New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils: game preview
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30that
New JerseyDevils2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21stTen points apart last season
NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. New Jersey finished 21st on 87, and the 2025-26 season series went NJD 2-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 290
Across 289 completed games, New Jersey lead the head-to-head 146-120-23.
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 7 Mar 2026, NY Rangers were 28th in the league and New Jersey 20th. By 31 Mar 2026 it was 29th and 20th.
New Jersey out-attempted NY Rangers 301 to 268
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Rangers
New Jersey Devils
New Jersey 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 New Jersey. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Rangers, 10 for New Jersey.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Rangers, 82 for New Jersey.
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
NY Rangers
Small sampleNew Jersey
Small sampleJack Hughes has 9 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Jack Hughes vs NY Rangers · game by game
See all: Jack Hughes vs NY Rangers · game by game →Igor Shesterkin has started most of these meetings
Igor Shesterkin played 3 of the last 5 meetings with New Jersey, with a .902 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 13 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 12 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Igor Shesterkin
See all: Igor Shesterkin →NYR · 3-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Dylan Garand 1.000 (1 GP)
Full game logNew Jersey crease
NJD · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec
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
New Jersey2.004.332.803.10Goals 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
NY Rangers · injuries
New Jersey · 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).
Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.
Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.
Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.
NY Rangers · 2026 draft
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