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Early look · NHL 2026-27

New York Rangers at Calgary Flames: game preview

Puck drop11 Nov · 7:30 PM ET
VenueScotiabank Saddledome
All-time meetings85 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Two clubs level on last season's points

NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. Calgary finished 29th 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 86

Across 85 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 44-37-4.

All-time record44-37-4NY Rangers's record in the series
Meetings played85This is number 86
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Calgary
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
10 Mar 2026CGY 0 – NYR 4——NYR
26 Oct 2025NYR 1 – CGY 5——CGY
18 Mar 2025CGY 2 – NYR 1——CGY
21 Nov 2024NYR 2 – CGY 3——CGY
12 Feb 2024CGY 0 – NYR 2——NYR
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateNY RangersCalgary
26 Oct 20253-5-2 · 8 pts28th2-7-1 · 5 pts32nd
10 Mar 202626-30-8 · 60 pts29th25-32-7 · 57 pts31st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 26 Oct 2025, NY Rangers were 28th in the league and Calgary 32nd. By 10 Mar 2026 it was 29th and 31st.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Calgary out-attempted NY Rangers 126 to 124

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

New York Rangers

124 att · 60 on goal · 5 G · 8.3%
Crease9 att · 1 G
Slot55 att · 4 G
Wing33 att · 0 G
Point23 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

Calgary Flames

126 att · 51 on goal · 5 G · 9.8%
Crease9 att · 0 G
Slot41 att · 3 G
Wing51 att · 1 G
Point23 att · 1 G
Neutral zone2 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.

NY RangersCalgary
3.44xG for per game2.54
2.77xG against per game3.38
55.4%xG share42.9%
−1.2FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.6
+5.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.9

This season: 5 games for NY Rangers, 3 for Calgary. 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

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

Calgary

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2740.0%
Power play · 2025-2616.2% · 31st
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%
Penalty kill · 2025-2680.4% · 12th
Faceoffs · 2026-2750.3% · 90/179
Drawn · 2026-275 (1.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/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
93Mika Zibanejad51451.00
94Gabe Perreault52240.80
86Joel Farabee30220.67
22Ryan Strome31010.33
16Morgan Frost31010.33
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
23Adam Fox50551.00
5Sean Durzi51120.40
19Zayne Parekh30110.33
44Joel Hanley10000.00
55Jake Middleton30000.00
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 9 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 8 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

NY Rangers crease

NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Nov

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

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Nov

Dustin Wolf.7972 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −5.5
Devin Cooley.8801 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.1

No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 5.7 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

10 Mar 20264 · CGY 0–4 NYR
26 Oct 20256 · NYR 1–5 CGY
18 Mar 20253 · CGY 2–1 NYR
21 Nov 20245 · NYR 2–3 CGY
12 Feb 20242 · CGY 0–2 NYR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05
Calgary1.005.332.593.16

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 suggest5.7Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings4.0Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

5 on the injury lists

NY Rangers · injuries

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

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct
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).

5 Oct · CGY

Placed D Brayden Pachal and C Connor Zary on waivers.

26 Sep · CGY

Waived F Alex Nylander.

25 Sep · CGY

Assigned Fs Andrew Basha, Will Dineen and Tyson Gross, Ds Hunter Brzustewicz and Axel Hurtig and G Arsenii Sergeev to Calgary (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Calgary Fs Dryden Hunt, Ben Jones, Rory Kerins, Sam Morton and William Stromgren and Ds Michael Benning, Andreas Englund and Jake Livingstone.

Injury report
#5Alberts SmitsRound 1 · MunchenD
#64Benjamin MacBeathRound 2 · CalgaryD
#67Danai ShaiikovRound 3 · GatineauG
#77Charlie MorrisonRound 3 · QuebecD
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#6Carson CarelsRound 1 · Prince GeorgeD
#30Jack HextallRound 1 · YoungstownC
#36Chase HarringtonRound 2 · SpokaneLW
#42Tobias TrejbalRound 2 · YoungstownG
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