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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 · Pacific 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
7 games
Longest road trip
6 games

The heaviest week is 5 games between December 3 and December 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.

October 2026 15 games

  1. Thu, Oct 1 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 vs Los Angeles Kings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Oct 5 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Oct 8 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 vs Edmonton Oilers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Oct 15 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 at Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Mon, Oct 19 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Oct 20 at Montréal Canadiens 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Thu, Oct 22 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Oct 24 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Tue, Oct 27 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Thu, Oct 29 vs Vancouver Canucks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Sat, Oct 31 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 14 games

  1. Mon, Nov 2 vs Calgary Flames Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Nov 4 at Los Angeles Kings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Nov 6 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Nov 7 at Dallas Stars 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Mon, Nov 9 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Wed, Nov 11 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Nov 14 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sun, Nov 15 vs Nashville Predators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Nov 17 vs Calgary Flames Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Nov 21 vs Seattle Kraken Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Mon, Nov 23 vs Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Wed, Nov 25 at Anaheim Ducks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Fri, Nov 27 vs Vegas Golden Knights Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Nov 28 at Colorado Avalanche 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 14 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Dec 4 at New York Islanders 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Dec 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Dec 8 vs Seattle Kraken Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Wed, Dec 9 at Los Angeles Kings Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Fri, Dec 11 vs Los Angeles Kings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Dec 14 vs Vancouver Canucks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Wed, Dec 16 at Vegas Golden Knights Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Dec 19 at Vancouver Canucks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Dec 22 at Seattle Kraken Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Dec 26 vs Vegas Golden Knights Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Dec 28 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Dec 29 at Calgary Flames Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 13 games

  1. Fri, Jan 1 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Jan 2 vs Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Jan 4 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Wed, Jan 6 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Fri, Jan 8 vs Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Jan 9 vs New York Rangers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Wed, Jan 13 at Edmonton Oilers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Jan 14 at Calgary Flames Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Jan 16 at Seattle Kraken Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Mon, Jan 18 vs Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Jan 23 vs Edmonton Oilers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Jan 28 vs Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Jan 30 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 8 games

  1. Wed, Feb 10 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Feb 13 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Feb 15 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Feb 19 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sun, Feb 21 at Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Feb 23 at Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Feb 25 at Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Feb 27 at Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 16 games

  1. Mon, Mar 1 vs Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Mar 3 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Mar 5 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Mar 6 vs Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Mar 9 at Vegas Golden Knights Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Mar 11 at St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Mar 13 at Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Mar 15 at Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Mar 16 at Chicago Blackhawks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Mar 18 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Mar 20 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Mar 22 at Anaheim Ducks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Wed, Mar 24 vs Anaheim Ducks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Fri, Mar 26 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Mon, Mar 29 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  16. Wed, Mar 31 at Edmonton Oilers Div Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 4 games

  1. Sat, Apr 3 at Vancouver Canucks Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sun, Apr 4 vs St. Louis Blues 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Apr 8 vs Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Apr 10 vs Anaheim Ducks Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.