New York Rangers at Winnipeg Jets: game preview
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30that
WinnipegJets2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 35-35-12 · 82 pts · 26thFive points apart last season
NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 32
Across 31 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 16-12-3.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 12 Mar 2026, NY Rangers were 29th in the league and Winnipeg 27th. By 22 Mar 2026 it was 30th and 27th.
Winnipeg out-attempted NY Rangers 129 to 107
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Rangers
Winnipeg Jets
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: 5 games for NY Rangers, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Rangers, 10 for Winnipeg.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Rangers, 82 for Winnipeg.
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.
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Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
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 19 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 19 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Jan
No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.
Winnipeg crease
WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Jan
No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.
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
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17Goals 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.
8 on the injury lists
NY Rangers · injuries
Winnipeg · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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).
Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.
Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.
Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.
NY Rangers · 2026 draft
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