Boston Bruins at New York Rangers: game preview
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8that
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30thTwenty-three points apart last season
Boston finished last season 8th in the league on 100 points. NY Rangers finished 30th on 77, and the 2025-26 season series went NYR 2-1-0.
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Meeting number 751
Across 750 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 402-313-35.
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 28 Nov 2025, Boston were 18th in the league and NY Rangers 17th. By 29 Sep it was 2nd and 32nd.
NY Rangers out-attempted Boston 226 to 224
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Boston Bruins
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: 4 games for Boston, 5 for NY Rangers. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Boston, 10 for NY Rangers.
2025-26: 82 games for Boston, 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
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Small sampleFraser Minten has 2 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.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 14 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 12 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Boston crease
BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 13 Jan
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 13 Jan
Scoring rates point to about 5.9 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
Boston2.252.753.323.05
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.
5 on the injury lists
Boston · injuries
NY Rangers · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
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).
Boston · 2026 draft
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