Mark Messier's guaranteed championship arrived in 1994, ending a 54-year title drought for New York's Original Six franchise and becoming one of the moments most replayed in Broadway hockey history. The Rangers have skated at Madison Square Garden since 1926, and the blueshirt sweater has stayed largely unchanged for a century, remaining one of the league's most instantly identifiable crests.
As of Nov 3, 2026, here are the most recently projected forward lines, defense pairings and power-play units for the New York Rangers. On the top line, the New York Rangers are currently projected to run left wing Pavel Dorofeyev, center Mika Zibanejad and right wing Alexis Lafreniere together, a trio expected to log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the roster, though without last change on the road it does not always draw the other team's top shutdown pairing. On the blue line, the top pairing is Vladislav Gavrikov and Adam Fox, who typically log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the back end and face the toughest zone starts, though the team's primary penalty-kill pairing is not always the same duo. On the power play, the PP1 unit runs Alexis Lafreniere, Gabriel Perreault, Pavel Dorofeyev, Mika Zibanejad and Adam Fox, the unit most teams send out first on a power play, though a delayed-penalty scramble already in progress or a late matchup change can put a different five over the boards. These combinations reflect pre-game reporting rather than real-time tracking, and can change between games and even between periods, so check the today's lines tool for the most current deployment before puck drop.
| # | Player | Off | Def | PP | PK | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Fox | 81 | 74 | 98 | 64 | 97 |
| 2 | Artemi Panarin | 62 | 46 | 77 | 0 | 95 |
| 3 | Mika Zibanejad | 53 | 47 | 92 | 44 | 89 |
| 4 | Alexis Lafreniere | 57 | 55 | 57 | 0 | 82 |
| 5 | Vincent Trocheck | 53 | 29 | 64 | 28 | 74 |
As of Nov 3, 2026, the most recently projected lineup for the New York Rangers includes 4 forward lines, 3 defense pairings and 2 power-play units, updated whenever a new pre-game lineup is reported.
As of Nov 3, 2026, the top line projected for the New York Rangers is left wing Pavel Dorofeyev, center Mika Zibanejad and right wing Alexis Lafreniere.
These projected lines are drawn from Daily Faceoff's pre-game reporting, typically beat writers covering morning skates and warmups before puck drop. They reflect the coaching staff's intended deployment rather than shift-by-shift tracking collected once a game is already underway, and can still shift between a morning skate and the opening faceoff.
Lines can change from game to game, and sometimes within a single game, as a coaching staff reacts to matchups, injuries, scoring droughts or chemistry. Check back before each New York Rangers game for the latest projected combinations, or browse the historical lines archive to see how often this team's lines have shifted recently.
