Montréal Canadiens at New York Rangers: game preview
MontréalCanadiens2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 48-24-10 · 106 pts · 6that
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30thTwenty-nine points apart last season
Montréal finished last season 6th in the league on 106 points. NY Rangers finished 30th on 77.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 725
Across 724 completed games, Montréal lead the head-to-head 439-247-38.
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 18 Oct 2025, Montréal were 10th in the league and NY Rangers 12th. By 2 Apr 2026 it was 6th and 29th.
NY Rangers out-attempted Montréal 184 to 152
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Montréal Canadiens
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 Montréal, 5 for NY Rangers. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Montréal, 10 for NY Rangers.
2025-26: 82 games for Montréal, 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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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 14 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 13 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Montréal crease
MTL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 13 Nov
No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 13 Nov
No appearances against Montréal in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.3 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
Montréal4.004.673.453.12
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.
9 on the injury lists
Montréal · injuries
NY Rangers · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed D Reilly Walsh, D Maksymilian Szuber, D Ethan Samson, C Sam Poulin, RW Sasha Pastujov, C Hunter McKown, G Kaapo Kähkönen, LW Brett Berard, and RW Alex Belzile on waivers for the purpose of loaning them to Laval (AHL).
Signed F Chris Kreider to a one-year contract.
Loaned F Vinzenz Rohrer to EV Zug (Switzerland).
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).
Montréal · 2026 draft
See all: Montréal · 2026 draft →NY Rangers · 2026 draft
See all: NY Rangers · 2026 draft →Monday 16 November · the full slate
See all: Monday 16 November · the full slate →
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