SALUTE TO SAM
The New York Rangers will celebrate the 40-year career of play-by-play announcer Sam Rosen on Saturday.
Rosen, who announced in August 2024 that the 2024-25 campaign would be his last in the booth, has been calling Rangers hockey since 1984. The words he uttered on June 14, 1994 – “This one will last a lifetime!” – will be celebrated forever.
One of the most knowledgeable and thorough play-by-play personalities in sports, Rosen has called games alongside some of the most iconic broadcasters, including 2009 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winner John Davidson, Hall-of- Famer Phil Esposito and current partner Joe Micheletti.
Rosen has won four New York Emmy Awards for MSG Networks’ Rangers coverage. Named the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winner in 2016, Rosen is a member of both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the New York State Hockey Hall of Fame. This past October, the NHL named Rosen the recipient of the 2024 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
POINT PER-GAME PANARIN
Artemi Panarin has a point streak of 10 games (8G-8A), the fifth longest point streak of his career and longest since a 13- game stretch from Mar. 21-Apr. 15, 2024. Panarin has 25 points in his last 22 games (11G-14A) and 36 points (15G-21A) in his last 31 games. He also has a home point streak of seven games.
Since March 1, Panarin's 16 points rank tied for the most in the NHL.
Panarin notched his fifth career 30-goal season and second consecutive. He is the first Ranger since Jaromir Jagr (2005- 07) with 30-plus goals and 40-plus assists in back-to-back seasons. His five 30-goal seasons rank tied for 10th in the NHL since 2015-16.
Panarin has also notched his fifth 70-point season with the Rangers, tying Mika Zibanejad and Mark Messier for the fifth most in franchise history. He has reached the 40-assist mark for the 10th consecutive campaign, the most among active players and tied for the sixth most consecutive by an undrafted player in NHL history.
Among Rangers skaters, Panarin ranks first in goals (31), points (75), power play goals (8), power play points (22) and shots (205).
Panarin has at least one point in 50 of his 68 games (73.5%) this year. Since 2023-24, he has points in 117 of 152 games, the third most in the NHL.
Since the beginning of last season, his 195 points (80G-115A) rank fifth in the NHL.
Going back further, among NHL skaters since his debut in 2015-16, Panarin has the fourth most assists (560) and fifth most points in the NHL (855).
ADAM’S APPLES
On Thursday, Adam Fox notched his 300th career assist, tying Ray Bourque (419 GP) for the seventh fewest games to 300 career assists by a defenseman in NHL history. The only blueliners to reach the mark faster are Bobby Orr (346 GP), Brian Leetch (368 GP), Quinn Hughes (376 GP), Paul Coffey (377 GP), Cale Makar (378 GP) and Gary Suter (400 GP).
He is the fourth defenseman in Rangers history to reach the milestone, joining Brian Leetch (741), Ron Greschner (431) and James Patrick (363).
Adam Fox has recorded in eight of his last 10 games (2G-7A) and has 13 points (3G-10A) in his last 15 games.
Fox has recorded the fifth 40-assist season of his career, tying James Patrick for the second most in team history among defensemen. Fox became the fifth skater – and first defenseman – to record five straight 40-assist seasons with the Rangers and became the fourth U.S-born defenseman in NHL history to post a run of that length.
TOO COOL
Will Cuylle has points in four of his last five games (1G-3A) and eight points (3G-5A) in his last 12 games. Cuylle ranks fourth on the Rangers in goals (18).
Cuylle's 256 hits are the fourth most in the NHL.
MILLER TIME
J.T. Miller has points in 10 of his last 15 games (5G-9A) and 18 points (7G-11A) in 20 games with the Blueshirts, including six multi-point games.
Since his first game with New York, he ranks second on the team in goals, tied for third in assists and third in points. His 57 hits rank third on the team since his acquisition.
Since the 2021-22 season, Miller is the only player in the NHL to have recorded 300 or more points, as well as 600 or more hits. In that same time frame, he is one of 11 skaters to have three or more 50-plus assist seasons, and his 337 points are the 13th most in the NHL.
MIKA MARCH
Mika Zibanejad has points in 10 of his last 16 games (5G-9A) and 22 points in his last 25 games (7G-15A).
Since the 2019-20 season, in the month of March, Zibanejad ranks tied for sixth in goals (40) and seventh in points (84).
When he scores a goal this year, the Rangers are 9-4-2 and 9-2-0 when has multiple points.
Zibanejad's 245 goals are the 10th most in franchise history and one shy of tying Steve Vickers for the ninth most. Zibanejad’s 106 power play goals with the Blueshirts rank tied for fourth in franchise history and since 2016-17, the tallies are the sixth most in the league.
SHESTY'S SAVES
Igor Shesterkin has backstopped the Rangers to points in seven of his last 12 games. This season, Shesterkin has allowed one or fewer goals in 12 of 23 wins and two or fewer goals in 20 of 23 wins.
Shesterkin has allowed two or fewer goals in four of his last six starts.
Since 2021-22, Shesterkin ranks tied for third in wins (132), third in save percentage (.918) and fourth in GAA (2.47). Shesterkin has 158 career wins, the sixth most in Rangers history.
TROCHECK IN THE CIRCLE
Among skaters who've taken 1,000 or more faceoffs, Vincent Trocheck ranks second in the NHL in faceoff percentage (59.0) and overall his 781 faceoff wins rank third in the league.
He has points in four of his last five games and nine points in his last eight games (3G-6A). Going back further, he has 16 points in his last 18 games (5G-11A) and 18 points in his last 22 games (6G-12A).
On the Blueshirts, Trocheck ranks second in goals (20), fourth in points (48) and assists (28). His 174 shots are the second most on the team. It is Trocheck’s seventh 20-goal season of his career.
Trocheck ranks eighth among NHL forwards in average ice time (21:16).
KREIDING INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS
Chris Kreider sits one power play goal away from setting the franchise record and surpassing Camille Henry's 116.
He ranks third on the Rangers with 19 goals this season, with six of his 19 goals being game-winning tallies. His career total of 50 GWGs are the second most in Rangers history behind Rod Gilbert’s 52 and he is the eighth active American skater to score 50 career game-winning goals.
Since 2021-22, Kreider’s 13 shorthanded goals are the most in the NHL. His 13 career shorthanded goals are fourth place on the franchise’s all-time list. The total is the third-most shorthanded goals among active American players behind Cam Atkinson (19) and Blake Coleman (17).
Also since 2021-22, his 58 power play goals rank tied for fourth in the NHL.
