New York Rangers at Columbus Blue JacketsOct 17, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 17, 2026

away

New York RangersNYR

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home

Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NYRaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 753 km travel

1 day rest vs 3 days rest

CBJhome±0.0 pts

3 days rest

3 days rest vs 1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NYR (1 day rest) at CBJ (3 days rest).

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New York Rangers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Igor Shesterkin70%
Dylan Garand16%
Joonas Korpisalo14%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 2–0 at DET · Oct 2

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
10:29
L2Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev
6:35
L3Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar
5:48
L4Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba
5:43
D1Pettersson – Durzi
13:33
D2Gavrikov – Fox
11:47
D3Schneider – Smits
9:39
PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Dorofeyev – Lafrenière
4:54

Projected NYR lines →·NYR goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jet Greaves89%
Cam Talbot11%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 6–3 vs BUF · Oct 1

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:18
L2Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
10:17
L3Heinen – Garland – Lomberg
6:28
L4Monahan – Nichushkin – Voronkov
6:19
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
15:16
D2Soucy – Andrae
8:50
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:17
PP1Coyle – Werenski – Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
2:18

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Game day: all games on Oct 17.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.