Rangers at Panthers: Pregame Notes

PANARI’S POINTS

Artemi Panarin has a team-leading 16 goals and 38 points and has points in eight of his last 11 games (4G-8A).

During the 2024 calendar year, Panarin has amassed 108 points (42G-66A) in 80 regular season games, seventh most in the NHL. He is tied with Mark Messier (1992 & 1995) for third most in a calendar year in franchise history. The only players with more are Jaromir Jagr (114 in 2006) and Mike Rogers (113 in 1982).

Panarin has amassed 499 points (165G-334A) in 382 career games with the Rangers. He is the franchise’s all-time leader in points per game. match (1.30) and assists per match (0.87). He would be the 14th player to record 500 points in a Rangers uniform and the fastest to do so.

He has at least one point in 24 of 33 games this year and dating back to last season, he has points in 91 of 115 games. The only NHL players to have a point in multiple games during the span are Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (98) and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov (95).

With his latest multi-point game (143rd), Panarin moved past Ron Greschner and tied with Mika Zibanejad for the eighth most in franchise history.

Among NHL skaters since his debut in 2015-16, Panarin has the fourth-most assists (538) and fifth-most points in the NHL (819).

TROCHECK IN THE CIRCLE

Vincent Trocheck has 10 points (4G-6A) in his last 11 games.

Trocheck ranks second in the NHL among players with 400 or more faceoffs with a 61.5 FOW% and third in the NHL in faceoffs won (412) this season.

Trocheck has won 179 of 277 faceoffs, he has taken over the last 13 games (64.6%); he leads the NHL in faceoffs wins over the span (since Nov. 30).

Trocheck ranks sixth among NHL forwards in average ice time (21:33). He is the only NHL forward to average at least 16:00 even-strength ice time, 3:00 PP ice time and 2:00 SH ice time per game. match this season.

ADAM’S APPLES

Adam Fox’s 61 assists in the 2024 calendar year are fourth most among NHL blueliners.

He has logged over 25 minutes of ice time in four of his last five games and 24:00+ in 12 of his last 13 contests, including a single-game season-high 27:15 on Dec. 20 at Dallas. Since Nov. 30, Fox’s 25:16 TOI/GP ranks ninth among all NHL skaters.

He has 26 assists on the season, fifth-most among NHL defensemen.

Fox has 58 multi-assist games since his debut season in 2019-20, the fourth-most among defensemen in that span. In that time frame, he ranks third among NHL defensemen in assists (281) and fifth in points (335).

Fox is one of only three defensemen in Rangers history to record 25 or more points in each of their first six NHL seasons (along with Brad Park and Ron Greschner).

In addition, Fox is two assists away from tying Park for fourth on the franchise’s all-time assists list among defensemen and 10 points away from tying Harry Howell for fifth on the franchise’s all-time scoring list among defensemen.

TOO COOL

Will Cuylle has established a career-high 24 points (11G-13A) and in the New York rankings he is second in goals, third in points, first in plus/minus (11) and fourth in assists (13).

His team-leading 131 hits are fifth in the NHL.

Cuylle required the fewest games (23 GP) to 20 points in a season by a Rangers player under the age of 23 since Alex Kovalev (20 GP in 1995-96).

BROADWAY BACKSTOPPER

Igor Shesterkin has 11 wins this season and has allowed two or fewer goals in all but one of his wins. Shesterkin has allowed two or fewer goals in six of his last eight starts dating back to Dec. 6.

Shesterkin has made 40 plus saves on four occasions this season, and when he makes 40 or more saves in a game during his career, the Rangers are 14-2-1.

Since the beginning of last season, the 23 games in which Shesterkin has allowed one or fewer goals is first among NHL goaltenders.

Shesterkin goes back to the 2021-22 season and has ranked among the best in the NHL.

Jonathan Quick has five wins on the season and is two wins away from 400 in his career, which would make him the 15th goaltender in NHL history to reach the mark and the first American-born player.

KREIDING IN THE HISTORY BOOKS

Chris Kreider is tied for second on the Rangers with 11 goals this season, with four of his 11 goals being game-winning goals. His career total of 48 GWG is the second most in Rangers history behind Rod Gilbert’s 52.

Kreider has 100 regular season goals tipped/rejected in his NHL career (92 tipped, 8 rejected). No NHL player has more since Kreider’s first NHL game in 2012-13 (Pavelski is second – 96)
Kreider has 41 career multi-goal games, one shy of tying Camille Henry (42 GP) for sixth most in Rangers history.

Since 2021-22, Kreider’s 11 shorthanded goals are the most in the NHL. His 11 career shorthanded goals are tied with Walt Tkaczuk and Mika Zibanejad for fifth on the franchise’s all-time list.

Kreider has 114 career power play goals, the second most in franchise history. Since 2021-22, his 56 power play goals rank third in the NHL.

MIKA’S MISSION

Mika Zibanejad is one assist from 400 and one point from 700. He would be the fourth active Swedish player to record 400 assists in their career.

With 312 assists in a Rangers jersey, Zibanejad has surpassed Steve Vickers for the 11th most in franchise history. Zibanejad has 143 multipoint games with the Rangers, eighth most in franchise history.

Since joining the Rangers in 2016-17, Zibanejad is tied for sixth in the NHL in power play goals with 103, which is also the sixth most in Rangers history.