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Rangers at Canucks: Pregame notes
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Rangers at Canucks: Pregame notes

PANARIN’S POINTS

Artemi Panarin has points in seven straight games (4G-5A) and at least one point in 15 of 16 games this year. Panarin is on his 11th assist streak in at least five games with the Rangers, passing Andy Bathgate (10) for third most in franchise history.

Panarin scored 10 goals in 15 games and was the fastest Rangers player to reach the 10-goal mark (14 GP) in a season since Rick Nash (12 GP in 2014–15).

In the NHL, he is tied for 10th in points (24).

Dating back to last season, Panarin has registered a point in 82 of 98 regular season games; The only NHL players to record a point in more games recently are Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (85) and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov (83).

Among NHL skaters since 2015-16, Panarin has the second-most assists (530) and fifth-most points in the NHL (805).

BROADWAY BACKSTOPS

With Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick as goaltenders, the Rangers’ save percentage of .925 is the best in the NHL.

Shesterkin has seven wins this season and has allowed two or fewer goals in all of his wins. When Shesterkin makes 40 or more saves in a game during his career, the Rangers are 13-1-1.

Since the start of last season, the 22 games in which Shesterkin has allowed one or fewer goals ranks first among NHL goaltenders.

Since the 2021-2022 season, Shesterkin has been among the best in the NHL.

Quick is 4-0-0 this season with a 0.91 GAA, a .970 save percentage and one shutout. During his tenure with New York, Quick has compiled a 22-6-2 record, a 2.37 GAA and a .919 save percentage.

Quick has shutouts in his last two games, his first consecutive shutouts since October 18-22, 2011. He is the fourth goaltender in the past 15 years to record consecutive shutouts at age 38 or older, joining Mike Smith (2; 14- April 16, 2022), Martin Brodeur (2; November 7-10, 2013) and Dwayne Roloson (2; January 25, 2013) – February 1, 2011).

His 62 shutouts are the 18th most in NHL history. He is three wins shy of reaching 400 in his career, which would make him the 15th goaltender in NHL history to reach the mark and the first American-born player.

LIVE, COWARD, LOVE

Alexis Lafreniere has a four-game points streak (2G-2A) and points (7G-7A) in 12 of his 16 games. Lafreniere has recorded three points in five straight games in his career.

Among Rangers skaters this season, he ranks second in points, third in goals, tied for second in even-strength goals (5) and tied for second in even-strength points (12).

The Rangers have posted a 64-9-2 record in the 75 regular season games in which Alexis Lafrenière has scored one goal in his NHL career.

Since his rookie season in 2020-21, he has the fifth-most points on the Blueshirts (162) and in that same frame, he ranks third on the Rangers in even-strength goals (75) and even-strength points (148).

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Adam Fox has thirteen assists in his last fifteen games, including two three-assist games. Among NHL defensemen this year, he ranks sixth in assists (13) and tied for 10th in points (13).

As of 2019-20, Fox ranks third among NHL defensemen in assists (268) and fifth in points (321).

CREATING IN THE HISTORY BOOKS

Chris Kreider scored eight goals, the second most on the team, in the first sixteen games of his thirteenth season, including two shorthanded goals. His most recent goal was the 47th win of his career, surpassing Jean Ratelle for the second most goals in Rangers history (Rod Gilbert leads with 52).

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

Kreider has 113 career power-play goals, the second-most in franchise history. Since 2021-22, his 55 power play goals rank third in the NHL.

MIKA’S MISSION

Mika Zibanejad has five points (1G-4A) in his last six games and 12 points (3G-9A) in his last 14 games. He’s three goals shy of 300 in his career and seven assists shy of 400.

Since joining the Rangers in 2016-17, Zibanejad ranks fifth in the NHL in power play goals with 101, which is also the fifth most in Rangers history.