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2026-27 edition Ask a direct question about this edition of the book — who, how many, how common, which group more — and it is answered with a table computed on this page from the edition’s index: the season line, height and age, the on-ice percentiles, the grades and the traits read out of every report. Ask for a view on named players — what a comparison comes down to, what makes a man — and you get the book’s reading of their own pages, and only those. The model turns your question into a query and phrases the result, or reads the pages it is handed; it never originates a figure, and an answer carrying a figure that is on neither the table nor the pages is withheld. It does not forecast, and it says so when a question is outside what the book holds.

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The schedule

84 games, October 1 to April 10 · Atlantic Division

Nothing has been played yet. Every line below is a fixture, not a result.

The shape of it

Home
42
Away
42
In the division
28
Back-to-backs
14
Longest homestand
5 games
Longest road trip
6 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 6 and October 12. Congestion is one of the few disadvantages that can be read in September, and it is invisible in the standings once it has been paid for.

October 2026 14 games

  1. Thu, Oct 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Oct 6 vs Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Oct 8 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 vs Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Mon, Oct 12 vs Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Oct 13 at Montréal Canadiens Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Oct 15 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Oct 17 at Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Oct 21 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Oct 24 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Oct 27 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Oct 29 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Oct 31 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 12 games

  1. Wed, Nov 4 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Fri, Nov 6 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Nov 8 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Wed, Nov 11 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Nov 12 at Chicago Blackhawks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Nov 14 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Nov 17 at Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Nov 19 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Nov 21 at Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Nov 22 at Tampa Bay Lightning Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Wed, Nov 25 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Fri, Nov 27 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 14 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Dec 4 at Vancouver Canucks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Dec 6 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Mon, Dec 14 at Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Dec 15 vs Calgary Flames 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Fri, Dec 18 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Dec 20 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Dec 22 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Dec 26 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Dec 28 vs Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Wed, Dec 30 at Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 15 games

  1. Sat, Jan 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Mon, Jan 4 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Jan 5 at Boston Bruins Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Jan 8 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Jan 9 vs Carolina Hurricanes 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Jan 12 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Jan 14 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Jan 16 vs Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Mon, Jan 18 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Jan 20 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Thu, Jan 21 vs Seattle Kraken 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sun, Jan 24 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Wed, Jan 27 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Thu, Jan 28 at Vegas Golden Knights 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Sat, Jan 30 at Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 9 games

  1. Wed, Feb 3 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Feb 13 at Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Feb 15 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Feb 18 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Feb 20 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Feb 21 at Detroit Red Wings Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Wed, Feb 24 at Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Fri, Feb 26 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Feb 27 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 15 games

  1. Tue, Mar 2 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Mar 4 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Mar 6 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Mar 7 at Ottawa Senators Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Mar 9 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Mar 12 at Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sun, Mar 14 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Mar 15 vs San Jose Sharks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Mar 18 vs Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Mar 20 vs Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sun, Mar 21 at New York Islanders 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Mar 23 at Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Mar 25 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sun, Mar 28 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Tue, Mar 30 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 5 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Apr 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Apr 5 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Wed, Apr 7 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Apr 10 vs Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.