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Colorado Avalanche vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

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Game preview

The Colorado Avalanche visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, December 5, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on ALT and MSG.

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

Rest and travel

Avalanche

Game 3 of a road trip: Boston and Detroit, now NY Rangers.

  1. 252026-11-25: vs MTL
  2. 262026-11-26: no game
  3. 272026-11-27: at MIN
  4. 282026-11-28: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  5. 292026-11-29: no game
  6. 302026-11-30: no game
  7. 12026-12-01: at BOS
  8. 22026-12-02: no game
  9. 32026-12-03: at DET
  10. 42026-12-04: no game
  11. 52026-12-05: at NYR
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~481 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,860 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+2 h
body clock vs home

Rangers

Another game at home.

  1. 252026-11-25: at BUF
  2. 262026-11-26: no game
  3. 272026-11-27: at CHI
  4. 282026-11-28: vs CGY, second of a back-to-backB2B
  5. 292026-11-29: no game
  6. 302026-11-30: vs CAR
  7. 12026-12-01: no game
  8. 22026-12-02: no game
  9. 32026-12-03: vs SJS
  10. 42026-12-04: no game
  11. 52026-12-05: vs COL
rest since last game
1 day
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

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheTue, Oct 13 at DAL
  1. L1Lehkonen#62MacKinnon#29Necas#88
    10:32 together at 5v5
  2. L2Landeskog#92Kadri#91Nelson#11
    8:31 together at 5v5
  3. L3Schwartz#71Svechkov#9Hughes#13
    4:23 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewToews#7Malinski#70
    14:51 together at 5v5
  2. D2Burns#84Manson#42
    13:31 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulak#27Juulsen#47
    10:41 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kadri CMacKinnon CNecas CHughes RToews D3:30
  2. 2Schwartz LLandeskog LLehkonen LNelson CMalinski D1:05

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lehkonen LNelson CManson DToews D0:36
  2. 2Roy CKelly CBurns DKulak D0:23
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.

COLNYR

Settled lines

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

COL 58% (6th most shuffled)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

COL 2:15 left (3rd earliest · 11 pulls)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

COL 48.4s (16th 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

COL 24% (4th least often)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series