New York Rangers at Dallas Stars: game preview
NY RangersRangers2026-27: 4-1-0 · 8 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 30that
DallasStars2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 50-20-12 · 112 pts · 3rdThirty-five points apart last season
NY Rangers finished last season 30th in the league on 77 points. Dallas finished 3rd on 112.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 51
Across 50 completed games, NY Rangers lead the head-to-head 25-19-6.
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 2 Dec 2025, NY Rangers were 16th in the league and Dallas 2nd. By 11 Apr 2026 it was 29th and 3rd.
NY Rangers out-attempted Dallas 129 to 95
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Rangers
Dallas Stars
Dallas 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 Dallas. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Rangers, 10 for Dallas.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Rangers, 82 for Dallas.
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 29 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 29 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Rangers crease
NYR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Dec
No appearances against Dallas in the last meetings.
Dallas crease
DAL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Dec
No appearances against NY Rangers in the last meetings.
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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
NY Rangers3.201.602.903.05
Dallas2.002.003.402.76Goals 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.
8 on the injury lists
NY Rangers · injuries
Dallas · 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).
Assigned D Cameron Bertucci to Texas (AHL).
Placed F Matt Duchene on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Sept. 29. Recalled Fs Arttu Hyry and Colin Blackwell from Texas (AHL).
Signed G Casey DeSmith to a two-year contract.
NY Rangers · 2026 draft
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