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San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

San Jose SharksSan JoseSharksAway

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New York RangersNY RangersRangersHome

NBCSCA · MSG

Game preview

The San Jose Sharks visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, December 3, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on NBCSCA and MSG.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Sharks

Game 3 of a road trip: Colorado and New Jersey, now NY Rangers.

  1. 232026-11-23: vs MIN
  2. 242026-11-24: no game
  3. 252026-11-25: at ANA
  4. 262026-11-26: no game
  5. 272026-11-27: vs VGK
  6. 282026-11-28: at COL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 292026-11-29: no game
  8. 302026-11-30: no game
  9. 12026-12-01: at NJD
  10. 22026-12-02: no game
  11. 32026-12-03: at NYR
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~10 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,556 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+3 h
body clock vs home

Rangers

Another game at home.

  1. 232026-11-23: no game
  2. 242026-11-24: no game
  3. 252026-11-25: at BUF
  4. 262026-11-26: no game
  5. 272026-11-27: at CHI
  6. 282026-11-28: vs CGY, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 292026-11-29: no game
  8. 302026-11-30: vs CAR
  9. 12026-12-01: no game
  10. 22026-12-02: no game
  11. 32026-12-03: vs SJS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

San Jose SharksSharksTue, Oct 13 vs BOS
  1. L1NewChernyshov#92Smith#2Celebrini#71
    11:30 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMarchment#27Toffoli#73Wennberg#21
    10:36 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewSherwood#44Stenberg#41Misa#77
    8:19 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGoodrow#23Ostapchuk#63Graf#51
    7:02 together at 5v5
  1. D1Trouba#65Dickinson#6
    14:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Nurse#25Kesselring#7
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. D3Orlov#9Cagnoni#42
    9:55 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34
  2. 2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08

Penalty kill

  1. 1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27
  2. 2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49
New York RangersRangersTue, Oct 13 vs TBL
  1. L1Zibanejad#93Dorofeyev#16Perreault#94
    10:41 together at 5v5
  2. L2Kartye#24Lafrenière#13Miller#10
    9:44 together at 5v5
  3. L3Cuylle#50Laba#42Tolvanen#17
    8:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewRempe#73Beaudoin#53Bjorkstrand#28
    2:31 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pettersson#26Durzi#5
    16:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Gavrikov#44Fox#23
    12:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Schneider#4Smits#12
    9:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Lafrenière LZibanejad CMiller CPerreault RFox D2:48
  2. 2Cuylle LBjorkstrand RTolvanen RPerreault RDurzi D0:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Kartye LTolvanen RGavrikov DFox D0:45
  2. 2Kartye LTolvanen RPettersson DSchneider D0:38

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SJSNYR

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

SJS 71% (12th most settled)NYR 75% (6th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SJS 51.3s (2nd longest)NYR 47.0s (8th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

SJS 33% (7th most often)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series