Fri, Oct 2 · 6:30 PM ET
New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings
Before the game
Away · NYR
- 2025-26 record
- 34–39–9
- rank
- 27of 32
Home · DET
- 2025-26 record
- 41–31–10
- rank
- 16of 32
Expected goals per game, 2025-26
| Per game | NYR | DET |
|---|---|---|
| for | 2.90 | 3.29 |
| against | 3.39 | 3.24 |
The model’s expected goals on each club’s open-play attempts, per game over 82 and 82 games. Last season’s, as the records are.
Pre-game win chance
NYR 41%DET 59%
Set Oct 2, 8:51 AM ET, before puck drop.
The model’s projection, not a betting recommendation. Its accuracy is modest (held-out AUC 0.590, on a scale where 0.5 is a coin flip and 1.0 is perfect).
Each player’s projections for this game, beside the books’ lines, are on the sheet. View player projections
Live score and game stats appear here once the game starts, updated every couple of minutes. The box score of record follows the next morning.