Rangers to Open Season at Boston, Home Opener vs. Tampa Bay on Oct. 1
Two games of the 2026-27 season have been announced as the Rangers will open on the road in Boston before hosting Tampa.
With the full regular season schedule set to be announced Thursday, the NHL has released the home openers for all 32 teams in the league. The New York Rangers will visit the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, Sept. 29 for their first game of the 2026-27 season. This will be the league's first 84 game season since 1993-94.
The @NHL announced today the 2026-27 regular season, expanded to 84 games with the addition of two more divisional contests per team, will open on Tuesday, Sept. 29. In addition, the League announced each team’s home opener.
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) July 15, 2026
Details: https://t.co/jMxZCwXZU6 pic.twitter.com/wfrDekHQs1
The Rangers will host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Oct. 1. for their home opener. This will be the second time the Rangers host the Lightning in their home opener as they began the 2022-23 season with a 3-1 win in which Mika Zibanejad had a pair of goals.
Next stop: Madison Square Garden 🚊
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 15, 2026
Our Home Opener is just 78 days away! pic.twitter.com/6SegwnNqil
Additionally, the Rangers are partnering with Polymarket to give away a pair of tickets to the first home game of the upcoming season. Details on that can be found below from the Rangers official X account.
Want two tickets to our Home Opener? 👀🎟️🙂↕️
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 14, 2026
We're teaming up with @Polymarket to give you a chance to win a pair of tickets to our first home game of the 2026-27 season! Enter now → https://t.co/SrJPM94wxP pic.twitter.com/nNvQoDnqSJ
