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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
15
Longest homestand
4 games
Longest road trip
6 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 3 and October 9. 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 Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →

October 2026 13 games

  1. Sat, Oct 3 vs Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Mon, Oct 5 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Wed, Oct 7 at Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Oct 9 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 vs Dallas Stars 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 at Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Fri, Oct 16 at Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 at Vegas Golden Knights 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Mon, Oct 19 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Oct 22 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Oct 24 vs Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Oct 29 vs Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Oct 31 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 13 games

  1. Tue, Nov 3 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Nov 5 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Nov 7 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Nov 8 at Anaheim Ducks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Wed, Nov 11 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Nov 14 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Nov 19 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Nov 21 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Nov 22 at Dallas Stars 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Nov 25 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Nov 27 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Nov 28 vs Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Nov 30 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 13 games

  1. Wed, Dec 2 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Dec 5 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Dec 6 vs San Jose Sharks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Dec 8 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 at Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Dec 17 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Fri, Dec 18 vs Seattle Kraken 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Dec 22 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Dec 26 at Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Dec 29 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Dec 31 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 14 games

  1. Fri, Jan 1 vs Minnesota Wild 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sun, Jan 3 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Jan 7 at Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Jan 9 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Jan 12 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Wed, Jan 13 at New York Islanders Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Jan 16 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Jan 18 vs Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Jan 21 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Jan 23 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Mon, Jan 25 at Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Jan 26 vs New York Islanders Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Fri, Jan 29 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sun, Jan 31 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 9 games

  1. Tue, Feb 2 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Feb 13 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Feb 15 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Feb 16 at Vancouver Canucks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Feb 19 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Feb 21 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Feb 23 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Feb 25 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sun, Feb 28 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 15 games

  1. Tue, Mar 2 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Mar 4 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Mar 6 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Mar 7 at New York Islanders Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Mar 9 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Mar 11 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Mar 13 vs Washington Capitals Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sun, Mar 14 vs Detroit Red Wings 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Mar 16 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Mar 18 at New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Mar 20 at New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Mar 22 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Thu, Mar 25 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Mar 27 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Tue, Mar 30 at Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 6 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 vs New York Islanders Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Apr 3 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Apr 4 at Washington Capitals Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Apr 6 at New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Apr 9 at Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Apr 10 at New Jersey Devils Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.