TONIGHT'S GAME
RANGERS VS. MAPLE LEAFS
All-Time: 235-282-95-7 (134-116-56-4 at home; 101-166-39-3 on the road)
2021-22
Oct. 18 at TOR (OTW, 2-1)
New York outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime, 2-1, in the first matchup of the season. Mika Zibanejad opened the scoring for the Rangers in the first period, their first goal in the first period this season. After Toronto evened things up in the second period, New York pushed the game to overtime where Artemi Panarin scored his first overtime goal as a Ranger. Igor Shesterkin was incredible in net, making 40 saves on 41 shots.
Nov. 18 at TOR (L, 2-1)
New York fell behind 2-0 at Scotiabank Arena before Dryden Hunt scored his first goal of the season, becoming the 15th different goal scorer for the Rangers this season. Notably, Artemi Panarin skated in his 450th career game while Filip Chytil skated in his 200th career game.
Jan. 19 vs. TOR
Pregame Notes: Rangers vs. Maple Leafs 01.19.22
INDIVIDUAL CAREER STATISTICS VS. MAPLE LEAFS
Chris Kreider - 21 GP, 5G-13A=18 PTS - Over his career, Kreider has points in 14 of 21 games against the Maple Leafs and has points in seven of his last nine games against Toronto (2G-8A). Kreider has recorded four multi-point games against Toronto.
Mika Zibanejad - 30 GP, 10G-8A=18 PTS - Zibanejad has points in four of his last five games against the Maple Leafs (3G-3A), five out of seven games, and has multi-point games in two of his last three outings against them.
Artemi Panarin - 15 GP, 5G-12A=17 PTS - Panarin scored the overtime winner in the first meeting with the Maple Leafs on October 18. Panarin has at least one point in 11 of his 15 career matchups against the Maples Leafs, including two three-point games and two games with two points. Panarin has points in six of his past eight games against Toronto (2G-6A).
Goalies vs. TOR
Igor Shesterkin (3 GP, 2-1-0, 6 GA, .941 SV%, 1.98 GAA).
Alexandar Georgiev (5 GP, 3-2-0, 16 GA, .929 SV%, 3.20 GAA)
RANGERS AND MAPLE LEAFS CONNECTIONS
THREE RANGERS SELECTED TO ASG
Forwards Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and defenseman Adam Fox were selected to the 2022 NHL All-Star Game in Vegas. Zibanejad was selected as the "Last Man In" fan vote but will not be attending the game.
It is the 34th time in franchise history that the Rangers have had three or more players selected to the same All-Star Game and first since 2011-12 (Henrik Lundqvist, Dan Girardi, Marian Gaborik). Since 1976-77, New York has had three or more players selected to an All-Star Game nine times.
Fox will be making his first career ASG appearance and Kreider will be making his second career ASG appearance and second in three seasons.
MIKA MAGIC
Mika Zibanejad is currently riding a season-long five-game point streak (3G-2A) and has points in six of his last seven games (6G-2A). With a point tonight, Zibanejad will have his ninth-career point streak of six or more games and his first since Apr. 9-18, 2021 (6 GP).
In his last 11 games, Zibanejad has nine goals and five assists for 14 points. Since December 15, Zibanejad is tied for the most goals (9) in the NHL and is tied for the 10th-most points (14).
THIS IS 40
The Rangers will play their 40th game of the season tonight and are tied for the fourth-most wins in the NHL (25). The Blueshirts' 54 points are the third- most (tied) in the league. New York's 54 points through 39 games are the most since recording 56 points through 39 games in 2011-12.
The Rangers have won six of their last eight games, earned at least one point in eight of their last 11 games (7-3-1), have wins in 15 of their last 22 games, 19 of their last 27 games and points in 23 of their last 31 games (20-8-3). The Rangers have at least one point in 29 of their 39 games this season.
HOME AGAIN
The Rangers have earned a point in 12 of their 15 home games this season (10-3-2) and have earned a point in three-straight home games (2-0-1). New York has played the second fewest (tied) home games (15) in the league.
Since October 29, New York is 10-2-1 at home for a .808-point percentage, tied for the fourth-best point percentage in that span.
SHESTERKIN BY THE NUMBERS
Igor Shesterkin has won four-straight starts and has earned a shutout in two of his last three starts. Shesterkin has won eight out of his last nine games and allowed two or fewer goals in nine of his last 11 starts.
Among NHL goaltenders with a min. of 10 starts, Shesterkin ranks among the best in several categories:
Save % (.939) - 1st
GAA (1.99) - T-1st
Shutouts (3) - T-3rd
Wins (16) - T-7th
IN OUR DEFENSE
New York has allowed one or fewer goals in four of its last seven games and on the year has averaged 2.44 goals against per game, the second-best mark in the NHL:
GA/GP LEADERS
CAR - 2.25
NYR - 2.44
CGY - 2.51
The Rangers have the third-most (tied) hits in the league (1,021) and third-most blocked shots (603).
CHRIS-TAL CLEAR
Chris Kreider has points in five of his last seven games (5G-3A) and six of his last nine games (6G-3A). He has five goals in his last six games.
Kreider's 24 goals this season are the fourth-most in the NHL:
Alex Ovechkin - 27
Leon Draisaitl - 26
Auston Matthews - 25
Chris Kreider - 24
His 12 power play goals the second-most in the league and his 17 power-play points are the fifth most in the league.
FOX TROT
Adam Fox leads NHL defensemen in assists (34) and ranks third among d-men in points (39). Among all skaters, Fox's 34 assists are tied for the third- most.
Fox has recorded eight assists in his last seven games and has points in four of his last six games (6A).
Fox has 11 multi-point games this season, the most among NHL defensemen.
FIL-IP 'EM UP
Filip Chytil is riding a four-game point streak (1G-3A), tied for the second-longest of his career. His career-long was a five-game streak from Nov. 12-21, 2018. The Rangers are 6-2-1 when Chytil has recorded a point this season.
PANARIN WITH THE POINTS
Artemi Panarin notched his first two points (2A) of 2022 on Saturday against Philadelphia. Panarin has recorded points in three of his last five games (1G-4A) and has points in 10 of his last 15 games (6G-13A). He has 15 points (4G-11A) in his last 12 games.
Panarin has notched 11 multi-point games this season and since 2019-20, has registered 58 multi-point games, tied for the fourth-most in the NHL:
Connor McDavid - 77
Leon Draisaitl - 73
Nathan MacKinnon - 59
Artemi Panarin - 58
Brad Marchand - 58
THE GOOD(ROW) PLACE
Barclay Goodrow is playing some of the best hockey of his career as he has points in four of his last five games (3G-3A) and a point in five of his last nine games (3G-4A).
SPREADING THE WEALTH
The Rangers have four players with 35 or more points and along with Colorado (5) are the only two teams with four or more players with 35 or more points.
UPCOMING MILESTONES
Kaapo Kakko
POWER PLAY
PENALTY KILL
- New York is 95-for-111 (85.6%) on the penalty kill this season, third-best in the NHL.
- The Rangers have killed off 45 of their last 49 penalties (91.8) since Nov. 28, the second-best mark in that span.
- The Blueshirts have been perfect on the PK in seven of their last nine games, 11 of their last 14 games and 17 of their last 21 games.
- The Rangers are 21-3-2 in games this season where they have not allowed a power play goal.
