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How to Watch Red Wings Season Opener Against New York Rangers The Detroit Red Wings will be opening up their 2026-27 NHL season with an Original Six matchup against the New York Rangers. The Red Wings w...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
How to Watch NY Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings: Start Time, Television, and More The New York Rangers will be on the road on Friday night to play the Detroit Red Wings in what will be their season-opener and home-opener....
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
Dylan Garand - Starting against Detroit Garand will defend the road crease against Detroit on Friday, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports.
Impact The Rangers are playing the second half of a back-to-back set Friday, so Garand will make his season debut since Joonas Korpisalo (lower body) is on injured reserve. Across three regular-season appearances with the Rangers last year, Garand went 2-0-1 with a 1.62 GAA and .948 save percentage.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Why isn't Dylan Larkin playing today, Oct. 2, for Red Wings vs NY Rangers? Coming off an intense, drama-filled summer, the Detroit Red Wings haven't traded Dylan Larkin yet, but he still won't play in the 2026-27 NH...
OCTOBER 2 • BOLAVIP.COM
NY Rangers Bringing Physical Style of Play Into Red Wings Matchup The New York Rangers were able to exorcise some demons in their home opener at Madison Square Garden, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in d...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
Red Wings Open 101st Season With Historic Original Six Showdown The waiting is over. The Detroit Red Wings will begin their first regular-season game against the New York Rangers on Friday. There are only...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
NY Rangers' Igor Shesterkin sends goalie-goal reminder to NY Islanders' Ilya Sorokin After making history for the New York Rangers, goaltender Igor Shesterkin didn't forget to put close friend, New York Islanders' Ilya Soroki...
OCTOBER 2 • BOLAVIP.COM
NY Rangers Veteran Duo Moving up Franchise Record Books The New York Rangers knew that they could not afford to get off to the kind of start at Madison Square Garden during the 2026-27 campaign as...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
Rangers at Red Wings: Pregame Notes | New York Rangers RANGERS RUNDOWN The New York Rangers head to Detroit for the tail-end of their first back-to-back set of games in 2026-27. The Blueshirts wi...
OCTOBER 2 • NHL.COM
Postgame Media vs NYR | Carlson, Hagel, Cooper
Postgame Media vs NYR | Carlson, Hagel, Cooper
OCTOBER 2 • YOUTUBE
New York Rangers - Detroit Red Wings - Oct 2, 2026 | NHL.com NHL Gamecenter - New York Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings, Oct 2, 2026 - summary, stats, boxscore, play by play, recap and more.
OCTOBER 2 • NHL.COM
Lightning Fail to Overcome Slow Start vs Rangers The Tampa Bay Lightning opened the 2026-27 season on the big stage at Madison Square Garden, against a Rangers squad looking to rebound afte...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM
NY Rangers Refuse To Repeat Home Scoring Drought Last year, it took the New York Rangers over 180 minutes to score a goal at Madison Square Garden. For the 2026-27 NHL season, this was cert...
OCTOBER 2 • SI.COM

Detroit and New York square off in Eastern Conference play

The Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers meet in Eastern Conference action
OCTOBER 2 • Associated Press
Gabe Perreault - Sniping start to season Perreault scored a goal Thursday in a 5-1 win over the Lightning.
Impact He tipped in an Adam Fox shot late in the second frame to push the Rangers up 4-1. Perreault delivered an impressive 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists) in 49 games last season, including 19 in his last 23 contests, and he's poised to take the next step in a role alongside Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafreniere. With his gig on the second power-play unit, Perreault could flirt with the 60-point plateau in 2026-27.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Eeli Tolvanen - First goal with new squad Tolvanen scored a goal in Thursday's 5-1 win over Tampa Bay.
Impact It was his first goal with the Rangers. Tolvanen fired a pass into the slot that went in off a Bolts' defender. He is skating with Noah Laba and Will Cuylle on the Rangers' third line, and he will get a shot on the team's second power-play unit, too. Tolvanen has delivered at least 35 points in each of his last three seasons, averaging 37 points, and he's also averaged 211 hits in the same span. His line could deliver a whopping 600 hits this season.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Adam Fox - Ready to step back into Norris conversation Fox had two assists in a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Impact Fox may be poised for a big season in 2026-27. He missed considerable time last year but still delivered at close to a point-per-game pace (53 points in 55 games). His power-play production (24 points) was six points better than what he delivered in 74 games in 2024-25 (18). Fox won the Norris trophy in his second season (2020-21), becoming just the second defender in NHL history to win the award in his first two seasons. He was a finalist in 2022-23 and finished top-five in votes in 2021-22 and 2023-24.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Mika Zibanejad - Two-point effort in win Zibanejad had a goal and an assist in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Lightning.
Impact Zibanejad opened the scoring in the first on the power play. It was a huge confidence boost for the team at home, as they didn't score at Madison Square Garden last season until 57 seconds into their fourth game. Zibanejad is fresh off a 34-goal, 78-point season, the third-highest point total of his career. This is his 16th season. His 35 power-play points last season was the second-highest total of his career.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Pavel Dorofeyev - Two points in debut with new team Dorofeyev a goal and an assist in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Lightning.
Impact It was his first goal with his new team. It stood as the winner. Dorofeyev led Vegas with 37 goals last season. The Rangers acquired the sniper for three draft picks on June 26 before signing him to a seven-year, $77 million contract ($11 million average annual value) a few days later. Dorofeyev is slotted beside J.T. Miller on the second line and hops the boards on the top power-play unit. The Rangers finished 30th overall and last in the Eastern Conference last season. Dorfeyev will help them put up more goals, but his overall output may be dulled by the cast supporting him. There are no knights in shining armor to help him in Madison Square.
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Shesterkin celebrates 'unbelievable feelings' with first goalie goal in Rangers history | NHL.com Becomes 18th NHL goalie to be credited with goal in win against Lightning
OCTOBER 2 • NHL.COM
Igor Shesterkin - Scores franchise's first goalie goal Shesterkin scored his first career goalie goal and made 24 saves in a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Impact Shesterkin is the first goalie in Rangers' history to score a goal and the 18th in league history. There have been 21 goalie goals in NHL history, with 19 in the regular season and two in the playoffs. He grabbed a shoot-in that came off the back boards and whipped a long shot into the empty net at 17:26 of the third period to cap the scoring. It was also Shesterkin's 100th win at Madison Square Garden (177 games). He's the fourth-fastest goalie in team history to record that number after Mike Richter (172 games), Eddie Giacomin (173) and Henrik Lundqvist (176).
OCTOBER 2 • ROTOWIRE
Rangers vs. Lightning: Postgame Notes | New York Rangers RANGERS NOTES OPENING AT THE GARDEN – The Rangers earned their first two points of the season in their 2026-27 home opener. New York has now...
OCTOBER 2 • NHL.COM
GAME HIGHLIGHTS | 2026-27: New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning (10/01/26)
GAME HIGHLIGHTS | 2026-27: New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning (10/01/26)
OCTOBER 2 • YOUTUBE
NHL goals by goalies: Rangers' Igor Shesterkin joins minuscule group of goaltenders that have lit the lamp | Sporting News Here's a look at the company Shesterkin joined.
OCTOBER 2 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM
NYR vs TBL: Mike Sullivan Postgame Media Availability | Oct. 1, 2026
NYR vs TBL: Mike Sullivan Postgame Media Availability | Oct. 1, 2026
OCTOBER 2 • YOUTUBE
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