Rangers Announce 2022-23 Team Award Winners

The New York Rangers announced that Mika Zibanejad was named the Rangers' Most Valuable Player, as voted on by members of the Rangers media, and Ryan Lindgren was named the winner of the Players' Player Award, as voted on by his teammates.
Heading into the final game of the season, Zibanejad has recorded 39 goals and 51 assists for a career-high 90 points with the Blueshirts in 2022-23. He is the third Rangers center since 1982-83 to record 90 points in a season (Gretzky, Messier) and joins Artemi Panarin as the only Blueshirts skater since 2007-08 to notch the feat. Zibanejad has tallied 20 of his goals on the power play, a new career-high for him and the third most in the NHL. Zibanejad is one of five skaters in the NHL to have recorded 90 or more points and a plus-25 or better rating. The others: David Pastrnak, Matthew Tkachuk, Jason Robertson and Nathan MacKinnon. The Most Valuable Player Award was voted on by members of the New York Rangers media and has been given annually since the conclusion of the 1941-42 season. This is the second time that Zibanejad has earned the honors (2018-19).

Lindgren has recorded a career-high in assists (17) and points (18) through 62 games for the Rangers, while notching a team-high plus-29 rating. Lindgren, who was named winner of the 2022-23 Steven McDonald Award, has blocked 92 shots, the fifth most on the Blueshirts and averages 2:06 minutes of shorthanded time on ice per game, the second most on the team. The Players' Player Award has been given annually since the conclusion of the 1958-59 season and recognizes the Ranger who, as selected by his teammates, "best exemplifies what it means to be a team player." Lindgren earns the honors for the second time in the last three seasons.