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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at New York Rangers: game preview

Puck drop3 Feb · 7:30 PM ET
VenueMadison Square Garden
All-time meetings31 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Five points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 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 32

Across 31 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 16-12-3.

All-time record16-12-3NY Rangers's record in the series
Meetings played31This is number 32
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1Winnipeg
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
22 Mar 2026WPG 3 – NYR 2 SO——WPG
12 Mar 2026NYR 6 – WPG 3——NYR
11 Mar 2025NYR 1 – WPG 2——WPG
12 Nov 2024WPG 6 – NYR 3——WPG
19 Mar 2024WPG 4 – NYR 2——WPG
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegNY Rangers
12 Mar 202626-28-10 · 62 pts27th27-30-8 · 62 pts29th
22 Mar 202629-29-12 · 70 pts27th28-33-9 · 65 pts30th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 12 Mar 2026, Winnipeg were 27th in the league and NY Rangers 29th. By 22 Mar 2026 it was 27th and 30th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Winnipeg out-attempted NY Rangers 129 to 107

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

Winnipeg Jets

129 att · 63 on goal · 5 G · 7.9%
Crease7 att · 2 G
Slot52 att · 3 G
Wing39 att · 0 G
Point26 att · 0 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

New York Rangers

107 att · 46 on goal · 8 G · 17.4%
Crease3 att · 1 G
Slot34 att · 4 G
Wing45 att · 2 G
Point22 att · 1 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

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.

WinnipegNY Rangers
3.37xG for per game3.44
3.37xG against per game2.77
50.0%xG share55.4%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.2
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+5.8

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/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
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
93Mika Zibanejad51451.00
94Gabe Perreault52240.80
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
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 2 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 30 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 31 Jan

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.

NY Rangers crease

NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 31 Jan

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

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.


Totals

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

22 Mar 20265 · WPG 3–2 NYR
12 Mar 20269 · NYR 6–3 WPG
11 Mar 20253 · NYR 1–2 WPG
12 Nov 20249 · WPG 6–3 NYR
19 Mar 20246 · WPG 4–2 NYR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
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 suggest5.8Goals 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

8 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

NY Rangers · injuries

Adam SykoraLower BodyIRReturn25 Jan
Aidan ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Joe VelenoLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Joonas KorpisaloLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

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
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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#5Alberts SmitsRound 1 · MunchenD
#64Benjamin MacBeathRound 2 · CalgaryD
#67Danai ShaiikovRound 3 · GatineauG
#77Charlie MorrisonRound 3 · QuebecD
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