New York Rangers at Dallas StarsDec 31, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Dec 31, 2026

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New York RangersNYR

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home

Dallas StarsDAL

Preview

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 · 2,208 km travel · -1 h

DALhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,266 km travel · -1 h

No meaningful schedule edge: NYR (1 day rest) at DAL (1 day rest).

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New York Rangers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Igor Shesterkin75%
Joonas Korpisalo15%
Dylan Garand11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–1 vs TBL · Oct 1

L1Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev
8:55
L2Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
8:48
L3Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba
8:08
L4Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar
4:44
D1Pettersson – Durzi
11:07
D2Gavrikov – Fox
10:13
D3Schneider – Smits
9:27
PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Dorofeyev – Lafrenière
1:37

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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Oettinger79%
Casey DeSmith21%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–5 at MIN · Apr 30

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:13
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:18
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:06
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:07
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:51
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:44
PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23

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Game day: all games on Dec 31.

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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.