RANGERS-CAPITALS CONNECTIONS
INDIVIDUAL CAREER STATISTICS VS. CAPITALS
YOUTH SERVED
The Rangers have seven players 21 years old or younger on their roster (Chytil, Fox, Gettinger, Hajek, Howden, Kakko, and
Lindgren). At least one Ranger who is 21 years old or younger has notched a point on 14 of the team's last 16 goals (dating back to the
Rangers' third goal on Nov. 7 at Carolina), and 10 of those 16 goals have been scored by a player who is 21 years old or younger
(Chytil - 4; Kakko - 3; Fox - 2; Lindgren - 1).
NOVEMBER REIGN
The Rangers lead the NHL in wins in November since 2005-06 (115; 115-60-12 record in November over the span).
GOALS GALORE
The Rangers have registered three or more goals in each of the last six games, in nine of the last 11 games, and in 11 of 18 games this
season. New York is tied for ninth in the NHL in goals per game this season (3.33).
ON POINT
Rangers defensemen have notched 50 points (15 goals, 35 assists) in 2019-20. The 15 goals by Rangers defensemen this season are
tied for the second-most in the NHL, and their 50 points are the eighth-most in the league. Blueshirts defensemen have tallied 25.0% of
the team's goals and 30.5% of the team's points this season; the 25.0% of team goals scored is the highest percentage in the NHL, and
the 30.5% of team points recorded is the second-highest percentage in the NHL.
STATE OF THE ART-EMI
Artemi Panarin enters the contest with an 11-game point streak (five goals, 12 assists) and a six-game assist streak (eight assists), and
both streaks are career-highs. He is one of five NHL players who have posted an 11-game point streak or longer this season (Pastrnak,
Marchand, MacKinnon, and Draisaitl), as well as one of five NHL players who have posted a six-game assist streak or longer in 2019-
20 (Marchand, Carlson (twice), Hall, and Domi). Panarin is the first Ranger who has posted an 11-game point streak since Rick Nash
did so during the 2014-15 season. He has recorded 23 points this season, which is the most by any NHL player who changed teams
between the end of last season and the start of this season. Panarin is one of six Rangers in franchise history who have recorded nine
or more goals and 14 or more assists in the team's first 18 games of a season (Frank Boucher, Andy Bathgate, Rod Gilbert (twice), Vic
Hadfield, and Jean Ratelle). Panarin was on the ice for each of the Rangers' six goals in the last two games, and he has been on the
ice for 35 of the Blueshirts' 60 goals this season. He has tallied 25 points (13 goals, 12 assists) in 17 career games at MSG, and he has
registered at least one point in 15 of the 17 games.
KING HENRIK
Henrik Lundqvist has earned 453 wins in his NHL career and is one win away from tying Curtis Joseph (454) for fifth place on the NHL's
all-time wins list. He has also made 868 career NHL appearances, and he is one appearance away from passing Grant Fuhr for sole
possession of 10th place on the NHL's all-time appearances list.
HENR1K
Lundqvist has made 996 career appearances (regular-season and playoffs combined) as a Ranger. He is four appearances away from
becoming the sixth player to appear in at least 1,000 career regular-season and playoff games with the Rangers in franchise history
(along with Brian Leetch, Harry Howell, Rod Gilbert, Ron Greschner, and Walt Tkaczuk).
CHYTIL-MANIA
Filip Chytil has tallied a point in four of the last five games, and he has registered five points (four goals, one assist) over the span.
He has also recorded a point in six of nine games this season (six goals, one assist). Chytil ranks fourth in the NHL (min. five games
played) in goals per game this season (0.67).
STROME SURGE
Ryan Strome tallied two points (one goal, one assist) and established single-game career-highs with 18 faceoff wins and 27:57 of ice
time on Nov. 16 at Florida. Since Strome was acquired by the Rangers on Nov. 16, 2018, he has notched 51 points (24 goals, 27
assists) in 81 games. He is the only Ranger who has skated in all of the team's 81 games over the span, and he ranks second on the
team in goals and points since he was acquired. Strome has recorded a point in 10 of the last 13 games (six goals, 10 assists), and he
has posted a multi-point game in six of the last 11 games.
DE-FENSE
Tony DeAngelo has established a career-high in goals this season (six), and he is the first Rangers defenseman who has tallied six or
more goals in the team's first 18 games of a season since Brian Leetch in 1993-94.
SPECIAL TEAMS
The Rangers have either outscored their opponent on special teams or tied their opponent in special teams scoring in nine of 18 games
this season and have earned at least one point in eight of those nine games (6-1-2 record).
Power Play:
Penalty Kill:
UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Henrik Lundqvist - 4 appearances away from 1,000 (regular-season and playoffs combined) in his NHL career/with the Rangers
- Pavel Buchnevich - 3 games away from 200 in his NHL career/with the Rangers
- Brendan Smith - 4 points away from 100 in his NHL career
- Brady Skjei - 5 points away from 100 in his NHL career/with the Rangers
- Filip Chytil - 7 games away from 100 in his NHL career/with the Rangers
