RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers begin a season-long five-game homestand when the Washington Capitals come to MSG on Tuesday night (7:00 PM ET - TV: ESPN - Radio: ESPN 1050 AM).
- At home, the Blueshirts have won six of their last eight games and are 9-4-0 in their last 13 home games.
- Since December 5, New York is 26-9-5 for 57 points. In the NHL in that span, the Rangers rank third in wins, points, and third in points percentage (.713).
- The Blueshirts' 19 comeback wins are tied for the third most in the NHL and their eight third-period comeback wins are tied for the fourth most in the NH. Their eight third-period comeback wins are tied for the second most in franchise history (11 - 2010-11).
- Filip Chytil and Vincent Trocheck are both within one of reaching the 20-goal mark this season and joining Kreider, Zibanejad and Panarin. The last season to feature five different 20-goal scorers for the Ranger was 2015-16 (Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider).
- When scoring first this year, the Blueshirts are 24-5-4 and 18-3-3 when leading after the second period. When tied after two periods, the Rangers have 13 wins, the most in the NHL.
- New York's 80 third period goals are tied for the seventh most in the NHL. Mika Zibanejad leads all Rangers with 14 third period goals.
- The Rangers defensemen group has collected 156 points, the sixth most in the NHL.
Pregame Notes: Rangers vs. Capitals - 03.14.23
RANGERS AND CAPITALS CONNECTIONS
PANARIN'S POINTS
Artemi Panarin has points in five of his last seven games (2G-6A), including two multi-point efforts.
Panarin has reached the 70-point plateau for the seventh time in his career. He is the eighth undrafted player (since 1963-64) to record seven or more 70-point seasons and the first since Martin St. Louis (8x, last: 2011-12). He joined Wayne Gretzky and Peter Stastny as the third undrafted player to debut since 1963-64 or later to record as many 70-point seasons in their first eight campaigns.
Since 2019-20, Panarin's 93 multi-point games are the fifth most in the NHL.
MIKA MARCH
Mika Zibanejad has thrived in the month of March over his career, totaling 118 points (57G-61A) in 146 games played.
Zibanejad has 18 points in last 17 games (10G-8A). Zibanejad has a team-high tying 18 multi-point games, with four in his last 13 contests.
With 32 goals this season, it marks his third 30-goal season with the Rangers/in his career (2022-23, 2019-20, 2018-19). Zibanejad is one of 11 players in franchise history to notch the benchmark three or more times.
Zibanejad's eight multi-goal games are tied for the fifth most in the NHL.
Among NHL forwards, Zibanejad is one of five that has a plus-18 rating or better and 65-plus points this year (Pastrnak, Robertson, MacKinnon, Tkachuk).
Zibanejad has tallied 19 of his goals on the power play, a new career-high for him and the second most in the NHL. With one more power play goal, the Rangers will become the first team since the 1992-93 & 1993-94 Boston Bruins to have a different player score 20+ power-play goals in back-to-back seasons as Kreider had 20+ last year.
ADAM'S APPLES
Adam Fox sits one assist away from 50 on the season, which would be his second career 50-assist season. Fox would become the seventh defensemen in NHL history and first in franchise history to record multiple 50-assist seasons in the first four years of a career. Fox would become the ninth different Rangers player to record 50+ assists in consecutive seasons
Fox has eight assists in his last 12 games. This season, he has 10 goals and 49 assists for 59 points and among NHL defensemen, Fox ranks tied for fourth in assists and sixth in points.
Fox is the sixth defenseman in Rangers history to record consecutive 50-point seasons, joining Brian Leetch (1995-96- 1998-99, 1988-89 - 1991-92 & 2000-01 - 2001-02), James Patrick (1989-90 - 1991-92 & 1986-87 - 1987-88), Reijo Ruotsalainen (1981-82 - 1985-86), Ron Greschner (1978-79 - 1980-81) and Brad Park (1971-72 - 1974-75).
It his third straight season with 40-plus assists as he became the fourth defenseman in Rangers history to achieve the feat, joining Brian Leetch (4x), Brad Park (4x) and James Patrick (3x).
When he records multiple points, the Rangers are 13-0-0.
KREIDING TO MAKE HISTORY
Chris Kreider has 28 goals on the season and six on the power play. On Sunday, he surpassed Camille Henry for the sixth most goals in franchise history (257) and continues to climb the Rangers all-time leader board in goals.
Kreider has points in five of his last eight games (4G-2A).
BLUESHIRT BULLETS
- Jacob Trouba has points in four of his last five games (2G-3A) and ranks tied for second in the NHL with 166 blocked shots.
- Alexis Lafreniere has three goals in his last four games and four in his last seven contests. Lafreniere's 32 points (14G-18A) are a career-high.
- Jaroslav Halak has points (7-2-2) in nine of his last 11 starts.
- Vladimir Tarasenko has five points in his last six games (2G-3A) and points in seven of his first 15 games (4G-5A) with the Rangers.
- Vincent Trocheck has points in four of his last seven games (2G-4A). His 31 assists are more than he had in the 2021-22 season with Carolina.
- Among NHL players with 15 minutes or less per game, Filip Chytil has the second most goals and points (19G-18A). With one more goal, Chytil can become the seventh Rangers player in the past 20 years to record a 20-goal season at age 23 or younger, joining Pavel Buchnevich (21 in 2018-19), J.T. Miller (22 in 2015-16), Chris Kreider (21 in 2014-15), Derek Stepan (21 in 2010-11), Brandon Dubinsky (20 in 2009-10) and Petr Prucha (30 in 2005-06).
- The Rangers own a 62-13-4 record when Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin, and Chris Kreider all three record a point.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- The Rangers have scored a power play goal in three of their last four (4G), six of their last eight games (7G) and eight of their last 12 contests (10G).
