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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Anaheim Ducks at New York Rangers: game preview

Puck drop19 Oct · 7:00 PM ET
VenueMadison Square Garden
All-time meetings51 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Fifteen points apart last season

Anaheim finished last season 18th in the league on 92 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.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 52

Across 51 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 26-21-4.

All-time record26-21-4NY Rangers's record in the series
Meetings played51This is number 52
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Anaheim
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
19 Jan 2026NYR 3 – ANA 5——ANA
15 Dec 2025ANA 4 – NYR 1——ANA
28 Mar 2025NYR 4 – ANA 5 OT——ANA
26 Oct 2024ANA 1 – NYR 2——NYR
21 Jan 2024NYR 5 – ANA 2——NYR
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateAnaheimNY Rangers
15 Dec 202520-12-1 · 41 pts7th16-14-4 · 36 pts19th
19 Jan 202625-21-3 · 53 pts20th21-23-6 · 48 pts27th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 15 Dec 2025, Anaheim were 7th in the league and NY Rangers 19th. By 19 Jan 2026 it was 20th and 27th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

NY Rangers out-attempted Anaheim 117 to 109

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

Anaheim Ducks

109 att · 52 on goal · 9 G · 17.3%
Crease9 att · 3 G
Slot32 att · 3 G
Wing50 att · 2 G
Point15 att · 1 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

New York Rangers

117 att · 49 on goal · 4 G · 8.2%
Crease8 att · 0 G
Slot50 att · 0 G
Wing37 att · 1 G
Point20 att · 3 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Anaheim 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.

AnaheimNY Rangers
2.19xG for per game3.44
3.49xG against per game2.77
38.6%xG share55.4%
+2.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.2
+2.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+5.8

This season: 2 games for Anaheim, 5 for NY Rangers. 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

Anaheim

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.6% · 23rd
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2785.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 27th
Faceoffs · 2026-2743.9% · 50/114
Drawn · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (3.50/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

NY Rangers

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2721.4%
Power play · 2025-2624.7% · 5th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
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 meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2716 (3.20/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
91Leo Carlsson21452.50
61Cutter Gauthier22242.00
64Mikael Granlund21121.00
93Mika Zibanejad51451.00
94Gabe Perreault52240.80
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
67Tristan Luneau20110.50
47Noah Warren20110.50
23Adam Fox50551.00
5Sean Durzi51120.40
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 16 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 17 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Anaheim crease

ANA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Oct

Lukas Dostal.9182 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +2.0

No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.

NY Rangers crease

NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Oct

Igor Shesterkin.9264 GP · 3-1-0 · GSAx +4.6
Dylan Garand1.0001 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.4

No appearances against Anaheim in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 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

19 Jan 20268 · NYR 3–5 ANA
15 Dec 20255 · ANA 4–1 NYR
28 Mar 20259 · NYR 4–5 ANA
26 Oct 20243 · ANA 1–2 NYR
21 Jan 20247 · NYR 5–2 ANA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05

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 suggest6.2Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.4Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Anaheim · injuries

Drew HellesonLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct
Ian MooreLower BodyIRReturn16 Oct
Troy TerryHipIRReturn21 Nov

NY Rangers · injuries

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

Signed D Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.

30 Sep · ANA

Reassigned C Roger McQueen and C Cruz Lucius to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Noah Warren, D Ian Mitchell and D Tristan Luneau from San Diego. Placed D Drew Helleson on injured reserve. Moved RW Troy Terry from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.

27 Sep · ANA

Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.

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).

Injury report
#15Nikita KlepovRound 1 · SaginawRW
#28Marcus NordmarkRound 1 · Djurgarden Jr.LW
#45Jayden KurtzRound 2 · RogersD
#50Mathis PrestonRound 2 · VancouverRW
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#5Alberts SmitsRound 1 · MunchenD
#64Benjamin MacBeathRound 2 · CalgaryD
#67Danai ShaiikovRound 3 · GatineauG
#77Charlie MorrisonRound 3 · QuebecD
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