Detroit Red Wings at New York Rangers: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30thFifteen points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. NY Rangers finished 30th on 77, and the 2025-26 season series went NYR 2-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 599
Across 598 completed games, Detroit lead the head-to-head 329-247-21.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 7 Nov 2025, Detroit were 9th in the league and NY Rangers 18th. By 2 Oct it was 26th and 2nd.
Detroit out-attempted NY Rangers 342 to 260
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
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.
This season: 3 games for Detroit, 5 for NY Rangers. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for NY Rangers.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 82 for NY Rangers.
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
Detroit
Small sampleNY Rangers
Small sampleArtemi Panarin 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.
Artemi Panarin vs Detroit · game by game
See all: Artemi Panarin vs Detroit · game by game →John Gibson has started most of these meetings
John Gibson played 2 of the last 5 meetings with NY Rangers, with a .897 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 28 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 27 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
John Gibson
See all: John Gibson →DET · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 26 Dec
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 26 Dec
Scoring rates point to about 5.8 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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Detroit2.332.672.943.15
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05Goals 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.
11 on the injury lists
Detroit · injuries
NY Rangers · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed F Dylan Larkin on the non-roster injured reserve.
Assigned Fs Ondrej Becher, Cameron Butler, Sheldon Dries, Noah Dower Nilsson, Dylan James, Jesse Kiiskinen, John Leonard, Sutter Muzzatti, Theo Rochette, Dominik Shine and Wilmer Skoog, Ds Ronnie Attard, Jacob Bryson, Shai Buium and William Lagesson and Gs Trey Augustine and Michal Postava to Grand Rapids (AHL).
Acquired F Sutter Muzzatti from Nashville Predators for future considerations.
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).
Detroit · 2026 draft
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