The New York Rangers will play their sixth outdoor game during the 2025-26 season, as well as their longest homestand

Gerard Gallant has failed to land a role in the NHL since departing the New York Rangers, and now the veteran Head Coach is reportedly headed to Russia.

The three most important events of the NHL offseason are the draft, the opening of free agency, and the release of the upcoming season’s schedule. For the New York Rangers, the latter finally signifies that the page has turned on a disastrous 2024–25 campaign.

Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan will get his first meeting against his former team out of the way early. The NHL unveiled its three-game Opening Night slate for the 2025-26 season on Monday, revealing that the Blueshirts will take on the Penguins in their first game of the season on Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.

Bowen Byram and the Buffalo Sabres avoided salary arbitration by signing a two-year, $12.5 million contract extension with a $6.25 million average annual value (AAV) on Monday.

The hockey world has been thrust into mourning once again following the confirmed passing of former New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Wayne Thomas at 77.

Former NHL goaltender Wayne Thomas, who went on to have a lengthy career in hockey as a coach and an executive, has died from cancer. He was 77.

The New York Rangers had a precipitous fall in 2024-25. The Blue Shirts went from the Presidents’ Trophy in 2023-24 to a playoff miss in less than 12 months. The team was picked to win the Stanley Cup last season.