NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 – March 23, 2023 – PNC Arena
NYR Goals: A. Panarin (24), A. Fox (11)
CAR Goals: S. Aho (31)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (W – 29/30)
CAR Goalie: F. Andersen (L – 14/16)
NYR Shots: 16
CAR Shots: 30
NYR PP: 0/3
NYR PK: 3/3
RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers began the road trip with a 2-1 defeat of the Hurricanes on Thursday in Carolina. The Hurricanes struck first before the Rangers scored one in the second and one in the third to take the win. Both Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin recorded multi-point games. In the win, Vladimir Tarasenko notched his 300th career assist.
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers close out this two-game road trip with a Saturday evening affair against the Florida Panthers (5:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). Beginning tonight, the Blueshirts have 10 more games in the regular season.
- New York will play four of its next five games on the road. The Rangers have points in four-straight road games (3-0-1) and 15 of their last 18 contests (10-3-5). In the NHL, the Blueshirts’ .686 road point percentage ranks sixth, 3.29 GF/GP ranks ninth, and 2.54 GA/GP is third in the league.
- New York has points in eight of their last nine games (7-1-1) and wins in five of their last six.
- Since December 5, New York is 31-10-5 for 67 points. In the NHL in that span, the Rangers rank tied for second in points, third in wins, points percentage (.728), and power play percentage (24.2), while also ranking fourth in goals per game (3.54).
- The Blueshirts have 20 comeback victories this season, the fourth most in the NHL. New York is 14-2-5 when tied after two periods – their 14 wins are the most in the NHL.
- The Blueshirts have scored 17 goals over their last four games and four or more goals in four of their last six contests. New York has scored six goals in a game 13 times this season and five or more goals in a game 21 times this season. Both rank third in the NHL. When scoring four or more goals, New York is 28-0-0 and one of two teams in the NHL (VGK) to have a perfect such record.
- New York has earned at least one point in nine out of its last 11 matchups (7-2-2) and 14 of its last 17 games (10-3-4) with Florida. In those 17 games, the Blueshirts are averaging 4.12 goals per game against the Panthers.
- On the road against the Panthers, the Rangers are 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.
- With Vincent Trocheck’s next goal, he would join Kreider, Zibanejad, Chytil and Panarin to hit the 20-goal mark this season. The last season to feature five different 20-goal scorers for the Ranger was 2015-16 (Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider).
- The Rangers defensemen group has compiled 175 points, the third most in the NHL.
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Mar. 23 at Carolina W, 2-1
Mar. 21 Carolina L, 3-2
Mar. 19 Nashville W, 7-0
Mar. 18 Pittsburgh W, 6-0
Mar. 16 Pittsburgh W, 4-2
MAN GAMES LOST – 45
PLAYER INJURY/REASON DATES MISSED CONS. GAMES MISSED
Ryan Lindgren Upper-Body Mar. 23 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 23 – Agreed to terms with Bryce McConnell-Barker on entry-level contract
March 21 – Agreed to terms with Brett Berard on entry-level contract
ALL-TIME RECORD 59-32-6-8 (130 PTS)
2022-23 2-0-0
2021-22 2-1-0
NYR HOME 31-15-4-3 (69 PTS)
NYR AWAY 28-17-2-5 (63 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 4-1-0
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kane (15) – A: Kane (22) – Pts: Kane (37)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Messier (14) – A: Leetch (27) – Pts: Leetch (35)
2022-23 SEASON SERIES
January 1 at Florida W, 5-3
January 23 at MSG W, 6-2
March 25 at Florida 7:00 PM ET
SPECIAL TEAMS
- On the penalty kill, New York has been perfect in 10 of its last 11 games.
- New York’s 22.7 power play percentage ranks ninth in the NHL and 24.0 road PP% is sixth in the NHL.
- Since the trade deadline on March 3, the Blueshirts’ 92.3 PK percentage ranks first in the NHL.
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 47
- F Sam Bennett | Games Missed: 2
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 214
LAST GAME
Panthers 2, Maple Leafs 6 – March 23 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: Tkachuk (35-PPG), Cousins (7),
TOR Goals: Matthews (33), Nylander (36), Matthews (34), Bunting (21-PPG), Kerfoot (8), Marner (28-SHG)
FLA Goalie: Bobrovsky (L) – 21 Saves
TOR Goalie: Murray (W) – 33 Saves
FLA Shots: 35
TOR Shots: 27
Notes: Matthew Tkachuk scored a goal skating in his 500th NHL game to extend his goal streak to a career-long six games, the second-longest goal streak in franchise history…Tkachuk has produced at least a point in each of his past seven games (7-9-16)… At 97 points (35-62-97) this season, Tkachuk surpassed Aleksander Barkov (96, 2018-19) for the second-most points in a single season in club history…Carter Verhaeghe produced an assist to extend his point streak to seven games (4-6-10)…Brandon Montour posted an assist to reach 61 points (13-48-61), one shy of Keith Yandle’s franchise single-season record by a defenseman (62, 2018-19)…FLA PP: 1-3, FLA PK: 3-4
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- March 20: Traded rights to D Cole Krygier to LAK in exchange for future considerations
- March 19: G Alex Lyon recalled from Charlotte (AHL) | G Mack Guzda loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
- March 15: G Mack Guzda recalled from Charlotte (AHL) | G Alex Lyon loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. RANGERS
ALL-TIME vs. NYR: 40-49-6-10
ALL-TIME HOME vs. NYR: 22-19-2-9
2022-23 vs. NYR: 0-2-0
CATS STATS
- Matthew Tkachuk and Evgeni Malkin are the only two active skaters with over 475 career points and 500 career PIMs in their first 500 career games.
MARCH MADNESS
The Panthers earned at least one point in seven consecutive games (6-0-1) from March 4-20, their longest point streak of the season. Over their last 11 games the Cats own a 7-3-1 record, averaging 3.82 goals per game. Since Feb. 28, Matthew Tkachuk leads Florida with seven goals and 19 points (7-12-19) over the 11 games. Four different Cats have averaged at least a point per game since Feb. 28 (Tkachuk, Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov and Brandon Montour).
POWER UP
The Cats have tallied at least one PPG in each of their past seven games, converting on 9 of 26 opportunities (34.6%). Over that span, Matthew Tkachuk (3-4-7) and Brandon Montour (0-7-7) have averaged at least one point per game on the power play. Tkachuk’s 32 power-play points (13-19-32) this season are tied for eighth-most among league skaters and are the ninth-most in one season in club history. Keith Yandle owns the single-season franchise power-play points record with 39 in 2018-19.
HOME SWEET HOME
The Cats have earned at least one point in six of their past seven home games (5-1-1). Over that span (since March 4), Florida has outscored their opponents 29-23 averaging 40.7 shots on goal per game. Matthew Tkachuk has recorded a team-high 14 points (5-9-14) at home over that span while he is tied with Sam Reinhart for most home goals since March 4. 17 different Panthers have registered at least one point over Florida’s past six home contests.
CATS AND RANGERS
Florida faces off against New York for the third and final time this season. The Panthers have earned at least one point in four of their past five home games against the Rangers (3-1-1) since March 10, 2018. 11 different Cats have recorded at least one point against New York this season. In their careers against the Rangers, Sam Reinhart has amassed 22 points (10-12-22 in 26GP) and Aleksander Barkov has logged 18 points (8-10-18 in 25 GP).
