New York Rangers fantasy preview 2026-27.
12 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Adam Fox leads at 2.21 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 6th in the league in power-play points and 22nd in assists. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every NY Rangers name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43of 400 | Adam Fox | D | 28 | 2.23 | 2.05 | 2.21 | +0.04 | 9-44-53 in 55 | 24 | 91 | 24 | 74 | 60% | 85 | +42 | |
| 59of 400 | Mika Zibanejad | C | 33 | 2.30 | 1.67 | 2.09 | +0.27 | 34-44-78 in 81 | 35 | 215 | 105 | 50 | 64% | 51 | -8 | |
| 72of 400 | J.T. Miller | C | 33 | 1.81 | 2.20 | 2.03 | +0.42 | 17-36-53 in 68 | 19 | 144 | 123 | 34 | 56% | 91 | +19 | |
| 123of 400 | Pavel DorofeyevNEW · VGK | RW | 25 | 1.90 | 1.73 | 1.79 | +0.07 | 37-27-64 in 82 | 30 | 230 | 27 | 28 | 56% | 78 | -45 | |
| 163of 400 | Will Cuylle | LW | 24 | 1.73 | 1.67 | 1.64 | -0.60 | 20-18-38 in 82 | 8 | 157 | 302 | 68 | 37% | 152 | -11 | |
| 179of 400 | Sean DurziNEW · UTA | D | 27 | 1.51 | 1.58 | 1.59 | -0.62 | 5-22-27 in 60 | 4 | 84 | 40 | 88 | 40% | — | n/r | |
| 209of 400 | Alexis Lafrenière | LW | 24 | 1.64 | 1.28 | 1.52 | +0.33 | 24-33-57 in 82 | 15 | 164 | 84 | 42 | 43% | 139 | -70 | |
| 233of 400 | Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 30 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.46 | -0.10 | 14-21-35 in 82 | 6 | 119 | 50 | 104 | 34% | 247 | +14 | |
| 235of 400 | Braden Schneider | D | 25 | 1.42 | 1.55 | 1.46 | +0.06 | 2-16-18 in 82 | 0 | 102 | 163 | 140 | 20% | — | n/r | |
| 261of 400 | Marcus PetterssonNEW · VAN | D | 30 | 1.26 | 1.54 | 1.38 | +0.18 | 3-15-18 in 82 | 0 | 66 | 79 | 136 | 18% | — | n/r | |
| 316of 400 | Gabe PerreaultThin | RW | 21 | 1.28 | 0.22 | 1.28 | — | 12-15-27 in 49 | 6 | 73 | 25 | 22 | — | 158 | -158 | |
| 324of 400 | Oliver BjorkstrandNEW · TBL | RW | 31 | 1.15 | 1.38 | 1.26 | -0.21 | 12-20-32 in 80 | 14 | 130 | 85 | 39 | — | 197 | -127 |
- 43 Adam Fox D · age 28 · mkt 85 2.21blend 2.2325-26 2.0524-25 +0.04H2−H1 24PPP 91SOG 24HIT 74BLK 60%PG% 9-44-53 in 55+42
- 59 Mika Zibanejad C · age 33 · mkt 51 2.09blend 2.3025-26 1.6724-25 +0.27H2−H1 35PPP 215SOG 105HIT 50BLK 64%PG% 34-44-78 in 81-8
- 72 J.T. Miller C · age 33 · mkt 91 2.03blend 1.8125-26 2.2024-25 +0.42H2−H1 19PPP 144SOG 123HIT 34BLK 56%PG% 17-36-53 in 68+19
- 123 Pavel Dorofeyev RW · age 25 · mkt 78 1.79blend 1.9025-26 1.7324-25 +0.07H2−H1 30PPP 230SOG 27HIT 28BLK 56%PG% 37-27-64 in 82-45
- 163 Will Cuylle LW · age 24 · mkt 152 1.64blend 1.7325-26 1.6724-25 -0.60H2−H1 8PPP 157SOG 302HIT 68BLK 37%PG% 20-18-38 in 82-11
- 179 Sean Durzi D · age 27 · mkt n/r 1.59blend 1.5125-26 1.5824-25 -0.62H2−H1 4PPP 84SOG 40HIT 88BLK 40%PG% 5-22-27 in 60n/r
- 209 Alexis Lafrenière LW · age 24 · mkt 139 1.52blend 1.6425-26 1.2824-25 +0.33H2−H1 15PPP 164SOG 84HIT 42BLK 43%PG% 24-33-57 in 82-70
- 233 Vladislav Gavrikov D · age 30 · mkt 247 1.46blend 1.4725-26 1.4824-25 -0.10H2−H1 6PPP 119SOG 50HIT 104BLK 34%PG% 14-21-35 in 82+14
- 235 Braden Schneider D · age 25 · mkt n/r 1.46blend 1.4225-26 1.5524-25 +0.06H2−H1 0PPP 102SOG 163HIT 140BLK 20%PG% 2-16-18 in 82n/r
- 261 Marcus Pettersson D · age 30 · mkt n/r 1.38blend 1.2625-26 1.5424-25 +0.18H2−H1 0PPP 66SOG 79HIT 136BLK 18%PG% 3-15-18 in 82n/r
- 316 Gabe Perreault RW · age 21 · mkt 158 1.28blend 1.2825-26 0.2224-25 —H2−H1 6PPP 73SOG 25HIT 22BLK —PG% 12-15-27 in 49-158
- 324 Oliver Bjorkstrand RW · age 31 · mkt 197 1.26blend 1.1525-26 1.3824-25 -0.21H2−H1 14PPP 130SOG 85HIT 39BLK —PG% 12-20-32 in 80-127
NY Rangers are 6th in power-play points
Six categories, summed across every NY Rangers skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
- G 189 lg avg 194 17th
- A 311 lg avg 329 22nd
- PPP 161 lg avg 130 6th
- SOG 1575 lg avg 1644 20th
- HIT 1107 lg avg 909 9th
- BLK 825 lg avg 789 12th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at centre
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Crease 2
NY Rangers against the other 31
Draftable stock
3 NY Rangers skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 19th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
55.3% held by the top three — 15th-most concentrated
Above the league median of 55.2%. The names outside the top three are even-strength assets.
Shesterkin is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 11 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Shesterkin sits at 64.6%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkinage 30 · mkt 69 | 51 | 25 | 1 | 2.50 | 0.912 | 2.24 | Starter |
| Joonas Korpisaloage 32 · mkt n/r | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3.15 | 0.894 | 1.12 | Tandem |
Power-play points are normally split in NY Rangers
- 1 Mika Zibanejad C 35 PPP · 21.7% · 44.9% of his own points
- 2 Pavel Dorofeyev RW 30 PPP · 18.6% · 46.9% of his own points
- 3 Adam Fox D 24 PPP · 14.9% · 45.3% of his own points
55.3% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
1 in, 2 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Pavel Dorofeyev top line with Zibanejad + PP1 with Fox; 70-point potential
Departures
- Artemi Panarin projected top line with Kempe/Byfield
- Vincent Trocheck crowded center group; special-teams access uncertain
The NY Rangers schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-29. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Mika Zibanejad put up 3-2-5 with 6 shots on 2026-01-02 for NYR, worth 9.6 ESPN points. It is the 20th-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Igor Shesterkin owns the 7th-best G season in the ten-year file: 2021-22, 53 games, 36 wins at 2.07, 4.85 ESPN points per game.
2 NY Rangers names to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Gabe Perreault New York Rangers NHL 54 GP · 27 P 54 NHL games
- Alberts Smits Jukurit LIIGA 38 GP · 13 P · 0.34 P/GP no NHL games yet
Reading the NY Rangers board
1 inside the desk top 50, 3 inside the top 100. Adam Fox is the ceiling at 2.21, 43rd overall. Mika Zibanejad (2.09) sits 0.12 back. A shared top, not an anchor.
Shape: 6th in power-play points, 22nd in assists. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
Adam Fox is the widest gap: desk 43, market 85. 42 slots in your favour. Gabe Perreault runs the other way, 316 here against 158. You pay 158 slots over. 4 names are priced above the model. Be patient here.
Three players hold 55.3% of the club's 161 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
39 off-nights of 84, 2nd in the league. 11 back-to-backs, 9th-fewest. Stream from here.
Igor Shesterkin started 51 at 2.50 and 0.912. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
1 in, 2 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Pavel Dorofeyev. Average pool age 27.6. 3 trending up, 5 down. Next in line: Gabe Perreault.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.