The Rangers lost Artemi Panarin to Los Angeles and Vincent Trocheck to Utah in the summer. They are 4-1-0 with the best goal difference in the Eastern Conference.
Canucks vs Rangers closes a six-game Vancouver road trip at Madison Square Garden, which is a hard place to end one.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Game | Vancouver Canucks at New York Rangers |
| Date | Sunday 11 October 2026 |
| Puck drop | 6:00pm ET · 5:00pm CT · 4:00pm MT · 3:00pm PT |
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York |
| 2025-26 head to head | One shutout each |
| Records | New York 4-1-0, Vancouver 2-2-0 |
| Goal difference | New York +8, Vancouver +1 |
| Note | Last game of Vancouver’s six-game road trip |
| Rest | Vancouver on the second of a back-to-back, New York with 1 day off |
How to watch
| Region | Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Canada | Sportsnet Pacific |
| United States | MSG |
Sportsnet Pacific has it in Canada. Regional coverage can differ from the national listing, and our how to watch the NHL in Canada page has the full picture.
Canucks vs Rangers odds
No Canadian price was up on 8 October. Our NHL odds page carries the boards as they post, and the projected starters are on our NHL starting goalies page.
New York replaced two stars with a goaltender and a kid
Igor Shesterkin is 3-1-0 at a .926 save percentage. Sixteen goals for and eight against in five games is the best differential in the East, and most of the second number is him.
Mika Zibanejad has five points and Adam Fox five assists from defence. Alexis Lafrenière has three goals, which is the production the Rangers waited years for.
Gabe Perreault has four points in five games. He’s the reason losing Panarin and Trocheck hasn’t cost New York anything yet, though five games is five games.
Dylan Garand won the one start Shesterkin didn’t take. Joonas Korpisalo is on injured reserve.
How they compare
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | New York Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 25-49-8 | 34-39-9 |
| Points | 58 | 77 |
| Goals for per game | 2.56 | 2.87 |
| Goals against per game | 3.83 | 3.04 |
| Power play | 21.8% | 24.7% |
| Penalty kill | 71.5% | 79.9% |
Vancouver finished 32nd last season and New York 30th, and only one of them looks rebuilt.
Vancouver ends a long trip with its goaltending unresolved
Kevin Lankinen is at .824 across three starts. Thatcher Demko is still on injured reserve after hip surgery, and Leevi Meriläinen won the only game he was given.
Paul Cotter has four goals, which nobody predicted, and Elias Pettersson has six points. Filip Hronek has five assists from the blue line.
Quinn Hughes plays for Minnesota now. Vancouver didn’t replace him, and the difference shows most in games like this one, against a side that moves the puck quickly.
Nineteen goals for and eighteen against in four games tells you Vancouver is entertaining and nothing more settled than that.
One shutout each last season
| Date | Result | Venue | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | New York 2-0 Vancouver | Vancouver | 2 |
| 2025-12-16 | New York 0-3 Vancouver | New York | 3 |
New York won 2-0 at home in October and Vancouver won 3-0 in December. Five goals across two games, and neither side scored in both.
Team news
| Player | Club | Status | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko | Vancouver | Injured Reserve, Hip | No timetable |
| Filip Chytil | Vancouver | Injured Reserve, Shoulder | No timetable |
| Jack Thompson | Vancouver | Injured Reserve, Undisclosed | No timetable |
| Akil Thomas | Vancouver | Injured Reserve, Undisclosed | No timetable |
| Joonas Korpisalo | New York | Injured Reserve, Undisclosed | No timetable |
| Joe Veleno | New York | Injured Reserve, Undisclosed | No timetable |
| Adam Sykora | New York | Injured Reserve, Undisclosed | No timetable |
Demko is the one that would change Vancouver’s season. League-wide availability is on our NHL injury report.
Players to watch
Igor Shesterkin. A .926 save percentage and the reason New York has conceded eight in five.
Elias Pettersson. Six points in four and finally looking like the player Vancouver is paying for.
Alexis Lafrenière. Three goals in five, in the season he had to deliver.
Paul Cotter. Four goals and Vancouver’s leading scorer, which says as much about the roster as about him.
Score prediction
Vancouver Canucks 2-4 New York Rangers. New York has the better goaltender by a wide margin and Vancouver is on the last night of a six-game trip. The head-to-head says this can be low-scoring, and Shesterkin is the reason it would be.
Canucks vs Rangers prediction
New York should win this. Shesterkin is playing as well as any goaltender in the league, the defence has conceded eight in five, and Vancouver is at the end of a long trip with a goaltender at .824.
Vancouver’s case is that it scores. Nineteen in four games is more than New York has managed in five, and Cotter and Pettersson are both going well.
The series history is worth a look too. Two games last season, two shutouts, five goals in total. This fixture has a habit of tightening up.
Our lean: New York, and the under if the total sits at 6 or higher. Both meetings last season were shutouts and New York has conceded eight in five games. Where each sits is on our NHL power rankings.
Puck drop is 6:00pm ET on Sunday 11 October 2026 at Madison Square Garden, which is 3:00pm PT in Vancouver.
No. Panarin is a Los Angeles King. Vincent Trocheck has also gone, to Utah.
No. Hughes is a Minnesota Wild player and is not on Vancouver’s roster.
One win each, and both were shutouts. New York won 2-0 at home in October and Vancouver won 3-0 in December.
Igor Shesterkin, who is 3-1-0 at a .926 save percentage. Dylan Garand won the one start he did not take.
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