Fri, Dec 18 · 7:00 PM ET
Nashville Predators at New York Rangers
Before the game
Away · NSH
- 2025-26 record
- 38–34–10
- rank
- 23of 32
Home · NYR
- 2025-26 record
- 34–39–9
- rank
- 28of 32
Expected goals per game, 2025-26
| Per game | NSH | NYR |
|---|---|---|
| for | 3.12 | 2.90 |
| against | 3.47 | 3.38 |
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
NSH 47%NYR 53%
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).
The box score appears here after the game.