The quest to secure a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference just got exponentially harder for the New York Rangers, as they’ll have to make due without two of the most important players on the roster in Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin for the foreseeable future.
Losers in seven of their past 10 games (3-6-0-1), the Hartford Wolf Pack, dropped two games last week before finally getting into the win column. The AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers was shut out for the third time this season, 4-0 by Bridgeport on New Year’s Eve.
The New York Rangers might see a familiar face on the opposite blue line when the Buffalo Sabres come to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. The Sabres recalled Zac Jones, a defenseman who played 115 games for the Blueshirts from 2021 through 2025, from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
Late yesterday the Rangers were hit with some more bad injury news, putting Igor Shesterkin on IR with a lower body injury and putting Adam Fox back on LTIR, presumably reaggravating his lower body injury from earlier in the season.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The busy NHL schedule Tuesday night proved to be an excellent example of just how volatile a position the New York Rangers are in when it comes their quest to make it back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season.
The New York Rangers may have to find a way to survive without star goaltender Igor Shesterkin. The 30-year-old Russian netminder suffered a lower-body injury during the first period of Monday night’s game between the Rangers and the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
The New York Rangers placed top goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve Tuesday, one day after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of a loss to Utah.
The New York Rangers will place defenseman Adam Fox on long-term injured reserve (LTIR), and place netminder Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve, according to Mollie Walker of The New York Post.
The New York Rangers are going to be without their two franchise cornerstone players for the time being. According to multiple reports, the team has placed star goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve after he suffered an injury during New York’s 3-2 loss at the hands of the Utah Mammoth at home on Monday night.
Despite losing the game to the Utah Mammoth, the biggest news to come out of the New York Rangers’ loss was that Igor Shesterkin left the game in the first period due to a lower-body injury.
This is entirely speculation and spitballing. At no point has Adam Fox requested a trade, and there is nothing legitimate that says an Adam Fox trade is on the horizon.
Watching Igor Shesterkin writhe in pain and then be helped off the ice with a lower-body injury Monday at Madison Square Garden, it’s hard not to think the worst for the New York Rangers nor their star goalie.
The New York Rangers were just reminded about how thin the line is between winning a losing and being a buyer or a seller at the NHL trade deadline on Monday.
New York Rangers veteran netminder Jonathan Quick blew his fuse during an unexpected appearance between the pipes on Monday against the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
Each day, our writers here at Last Word On Hockey look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and trends, then makes predictions based on how the game might play out.
Let’s be honest: the New York Rangers’ playoff hopes probably became unrealistic after losing to the bottom-of-the-barrel Vancouver Canucks last month.
After losing their last three games, the New York Rangers played against and dominated the Florida Panthers in the 2026 NHL Winter Classic. They won by a final score of 5-1, and now, they look to build from this victory as they enter the second half of the regular season.
Vincent Z. Mercogliano and Peter Baugh: The New York Rangers are built to win now with their forward core over 32 years old – Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck – but they are at a crossroads.
The New York Rangers were 5-1 winners over the Florida Panthers in the 2026 NHL Winter Classic on Friday night, and center Mika Zibanejad was the obvious player of the game.
The New York Rangers may look to the trade market for offensive help as they navigate an underwhelming 2025–26 season. New York is averaging just 2.55 goals per game, the lowest mark in the Eastern Conference, and currently sits outside the playoff picture.
With the Winter Classic upcoming between the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers, it looks as if both teams could be without some key players in the matchup.