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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, September 30 to April 10 · Metropolitan 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
13
Longest homestand
4 games
Longest road trip
6 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 25 and October 31. 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.

September 2026 1 game

  1. Wed, Sep 30 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →

October 2026 13 games

  1. Sat, Oct 3 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Oct 6 at New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Oct 8 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Oct 10 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Oct 13 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Oct 15 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Oct 17 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Oct 20 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Oct 22 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Oct 25 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Oct 27 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Oct 29 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Oct 31 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 12 games

  1. Thu, Nov 5 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Nov 7 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Nov 9 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Nov 12 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Nov 14 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Nov 17 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Nov 19 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Nov 21 at Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Mon, Nov 23 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Nov 25 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Nov 27 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Nov 28 at Philadelphia Flyers Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 14 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 at Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Dec 4 vs San Jose Sharks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Mon, Dec 7 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Dec 11 at Carolina Hurricanes Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Wed, Dec 16 at Colorado Avalanche 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Fri, Dec 18 at Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Dec 20 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Dec 22 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Dec 26 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sun, Dec 27 vs Ottawa Senators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Wed, Dec 30 vs Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 14 games

  1. Sat, Jan 2 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Jan 5 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Jan 7 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Jan 9 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Wed, Jan 13 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Jan 15 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Jan 16 at New Jersey Devils Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Jan 18 vs Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Wed, Jan 20 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Fri, Jan 22 at Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Jan 23 vs Seattle Kraken 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Jan 26 at Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Jan 28 at Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Jan 30 at Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 11 games

  1. Mon, Feb 1 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Feb 3 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Feb 12 at New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Feb 13 vs Minnesota Wild 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Mon, Feb 15 vs Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Feb 18 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Feb 20 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Feb 22 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Feb 23 at Chicago Blackhawks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Fri, Feb 26 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Feb 27 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 13 games

  1. Mon, Mar 1 vs Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Mar 4 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Mar 7 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Mar 9 vs Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Mar 12 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Mar 13 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Mon, Mar 15 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Wed, Mar 17 at Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Mar 20 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Mar 21 vs Buffalo Sabres 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Thu, Mar 25 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Mar 27 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Tue, Mar 30 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 6 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Fri, Apr 2 vs Ottawa Senators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Apr 4 vs Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Apr 6 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Apr 8 at New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Apr 10 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.