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Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, January 7, 2027 · Madison Square Garden

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ESPN · SN+

Game preview

The Chicago Blackhawks visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, January 7, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on ESPN and SN+.

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

Rest and travel

Blackhawks

Game 3 of a road trip: Dallas and Montréal, now NY Rangers.

  1. 282026-12-28: no game
  2. 292026-12-29: vs VGK
  3. 302026-12-30: no game
  4. 312026-12-31: no game
  5. 12027-01-01: vs BOS
  6. 22027-01-02: at DAL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 32027-01-03: no game
  8. 42027-01-04: at MTL
  9. 52027-01-05: no game
  10. 62027-01-06: no game
  11. 72027-01-07: at NYR
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~329 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,647 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Rangers

Back home after a game in Columbus.

  1. 282026-12-28: no game
  2. 292026-12-29: vs DET
  3. 302026-12-30: no game
  4. 312026-12-31: at DAL
  5. 12027-01-01: no game
  6. 22027-01-02: no game
  7. 32027-01-03: vs CBJ
  8. 42027-01-04: no game
  9. 52027-01-05: at CBJ
  10. 62027-01-06: no game
  11. 72027-01-07: vs CHI
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~478 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~955 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

Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksTue, Oct 13 vs PIT
  1. L1NewBedard#98Kane#88Kantserov#80
    14:40 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewBertuzzi#59Teravainen#86Frondell#16
    9:13 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewToninato#25Donato#8Moore#11
    8:03 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGreenway#12Greene#20Smith#22
    6:49 together at 5v5
  1. D1Byram#24Levshunov#55
    17:47 together at 5v5
  2. D2Cole#28Vlasic#72
    12:41 together at 5v5
  3. D3Kaiser#44Rinzel#6
    11:31 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Bertuzzi LBedard CKane RKantserov RByram D2:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Teravainen CFrondell CCole DVlasic D1:29
  2. 2Greene CSmith RCole DVlasic D1:05
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.

CHINYR

Settled lines

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

CHI 70% (14th 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

CHI 1:23 left (2nd latest · 19 pulls)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

CHI 48.6s (15th 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

CHI 33% (10th most often)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series