NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Tampa Bay Lightning 2, New York Rangers 1 – SHOOTOUT – December 29, 2022 – Amalie Arena
NYR Goals: M. Zibanejad (16)
TBL Goals: B. Point (20), A. Killorn (SOW)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (OTL – 39/40)
TBL Goalie: A. Vasilevskiy (W – 45/46)
NYR Shots: 46
TBL Shots: 40
NYR PP: 0/3
NYR PK: 1/1
RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers fell in a shootout to the Lightning in their final game of 2022 on Thursday. Mika Zibanejad scored New York’s lone goal, his team-high tying 16th of the season. The Blueshirts recorded 46 shots on goal, tying their season-high previously set on October 25 against Colorado.
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers face the Florida Panthers in their first game of 2023 in Sunrise on Sunday evening (5:00 PM ET
- TV: MSG Network/NHLN – Radio: ESPN 1050 AM). The Blueshirts play a game on New Year’s Day for the first time since the 2018 Winter Classic and the fourth time since 2003-04.
- The Blueshirts have won eight of their last 11 games and are 7-2-1 over their last 10 games.
- On the road, the Blueshirts are 11-5-2 for 24 points and have earned a point in 12 of its last 15 games (10-3-2) away from home. New York will play three of its next four games on the road.
- Tonight is the fifth of eight-straight the Rangers will play against a team from the Eastern Conference. The next game New York will play from a team in the Western Conference is Minnesota on January 10. The next time the Blueshirts travel to a Western Conference city is February 15 against Vancouver.
- New York has earned at least one point in seven out of its last nine matchups (5-2-2) and 12 of its last 15 games (8-3-4) with Florida. In those 15 games, the Blueshirts are averaging 3.93 goals per game against the Panthers.
- Chris Kreider has points (8G-8A) in eight of his last 10 games and is a plus-9 against the Panthers dating back to November 28, 2017. Kreider has three 3-point games and four multi-point games in his career against Florida. With 24 points, Kreider has the second most points all-time for a Ranger against the Panthers.
- Artemi Panarin is currently riding a 10-game point streak (4G-15A) against the Panthers.
- Mika Zibanejad has points in seven-straight games (6G-7A) and 10 of his past 12 games against Florida. Zibanejad had multi-point games in all three games against the Panthers last season.
- The Rangers defensemen group has collected 85 points, the seventh most in the NHL. New York’s 68 assists by defensemen are tied for the sixth most in the league.
- New York has recorded the ninth most shots/GP (32.7) in the NHL and allowed the seventh fewest shots/GP (29.2).
- The Blueshirts have 11 players with five goals this season, tied for the second most amount in the NHL. Five Rangers have 25 or more points this year (Zibanejad, Fox, Panarin, Kreider, Trocheck), tied for the fourth most in the NHL.
- New York ranks fourth in the NHL in hits with 1,027.
- When tied after two periods, the Rangers have a league-high nine wins (9-1-5).
- The Rangers have five prospects represented at the World Junior Championships in Halifax: Brennan Othmann (Canada), Noah Laba (United States), Kalle Väisänen (Finland), Jaroslav Chmelar (Czechia), and Adam Sykora (Slovakia).
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Dec. 29 at Tampa Bay SOL, 2-1
Dec. 27 vs. Washington L, 4-0
Dec. 22 vs. NY Islanders W, 5-3
Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh L, 3-2
Dec. 18 at Chicago W, 7-1
ALL-TIME RECORD 57-32-6-8 (128 PTS)
2022-23 0-0-0
2021-22 2-1-0
NYR HOME 30-15-4-3 (67 PTS)
NYR AWAY 27-17-2-5 (61 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2-2-1
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kreider (11) – A: Panarin (16) – Pts: Kreider (24)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Messier (14) – A: Leetch (27) – Pts: Leetch (35)
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 37
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 12
- F Chris Tierney | Games Missed: 7
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 113
LAST GAME
Panthers 0, Hurricanes 4 – Dec. 30 – PNC Arena
FLA Goals: —
CAR Goals: Noesen (8-PPG), Svechnikov (19-PPG), Teravainen (3-PPG), Kotkaniemi (6)
FLA Goalie: Knight (L) – 30 Saves
CAR Goalie: Raanta (W) – 19 Saves
FLA Shots: 19
CAR Shots: 34
Notes: Radko Gudas led Florida with five hits…Florida was shutout in a regular season contest for the first time since April 8, 2021, also at Carolina…Sam Bennett won 10 of his 17 faceoffs (59%)…Spencer Knight stopped 24 of 25 shots he faced at even strength…Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk and Eetu Luostarinen led the Panthers with three shots each…FLA PP: 3-6, FLA PK: 2-4
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- Dec. 31: F Anton Levtchi loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
- Dec. 27: D Matt Kiersted and F Anton Levtchi recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Dec. 23: F Givani Smith recalled from Charlotte (AHL) on emergency conditions | D Matt Kiersted, F Givani Smith and F Grigori Denisenko loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. RANGERS
ALL-TIME vs. NYR: 40-47-6-10
ALL-TIME HOME vs. NYR: 22-18-2-9
2022-23 vs. NYR: 1-2-0
CATS STATS
- Radko Gudas’ 333 hits during the 2022 calendar year ranked third among NHLers.
- Sergei Bobrovsky’s 21 home wins (21-5-1) during the 2022 calendar year were the sixth-most among League goaltenders.
- Aleksander Barkov led Florida with 95 points (37-58-95) over 76 regular season games during the 2022 calendar year.
- Gustav Forsling paced the Cats with a plus-46 rating over 82 games during the 2022 calendar year, the third-best mark among NHL skaters.
CATS AND RANGERS
The Panthers and Rangers face off tonight for the first time this season. During the Rangers prior visit to FLA Live Arena on Dec. 29, 2021, the Cats scored three third-period goals to earn the 4-3 win. Gustav Forsling notched two assists in the contest, while Aleksander Barkov, Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe all tallied goals. Florida owns a 3-2-0 record over their past five games against New York, and a 3-1-0 mark in the Rangers’ previous four visits to FLA Live Arena.
