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Adam Edstrom, who was benched in the Rangers\u2019 loss to the Golden Knights, warms up before the Nov. 18, 2025 game. Getty Images<\/p>\nDENVER \u2014 Adam Edstrom was a healthy scratch for the first time this season Tuesday night in Las Vegas, a decision Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan said was partly based on performance.<\/p>\n
Asked how he\u2019d evaluate his start to the 2025-26 campaign, the 6-foot-7 Swede was frank.<\/p>\n
\u201cUp and down, I know I can produce better hockey than I\u2019ve done so far,\u201d he said Wednesday afternoon after participating in the optional practice at Ball Arena. \u201cFirst period of time that I sat out, I had some smaller stuff that I was dealing with, and I thought that kind of affected my game a little bit. But, overall, I just feel like I gotta be better when I\u2019m out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday marked the third game Edstrom has missed this season, after he was sidelined with \u201cbumps and bruises\u201d in the back-to-back slate against the Red Wings and Islanders earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Edstrom opened the season on the left wing of Sam Carrick and Matt Rempe, who has been out the past 12 games with an upper-body injury. The fourth line has not been nearly as effective since then, with Edstrom struggling to put forth consistent performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe simple stuff,\u201d Edstrom said when asked what the coaching staff has asked him to focus on. \u201cLike, take care of the puck a bit more. Play a little more heavy, get into those dirty areas of the ice. Just, overall, stuff we need to do as a team as well.<\/p>\n
Adam Edstrom, who was benched in the Rangers\u2019 loss to the Golden Knights, warms up before the Nov. 18, 2025 game. Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I could take a lot more pride in kind of being one of those players that leads with example and that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking forward to doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having played a majority of his games alongside Carrick, Edstrom has been on the ice for four Rangers goals and four against in 150:57 of five-on-five ice time with the veteran center, per Natural Stat Trick.<\/p>\n
Sullivan noted that the Rangers wanted a different look to the fourth line against the Golden Knights, which brought Juuso Parssinen in and edged Edstrom out of the lineup.<\/p>\n
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\u201cJust keep my head up,\u201d he said of his mentality. \u201cI\u2019m going out there working hard every day, practicing, trying to improve my skills. It\u2019s a long season, 82 games is a lot of games. If I miss a couple now, in the long run, I think it\u2019ll be good for me and kind of work on my craft a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is no update on Rempe\u2019s timeline to return to the lineup, according to Sullivan.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s on a rehab schedule right now where he\u2019s three days on, one day off,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cHe is on the ice and he\u2019s skating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rempe, who suffered an upper-body injury in his fight against the Sharks\u2019 Ryan Reaves earlier this season, has missed 12 straight games and is currently on long-term injured reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 Adam Edstrom was a healthy scratch for the first time this season Tuesday night in Las…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4823,385,99],"class_list":["post-302478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}