FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 47
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 22
- F Eric Staal | Games Missed: 1
- G Sergei Bobrovsky | Games Missed: 1
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 144
LAST GAME
Panthers 5, Wild 3 – Jan. 21 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: Lundell (7), Luostarinen (10), Verhaeghe (22-PPG), Forsling (7), Reinhart (15)
MIN Goals: Boldy (14-PPG), Eriksson Ek (16-PPG), Spurgeon (8)
FLA Goalie: Lyon (W) – 29 Saves
MIN Goalie: Gustavsson (L) – 22 Saves
FLA Shots: 27
MIN Shots: 32
Notes: Alex Lyon won his second consecutive game…Sam Reinhart (1-1-2) and Aleksander Barkov (0-1-1) each extended their point streaks to seven games (3-7-10 each)…Anton Lundell (1-1-2) extended his point streak to four games (3-2-5)…Brandon Montour (0-1-1) extended his point streak to five games (1-4-5)…Carter Verhaeghe (1-0-1) extended his point streak to four games (3-2-5)…Matthew Tkachuk (0-1-1) extended his point streak to two games (2-1-3)…Gustav Forsling (0-1-1) extended his point streak to two games (1-1-2)…Nick Cousins notched an assist for the second consecutive game…FLA PP: 1-2, FLA PK: 0-2
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- Jan. 20: G Spencer Knight loaned to Charlotte (AHL) | G Mack Guzda recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Jan. 16: F Grigori Denisenko recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. RANGERS
ALL-TIME vs. NYR: 40-48-6-10
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. NYR: 18-29-4-1
2022-23 vs. NYR: 0-1-0
CATS STATS
- The Panthers’ current five-game point streak (4-0-1) is their longest of the season. From Jan. 14 – Jan. 21, the Cats led the league in goals (23), power-play goals (8) and PP% (42.1).
CATS AND RANGERS
The Panthers face off against the Rangers for the second time this season. New York took their first matchup at FLA Live Arena, 5-3, on New Years’ Day. Florida owns a 3-3-0 record against the Rangers over their past six matchups. Panthers forward Sam Reinhart has amassed 22 points (10-12-22) over 25 career games against NYR. Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck was selected by Florida in the third round (64th overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft, playing seven seasons (2013-14 to 2019-20) with Florida, where he recorded 282 points (111-171-282) over 420 games with the Cats.
POWER UP
From Jan. 3 – Jan. 21, the Panthers converted on 14 of their 32 power-play opportunities for a league-leading 43.8% success rate.
From Dec. 29 – Jan. 21, the top three NHL skaters in power-play points were all members of the Panthers: 1) Matthew Tkachuk (6-5-11), 2) Aleksander Barkov (3-7-10) and 3) Sam Reinhart (2-7-9). Florida became the first team to score four power-play goals in the same period this season Jan. 19 at MTL. The Cats have scored five power-play goals over their past two road contests. Tkachuk and Reinhart each pace Florida with eight-powerplay markers in 2022-23.
NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Boston Bruins 3, New York Rangers 1 – January 19, 2023 – Madison Square Garden
NYR Goals: B. Harpur (1)
BOS Goals: P. Zacha (8), P. Bergeron (17), C. Clifton (4)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (L – 24/27)
BOS Goalie: J. Swayman (W – 31/32)
NYR Shots: 32
BOS Shots: 27
NYR PP: 0/3
NYR PK: 4/4
RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers fell to the Bruins, 3-1, last Thursday at MSG. Ben Harpur scored his first goal with the Rangers and his second goal of his career (Dec. 1, 2018 against San Jose). Harpur was the 21st different Ranger to score a goal this season. In the defeat, Jonny Brodzinski played in his 100th career game (NYR – 42, LAK – 54, SJS – 3).
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers play their penultimate home game before the All-Star break when the Florida Panthers come to Madison Square Garden (7:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). The Rangers will play two of their next three games at home before the All-Star Break and five of their next six contests at MSG.
- The Blueshirts have won three of their last five, six of their last nine games and have earned points in eight of their last 10 games (6-2-2). Dating back to November 30, Rangers have points in 18 of their last 23 contests (15-5-3). At home, New York has won seven of its last 10 games dating back to December 5.
- On Thursday night, the NHL announced that Adam Fox and Artemi Panarin have been added to the 2023 NHL All-Star Game in South Florida as part of the All- Star Fan Vote, joining goaltender Igor Shesterkin.
- Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad are two of the four NHL players who are averaging at least 4:00 of power play ice time and 2:00 of shorthanded ice time per game this season. Others: Barkov (FLA) and Makar (COL).
- New York has earned at least one point in eight out of its last 10 matchups (6-2-2) and 13 of its last 16 games (9-3-4) with Florida. In those 16 games, the Blueshirts are averaging 4.00 goals per game against the Panthers.
- At home against the Panthers, the Blueshirts have earned points in five-straight contests (4-0-1) and 12 of their last 13 home contests against them (9-1-3).
- Chris Kreider has points (9G-9A) in nine of his last 11 games and is a plus-11 against the Panthers dating back to November 28, 2017. Kreider has three 3-point games and five multi-point games in his career against Florida. With 26 points, Kreider has the second most points all-time for a Ranger against the Panthers.
- Artemi Panarin is currently riding a 11-game point streak (5G-16A) against the Panthers.
- Mika Zibanejad has points in eight-straight games (8G-7A) and 11 of his past 13 games against Florida. Zibanejad has multi-point games in four-straight games against Florida.
- The Blueshirts have recorded the seventh most shots per game (32.9) and have allowed the eighth fewest shots per game (29.1) in the NHL.
- The Rangers defensemen group has collected 114 points, the fourth most in the NHL and 89 assists, also the fourth most. 29.0 percent of all Rangers points this season have been contributed to a defenseman.
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Jan. 25/7:00 PM Toronto/Scotiabank Arena TNT ESPN 98.7 FM
Jan. 27/7:00 PM Vegas/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Feb. 6/7:30 PM Calgary/MSG MSG Network TBD
Feb. 8/8:00 PM Vancouver/MSG MSG Network TBD
Feb. 10/7:00 PM Seattle/MSG MSGSN TBD
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Jan. 19 Boston L, 3-1
Jan. 16 at Columbus W, 3-1
Jan. 15 Montreal L, 2-1
Jan. 12 Dallas OTW, 2-1
Jan. 10 Minnesota SOW, 4-3
INJURIES (31 MGL)
PLAYER INJURY DATES MISSED CONS. GAMES MISSED
Julien Gauthier Upper Body Jan. 15-19 3
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
January 22 – Jonny Brodzinski re-assigned to Hartford. Julien Gauthier activated off IR.
January 17 – Ryan Carpenter re-assigned to Hartford.
January 15 – Ryan Carpenter recalled from Hartford. Julien Gauthier placed on IR.
January 11 – Jake Leschyshyn claimed off waivers
January 6 – Gustav Rydahl re-assigned to Hartford
January 5 – Gustav Rydahl recalled from Hartford
January 4 – Jimmy Vesey re-signed to two-year contract extension
ALL-TIME RECORD 58-32-6-8 (128 PTS)
2022-23 1-0-0
2021-22 2-1-0
NYR HOME 30-15-4-3 (67 PTS)
NYR AWAY 28-17-2-5 (63 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 3-2-0
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kreider (12) – A: Panarin (17) – Pts: Kreider (26)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Messier (14) – A: Leetch (27) – Pts: Leetch (35)
