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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 · Central 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
10
Longest homestand
7 games
Longest road trip
5 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 15 games

  1. Thu, Oct 1 at Nashville Predators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Oct 6 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Oct 8 at Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Mon, Oct 12 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Oct 13 at Winnipeg Jets Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Oct 15 vs St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Oct 18 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Oct 20 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Thu, Oct 22 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Oct 24 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sun, Oct 25 at Vancouver Canucks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Oct 27 at Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Thu, Oct 29 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 14 games

  1. Sun, Nov 1 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Nov 3 at Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Nov 6 vs San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Nov 7 vs Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Nov 10 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Nov 12 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Nov 14 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Nov 17 vs Nashville Predators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Nov 19 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Nov 21 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Mon, Nov 23 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Wed, Nov 25 vs Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Fri, Nov 27 vs Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sun, Nov 29 at Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 12 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Dec 5 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Dec 8 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 vs Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Fri, Dec 18 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Dec 19 vs Montréal Canadiens 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Dec 22 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Dec 26 vs Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Dec 28 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 15 games

  1. Fri, Jan 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Jan 2 vs St. Louis Blues Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Jan 5 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Jan 7 at Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Jan 9 vs Nashville Predators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Jan 14 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Jan 16 at St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sun, Jan 17 at Detroit Red Wings 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Jan 19 at Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Jan 21 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Jan 23 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Jan 25 at Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Tue, Jan 26 vs Vancouver Canucks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Thu, Jan 28 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Sat, Jan 30 vs Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 9 games

  1. Thu, Feb 11 at Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Feb 13 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Feb 15 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Feb 16 at Dallas Stars Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Feb 18 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Feb 20 at Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Feb 23 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Feb 27 at St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Feb 28 vs New Jersey Devils 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 14 games

  1. Wed, Mar 3 at Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Mar 6 at Nashville Predators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Mar 7 vs Washington Capitals 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Mar 9 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Mar 11 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Mar 14 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Wed, Mar 17 at Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Fri, Mar 19 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Mar 21 vs Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Mar 23 vs Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Thu, Mar 25 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Mar 27 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Mar 29 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Wed, Mar 31 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 5 games

  1. Fri, Apr 2 vs Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sun, Apr 4 vs Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Apr 6 vs Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Apr 8 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Apr 10 at Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.