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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 2 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
14
Longest homestand
5 games
Longest road trip
6 games

The heaviest week is 4 games between October 7 and October 13. 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 12 games

  1. Fri, Oct 2 at Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Oct 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Wed, Oct 7 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Oct 9 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sun, Oct 11 vs Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Oct 13 at Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Wed, Oct 14 vs Montréal Canadiens 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Oct 17 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Tue, Oct 20 vs Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Sat, Oct 24 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Wed, Oct 28 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Thu, Oct 29 at Nashville Predators 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

November 2026 12 games

  1. Sun, Nov 1 vs Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Tue, Nov 3 vs Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Nov 7 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Nov 10 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Nov 12 at New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Nov 14 vs New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Nov 17 at Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Nov 19 vs Buffalo Sabres Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Nov 21 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Wed, Nov 25 vs Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Nov 27 vs Florida Panthers Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sat, Nov 28 at St. Louis Blues 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

December 2026 14 games

  1. Tue, Dec 1 vs Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Thu, Dec 3 at Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Dec 5 at Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Mon, Dec 7 at Vancouver Canucks Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Dec 10 at Seattle Kraken Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Dec 12 at Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Tue, Dec 15 at Dallas Stars Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Thu, Dec 17 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Sat, Dec 19 vs St. Louis Blues Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Mon, Dec 21 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sat, Dec 26 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Mon, Dec 28 vs Edmonton Oilers Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Wed, Dec 30 at New York Islanders Div Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Thu, Dec 31 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

January 2027 14 games

  1. Sat, Jan 2 vs Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Mon, Jan 4 vs Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Wed, Jan 6 at Los Angeles Kings Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Fri, Jan 8 at San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Sun, Jan 10 at Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Tue, Jan 12 vs Vegas Golden Knights Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Thu, Jan 14 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Sat, Jan 16 vs Colorado Avalanche Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Mon, Jan 18 at Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Tue, Jan 19 vs Montréal Canadiens 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Fri, Jan 22 vs New York Islanders Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Sun, Jan 24 at New Jersey Devils Div Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Fri, Jan 29 at Utah Mammoth Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Sat, Jan 30 at Vegas Golden Knights 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

February 2027 10 games

  1. Tue, Feb 2 vs Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Feb 3 at Florida Panthers 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sat, Feb 13 at Montréal Canadiens Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Feb 14 vs Utah Mammoth 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Feb 16 vs Anaheim Ducks Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Fri, Feb 19 vs San Jose Sharks Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sun, Feb 21 vs Nashville Predators Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Tue, Feb 23 vs New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Thu, Feb 25 at Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Fri, Feb 26 at New York Rangers Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →

March 2027 16 games

  1. Mon, Mar 1 at New York Islanders Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Wed, Mar 3 vs Carolina Hurricanes Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Fri, Mar 5 at Winnipeg Jets Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Sun, Mar 7 at Minnesota Wild Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Tue, Mar 9 vs Calgary Flames Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Wed, Mar 10 at Chicago Blackhawks 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  7. Sat, Mar 13 at Pittsburgh Penguins Div Make the call → | Compare →
  8. Mon, Mar 15 vs Tampa Bay Lightning Make the call → | Compare →
  9. Wed, Mar 17 vs New York Islanders Div Make the call → | Compare →
  10. Thu, Mar 18 at Buffalo Sabres 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  11. Sun, Mar 21 at New York Rangers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  12. Tue, Mar 23 vs Detroit Red Wings Make the call → | Compare →
  13. Wed, Mar 24 at Detroit Red Wings 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  14. Fri, Mar 26 vs Boston Bruins Make the call → | Compare →
  15. Sun, Mar 28 at Toronto Maple Leafs Make the call → | Compare →
  16. Tue, Mar 30 vs Chicago Blackhawks Make the call → | Compare →

April 2027 6 games

  1. Thu, Apr 1 at Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →
  2. Sat, Apr 3 vs Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  3. Sun, Apr 4 vs Pittsburgh Penguins Div 2nd night Make the call → | Compare →
  4. Tue, Apr 6 at Columbus Blue Jackets Div Make the call → | Compare →
  5. Thu, Apr 8 at Ottawa Senators Make the call → | Compare →
  6. Sat, Apr 10 at Philadelphia Flyers Div Make the call → | Compare →

Start times are Eastern.