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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 2 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
12
Longest homestand
4 games
Longest road trip
5 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 4 and October 10. 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. Fri, Oct 2 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sun, Oct 4 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Oct 6 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Oct 9 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 at Montréal Canadiens Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Oct 15 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 vs San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Oct 20 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Oct 22 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Oct 24 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Oct 26 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Oct 29 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Oct 31 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 12 games

  1. Mon, Nov 2 at Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Nov 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Nov 5 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Nov 7 at Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Nov 10 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Nov 12 at Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Nov 14 at Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Wed, Nov 18 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Nov 21 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Nov 25 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Nov 27 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Nov 28 vs Nashville Predators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 15 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Dec 5 at Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Wed, Dec 9 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Dec 11 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 vs Florida Panthers Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Dec 17 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Fri, Dec 18 at Philadelphia Flyers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Dec 20 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Dec 22 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Dec 26 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Dec 28 at Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Dec 29 at New York Rangers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Thu, Dec 31 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 14 games

  1. Sat, Jan 2 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Mon, Jan 4 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Jan 7 vs Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Jan 9 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Wed, Jan 13 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Jan 16 at Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sun, Jan 17 vs Minnesota Wild 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Jan 19 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Jan 21 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Jan 23 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Mon, Jan 25 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Wed, Jan 27 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Fri, Jan 29 vs Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Jan 30 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 10 games

  1. Tue, Feb 9 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Feb 11 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Feb 13 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Mon, Feb 15 at Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Feb 18 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Feb 19 at Carolina Hurricanes 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sun, Feb 21 vs Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Feb 23 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Feb 25 at Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Feb 27 at Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 14 games

  1. Mon, Mar 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Mar 4 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Mar 6 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Mar 9 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Mar 12 vs Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Mar 14 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Mar 16 at Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Mar 18 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Mar 20 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Mar 23 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Wed, Mar 24 vs Washington Capitals 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Mar 27 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sun, Mar 28 at Montréal Canadiens Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Mar 30 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 5 games

  1. Fri, Apr 2 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sun, Apr 4 at Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Apr 6 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Apr 9 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Apr 10 at Buffalo Sabres Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.