{"id":375741,"date":"2026-10-17T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375741\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:58:08","slug":"ny-rangers-shake-up-top-six-ahead-of-game-against-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375741\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Rangers Shake Up Top Six Ahead of Game Against Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">The New York Rangers are getting set for a Saturday evening matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the team will be hoping to bounce back following their worst loss of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/ny-rangers-wrongly-plummet-in-nhl-power-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rangers have been playing some excellent hockey this season<\/a>, they did have their first major slip-up against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. New York ended up losing by a score of 7-1, and things really spiraled out of control between the end of the first period and the second period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">For the first time in his young career, Dylan Garand struggled and allowed more than two goals for the first time in his career. It was certainly a game to forget for the team, and they will be looking to turn the page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Despite having a 6-3 record, the team has been making some changes to their roster and their lines. With a desire to improve at even strength and find the best combinations on their lines, things will be looking different on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rangers Shake Up Top Six Again\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fi\" dir=\"ltr\">Rangers lines \u2014 top-six shake up and Raddysh drawing in <\/p>\n<p>Perreault-Zibanejad-Lafreni\u00e8re<br \/>Kartye-Miller-Dorofeyev<br \/>Cuylle-Laba-Tolvanen<br \/>Bjorkstrand-Dowling-Raddysh<\/p>\n<p>Gavrikov-Fox<br \/>Pettersson-Durzi<br \/>\u0160mits-Schneider <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXhE6hR4jb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IXhE6hR4jb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Peter_Baugh\/status\/2111480695214489627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">New York has moved some things around so far this year, and on Saturday the top six will once again look different. Going back to the first line will be Alexis Lafreniere to join Gabe Perreault and Mika Zibanejad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">This trio performed really well in the second half of last year. To begin this season, it wasn\u2019t too much of a surprise to see them start together. Lafreniere has been the best offensive player for the team, and while he did go down to the second line for a little bit and performed well there, he has earned the right to be on the first line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">So far this season, he leads the team in both points and goals, and having him up on the top line makes sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">With Lafreniere moving up to the top line, it is once again Pavel Dorofeyev going back to the second. In the loss to the Devils, one of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/pavel-dorofeyev-is-ny-rangers-bright-spot-in-disaster-vs-devils\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> silver linings for the Rangers<\/a> was that Dorofeyev was able to find the back of the net for his second goal of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">There has been a lot of talk about his production since coming over, and while he has played well, finishing with goals hasn\u2019t come yet. With it being the 10th game of the year coming up, the Rangers would love to go to 7-3, and the hope will be that these switches result in success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DZGOBo6r.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"7u\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Rangers are getting set for a Saturday evening matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-375741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375741","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=375741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}