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Preseason table

2026-27 · preseason · click a column to sort · xGF% = xGF / (xGF + xGA) · xGF/60 = xGF per 60 min at the selected strength

Conference, division and the W–L record are all-situations official results — they do not move with the strength filter. Everything from GF rightward is the selected strength only.

These are exhibition games. Split squads, tryouts and auditions — a few games of it is mostly noise, and it is shown because it is the first new hockey of the year, not because it predicts the season. None of it feeds the site's ratings, season tables or game predictions: preseason is kept out of every model here by construction. 4 games had only goals published (no shots or shifts): they count in the W–L record and are left out of every xG column.

Saturday night in xG

Saturday, September 26, 2026 · preseason · 14 games · Save the image

expected goals goal empty-net goal big number = final · away on the left

Each column is a team's expected goals and each puck one of its goals, on one scale for the whole night, so a stack taller than its column finished above its chances. An empty-net goal is an outlined puck (its attempts are not in xG); the shootout winner's credited goal gets no puck. The big number is the official final.

Games

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DateGameFinalxG
2026-09-26 OTT @ MTL 2–4 2.95–3.13
2026-09-26 MTL @ OTT 3–4 1.67–2.84
2026-09-26 SJS @ VGK 4–2 1.38–3.24
2026-09-26 NJD @ NYI 4–1 3.72–2.21
2026-09-26 CBJ @ DET 4–2 2.06–3.78
2026-09-26 CGY @ EDM 1–4 2.58–2.69
2026-09-26 TBL @ FLA 3–2 SO 2.00–1.96
2026-09-26 STL @ CHI 2–3 3.41–2.00
2026-09-26 WSH @ PHI 5–1 3.08–4.30
2026-09-26 SEA @ VAN 3–4 1.87–3.40
2026-09-26 PIT @ BUF 3–1 3.74–2.08
2026-09-26 COL @ UTA 0–2 2.11–4.92
2026-09-26 CAR @ NSH 6–0 2.95–1.74
2026-09-26 ANA @ LAK 2–6 1.94–3.28
2026-09-25 NYR @ NYI 6–1 3.09–1.69
2026-09-25 DAL @ MIN 2–1 2.01–2.61
2026-09-25 BOS @ WSH 2–3 OT 3.56–3.85
2026-09-25 WPG @ COL 2–5 3.16–3.67
2026-09-24 UTA @ VGK 4–5 OT 1.70–3.30
2026-09-24 PIT @ CBJ 0–4 2.00–2.62
2026-09-24 NJD @ NYR 3–4 SO 3.14–3.31
2026-09-24 NSH @ CAR 5–6 — goals only
2026-09-24 FLA @ TBL 5–3 1.83–3.93
2026-09-24 CHI @ STL 0–1 1.34–3.07
2026-09-24 BUF @ DET 2–3 OT 2.78–3.02
2026-09-24 BOS @ PHI 0–2 1.83–3.81
2026-09-24 ANA @ SJS 0–10 1.67–3.85
2026-09-24 CGY @ SEA 3–4 SO 3.02–2.89
2026-09-24 EDM @ VAN 2–1 1.85–2.94
2026-09-23 TOR @ OTT 4–2 3.03–1.38
2026-09-23 OTT @ TOR 1–6 1.76–3.81
2026-09-23 MIN @ DAL 0–2 1.26–2.38
2026-09-23 LAK @ ANA 2–1 1.84–2.62
2026-09-22 VGK @ SJS 2–1 SO 1.71–3.54
2026-09-22 VAN @ CGY 1–3 1.18–4.08
2026-09-22 UTA @ LAK 6–3 3.26–2.70
2026-09-22 TBL @ NSH 2–3 OT 2.18–2.35
2026-09-22 PHI @ BOS 1–5 2.16–2.97
2026-09-22 NYI @ NYR 4–3 3.09–2.18
2026-09-22 FLA @ CAR 2–3 SO 3.81–2.85
2026-09-22 DET @ PIT 7–4 2.35–3.23
2026-09-22 CBJ @ BUF 1–5 1.35–4.66
2026-09-22 EDM @ WPG 2–1 OT 2.18–1.60
2026-09-21 OTT @ MTL 2–3 OT — goals only
2026-09-21 STL @ DAL 1–2 3.83–3.99
2026-09-21 PHI @ WSH 2–5 — goals only
2026-09-21 NYR @ NJD 2–3 2.06–2.92
2026-09-21 MIN @ CHI 3–4 OT 2.12–1.60
2026-09-21 DET @ CBJ 0–1 SO 1.72–2.40
2026-09-21 BUF @ PIT 1–4 1.59–2.49
2026-09-21 COL @ WPG 1–3 2.53–3.36
2026-09-20 SEA @ CGY 4–2 1.99–2.48
2026-09-20 WSH @ BOS 2–3 SO 5.27–3.78
2026-09-20 UTA @ COL 1–4 2.54–2.27
2026-09-20 NSH @ TBL 1–2 1.24–2.46
2026-09-20 CAR @ FLA 3–6 1.89–2.69
2026-09-20 SJS @ ANA 2–6 2.17–2.78
2026-09-20 NYI @ NJD 1–2 1.50–2.97
2026-09-19 TOR @ MTL 3–4 OT 2.61–4.21
2026-09-19 MTL @ TOR 4–1 2.59–2.10
2026-09-19 VAN @ SEA 2–4 1.59–2.15
2026-09-19 CHI @ MIN 2–3 OT 2.09–2.88
2026-09-19 WPG @ EDM 2–5 2.86–2.47
2026-09-19 VGK @ LAK 4–2 — goals only
2026-09-19 DAL @ STL 2–1 2.36–2.57

Teams

Team Conf Div GP W L GF GA xGF xGA xGF% xGF/60 xGA/60
MTL Montréal Canadiens Eastern Atlantic 4 4 1 10 1 8.4 5.0 62.6% 2.90 1.73
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins Eastern Metropolitan 4 2 2 7 7 9.3 6.0 60.8% 2.72 1.75
NJD New Jersey Devils Eastern Metropolitan 4 3 1 9 5 9.3 6.4 59.4% 2.82 1.93
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning Eastern Atlantic 4 2 2 8 9 6.9 4.9 58.4% 2.28 1.62
STL St. Louis Blues Western Central 4 1 3 3 5 8.2 5.9 58.0% 2.98 2.15
PHI Philadelphia Flyers Eastern Metropolitan 3 1 3 4 8 8.5 6.2 57.9% 3.45 2.51
CGY Calgary Flames Western Pacific 4 1 3 6 7 8.7 6.4 57.5% 2.65 1.95
MIN Minnesota Wild Western Central 4 1 3 6 8 7.2 5.9 55.0% 2.35 1.92
SJS San Jose Sharks Western Pacific 4 2 2 13 7 8.2 6.7 55.0% 2.55 2.09
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs Eastern Atlantic 4 2 2 8 8 7.5 6.4 54.0% 2.37 2.01
VGK Vegas Golden Knights Western Pacific 3 3 1 4 6 5.4 4.7 53.4% 2.15 1.87
COL Colorado Avalanche Western Central 4 2 2 8 6 7.7 6.8 53.1% 2.60 2.30
CAR Carolina Hurricanes Eastern Metropolitan 3 3 1 6 6 4.8 4.4 52.2% 2.13 1.95
DET Detroit Red Wings Eastern Atlantic 4 2 2 7 7 6.4 6.1 51.3% 2.15 2.04
LAK Los Angeles Kings Western Pacific 3 2 2 8 6 5.3 5.1 51.2% 2.42 2.31
SEA Seattle Kraken Western Pacific 4 3 1 8 7 6.8 6.5 51.1% 2.14 2.04
UTA Utah Mammoth Western Central 4 2 2 9 7 7.6 7.3 51.1% 2.58 2.47
DAL Dallas Stars Western Central 4 4 0 8 3 6.9 6.8 50.3% 2.38 2.35
EDM Edmonton Oilers Western Pacific 4 4 0 8 3 7.8 7.8 49.8% 2.32 2.33
FLA Florida Panthers Eastern Atlantic 4 2 2 12 7 5.8 5.9 49.6% 1.90 1.94
NYR New York Rangers Eastern Metropolitan 4 2 2 10 6 7.5 7.7 49.1% 2.20 2.28
BOS Boston Bruins Eastern Atlantic 4 2 2 5 5 8.1 8.4 49.1% 2.58 2.68
BUF Buffalo Sabres Eastern Atlantic 4 1 3 7 6 6.9 7.7 47.0% 2.17 2.44
ANA Anaheim Ducks Western Pacific 4 1 3 7 16 6.5 8.3 44.1% 2.13 2.70
WPG Winnipeg Jets Western Central 4 1 3 7 9 7.0 8.9 44.1% 2.14 2.71
WSH Washington Capitals Eastern Metropolitan 3 3 1 6 2 5.4 7.4 42.1% 2.43 3.34
VAN Vancouver Canucks Western Pacific 4 1 3 4 8 5.5 8.1 40.7% 1.73 2.52
NYI New York Islanders Eastern Metropolitan 4 1 3 3 11 5.6 8.3 40.4% 1.83 2.70
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets Eastern Metropolitan 4 3 1 6 7 5.0 7.8 39.1% 1.56 2.43
NSH Nashville Predators Western Central 3 1 3 3 7 3.5 5.7 37.6% 1.57 2.61
CHI Chicago Blackhawks Western Central 4 2 2 5 6 4.9 8.6 36.4% 1.68 2.94
OTT Ottawa Senators Eastern Atlantic 4 1 4 3 12 4.7 9.2 33.7% 1.50 2.96

Offense vs defense

Each team at its xGF/60 (right = more offense) vs xGA/60 (up = fewer allowed — the y-axis is inverted). The dashed y = x line is equal offense and defense: teams in the top-right outscore expected on both ends. Rates use real time-on-ice at the selected strength. Special teams is asymmetric — the x-axis is power-play xGF/60 and the y-axis is penalty-kill xGA/60, so the axes label a team's two special-teams units.