR · 3-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Nov

SV% · 2026-27.9264 GP · 1.75 GAA · 2025-26 .912
vs Vancouver.8753 app · 88 SA · 11 GA
GSAx · 2026-27+4.64 starts · most on the roster
vs VANVenueSAGASV%
22 Mar 2025home393.923
19 Nov 2024away243.875
8 Jan 2024home255.800

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Dylan Garand 1.000 (1 GP)

Full game log

Thatcher Demko

See all: Thatcher Demko →

VAN · 8-10-1 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 10 Nov

SV% · 2025-26.89720 GP · 2.90 GAA
vs NY Rangers.9553 app · 89 SA · 4 GA
GSAx · 2025-26+4.620 starts
vs NYRVenueSAGASV%
16 Dec 2025away2301.000
28 Oct 2025home241.958
8 Jan 2024away423.929

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Kevin Lankinen .824 (3 GP) · Leevi Meriläinen .943 (2 GP)

Full game log
Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.4 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

16 Dec 20253 · VAN 3–0 NYR
28 Oct 20252 · NYR 2–0 VAN
22 Mar 20258 · VAN 3–5 NYR
19 Nov 20247 · NYR 4–3 VAN
8 Jan 20249 · VAN 6–3 NYR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05
Vancouver4.754.502.633.85

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.4Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.8Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices
Team news

9 on the injury lists

NY Rangers · injuries

Adam SykoraLower BodyIRReturn25 Jan
Aidan ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Joe VelenoLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Joonas KorpisaloLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct

Vancouver · injuries

Akil ThomasUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Filip ChytilShoulderIRReturn8 Oct
Jack ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Mackenzie MacEachernUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Thatcher DemkoHipIRReturn21 Dec

Latest moves

See all: Latest moves →
6 Oct · NYR

Recalled C Gabriel Beaudoin from Hartford (AHL). Placed C Joe Veleno on injured reserve.

5 Oct · NYR

Placed D Matthew Robertson on waivers.

1 Oct · NYR

Placed G Joonas Korpisalo on injured reserve. Recalled G Dylan Garand from Hartford (AHL).

27 Sep · VAN

Placed G Nikita Tolopilo on waivers.

25 Sep · VAN

Claimed G Leevi Merilainen off waivers from Ottawa. Placed F Filip Chytil on injured reserve. Assigned F Braeden Cootes to Abbotsford (AHL).

24 Sep · VAN

Assigned Fs Ty Mueller, Riley Patterson, Ilya Safonov and Chase Wouters, Ds Kirill Kudryavtsev and Sawyer Mynio to Abbotsford (AHL). Loaned F Ben Berard and D Isaac Belliveau to Abbotsford. Waived for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford F Trey Fix-Wolansky and Ds Cole Clayton and Jimmy Schuldt.

Injury report

NY Rangers · 2026 draft

See all: NY Rangers · 2026 draft →
#5Alberts SmitsRound 1 · MunchenD
#64Benjamin MacBeathRound 2 · CalgaryD
#67Danai ShaiikovRound 3 · GatineauG
#77Charlie MorrisonRound 3 · QuebecD
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Vancouver · 2026 draft

See all: Vancouver · 2026 draft →
#3Caleb MalhotraRound 1 · BrantfordC
#24Adam NovotnyRound 1 · PeterboroughLW
#33Brooks RogowskiRound 2 · OshawaC
#41Niklas Aaram-OlsenRound 2 · Orebro Jr.LW
Full draft

Friday 13 November · the full slate

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Scores

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