NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES;
LAST GAME
New York Rangers 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3 – December 17, 2022 – Wells Fargo Center
NYR Goals: A. Panarin (7), K. Miller (2), B. Goodrow (7), J. Vesey (6), J. Trouba (1), K. Kakko (7)
PHI Goals: J. van Riemsdyk (5), S. Laughton (6), M. Frost (5)
NYR Goalie: J. Halak (W – 29/32)
PHI Goalie: C. Hart (L – 29/33)
NYR Shots: 34
PHI Shots: 32
NYR PP: 0/1
NYR PK: 4/4
Game Summary | Event Summary
RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers opened the road trip and this back-to-back with their sixth-straight win. After trailing 1-0, the Blueshirts responded with three goals. Going into the third up 3-2, the Rangers scored three more goals to cap off the 6-3 victory. The Blueshirts scored six goals in a game for the sixth time this season, tied for the second most occurrences in the NHL.
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers continue their three-game road trip and complete their seventh back-to-back of the season with a Sunday night matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center (7:30 PM ET – TV: ESPN – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM).
- The Blueshirts have won a season-long six games in a row and are 7-1-1 over their last nine games. A win tonight would match their longest streak last season (7 GP) which was reached with a win over the Blackhawks in Chicago on December 7, 2021.
- The Rangers have won four of their last five games against the Blackhawks dating back to January 2019.
- On the road, the Blueshirts are 10-4-1 for 21 points, the fourth most road wins in the NHL. New York has earned a point in 10 of its last 12 games (9-2-1) away from home.
- The Rangers’ penalty kill has been perfect in their last three games (6-for-6). On the road this season, New York’s 86.5 penalty kill percentage (32-for-37) is the highest in the league.
- The Rangers have allowed the second fewest goals per game on the road in the NHL with a 2.33 GA/GP.
- The Blueshirts have 10 players with five goals this season, tied for the second most amount in the NHL. Five Rangers have 20 or more points this year (Zibanejad, Fox, Panarin, Kreider, Trocheck), tied for the sixth most in the NHL.
- New York ranks third in the NHL in hits with 911.
- The Rangers defensemen group has collected 75 points, tied for the fourth most in the NHL. New York’s 58 assists by defensemen are tied for the fifth most in the league while their 17 goals are tied for the fourth most.
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Dec. 20/7:00 PM Pittsburgh/PPG Paints Arena MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 22/7:00 PM Islanders/MSG MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 27/7:00 PM Washington/MSG MSG 2 ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 29/7:00 PM Tampa Bay/Amalie Arena MSG 2 ESPN 1050 AM
Jan. 1/5:00 PM Florida/FLA Live Arena MSG Network/NHLN TBD
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Dec. 20/7:00 PM Pittsburgh/PPG Paints Arena MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 22/7:00 PM Islanders/MSG MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 27/7:00 PM Washington/MSG MSG 2 ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 29/7:00 PM Tampa Bay/Amalie Arena MSG 2 ESPN 1050 AM
Jan. 1/5:00 PM Florida/FLA Live Arena MSG Network/NHLN TBD
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Dec. 17 at Philadelphia W, 6-3
Dec. 15 Toronto W, 3-1
Dec. 12 New Jersey OTW, 4-3
Dec. 9 at Colorado SOW, 2-1
Dec. 7 at Vegas W, 5-1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
December 9 – Ryan Carpenter re-assigned to Hartford.
December 5 – Jonny Brodzinski recalled from Hartford
December 4 – Jonny Brodzinski re-assigned to Hartford.
December 3 – Recalled Ben Harpur and Jonny Brodzinski from Hartford. Re-assigned Zac Jones to Hartford.
November 23 – Acquired fifth round pick in 2025 NHL Draft in exchange for Ryan Reaves
ALL-TIME RECORD 245-250-98-2 (590 PTS)
2022-23 0-1-0
2021-22 2-0-0
NYR HOME 124-118-55-0 (303 PTS)
NYR AWAY 121-132-43-3 (287 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 4-1-0
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kreider/Zibanejad (7) – A: Trocheck (11) – Pts: Trocheck (16)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Bathgate (55) – A: Bathgate (103) – Pts: Bathgate (158) 2022-23 SEASON SERIES
December 3 at Madison Square Garden L, 5-2
December 18 at United Center 7:30 PM ET
TEAM NOTES
RANGERS ON A ROLL
New York’s season-high win streak sits at six games, tying their third longest streak since the 2015-16 season. In that span, this is the Rangers’ fifth win streak of six or more games. Since December 5, the date the streak started, the Rangers rank tied for first in wins (6), first in PP% (45.5), third in PK% (88.2), and fourth in goals (25).
LONGEST WIN STREAKS SINCE 2015-16
STREAK LENGTH DATES
9 GP Oct. 25-Nov. 15, 2015
7 GP Nov. 21-Dec. 7, 2021
6 GP Dec. 5, 2022-Present
6 GP Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 2017
6 GP Feb. 2-Feb. 13, 2017
SHESTERKIN IN NET
Igor Shesterkin is 15-4-4 on the season, his 15 wins are tied for the second most in the NHL. Shesterkin is 5-0-1 in his last six starts with a .930 save percentage and 2.10 GAA. Shesterkin has allowed one goal or fewer in three of his last four games. On the road, Shesterkin is 8-0-1. There have been 11 goalies in NHL history who have recorded a point in at least 10 of their first road starts in a season. (Pyotr Kochetkov of the Hurricanes has an active run of 10 such games this season). Two Rangers have done this: Dave Kerr in 1939-40 (11 games) and John Ross Roach in 1931-32 (10 games).
TROCHECK-ING THE BOX SCORE
Vincent Trocheck has eight points (2G-6A) in his last six games. He is one of only two NHL players who have registered 20+ points and 80+ hits this season (along with Alex Ovechkin). In 29 of 32 games this season, Trocheck has had either 1+ points, 3+ hits, or a 50.0%+ faceoff win percentage; he has hit two of the three categories in 17 of the 32 games, and he hit all three categories in the same game three times (Dec. 15 vs. TOR, Dec. 5 vs. STL, Nov. 8 vs. NYI).
PANARIN PUTTING UP POINTS
Artemi Panarin has points in seven of his last eight games (1G-11A) and multi-point games in four of his last seven contests. Panarin became the fourth player in the NHL this season to reach 30 assists (32 GP). He is already just the fifth Rangers player in the past 30 years to reach the mark in as many games (also 29 GP in 2020-21). The others: Jaromir Jagr (30 GP in 2006-07), Brian Leetch (29 GP in 2000-01), Sergei Zubov (31 GP in 1993-94) and Mark Messier (28 GP in 1992-93).
MOST ASSISTS IN THE NHL
PLAYER ASSISTS
Nikita Kucherov 35
Connor McDavid 34
Leon Draisaitl 33
Artemi Panarin 30
Since December 2, Panarin’s 10 assists are tied for the fourth most in the NHL. Panarin has points in 10 of his last 12 games (2G-13A), 25 points in his last 24 games (3G-22A) and 37 points (7G-30A) in 32 games this season.
MIKA’S MISSION
Mika Zibanejad sits one point away from 400 as a New York Ranger. With his latest point on December 17 at Philadelphia, he passed Anders Hedberg for 18th place on the franchise’s all-time points list, as well as passed Hedberg for the most points by a European born and trained player in franchise history. If Zibanejad records his 400th point with NYR in his 436th game, he would have required the fifth-fewest games to reach the mark with the franchise, behind Mark Messier (322 GP), Brian Leetch (380 GP), Phil Esposito (405 GP) and Andy Bathgate (423 GP). Zibanejad has a team leading 15 goals this season and 10 on the power play. He has points in eight of his last 10 games (5G-7A), 13 of his last 16 games (6G-11A) and in 20 of his last 24 contests (11G-16A).
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?
Adam Fox has seven goals and 24 assists for 31 points this season. He has points in five of his last eight games (1G-5A), seven of his last 11 games (1G-7A), nine of his last 14 games (2G-9A), and 16 of his last 21 games (5G-17A). Fox has recorded at least one point in 22 of 32 games this year. When Fox records multiple points, the Rangers are 6-0-0. Fox has skated over 20:00 minutes in every game this season, over 25 minutes in 15 contests and his season-high was 30:04 against the Devils on Nov. 28.
FOX AMONG NHL D-MEN
RANKS THIS SEASON
CATEGORY D-MEN RANK
Goals T-5th (7)
Assists 5th (24)
Points 4th (31)
Game-Winning Goals T-1st (3)
Total TOI 2nd (777:41)
Takeaways 2nd (27)
KREIDING TO MAKE HISTORY
Chris Kreider has 14 goals on the year, including seven in his last 13 games. Kreider has points in 17 of his last 24 games (12G- 8A) and nine points (7G-2A) in his last 13 games.
MOST GOALS IN RANGERS HISTORY
RANK PLAYER GOALS
6th Camille Henry 256
7th Mark Messier 250
8th Steve Vickers 246
9th Chris Kreider 243
Kreider has 36 career game-winning goals, tied him with Adam Graves for the seventh most in franchise history. In addition, Kreider has 87 career go-ahead goals, the sixth most in Rangers history behind only Rod Gilbert (131), Jean Ratelle (96), Camille Henry (90), Vic Hadfield (90) and Adam Graves (89).
BLUESHIRT BULLETS
- Braden Schneider’s four goals since November 22 are tied for the most among NHL defensemen in that span.
- Jacob Trouba has 101 hits and 80 blocked shots. He is the only player in the NHL with both 100+ hits and 75+ blocked shots. Trouba ranks eighth in the NHL in hits and second in blocked shots.
- K’Andre Miller has points in five of his last six games (2G-5A). Since December 5, Miller’s seven points are tied for the second most among NHL defensemen. Miller’s 28 takeaways this year are the second most for a defensemen.
- Sammy Blais ranks third in the NHL (min. 25 games played) in hits per 60 (20.71).
- Among players who have skated in 20 games this year, Julien Gauthier ranks second in penalties drawn/60 (2.65).
SPECIAL TEAMS
- The Rangers have scored on the power play in five of their last seven games and six of their last 10 contests.
- The Blueshirts have scored multiple power play goals in five games this season.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: ESPN – Mike Monaco (PxP), Ryan Callahan (analyst) and Emily Kaplan (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst) 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Dec. 21 vs. NSH, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Friday, Dec. 23 vs. CBJ, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Dec. 27 at CAR, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Dec. 29 at STL, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Dec. 31 at CBJ. 12:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR … Nov. 24 – Assigned Ian Mitchell to Rockford … Nov. 23 – Activated Seth Jones off IR … Nov. 18 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford … Nov. 17 – Assigned Alec Regula to Rockford … Nov. 11 – Activated Ian Mitchell (left wrist) off IR and assigned him to Rockford (AHL) … Nov. 8 – Assigned Dylan Wells to Rockford (AHL).
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (1) at Minnesota (4) – Fri., Dec. 16 – Xcel Energy Center
CHI Goals: Toews (10; PP)
MIN Goals: Zuccarello (11), Kaprizov (18), Zuccarello (12; PP), Zuccarello (13; EN)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (18/21, 59:41) MIN – Fleury (29/30, 60:00) 
CHI PP: 1/5; PK: 1/2
MIN PP: 1/2; PK: 4/5
Recap: The Blackhawks lost their eighth-straight game, falling to the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Friday … Chicago outshot the Wild 30-21 … Jonathan Toews scored the Blackhawks’ lone goal on the power play, giving him points in three-straight games (2G, 1A) … His six power-play goals share the team lead (Domi) … Patrick Kane and Seth Jones picked up the assists on the goal … Jones has assists in consecutive contests … He also posted a game-high five shots on goal and four blocked shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – NEW YORK RANGERS
The Blackhawks close out the season series against the Rangers tonight … In the two teams’ first meeting this season, Chicago defeated the Rangers 5-2 … Max Domi (2G, 1A) and Patrick Kane (1G, 2A) each notched three points in the victory, while Seth Jones and Jake McCabe each tacked on two assists each … The Blackhawks are 6-4-1 in their last 11 games against the Rangers … Kane has points in seven of his last eight games against the Rangers (4G, 7A) … Jones has assists in four of his last five against New York (6A) … Andreas Athanasiou has points in six of his last seven games against the Rangers (6G, 3A), including three multi-point efforts … Connor Murphy’s father, Gord Murphy, has been an assistant coach for the Rangers since 2021.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Dec. 18 | AWAY: Dec. 3 (5-2)
All-Time Record: 252-242-101 | Home: 134-118-46 | Road: 118-124-55
Last Home Win: Oct. 25, 2018 (4-1) | Last Road Win: Dec. 3, 2022 (5-2) | Last Home Loss: Dec. 7, 2021
(2-6) | Last Road Loss: Dec. 4, 2021 (2-3)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. NYR ALL-TIME
GOALS: Jonathan Toews/Patrick Kane, 7; Andreas Athanasiou/Max Domi, 6; Tyler Johnson, 5
ASSISTS: Seth Jones, 15; Patrick Kane, 12; Jonathan Toews, 9
POINTS: Seth Jones/Patrick Kane, 19; Jonathan Toews, 16; Max Domi, 13
TEAM NOTES
TWO FOR THE SHOW: Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are set to play in their 1,000th career regular-season game together on Sunday … They will become the 11th pair of teammates in NHL history to have skated in at least 1,000 regular-season games together and the second pair of Blackhawks players to have done so, joining defensemen Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith who skated in 1,069 career games together … In the 999 games Toews and Kane have played together, the Blackhawks own a record of 530-346-123 … The two have also both combined to factor into 298 total goals in their careers, with Toews having scored 116 goals that Kane has assisted on, Kane having scored 101 goals that Toews has assisted on and both earning an assist on 81 goals.
Teammates to play in 1,000 career games together:
GP PLAYER PLAYER TEAMS SEASONS
1353 Gordie Howe Alex Delvecchio Detroit 1950-51 to 1970-71
1276 Henrik Sedin Daniel Sedin Vancouver 2000-01 to 2017-18
1158 Anze Kopitar Dustin Brown Los Angeles 2006-07 to 2021-22
1107 Nicklas Lidstrom Kris Draper Detroit 1993-94 to 2010-11
1069 Brent Seabrook Duncan Keith Chicago 2005-06 to 2019-20
1062 Larry Robinson Bob Gainey Montreal 1973-74 to 1988-89
1044 Tim Horton George Armstrong Toronto 1952-53 to 1969-70
1028 Drew Doughty Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 2008-09 to 2022-23
1020 Nicklas Backstrom Alex Ovechkin Washington 2007-08 to 2021-22
1008 Mark Messier Kevin Lowe Edmonton/NY Rangers 1979-80 to 1995-96
999 Patrick Kane Jonathan Toews Chicago 2007-08 to 2022-23
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews scored a power play goal and went 16-for-21 (76.2%) from the faceoff circle on Friday night against the Wild … Toews is currently riding a three-game point streak (2G, 1A), marking the third time this season he’s registered points in at least three-straight games … The captain currently paces the NHL with a 65.4% faceoff win percentage this season … He is tied for first on the Blackhawks with 10 goals and shares 17th in the League and first on the team with six power-play goals in 2022-23 … Toews also ranks third on the team with 17 points (10G, 7A) … Toews skated in his 1,037th career game on Dec. 3, moving him past Bobby Hull and into sole possession of fifth place in franchise history … The 34-year-old recorded an assist on Nov. 23 at Dallas for the 500th of his career … His 502 career assists are good for eighth in franchise history … Toews logged a seven-game point streak (5G, 2A) from Oct. 23 – Nov. 3 … His seven-game point streak is tied for the third-longest of his career while it marks his longest point streak since the 2018-19 season when he also tallied points (4G, 6A) in seven-straight games from Feb. 14 – 27 … Toews scored the overtime goal on Nov. 3 for the 16th of his career, which is tied for sixth in NHL history.
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane tallied an assist on Friday night at Minnesota for his second helper in the last three games (2A) … Kane enters Sunday’s tilt having registered six points (1G, 5A) over his last eight games and nine points (2G, 7A) in his last 12 … The forward paces the Blackhawks with 18 assists and 22 points (4G, 18A) this season … Kane posted three points (1G, 2A), including the 1,200th
point of his career, on Dec. 3 … He is the third active player to reach the mark, joining Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, while he’s just the second Blackhawks player to accomplish the feat (Stan Mikita – 1,467 points) … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … The 34-year-old logged two assists and three points (1G, 2A) against Edmonton on Oct. 27, moving him past Doug Weight (755) into fifth place on the League’s all-time assist list among U.S.-born players.
MR. JONES AND ME: Seth Jones recorded an assist and added team highs with five shots and four blocked shots in Friday’s contest at Minnesota … Jones has now posted helpers in back-to-back games (2A) and has four assists over his last seven games … The defenseman currently shares 14th in the NHL and paces the Blackhawks with 24:26 TOI/G … Jones is now tied for fourth on Chicago and shares first among club blueliners with eight assists this season … He also shares first among Blackhawks defensemen with nine points (1G, 8A) in 2022-23 … Jones enters Sunday’s contest just three games shy of skating in his 100th in a Blackhawks sweater.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi scored a goal against the Capitals on Tuesday night and now has five goals and six points (5G, 1A) in his last eight games … He notched three points (2G, 1A) against the Rangers on Dec. 3 for his second three-point outing of the campaign … Domi comes into Sunday’s matchup having earned six goals and eight points (6G, 2A) over his last 11 games … The Winnipeg, Man. native is tied for first on the team with 10 goals, while he ranks second in assists (10) and points (20) so far this season … He also shares 17th in the NHL and paces the Blackhawks with six power play goals in 2022-23 … The forward scored two power play goals on Nov. 30, marking the second time he’s notched two power play goals in a game … Domi registered a four-game point streak from Oct. 21-27 (3G, 3A) … It marked his first streak of at least four games since the 2020-21 campaign when he also logged points in fourstraight games (2G, 3A) from April 6 – 12.
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Raddysh was held off the scoresheet on Friday, snapping his three-game point streak (2G, 1A) … It was the second time this season and the third time in his career Raddysh has earned points in at least three-straight games … The forward has now recorded six points (5G, 1A) in his last 10 games … Raddysh now ranks third on Chicago with nine goals and four power play goals this season … The Caledon, Ont. native also ranks fourth on the team with 13 points (9G, 4A) in 28 games … Raddysh skated in his 100th career NHL game and scored a goal on Dec. 9 … He also scored goals in back-to-back games from Nov. 25 – 27 (2G) … It’s the fourth time in Raddysh’s career that he’s scored goals in consecutive games and the first since April 12 – 14, 2022 (2G, 1A).
TYLER, THE CREATOR: Tyler Johnson lit the lamp against Washington on Tuesday night in his return to the lineup … Johnson missed the previous 20 games due to a right ankle injury … The 32-year-old has recorded seven points (3G, 4A) in 2022-23, having notched at least one point in five of his eight games played on the season.
JAKE THE GREAT: Jake McCabe posted one assist, four hits and three takeaways in Tuesday’s contest … He’s now registered three helpers in his last seven games, including two assists on Dec. 3 for his first multi-point game of the season … It marked McCabe’s first multi-point outing since he logged two helpers on March 12, 2022 at Ottawa … The blueliner has posted four assists in his last nine games and has five assists over his last 11 contests … McCabe is tied for first among Blackhawks defensemen with eight helpers and nine points (1G, 8A) this season … He also paces the team with 68 blocked shots and ranks second on the squad with 59 hits.
COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit on Nov. 12 en route to a 3-2 win at Anaheim … The win marked Chicago’s fourth multi-goal comeback win this season which is good for first in the League … The club recorded each of the previous three this season over a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 for the team’s first three wins of 2022-23 … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006-07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).
LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: The Blackhawks have scored four shorthanded goals this season, all of which came in a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 … Chicago’s four shorthanded tallies in 2022-23 are tied for third in the NHL … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a shorthanded goal tied the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).
