NHL Player News
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Adam Edstrom C | NYR
Rangers' Adam Edstrom: Pockets goal in win
Edstrom scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Edstrom's goal was his first point in five games since he returned from a lower-body injury that cost him three months. The 25-year-old is in a bottom-six role for now, and it's unclear if he'll play regularly for the rest of the season. He's contributed just five points with 27 shots on net, 55 hits and a plus-4 rating over 29 appearances.
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Noah Laba C | NYR
Rangers' Noah Laba: Buries goal in win
Laba scored a goal and added four hits in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Laba has two goals and two assists over his last four contests. He's found extra success since the Rangers put him with Tye Kartye on the third line, as the duo has clicked well to give the Rangers some depth scoring. Laba is up to eight goals, 20 points, 58 shots on net, 93 hits and 39 blocked shots over 62 appearances as a rookie.
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Adam Fox D | NYR
Rangers' Adam Fox: Strikes early on power play
Fox scored a power-play goal and blocked four shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Fox has a goal and three assists over his last five contests. He's earned his last three points with the man advantage. The 28-year-old defenseman's numbers are down this year after multiple injury absences. He's been limited to five goals, 32 points, 67 shots on net, 57 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating over 38 outings.
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Quinn Hughes D | MIN
Wild's Quinn Hughes: Two helpers in shootout loss
Hughes notched two assists, including one on the power play, three shots on goal, two blocked shots and two PIM in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Flyers.
Hughes has a goal and seven helpers during his six-game point streak spanning all of March. The 26-year-old defenseman continues to be a great fit in Minnesota -- he has earned 43 points in 34 outings with the Wild since he was acquired in a December trade. Overall, the blueliner is at six goals, 60 helpers, 159 shots on net, 67 blocked shots and a plus-1 rating over 60 contests this season.
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Emil Andrae D | PHI
Flyers' Emil Andrae: Finds twine in shootout win
Andrae scored a goal on three shots in Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over the Wild.
Andrae had been scratched for the previous two games and had gone six contests without a point. The 24-year-old defenseman will have to earn his playing time to close out the season, as he has battled Noah Juulsen for much of the last month and a half for the last spot in the lineup. Andrae has two goals, 12 points, 29 shots on net, 55 hits, 43 blocked shots and a plus-12 rating over 46 appearances.
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Jonathan Drouin LW | STL
Blues' Jonathan Drouin: Slated to play Friday
Drouin (not injury related) is expected to play Friday versus Edmonton.
Drouin took Thursday's game against Carolina off so that he could return to New York to pick up his things. He hadn't gotten a chance to do so since St. Louis acquired him from the Islanders on March 6. Drouin is back with the Blues and might serve on the second line alongside Pavel Buchnevich and Otto Stenberg versus the Oilers.
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Kyle Connor LW | WPG
Jets' Kyle Connor: Lights lamp Thursday
Connor scored a goal in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Rangers.
Connor found the back of the net for the 29th time this season with a wrister in the second period, a goal that made it a 2-2 game. Despite the third-period meltdown that saw the Jets concede four goals in the final 20 minutes, Connor remains a valuable contributor offensively in most formats. Aside from scoring 29 goals, the 29-year-old has also racked up 43 assists, giving him 72 points in 64 appearances. If he maintains this pace, he could reach the 90-point plateau for the third time in his career.
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Gabe Perreault RW | NYR
Rangers' Gabe Perreault: Third straight two-point effort
Perreault posted a goal and an assist in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Perreault has two goals and four assists during this three-game point streak, and he's up to four goals and nine points in six appearances since the beginning of March. Perreault should continue to see chances in a top-six role -- he's been a big factor in the impressive uptick in play the Rangers have had lately.
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Tye Kartye LW | NYR
Rangers' Tye Kartye: Point streak reaches four games
Kartye recorded a goal, an assist and four hits in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Kartye has been on a tear of late and has recorded two goals and four helpers during his four-game point streak. He had recorded just four points with Seattle between the beginning of December and the Olympic break, so it's safe to say this has been his most prolific stretch of the campaign by a wide margin.
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Alexis Lafreniere LW | NYR
Rangers' Alexis Lafreniere: Another multi-point effort
Lafreniere recorded a goal and an assist in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.
Lafreniere has been scorching of late, recording four multi-point performances in his last five contests and playing a big role in the Rangers' recent turnaround. The 24-year-old winger has six goals and 11 total points over the Rangers' last six games, a span in which he's also posted 16 shots and a plus-6 rating.