New York Rangers — Opening Night Preview (2026-27)

Season Opener Matchup: NYR vs BOS

HISTORICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS

Rangers All-Time Opening Night

42-43-13-1

(W-L-T-OTL)

All-Time vs. BOS (Overall)

271-297-97-10

675 GP

All-Time vs. BOS (Away)

116-172-42-6

336 GP

ALL OPENING NIGHT GAMES VS BOS

All-Time Opening Night Record vs BOS: 3-5-1

Season	Date	Matchup	Result	Score	Boxscore
2012-13	Jan 19, 2013	@ BOS	L	1 - 3	Boxscore
1996-97	Oct 5, 1996	@ BOS	OTL	4 - 4	Boxscore
1993-94	Oct 5, 1993	vs BOS	L	3 - 4	Boxscore
1991-92	Oct 3, 1991	@ BOS	L	3 - 5	Boxscore
1980-81	Oct 9, 1980	@ BOS	L	2 - 7	Boxscore
1969-70	Oct 12, 1969	@ BOS	L	1 - 2	Boxscore
1964-65	Oct 12, 1964	@ BOS	W	6 - 2	Boxscore
1961-62	Oct 11, 1961	@ BOS	W	6 - 2	Boxscore
1960-61	Oct 5, 1960	vs BOS	W	2 - 1	Boxscore

LAST 10 OPENING NIGHTS (ACTIVE SKATERS)

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S
Mika Zibanejad	Center	10	5	9	14	4	4	42
Alexis Lafreniere	Left Wing	6	2	1	3	0	4	20
Adam Fox	Defenseman	7	0	2	2	3	2	7
J.T. Miller	Center	3	1	0	1	-1	2	5
Will Cuylle	Left Wing	3	0	1	1	1	2	3
Vladislav Gavrikov	Defenseman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Braden Schneider	Defenseman	4	0	0	0	3	0	4
Matt Rempe	Right Wing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noah Laba	Center	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

LAST 10 OPENING NIGHTS (ACTIVE GOALTENDERS)

Goaltender	GP	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	TOI
Igor Shesterkin	5	3	2	0	144	7	137	.951	1.40	1	299:13

TOP 25 SKATERS — ALL-TIME OPENING NIGHT LEADERS

#	Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S
1	Mika Zibanejad	10	5	9	14	4	4	42
2	Chris Kreider	12	7	6	13	3	8	34
3	Walt Tkaczuk	11	4	9	13	4	4	27
4	Andy Bathgate	10	2	11	13	1	4	26
5	Rod Gilbert	15	1	12	13	-1	4	45
6	Mark Messier	9	3	9	12	2	10	16
7	Jean Ratelle	11	6	4	10	4	2	31
8	Cecil Dillon	8	6	3	9	0	2	0
9	Bob Nevin	6	4	5	9	-5	2	11
10	Donnie Marshall	7	4	5	9	-4	0	6
11	Phil Esposito	5	2	7	9	3	2	18
12	Brian Leetch	15	0	9	9	2	2	53
13	Bill Cook	11	5	3	8	0	22	0
14	Vic Hadfield	12	4	4	8	-6	17	25
15	Steve Vickers	8	3	5	8	0	0	10
16	Ron Greschner	13	2	6	8	-2	19	34
17	Butch Keeling	10	7	0	7	0	16	0
18	Camille Henry	9	4	3	7	-3	10	5
19	Jaromir Jagr	3	3	4	7	6	4	11
20	Jacob Trouba	6	2	5	7	3	4	17
21	Artemi Panarin	7	2	5	7	2	0	11
22	Bill Gadsby	6	1	6	7	-3	4	3
23	Dave Maloney	8	1	6	7	5	19	13
24	Don Maloney	6	4	2	6	0	4	9
25	Adam Graves	10	4	2	6	-1	18	33

TOP 10 GOALTENDERS — ALL-TIME OPENING NIGHT LEADERS

#	Goaltender	GP	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO
1	Henrik Lundqvist	14	8	5	1	431	37	394	.914	2.65	0
2	Gump Worsley	0	5	4	0	277	26	260	.939	0.00	0
3	John Ross Roach	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00	0
4	Ed Giacomin	0	3	6	0	307	37	270	.879	0.00	0
5	Igor Shesterkin	5	3	2	0	144	7	137	.951	1.40	1
6	Dave Kerr	1	3	1	0	0	11	0	.000	11.00	1
7	Mike Richter	10	2	5	0	278	22	256	.921	2.16	0
8	John Vanbiesbrouck	0	2	3	0	194	19	175	.902	0.00	0
9	John Davidson	0	1	1	0	75	13	62	.827	0.00	0
10	Steve Weeks	0	1	1	0	36	6	30	.833	0.00	0

Current Ranger Injuries

Player	Status	Injury	Injured	Games Missed
Vincent Iorio	Injured	Lower Body	September 21	1
Adam Sykora	Injured Reserve	Right leg	September 21	1
Aidan Thompson	Injured	Undisclosed	September 11	1