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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Edmonton Oilers at New York Rangers: game preview

Puck drop1 Nov · 6:00 PM ET
VenueMadison Square Garden
All-time meetings89 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Sixteen points apart last season

Edmonton finished last season 14th in the league on 93 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 90

Across 89 completed games, Edmonton lead the head-to-head 48-33-8.

All-time record48-33-8Edmonton's record in the series
Meetings played89This is number 90
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1Edmonton
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
30 Oct 2025NYR 4 – EDM 3 OT——NYR
14 Oct 2025EDM 2 – NYR 0——EDM
16 Mar 2025EDM 3 – NYR 1——EDM
23 Nov 2024NYR 2 – EDM 6——EDM
22 Dec 2023EDM 4 – NYR 3——EDM
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateEdmontonNY Rangers
14 Oct 20252-0-1 · 5 pts9th2-3-0 · 4 pts20th
30 Oct 20255-4-3 · 13 pts15th5-5-2 · 12 pts20th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 14 Oct 2025, Edmonton were 9th in the league and NY Rangers 20th. By 30 Oct 2025 it was 15th and 20th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

NY Rangers out-attempted Edmonton 139 to 105

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

Edmonton Oilers

105 att · 58 on goal · 5 G · 8.6%
Crease4 att · 1 G
Slot39 att · 2 G
Wing40 att · 2 G
Point17 att · 0 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

New York Rangers

139 att · 65 on goal · 4 G · 6.2%
Crease8 att · 0 G
Slot63 att · 4 G
Wing43 att · 0 G
Point21 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Edmonton 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.

EdmontonNY Rangers
3.31xG for per game3.44
2.10xG against per game2.77
61.2%xG share55.4%
+7.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.2
−7.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+5.8

This season: 3 games for Edmonton, 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

Edmonton

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th
Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176
Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/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
97Connor McDavid32793.00
29Leon Draisaitl33251.67
93Mika Zibanejad51451.00
94Gabe Perreault52240.80
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
2Evan Bouchard34482.67
6Ryan Shea31231.00
14Mattias Ekholm30000.00
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 31 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 26 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 29 Oct

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6
Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.

NY Rangers crease

NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 29 Oct

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

No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.5 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

30 Oct 20257 · NYR 4–3 EDM
14 Oct 20252 · EDM 2–0 NYR
16 Mar 20254 · EDM 3–1 NYR
23 Nov 20248 · NYR 2–6 EDM
22 Dec 20237 · EDM 4–3 NYR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28
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 suggest6.5Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.6Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

13 on the injury lists

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct
Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct
Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec
James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct
Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov
Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct

NY Rangers · injuries

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

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

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
#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC
#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW
#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD
#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC
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#5Alberts SmitsRound 1 · MunchenD
#64Benjamin MacBeathRound 2 · CalgaryD
#67Danai ShaiikovRound 3 · GatineauG
#77Charlie MorrisonRound 3 · QuebecD
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