New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks: game preview
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30that
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24thNine points apart last season
NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. San Jose finished 24th on 86.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 56
Across 55 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 38-12-5.
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 23 Oct 2025, NY Rangers were 20th in the league and San Jose 31st. By 23 Jan 2026 it was 28th and 21st.
NY Rangers out-attempted San Jose 129 to 107
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Rangers
San Jose Sharks
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.
This season: 5 games for NY Rangers, 3 for San Jose. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Rangers, 10 for San Jose.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Rangers, 82 for San Jose.
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.
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Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 7 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 8 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 6 Jan
No appearances against San Jose in the last meetings.
San Jose crease
SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 6 Jan
No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.
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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05
San Jose3.004.003.063.56Goals 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.
10 on the injury lists
NY Rangers · injuries
San Jose · 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).
Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
NY Rangers · 2026 draft
See all: NY Rangers · 2026 draft →San Jose · 2026 draft
See all: San Jose · 2026 draft →Saturday 9 January · the full slate
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