TEAM NOTES<\/p>\n
MIKA MAGIC<\/p>\n
Mika Zibanejad notched his fifth consecutive 40-assist season and his sixth as a Ranger, tied for the fifth-most in\u00a0franchise history. On Apr. 5, he became the sixth Rangers skater to register five-straight 40-assist seasons. He has\u00a0also notched his sixth 70-point season with New York, surpassing Mark Messier and Artemi Panarin for the fifth-most\u00a070-point seasons in franchise history.<\/p>\n
He has recorded a point in four-straight games (1G-5A) and registered his 15th career three-assist game as a Ranger\u00a0on Apr. 5, surpassing Wayne Gretzky and Adam Fox for the seventh-most in franchise history. He leads the Rangers\u00a0this season in goals (33), power play goals (15) and points (75), and was named the winner of the 2025-26 Steven\u00a0McDonald Extra Effort Award on Mar. 31.<\/p>\n
He is one of three skaters in the NHL this season with 30+ goals, 40+ assists and 15+ power play goals. Since Jan. 2,\u00a0his 21 goals are tied for the fifth-most among all NHL skaters. His 15 power play goals this season are tied for sixth in\u00a0the league and his 33 power play points are tied for seventh. Among all Rangers skaters in franchise history, his 283\u00a0goals rank fourth and his 664 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 seven-straight games (3G-10A), tied for the third-longest active streak\u00a0in the league, and has recorded five multi-point games in that span, tied for the most in the NHL. This season, he leads\u00a0the Blueshirts in assists (40) and takeaways (35), and ranks sixth in points (47). Since Mar. 5, his 18 assists are tied for\u00a0third in the league and among NHL blueliners, his 22 points (4G-18A) rank second in that span.<\/p>\n
On Apr. 5, he notched his 23rd career three-point game as a Ranger, surpassing Reijo Ruotsalainen for the fifth-most three-point games among all defensemen in franchise history. With his third three-point game of the season, he collected his 106th career multi-point game with New York, surpassing James Patrick for the third-most games among Rangers blueliners in franchise history, and tied Patrick and Mika Zibanejad for the ninth-most multi-assist games in franchise history (75).<\/p>\n
Among all Rangers defensemen in franchise history, Fox ranks second in takeaways (383), fourth in assists (346) and\u00a0points (416), and fifth in blocked shots (750). On Apr. 5, he scored his eighth goal of the season and 71st as a Ranger,\u00a0surpassing Dave Maloney for the seventh-most goals by a defenseman in team history.\u00a0<\/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 $30,150 (8G-42A) to the cause.<\/p>\n
TOO COOL<\/p>\n
Will Cuylle notched his first career hat trick on Apr. 5 and became the fifth Rangers skater to record one this season.\u00a0He has collected his second consecutive 20-goal season and ranks third on the Rangers this season in goals (20).\u00a0He leads the Rangers in hits (278), ranks third in goals (20) and is tied for fourth in power play goals (4). The Rangers\u2019\u00a0record this season when Cuylle has recorded a multi-point game is 6-0-0.<\/p>\n
His 278 hits this season rank fourth in the league, and his 579 hits since 2024\u201325 rank third. He is the only player in the\u00a0league this season with 270+ hits and 60+ blocked shots.<\/p>\n
MILLER TIME<\/p>\n
J.T. Miller has tallied at least one point in back-to-back games (1G-2A) and in five of his last seven games (3G-5A). This\u00a0season, he ranks third on the Rangers in faceoff wins (514), fourth in hits (119), and fifth in goals (17) and assists (33).<\/p>\n
Among all NHL skaters with at least 500 faceoffs this season, his 61.5 faceoff percentage ranks second in the league.\u00a0Since the start of the 2024\u201325 season, he ranks third among all NHL players with 1,000 or more faceoffs in faceoff\u00a0percentage (59.7).<\/p>\n
On Apr. 2, he was named the winner of the Rod Gilbert \u201cMr. Ranger\u201d Award, given to the Rangers player \u201cwho best\u00a0honors Rod\u2019s legacy by exemplifying leadership qualities both on and off the ice, and making a significant humanitarian\u00a0contribution to his community.\u201d<\/p>\n
SHESTY\u2019S SAVES<\/p>\n
Igor Shesterkin has helped the Rangers earn a win in three of his last four games and earned points in 15 of his last\u00a021 decisions (12-6-3). He has allowed two or fewer goals in 26 games this season, tied for the seventh-most games\u00a0among all NHL goaltenders, and in 167 career games as a Ranger, the seventh-most in franchise history. He ranks sixth\u00a0in team history with 92 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 2.50 goals against average is the third-lowest.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the 2021-22 season and among all goaltenders with at least 100 games played, Shesterkin leads\u00a0the league in save percentage (.916), ranks third in shutouts (20), fourth in wins (161) and has the fifth-lowest goals against\u00a0average (2.51). In that span, he ranks second among all NHL goaltenders with 80 games allowing one or fewer goals.<\/p>\n
VLAD ATTACK<\/p>\n
Vladislav Gavrikov has notched an assist in three-straight games (3A), tied for the third-longest active streak among\u00a0NHL defensemen. This season, he has established career-highs in goals (14) and points (34) His 14 goals are the third-most goals by a Rangers defenseman in his first season with New York.<\/p>\n
He leads the Rangers with an average time on ice of 23:44 and among New York defensemen, he ranks first in goals\u00a0and second in assists (20) and points (34). This season, he is tied for 10th in goals (14) among all NHL blueliners.<\/p>\n
FORECHECK, BACKCHECK, TROCHECK<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck leads the Rangers this season in faceoff wins (592), ranks second in hits (184), fourth in points (52)\u00a0and assists (36), and ranks sixth in goals (16). 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.\u00a0Since 2024\u201325, Trocheck ranks fourth in the NHL in faceoff percentage (58.4) among skaters who have taken 1,000 or\u00a0more faceoffs. In that same time frame, he ranks seventh in the NHL with 1,502 overall faceoff wins.<\/p>\n
LAFF LIGHTS UP<\/p>\n
Alexis Lafreniere has recorded six points (2G-4A) over his last seven games. He is tied for the lead on the Rangers with\u00a0five game-winning goals, ranks second in goals (22) and power play goals (8), and third in points (54). His six three-point games this season are tied for the most among all Rangers skaters and his 15 multi-point games fourth.<\/p>\n
Since 2022-23, his 16 game-winning goals are tied for the lead among all New York skaters.<\/p>\n
GABE GETTING IT DONE<\/p>\n
Gabe Perreault recorded his first career hat trick on Apr. 4, becoming the fourth Rangers rookie in the last 30 years to\u00a0score a hat trick and one of five NHL rookies this season to have recorded one. His three multi-goal games this season\u00a0are tied for the second-most games among all NHL rookies.<\/p>\n
He has tallied 17 points (7G-10A) over his last 19 games. In that span, he is tied for the lead among all NHL rookies in\u00a0goals, ranks second in points and third in assists. Among all rookie forwards this season, his average time on ice of\u00a016:01 ranks sixth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEAM NOTES MIKA MAGIC Mika Zibanejad notched his fifth consecutive 40-assist season and his sixth as a Ranger,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5100],"tags":[1107,229,5133,5,4,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-547453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-sabres","8":"tag-buffalo","9":"tag-buffalo-sabres","10":"tag-buffalosabres","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-sabres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116369394485992975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}