RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers begin a four-game road trip on the West Coast with a meeting against the Seattle Kraken in their second ever visit to Climate Pledge Arena (10:00 PM ET - TV: MSG Network - Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM).
- New York went 2-0-0 against the Kraken last season, including a 3-1 win over them on October 31 in Seattle in the inaugural game between the two.
- Tonight, Gerard Gallant is set to coach in his 100th game with the Blueshirts. His 60 wins are already the most by a Rangers coach through 100 games of a tenure, eight more than Alain Vigneault and Colin Campbell's 52 wins through their first 100 games.
- When scoring first this season, the Rangers are 7-0-1. New York is one of five teams in the league to have not dropped a game in regulation when scoring the first goal of the game.
- Against the Western Conference this season, the Blueshirts are 5-2-2 and 1-0-1 against teams in the Pacific Division.
- The Rangers come into the game ranking fifth in the NHL in shots/GP (34.4) and sixth in shots against/GP (28.2). The Rangers have recorded 35 or more shots on 10 occasions this season, the third most in the NHL.
- New York ranks third in the NHL with 512 hits. Vincent Trocheck is 10th in the league with 56 hits while Jacob Trouba's 55 hits are tied for the 11th most in the NHL.
- In the month of November since 2015-16, the Blueshirts have compiled 57 wins, tied for the second most in the NHL over that span. Toronto leads with 59.
Pregame Notes: Rangers at Kraken - 11.17.22
RANGERS AND KRAKEN CONNECTIONS
PANARIN ONE ASSIST AWAY FROM 400
Artemi Panarin is one assist away from 400 in his career. In notching the feat, Panarin would be the third player in the NHL to record 400 or more assists since Panarin made his NHL debut in 2015-16 (McDavid - 474, Kane - 408).
If Panarin records one assist tonight in his 526th game, he would require the 21st fewest games of any NHL skater to reach the milestone and the third fewest of any active player (McDavid - 426 GP, Crosby - 448 GP).
Panarin would become the 57th undrafted player in league history to collect 400 assists and of those undrafted players, he would notch 400 assists in the fifth fewest games. Of his 399 assists, Mika Zibanejad has the most goals from Panarin with 41 while Chris Kreider is tied for fourth with 32.
Panarin has 10 points in his last nine games (1G-9A) and 22 points (5G-17A) in 17 games. Panarin ranks tied for fourth in the league in assists and ninth in points.
Since 2019-20, Panarin ranks second in the NHL in assists and third in points. His 80 multi-point games are the fourth most in the league since 2019-20.
FOX FEVER
Adam Fox has points in six-straight games (3G-7A) and has seven points in his last three games (2G-5A). On the season, Fox has five goals and 14 assists for 19 points. Fox, Brian Leetch (6x) and Brad Park (2x) are the only Rangers defensemen to have 19 or more points through the first 17 games of a season.
Among NHL defensemen, he ranks tied for second in points and tied for second in assists.
This is the Fox's fourth longest point streak of his career and his longest since Jan. 13-27, 2021. His career-long streak was 12 games from March 17-April 8, 2021 (3G-19A).
MIKA'S MISSION
Mika Zibanejad leads the Rangers with nine goals and has recorded points in eight of his last nine games (5G-6A).
When Zibanejad records a point this season, the Rangers are 8-2-1 and 5-0-0 when he notches multiple points.
Six of Zibanejad's nine goals have come on the power play, his six PPGs rank tied for the second most in the NHL (McDavid - 7). Since joining the Rangers in 2016-17, Zibanejad has 75 goals on the man advantage, the fifth most in the league in that span.
KREIDING HIGH
Chris Kreider has three power-play goals in his last four games and has points in eight of his last nine games (5G-5A). Kreider's 30 power play goals in the last two seasons are tied with Leon Draisaitl for the most in the NHL in that span.
Since his first NHL season in 2012-13, only five players have netted more goals than Kreider's 88 on the man advantage: Alex Ovechkin (179), Steven Stamkos (124), Joe Pavelski (113), Leon Draisaitl (99) and John Tavares (94).
Tonight, Kreider is set to play in his 672nd game, which will surpass James Patrick for the 15th most games played in Rangers history.
FIL-ING OUT THE SCORESHEET
Filip Chytil is riding a point streak of four games (2G-3A), tied for the second longest of his career. His longest was a five- game streak from Nov. 12-Nov. 21, 2018. Chytil has eight points (4G-4A) in 11 games this season and a point in seven of his 11 games. All eight of Chytil's points have come at even strength.
THE CAPTAIN CLOSES IN ON 200 ASSISTS
Rangers captain Jacob Trouba is one assist away from his 200th career NHL assist. With one assist, Trouba would become the third defenseman from the 2012 NHL Draft class to reach the feat (Morgan Rielly - 318, Shayne Gostisbehere - 202).
SPECIAL TEAMS
- The Rangers have scored five power play goals in their last five games.
- New York's 14 power play goals this year are tied for the 10th most in the NHL.
- The Blueshirts' plus-11:25 special teams time differential is the 10th highest in the NHL. - On the road, the Rangers' 85.7 penalty kill percentage ranks fifth in the league.
