The Rangers improved to 4-1-1 on the road this season and extended their point streak to five-consecutive games on the road against the Canucks. New York’s nine road points are tied for the second most among all teams.

The Vancouver Canucks wrapped up their three-game homestand with a 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers. Thatcher Demko stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced, while Jonathan Quick picked up the 22-save shutout. With the loss, the Canucks drop to 5-6-0 and 2-3-0 at Rogers Arena.

Many of the underlying analytics so far this season have not been pretty, but a few indicate better results may be around the corner.

Done, and done. Mika Zibanejad’s goal late in the first period gave the Rangers the early lead and backup goaltender Jonau0007than Quick made 23 saves to post his 64th career shutout as the Rangers beat the Canucks, 2-0, at Rogers Arena, to snap their three-game losing streak and even their four-game Western Canada/Seattle trip at 1-1.

As Alexis Lafrenière struggles and Artemi Panarin nears free agency, the Rangers should consider bold trades and a complete reset.

The New York Rangers could look to trade former 16th overall pick Brennan Othmann, as Sportsnet hockey insider Elliotte Friedman reported.

The Carolina Hurricanes started the season red hot, winning their first five straight before suffering their first loss. Since that start, they are 1-2-0.

NHL expert Frank Seravalli has claimed that Artemi Panarin would be a potential trade target of the Carolina Hurricanes.

The New York Rangers have opened the new NHL season off fairly slowly, and things have looked a little bleak to start. Even with a coaching change this summer,

Rempe was filling slightly larger shoes than last season through New York’s first nine games. He notched one goal and seven penalty minutes, while averaging a career-high 9:48 in ice time each game. He also recorded 30 hits — putting him on pace to register over 220 hits across a full 82 games.