TEAM NOTES<\/p>\n
MIKA MAGIC<\/p>\n
Mika Zibanejad has recorded a point in back-to-back games and has tallied nine points (6G-3A) over his last 10 games.\u00a0He leads the Rangers this season in goals (33), power play goals (15) and points (71), and was named the winner of\u00a0the 2025-26 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award on Mar. 31. He has notched his sixth 70-point season as a Ranger,\u00a0surpassing Mark Messier and Artemi Panarin for the fifth-most 70-point seasons in franchise history.<\/p>\n
He is one of four skaters in the NHL this season with 30+ goals, 30+ assists and 15+ power play goals. Since Jan. 2, his 21 goals are tied for the third-most among all NHL skaters, and his 15 power play goals this season are tied for fifth in the league. Among all Rangers skaters in franchise history, his 283 goals rank fourth and his 660 points rank seventh.<\/p>\n
Among all Swedish players in NHL history, his 135 career power play goals are tied for third and sits three power play\u00a0goals away from tying Daniel Sedin for second (138). His 347 career goals rank seventh among all Swedish players in\u00a0NHL history and this season, he became the 22nd Swedish player in NHL history to have skated in 1,000 career games.<\/p>\n
FANTASTIC MR. FOX<\/p>\n
Adam Fox has registered at least one point in five-straight games (2G-6A), the second-longest active streak among\u00a0NHL defensemen. Since Mar. 5, his 14 assists are tied for fifth in the league and among NHL blueliners, his 17 points\u00a0(2G-14A) are tied for second in that span.<\/p>\n
This season, he ranks first on the Blueshirts in takeaways (35) and is tied for the lead in assists (38), and leads all\u00a0Rangers defensemen in assists and points (45). Among all Rangers defensemen in franchise history, Fox ranks second\u00a0in takeaways (383), fourth in assists (344) and points (414), fifth in blocked shots (748) and tied for seventh in goals\u00a0(70). On Apr. 2, he scored his 70th career NHL goal, tying Dave Maloney for the seventh-most goals in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Fox is raising money toward the Tackle ALS organization to help the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at\u00a0Massachusetts General Hospital develop therapies that repair or reverse damage caused by ALS and ultimately\u00a0prevent the disease entirely this season. For every goal he scores, he will be donating $1,023 to Tackle ALS and for\u00a0every assist, he will be donating $523. So far this season, Fox has donated $27,035 (7G-38A) to the cause.<\/p>\n
SHESTY\u2019S SAVES<\/p>\n
Igor Shesterkin has helped the Rangers earn a win in two of his last three games and has helped them earn points in\u00a014 of his last 20 decisions (11-6-3). He has allowed two or fewer goals in 25 games this season, tied for the eighth-most\u00a0games among all NHL goaltenders, and in 166 career games as a Ranger, the seventh-most in franchise history. He\u00a0ranks ninth in team history with 90 games allowing one or fewer goals.<\/p>\n
Among all goaltenders this season with 45 or more starts, his .912 save percentage is tied for the league lead and his 2.53 goals against average is tied for the third-lowest.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the 2021-22 season and among all goaltenders with at least 100 games played, Shesterkin\u00a0leads the league in save percentage (.916), ranks third in shutouts (20), fourth in wins (160) and has the fifth-lowest\u00a0goals against average (2.51). In that span, he ranks second among all NHL goaltenders with 79 games allowing one or\u00a0fewer goals.<\/p>\n
MILLER TIME\u00a0<\/p>\n
J.T. Miller has tallied at least one point in four of his last five games (2G-4A). This season, he ranks third on the Rangers\u00a0in faceoff wins (494), fourth in hits (118) and fifth in goals (16), assists (31) and points (47).<\/p>\n
Among all NHL skaters with at least 500 faceoffs this season, his 61.1 faceoff percentage ranks fourth in the league.\u00a0Since the start of the 2024\u201325 season, he ranks fourth among all NHL players with 1,000 or more faceoffs in faceoff\u00a0percentage (59.5).<\/p>\n
LAFF LIGHTS UP<\/p>\n
Alexis Lafreniere has recorded five points (2G-3A) over his last five games. He leads the Rangers this season with five\u00a0game-winning goals, ranks second in goals (22) and power play goals (8), and third in points (52).<\/p>\n
Since 2022-23, his 16 game-winning goals are tied for the lead among all New York skaters.<\/p>\n
This season, his six three-point games are tied for the most among all Rangers skaters and his 15 multi-point games rank\u00a0third. Since 2021-22, his 52 multi-point games and nine three-point games both rank sixth among all Rangers skaters.<\/p>\n
FORECHECK, BACKCHECK, TROCHECK<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck leads the Rangers this season in faceoff wins (574), ranks second in hits (180), fourth in points (50)\u00a0and assists (35), and ranks sixth in goals (15). His two shorthanded goals this season are tied for the most on New York\u00a0and his nine shorthanded goals as a Ranger rank 11th in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Among Rangers skaters in franchise history with 500 or more faceoffs taken, his 57.9 faceoff percentage ranks second. Since 2024\u201325, Trocheck ranks fourth in the NHL in faceoff percentage (58.3) among skaters who have taken 1,000 or more faceoffs. In that same time frame, he ranks seventh in the NHL with 1,484 overall faceoff wins.<\/p>\n
VLAD ATTACK<\/p>\n
Vladislav Gavrikov has scored a career-high 14 goals this season, the third-most goals by a Rangers defenseman in\u00a0his first season with New York. Among all NHL blueliners, he ranks 10th in goals this season and since Feb. 28, is tied\u00a0for fourth in goals (5).<\/p>\n
He leads the Rangers with an average time on ice of 23:45 and among New York defensemen, he ranks first in goals\u00a0and second in assists (18) and points (32).<\/p>\n
TOO COOL<\/p>\n
Will Cuylle scored his 50th career goal and notched his 100th career point on Apr. 2. He leads the Rangers in hits (271)\u00a0and ranks fourth in goals (17) and power play goals (4). The Rangers\u2019 record this season when Cuylle scores a goal is\u00a011-4-0.<\/p>\n
His 271 hits this season are tied for fourth in the league, and his 572 hits since 2024\u201325 rank third. He is the only player\u00a0in the league this season with 270+ hits and 60+ blocked shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEAM NOTES MIKA MAGIC Mika Zibanejad has recorded a point in back-to-back games and has tallied nine points…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-185419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}