New York Rangers
10-8-121 PTS3rd in the Metropolitan divisionNHL
Playoff odds
44%
Power play
18.9 %
Penalty kill
89.7 %
Goals per game
2.95
Goals against
2.89
Faceoffs
54.3 %
Playoff odds
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44%
Top 3 in division
27%
Win the division
1%
Projected points
94
84–103
Performance
Actual goals: on pace for 93 pts
Expected goals: on pace for 93 pts
Actual and expected goals tell the same story.
Talent (WAR)
Lineup: 25.9 WAR (7th of 32)
- Igor Shesterkin6.9
- Dylan Garand6.7
- Adam Fox4.3
- Pavel Dorofeyev3.1
- Joonas Korpisalo2.2
Injuries
Cost the rest of the way: −2.2 wins
- Igor Shesterkin (65 g.)−1.5
- Adam Sykora (33 g.)−0.6
- Sean Durzi (2 g.)−0.0
Team Pulse · 2026-27
All 32 teams →Team Pulse says which way the team is heading (−100 to +100), first over its last five seasons, then this season. The rating this year, separately, says how good it is right now (0 to 100): an average team can rise fast, an excellent one can decline.
5-year pulse
-35
↓ Declining
- RESResults
- ↓↓
- OFFOffense
- →
- DEFDefense
- ↓
- PPPower play
- ↓
- PKPenalty kill
- ↓
- GOALGoaltending
- →
- POSPossession
- →
Rating this year
57/ 100
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Changes as the season goes: after 9 games, last season still counts for 69%. It fades with every game.
Pulse this season
+5
→ Stable
- OFFOffense
- 26
- →
- DEFDefense
- 61
- →
- PPPower play
- 74
- →
- PKPenalty kill
- 90
- ↑
- GOALGoaltending
- 78
- →
- POSPossession
- 23
- →
- ROSTERRoster
- 43
- →
Why New York Rangers is declining
- Over 5 years (21-22 to 25-26): index 112.3 → 97.4, declining (-4.3 per season); slipping: defense and results.
- EV xGF/60: 2.23 → 2.52 (↑ 12.9%, better)
- EV xGA/60: 2.42 → 2.68 (↑ 10.8%, worse)
- PP xGF/60: 8.56 → 8.80 (↑ 2.8%, better)
- PK xGA/60: 8.15 → 7.09 (↓ 13%, better)
- xGA ÷ goals allowed: 1.051 → 1.242 (↑ 18.2%, better)
- Roster: 2 key players rising, 5 declining, 11 stable.
- The progress comes mostly from offense, while defense holds it back; the core is stable.
- Early season (9 games): the pulse rests mostly on the roster, and last season still weighs heavily in the rating this year.
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Pulse by horizon
| 10 games | Season | 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Pulse | — | — | +5 | +5 |
| OFF · Offense | — | — | +16 | +10 |
| DEF · Defense | — | — | -13 | -5 |
| PP · Power play | — | — | -16 | -10 |
| PK · Penalty kill | — | — | +37 | +37 |
| GOAL · Goaltending | — | — | +18 | +16 |
| POS · Possession | — | — | -2 | -4 |
| ROSTER · Roster | — | — | -1 | -1 |
— : not enough games yet for that horizon (last 10 vs previous 10: 20 games; season: 25). The 5- and 10-year horizons will come with past seasons' history.
Roster Trend · -1 (core +7)
| Player | Trend | PAL | WAR/60 | Scoring | Passing | Defense | Skating | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladislav GavrikovD · 30 · core | → -5 | -17 | -3 | +31 | -8 | -8 | -2 | -15 |
| Mika ZibanejadC · 33 · core | ↑ +25 | +18 | +34 | +12 | +2 | +2 | -9 | -30 |
| Pavel DorofeyevW · 25 · core | → +6 | +3 | -3 | +2 | +9 | 0 | +8 | +15 |
| Adam FoxD · 28 · core | → -1 | 0 | +1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Marcus PetterssonD · 30 · core | ↓ -19 | -12 | -22 | -5 | -19 | +17 | -3 | -15 |
| Alexis LafrenièreW · 24 · core | ↑↑ +40 | +43 | +18 | +8 | +6 | +25 | -5 | +15 |
| Will CuylleW · 24 | → 0 | +7 | -10 | -4 | -9 | +16 | -2 | +15 |
| Sean DurziD · 27 | → -2 | +3 | -10 | -5 | +5 | -3 | +4 | 0 |
| J.T. MillerC · 33 | ↓ -20 | -20 | -16 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -1 | -30 |
| Matthew RobertsonD · 25 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 |
| Oliver BjorkstrandW · 31 | ↓↓ -31 | -14 | -48 | -10 | -12 | +4 | -3 | -15 |
| Braden SchneiderD · 25 | ↓ -26 | -8 | -17 | -35 | -9 | +7 | -10 | +15 |
| Eeli TolvanenW · 27 | ↓↓ -32 | -18 | -46 | -26 | +13 | -5 | -2 | 0 |
| Tye KartyeW · 25 | → +4 | +7 | -1 | -5 | +8 | +2 | -1 | +15 |
| Noah LabaC · 23 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +30 |
| Taylor RaddyshW · 28 | → +5 | -8 | +26 | 0 | -2 | +2 | +4 | 0 |
| Gabe PerreaultW · 21 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +30 |
| Joseph VelenoC · 26 | → -8 | +3 | -19 | -14 | -3 | +8 | +4 | 0 |
A player's trend compares 2025-26 with 2024-25 (PAL, WAR per 60, SC, PA, DF, SK ratings, in percentile points) and adds age. Roster Trend weights each player by ice time and importance: a rising fourth line doesn't offset a declining top center.
The New York Rangers story
Granted to New York on May 15, 1926 and taking the ice in 1926-27, the club established itself quickly under Tex Rickard’s ownership and Lester Patrick’s leadership, winning the Stanley Cup in only its second season and again in 1933 and 1940. As one of the Original Six, the team experienced highs and lows through mid-century, reached the Finals twice in the 1970s, and endured lengthy stretches of rebuilding before breaking through again in 1994 to lift another championship.
Today the franchise competes in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division and plays home games at Madison Square Garden. After long droughts and a renaissance around the arrival of Henrik Lundqvist in 2006, the club has been a regular postseason presence, returning to the Stanley Cup Final in 2014 and reaching the Eastern Conference finals five times between 2012 and 2024. The current era is overseen behind the bench by Mike Sullivan with J.T. Miller wearing the captain’s “C,” signaling an organization intent on sustained competitiveness.
A handful of figures define the franchise’s story: founder Tex Rickard and coach Lester Patrick shaped its early identity, Mark Messier and Brian Leetch were central to the 1994 triumph, and Henrik Lundqvist anchored the modern revival.
Historical facts from Wikipedia and NHL archives; text written by PickALeague.
The franchise
- Founded
- 1926
- Stanley Cups
- 4
- First season
- 1926-27
- City
- Manhattan
- Home
- Madison Square Garden
- Seats
- 20,789
- Head coach
- Mike Sullivan
- Captain
- J.T. Miller
Stanley Cups
- 1927-28
- 1932-33
- 1939-40
- 1993-94
Retired numbers
- 1Ed Giacomin (1965-75)
- 2Brian Leetch (1987-04)
- 3Harry Howell (1952-69)
- 7Rod Gilbert (1960-77)
- 9Andy Bathgate (1952-64)
- 9Adam Graves (1991-01)
- 11Vic Hadfield (1961-74)
- 11Mark Messier (1991-97, 2000-04)
- 19Jean Ratelle (1960-76)
- 30Henrik Lundqvist (2005-20)
See all 11
- 35Mike Richter (1989-03)
Captains
- J.T. MillerOct. 7, 2025 – Present
- (No Captain)Dec. 6, 2024 – April 17, 2025
- Jacob TroubaOct. 11, 2022 – Dec. 2, 2024
- (No Captain)Feb. 28, 2018 – June 11, 2022
- Ryan McDonaghOct. 9, 2014 – Feb. 25, 2018
- (No Captain)Oct. 3, 2013 – June 13, 2014
- Ryan CallahanOct. 7, 2011 – March 2, 2014
- Chris DruryOct. 4, 2008 – April 23, 2011
- Jaromir JagrOct. 5, 2006 – May 4, 2008
- (No Captain)Oct. 5, 2005 – April 29, 2006
See all 35
- Mark MessierOct. 7, 2000 – March 23, 2004
- Brian LeetchOct. 3, 1997 – April 9, 2000
- Mark MessierOct. 5, 1991 – May 25, 1997
- Kelly KisioDec. 5, 1987 – March 31, 1991
- Ron GreschnerOct. 9, 1986 – Dec. 3, 1987
- Barry BeckFeb. 4, 1981 – April 6, 1986
- Walt TkaczukDec. 7, 1980 – Feb. 2, 1981
- Dave MaloneyOct. 12, 1978 – Dec. 5, 1980
- Phil EspositoNov. 7, 1975 – April 15, 1978
- Brad ParkOct. 9, 1974 – Nov. 4, 1975
- Vic HadfieldOct. 9, 1971 – May 5, 1974
- Bob NevinFeb. 6, 1965 – May 2, 1971
- Camille HenryFeb. 22, 1964 – Feb. 3, 1965
- Andy BathgateOct. 11, 1961 – Feb. 19, 1964
- Red SullivanOct. 10, 1957 – March 19, 1961
- Harry HowellOct. 7, 1955 – April 4, 1957
- Don RaleighNov. 5, 1953 – March 20, 1955
- Allan StanleyDec. 19, 1951 – Nov. 1, 1953
- (No Captain)Dec. 9-16, 1951
- Frank EddollsOct. 11, 1950 – Dec. 5, 1951
- Buddy O’ConnorOct. 15, 1949 – April 23, 1950
- Neil ColvilleOct. 31, 1945 – March 20, 1949
- Ott HellerOct. 31, 1942 – March 18, 1945
- Art CoulterNov. 7, 1937 – March 31, 1942
- Bill CookNov. 16, 1926 – April 15, 1937
Head coaches
- Mike SullivanOct. 7, 2025 – Present
- Peter LavioletteOct. 12, 2023 – April 17, 2025
- Gerard GallantOct. 13, 2021 – May 1, 2023
- David QuinnOct. 4, 2018 – May 8, 2021
- Alain VigneaultOct. 3, 2013 – April 7, 2018
- John TortorellaFeb. 25, 2009 – May 25, 2013
- Tom RenneyFeb. 26, 2004 – Feb. 22, 2009
- Glen SatherJan. 30, 2003 – Feb. 23, 2004
- Bryan TrottierOct. 9, 2002 – Jan. 28, 2003
- Ron LowOct. 7, 2000 – April 13, 2002
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- John TortorellaApril 1-9, 2000
- John MucklerFeb. 26, 1998 – March 27, 2000
- Colin CampbellJan. 20, 1995 – Feb. 7, 1998
- Mike KeenanOct. 5, 1993 – June 14, 1994
- Ron SmithJan. 4 – April 16, 1993
- Roger NeilsonOct. 6, 1989 – Jan. 2, 1993
- Phil EspositoApril 1-9, 1989
- Michel BergeronOct. 8, 1987 – March 29, 1989
- Phil EspositoJan. 26 – April 16, 1987
- Tom WebsterJan. 19-23, 1987
- Phil EspositoJan. 14, 1987
- Tom WebsterJan. 5-12, 1987
- Phil EspositoDec. 21, 1986 – Jan. 3, 1987
- Tom WebsterNov. 29 – Dec. 20, 1986
- Phil EspositoNov. 21-26, 1986
- Ted SatorOct. 10, 1985 – Nov. 19, 1986
- Craig PatrickJan. 24 – April 13, 1985
- Herb BrooksOct. 6, 1981 – Jan. 19, 1985
- Craig PatrickNov. 22, 1980 – May 5, 1981
- Fred SheroOct. 12, 1978 – Nov. 19, 1980
- Jean-Guy TalbotOct. 12, 1977 – April 15, 1978
- John Ferguson Sr.Jan. 10, 1976 – April 3, 1977
- Ron StewartOct. 8, 1975 – Jan. 6, 1976
- Emile FrancisJan. 12, 1974 – April 11, 1975
- Larry PopeinOct. 10, 1973 – Jan. 10, 1974
- Emile FrancisJan. 18, 1969 – April 24, 1973
- Bernie GeoffrionOct. 13, 1968 – Jan. 17, 1969
- Emile FrancisDec. 8, 1965 – April 16, 1968
- Red SullivanDec. 30, 1962 – Dec. 5, 1965
- Muzz PatrickOct. 11 – Dec. 27, 1962
- Doug HarveyOct. 11, 1961 – April 7, 1962
- Alf PikeNov. 18, 1959 – March 19, 1961
- Muzz PatrickNov. 14-15, 1959
- Phil WatsonOct. 7, 1955 – Nov. 11, 1959
- Muzz PatrickJan. 13, 1954 – March 20, 1955
- Frank BoucherOct. 8, 1953 – Jan. 10, 1954
- Bill CookDec. 9, 1951 – March 22, 1953
- Neil ColvilleOct. 11, 1950 – Dec. 5, 1951
- Lynn PatrickDec. 23, 1948 – April 23, 1950
- Frank BoucherNov. 5, 1939 – Dec. 19, 1948
- Lester PatrickNov. 16, 1926 – April 2, 1939
Fun facts: New York Rangers
Do the New York Rangers play tonight?
Not today. Their next game is on November 12, 2026, at the Calgary Flames, at 7:30 p.m..
What channel is the New York Rangers game on?
Their next game is carried by Prime, MSGSN.
What is the New York Rangers record?
10-8-1, good for 21 points in 19 games, 3rd in the Metropolitan division.
Who leads the New York Rangers in scoring?
Adam Fox, with 22 points (2 goals, 20 assists).
Where do the New York Rangers play?
At Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which seats 20,789.
Who is the New York Rangers captain?
J.T. Miller wears the “C”.
Who coaches the New York Rangers?
Mike Sullivan is the head coach.
How many Stanley Cups have the New York Rangers won?
4, the most recent in 1993-94.
Which numbers have the New York Rangers retired?
11 : 1 Ed Giacomin, 2 Brian Leetch, 3 Harry Howell, 7 Rod Gilbert, 9 Andy Bathgate, 9 Adam Graves…
How long have the New York Rangers existed?
Their first season in the league was 1926-27.
Who is injured on the New York Rangers?
6 : Adam Sykora (injured reserve, lower body), Aidan Thompson (injured reserve, undisclosed), Alberts Smits (injured reserve, upper body), Igor Shesterkin (injured reserve, knee), Joe Veleno (injured reserve, lower body)…