NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
RANGERS RUNDOWN
– The New York Rangers hit the road again when they face the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Canadian Tire Centre (7:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 1050 AM). – The Blueshirts’ 18 wins are the most wins in the NHL and their 37 points are tied for the most. New York’s .804 points percentage leads the league. – New York has wins in three-straight, in 10 of its last 12 games and points in 17 of its last 19 games (16-2-1). – Seven different Rangers (Fox, Gustafsson, Kreider, Lafrenière, Panarin, Trocheck, Zibanejad) have 15-plus points this season, tied for the second largest amount in the NHL (DAL – 8). – The Rangers have the best faceoff percentage in the NHL with a 56.1 percent mark and have been over 50 percent in the faceoff circle in 19 of 23 games. Since 1997-98 when the league started tracking FOW%, the team hasn’t finished a season over 53.3 percent. – In the past four games, Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck have combined for 12 points (5G-7A). – The Rangers have the NHL’s third best power play percentage (30.0) and have scored power play goals in 17 of their first 23 games. The team’s 21 power play goals this year are tied for the fifth most in the NHL. – New York has won three-straight and four of its last five games in Ottawa. – The Blueshirts have allowed the sixth fewest GA/GP (2.57) in the NHL and the third fewest total goals (59) in the league. On the opposite side, their 3.43 GF/GP ranks eighth in the league. LAST GAME – New York has a league-high nine comeback wins, and five after trailing in the third period – tied for the second most in the NHL. – The Blueshirts are 13-2-1 when scoring the first goal of the game, the most such wins in the league. New York is 9-1-1 when leading after two periods and 7-0-0 when tied after two frames. – The Rangers are 9-0-1 in one-goal games, the most such wins in the NHL.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 3 – Anton Blidh assigned to Hartford
Dec. 3 – Anton Blidh recalled from Hartford
ROAD WARRIORS
New York was the first club to record 10 road wins when it defeated Nashville on Saturday afternoon. It marked the fewest games needed (13 GP) to reach 10 road wins, in franchise history.
SLAP SHOTS
– Mika Zibanejad has points in seven-straight games (4G-5A), the sixth time in his career he’s notched a streak as long. The last streak he had of eight or more games was Jan. 6-22, 2022 (8 GP). – Vincent Trocheck has points in 10 of his past 13 games (5G-14A). Trocheck’s 22 points on the year (6G-16A) are tied for the second most on the Blueshirts. Among NHL skaters with 300 or more faceoffs, Trocheck ranks first in faceoff percentage (64.1). – Erik Gustafsson has 11 points (1G-10A) in last 12 games. His 15 points (3G-12A) this season rank tied for first among Rangers defensemen. – Alexis Lafreniere collected his 15th point (8G-7A) of the season on Sunday, giving him three assists in his last three games. Last week, he recorded his 50th career assist. Among players to debut with the Rangers in the past 20 years, he became the sixth to hit the milestone at age 22 or younger. He joined Kaapo Kakko (Feb. 17, 2023), Filip Chytil (April 13, 2022), Derek Stepan (Feb. 11, 2012), Michael Del Zotto (Dec. 17, 2011) and Brandon Dubinsky (March 5, 2009). – Jacob Trouba’s 79 blocked shots are the second most in the NHL. He has points in four of his last five games (1G-4A).. – Nick Bonino ranks first among forwards with 52 blocked shots and since 2021-22, Bonino leads all forwards in blocked shots with 233. – Will Cuylle ranks first among rookies in hits with 58. – The Rangers have a regular season record of 40-11-6 when Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad score a goal in the same game
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT:
Forwards Ridly Greig and Mark Kastelic have both missed the team’s 10 most recent contests with respective high right ankle sprains.
Total man-games lost: 48.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Re-assigned forward Matthew Highmore to Belleville (AHL) on Dec. 3.
OTTAWA vs. N.Y. RANGERS – History:
2023-24 (0-0-0): Dec. 5 @ Ottawa, Jan. 27 @ Ottawa,
April 15 @ N.Y. Rangers 2022-23 (2-1-0):
11/30/22 @ Ottawa (3-1 loss),
12/2/22 @ N.Y. Rangers (3-2 OT win),
3/2/23 @ N.Y. Rangers (5-3 win)
Series record: Overall: 54-43-3-4,
Home: 23-25-3-2,
Away: 31-18-0-2
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 11/22/19 (4-1); @ N.Y. Rangers: 3/2/23 (5-3)
Last N.Y. Rangers win: @ Ottawa: 11/30/22 (3-1); @ N.Y. Rangers: 4/9/22 (5-1)
Last OT result: 12/2/22 (3-2 OT win) @ N.Y. Rangers
Last shootout: 11/14/15 (2-1 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 9, (1/24/04, 9-1 win);
Allowed: 8, (3/18/14, 8-4 loss);
Both teams: 12, (3/18/14, 8-4 loss)
Last Game: 3/2/23, 5-3 win @ N.Y. Rangers; OTT Goals: Pinto, Brassard (2x), Giroux, Stützle; NYR Goals: Kreider, Trouba, Tarasenko; OTT Scratches: Brannstrom, Kelly; OTT Injuries: Forsberg, Norris; OTT Goalie: Talbot; NYR Goalie: Halak; OTT PP: 0-3; NYR PP: 0-4; Shots: 34-32. Career vs. N.Y. Rangers: Giroux leads all players in career games played (68), in goals (15), in assists (46) and in points (61); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (45) against New York.
HOME ON THE RANGE:
Ottawa has posted a record of 7-7-0 at home this season … Brady Tkachuk paces the club with eight goals at home … Tim Stützle maintains the assist lead with 12 when the Senators have served as the home team … Stützle (three goals, 12 assists) also owns the team’s home scoring lead with 15 points when the team has last change this season … The Senators earned a record of 24-14- 3 at home in 2022-23.
ON THE POWER PLAY:
The Senators are 15 for 82 (18.3%) on the power play in 2023-24 … Brady Tkachuk maintains the team lead with four power-play goals this season … Jakob Chychrun and Tim Stützle share the club lead with five power-play assists … Tkachuk (four goals, three assists) is the team’s leader with seven points on the power play this season … Ottawa has tallied multiple power-play goals in an individual contest on one occasion this season after having done so on 18 occasions in 2022-23 … The Senators were 72-for-306 (23.5%) on the power play in 2022-23.
ON THE PENALTY KILL:
Ottawa has allowed 17 power-play goals this season while having overcome 47 of 64 shorthanded situations to maintain an efficiency rating of 73.4% … Parker Kelly’s first shorthanded goal of his career, scored in the Oct. 11 season-opener at Carolina, is the team’s lone shorthanded tally of 2023-24 after it notched nine such markers in each of the past two seasons.
