NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New York Rangers 6, Vancouver Canucks 4 – February 15, 2023 – Rogers Arena
NYR Goals: M. Zibanejad (28, 29), A. Panarin (17, 18), C. Kreider (22), K. Miller (6)
VAN Goals: C. Lazar (3), J. Miller (19), C. Garland (11), A. Kuzmenko (23)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (W – 25/29)
VAN Goalie: A. Silovs (L – 22/27)
NYR Shots: 28
VAN Shots: 29
NYR PP: 0/1
NYR PK: 1/2
RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers earned their sixth straight win as they begun a Western Canada trip with a 6-4 win over the Canucks on Wednesday night. Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each recorded three points in the victory while Igor Shesterkin improved to 10-1-4 this season on the road. Also in the win, Niko Mikkola tallied his first assist/point as a member of the Rangers.
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers play their first game of a back-to-back set when they take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place (9:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). The Blueshirts will play four of their next five games away from MSG.
- The Blueshirts have won six games in a row and have earned a point in eight-straight games (7-0-1). It is the Blueshirts’ second win streak of at least six games in 2022-23 (also 7 GP from Dec. 5-18, 2022), marking the first time the club has had multiple six-plus game runs in a season since 2005-06 (7 GP & 6 GP).
- The Rangers have now earned points in nine of their last 10 games (8-1-1) and 16 of their last 18 games (13-2-3). Dating back to November 30, Rangers have points in 26 of their 31 contests (22-5-4).
- If the Blueshirts a point tonight, it would mark their first nine-game point streak since the 2015-16 season (13 GP) and first road nine-game point streak since the 2019-20 campaign.
- On the road, the Rangers have earned a point in eight-straight games (5-0-3) and 12 of their last 13 contests (9-1-3). New York has points in 19 of its last 22 games (15-3-4) away from home.
- Against the West, New York is 18-5-3 and is 9-2-2 against Pacific Division teams.
- Since 2012-13, the Blueshirts are 4-2-2 on the road against the Oilers.
- The Rangers defensemen group has collected 138 points, the second-most in the NHL and 109 assists, also the second most. 27.9 percent of all Rangers points this season have been contributed to a defenseman.
- New York’s 70 third period goals rank tied for second in the NHL and their plus-19 third period goal differential ranks fourth.
- The Rangers’ plus-39 goal differential ranks tied for fourth in the NHL while their 3.37 goals per game are ninth.
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Feb. 15 at Vancouver W, 6-4
Feb. 11 at Carolina W, 6-2
Feb. 10 Seattle W, 6-3
Feb. 8 Vancouver W, 4-3
Feb. 6 Calgary OTW, 5-4
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
February 10 – Libor Hajek re-assigned to Hartford
February 9 – Vladimir Tarasenko and defenseman Niko Mikkola acquired from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, Sammy Blais, and Hunter Skinner.
February 9 – Will Cuylle re-assigned to Hartford
TEAM NOTES
ROAD RANKS
The Blueshirts head into tonight’s game as one of the best road teams in the entire NHL, winning five of their last seven road games and earning a point in 20 of 25 road games overall (16-5-4).
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. NY RANGERS GP RECORD HOME (39) AWAY (42) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. NY RANGERS 81 38-32-9-2 18-18-3-0 20-14-6-2 279 291
OILERS vs. NY RANGERS – 2022-23 1 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 4 3
QUICK FACTS
• Friday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of two games against the Rangers this season and the lone game in Edmonton.
• The last time these teams met was on November 26th in New York where the Oilers defeated the Rangers 4-3.
• Tyson Barrie, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl lead the team with 17 career points against the Rangers and Cody Ceci has appeared in a team leading 32 career games against New York.
WINNING WAYS
The Oilers are 9-2-4 in their last 15 games, outscoring opponents 63-46 and earning points in 13 games.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. NY RANGERS
Record: 6-4-0
GF: 32 GA: 31
2022-23 11/26/22 @ NYR 4-3 W
2021-22 1/3/22 @ NYR 4-1 L
2021-22 11/5/21 @ EDM 6-5 W
2019-20 12/31/19 @ EDM 7-5 W
2019-20 10/12/19 @ NYR 4-1 W
2019-20 3/11/19 @ EDM 3-2 W (OT)
2018-19 10/13/18 @ NYR 2-1 W
2017-18 3/3/18 @ EDM 2-3 L
2017-18 11/11/17 @ NYR 2-4 L
2016-17 11/13/16 @ EDM 1-3 L
OILERS LEADERS vs. N.Y. RANGERS
NHL CAREER
Games: Ceci (31)
Goals: Kane (7)
Assists: Barrie (14)
Points: Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl (17)
Penalty minutes: Kane (16)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 12 F Devin Shore placed on waivers
Feb. 13 F Devin Shore cleared waivers and assigned to Bakersfield
Feb. 14 F Devin Shore recalled from Bakersfield
OILERS IN FEBRUARY
Overall – 504 GP, 224-223-29-28 – 505 PTS
2022-23 – 5 GP, 2-1-2 – 6 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 7-5-0 – 14 PTS
