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Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

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Game preview

The Detroit Red Wings visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, December 29, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on DSN and MSG.

This is the third of 3 meetings this season. Red Wings 0, Rangers 1 so far; the last game finished NYR 2, DET 0.

Rest and travel

Red Wings

Game 3 of a road trip: Nashville and Buffalo, now NY Rangers.

  1. 192026-12-19: no game
  2. 202026-12-20: vs TBL
  3. 212026-12-21: no game
  4. 222026-12-22: vs TOR
  5. 232026-12-23: no game
  6. 242026-12-24: no game
  7. 252026-12-25: no game
  8. 262026-12-26: at NSH
  9. 272026-12-27: no game
  10. 282026-12-28: at BUF
  11. 292026-12-29: at NYR, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~292 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,389 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Rangers

Back home after a game in St. Louis.

  1. 192026-12-19: no game
  2. 202026-12-20: at NYI
  3. 212026-12-21: no game
  4. 222026-12-22: vs NJD
  5. 232026-12-23: no game
  6. 242026-12-24: no game
  7. 252026-12-25: no game
  8. 262026-12-26: no game
  9. 272026-12-27: at STL
  10. 282026-12-28: no game
  11. 292026-12-29: vs DET
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~873 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,746 mi
on this 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

Detroit Red WingsRed WingsTue, Oct 13 vs NJD
  1. L1Finnie#58DeBrincat#93Brandsegg-Nygård#28
    14:37 together at 5v5
  2. L2Arvidsson#33Raymond#23Larkin#71
    14:25 together at 5v5
  3. L3Copp#18Rasmussen#27Kolesar#55
    8:17 together at 5v5
  1. D1Chiarot#8Seider#53
    15:39 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewFaulk#72Sandin-Pellikka#44
    9:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Englund#24Johansson#42
    7:57 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Arvidsson LRaymond LLarkin CDeBrincat RSeider D1:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Copp CRasmussen CFaulk DJohansson D0:24
  2. 2Larkin CDries CChiarot DSeider D0:20
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.

DETNYR

Settled lines

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

DET 66% (14th 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

DET 1:50 left (16th earliest · 10 pulls)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

DET 47.4s (10th shortest)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

DET 28% (13th least often)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series