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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
11
Longest homestand
6 games
Longest road trip
5 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 22 and October 27. 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 vs Minnesota Wild Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 vs Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Oct 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Oct 8 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Oct 15 vs San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 vs St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Oct 22 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Oct 24 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sun, Oct 25 vs Colorado Avalanche Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Oct 27 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Oct 29 vs Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Oct 31 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 13 games

  1. Tue, Nov 3 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Nov 5 at Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Nov 7 vs St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Nov 10 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Wed, Nov 11 at Anaheim Ducks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Nov 13 at Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sun, Nov 15 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Nov 17 at Minnesota Wild Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Nov 21 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Nov 25 at Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Nov 27 vs Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Nov 28 at Detroit Red Wings 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Nov 30 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 13 games

  1. Thu, Dec 3 vs Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Dec 5 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Dec 6 at St. Louis Blues Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Dec 8 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Fri, Dec 18 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Dec 20 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Dec 22 vs Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Dec 26 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Dec 28 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Tue, Dec 29 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 17 games

  1. Fri, Jan 1 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Jan 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Jan 5 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Jan 7 at Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Jan 9 at Minnesota Wild Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Jan 10 at Colorado Avalanche Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Jan 12 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Jan 14 vs Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Jan 16 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Mon, Jan 18 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Wed, Jan 20 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Jan 21 at Philadelphia Flyers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Jan 23 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Jan 26 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Thu, Jan 28 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  16. Sat, Jan 30 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  17. Sun, Jan 31 at Utah Mammoth Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 9 games

  1. Tue, Feb 2 at Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Feb 13 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Feb 16 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Feb 18 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Feb 20 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Feb 21 at Washington Capitals 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Feb 23 vs Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Feb 25 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Feb 27 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 13 games

  1. Tue, Mar 2 vs Colorado Avalanche Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Mar 4 vs Utah Mammoth Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Mar 6 vs Minnesota Wild Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Mar 9 at St. Louis Blues Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Mar 11 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Mar 13 at Winnipeg Jets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Mon, Mar 15 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Wed, Mar 17 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Mar 20 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Mar 23 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Mar 26 at Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Mar 27 at Dallas Stars Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Tue, Mar 30 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 5 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 vs Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Apr 3 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Tue, Apr 6 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Apr 8 at Chicago Blackhawks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Apr 10 vs Dallas Stars Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.