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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 · Atlantic 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
6 games
Longest road trip
4 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between November 3 and November 8. 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 13 games

  1. Thu, Oct 1 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 vs Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Oct 5 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Oct 8 vs Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Oct 10 at New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 at New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Oct 15 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Oct 20 at Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Fri, Oct 23 at Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Oct 24 at Utah Mammoth 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Oct 29 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Oct 31 at Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 13 games

  1. Tue, Nov 3 vs Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Nov 5 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Nov 7 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Nov 8 at Winnipeg Jets 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Wed, Nov 11 at Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Nov 12 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Nov 14 vs Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Nov 17 vs Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Nov 19 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Nov 22 vs Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Wed, Nov 25 vs Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Fri, Nov 27 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Nov 28 at Florida Panthers Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 15 games

  1. Wed, Dec 2 at Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Dec 5 at Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Dec 7 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Thu, Dec 10 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sat, Dec 12 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sun, Dec 13 at St. Louis Blues 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Dec 17 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Dec 19 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sun, Dec 20 at Detroit Red Wings Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Dec 22 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Dec 26 at Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Mon, Dec 28 at Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Dec 29 vs Nashville Predators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Thu, Dec 31 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 12 games

  1. Sat, Jan 2 vs Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Jan 5 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Thu, Jan 7 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Jan 9 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Mon, Jan 11 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Jan 14 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Jan 16 vs Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Jan 18 at Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Jan 21 at New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Jan 23 at Detroit Red Wings Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Jan 26 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Jan 30 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 11 games

  1. Tue, Feb 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Feb 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Feb 12 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sat, Feb 13 vs Colorado Avalanche 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Feb 16 vs Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Thu, Feb 18 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Feb 20 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Feb 23 vs San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Feb 25 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Feb 27 at Carolina Hurricanes Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sun, Feb 28 vs Utah Mammoth 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 14 games

  1. Wed, Mar 3 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Fri, Mar 5 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Mar 6 at San Jose Sharks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Mon, Mar 8 at Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Mar 11 vs New Jersey Devils Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Mar 13 vs New York Islanders Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Mon, Mar 15 at Washington Capitals Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Wed, Mar 17 at Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Mar 18 at Montréal Canadiens Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Mar 20 at Ottawa Senators Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Tue, Mar 23 vs Florida Panthers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Mar 25 vs Philadelphia Flyers Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Sat, Mar 27 vs New York Rangers Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Tue, Mar 30 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Div Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 6 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Apr 3 at Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Mon, Apr 5 at Buffalo Sabres Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Apr 6 at New Jersey Devils 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Apr 8 vs Montréal Canadiens Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Apr 10 vs Boston Bruins Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.