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New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 25, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Game preview

The New York Rangers visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, March 25, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on MSG and SCRIPPS.

This is the second of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Rangers

Game 2 of a road trip: Nashville, now Florida.

  1. 152027-03-15: no game
  2. 162027-03-16: vs OTT
  3. 172027-03-17: no game
  4. 182027-03-18: vs TOR
  5. 192027-03-19: no game
  6. 202027-03-20: vs PIT
  7. 212027-03-21: vs WSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 222027-03-22: no game
  9. 232027-03-23: at NSH
  10. 242027-03-24: no game
  11. 252027-03-25: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~789 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,549 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Panthers

First home game after a 5-game road trip (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Buffalo and Tampa Bay).

  1. 152027-03-15: at TOR
  2. 162027-03-16: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  3. 172027-03-17: no game
  4. 182027-03-18: at OTT
  5. 192027-03-19: no game
  6. 202027-03-20: at BUF
  7. 212027-03-21: no game
  8. 222027-03-22: no game
  9. 232027-03-23: at TBL
  10. 242027-03-24: no game
  11. 252027-03-25: vs NYR
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~179 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,091 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Does a long trip matter? Not much. Teams home for the first time after five or more road games have won 53% since 2016–17 (244-175-43), about the same as any home team (54%).

Lines from last game

New York RangersRangersTue, Oct 13 vs TBL
  1. L1Zibanejad#93Dorofeyev#16Perreault#94
    10:41 together at 5v5
  2. L2Kartye#24Lafrenière#13Miller#10
    9:44 together at 5v5
  3. L3Cuylle#50Laba#42Tolvanen#17
    8:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewRempe#73Beaudoin#53Bjorkstrand#28
    2:31 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pettersson#26Durzi#5
    16:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Gavrikov#44Fox#23
    12:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Schneider#4Smits#12
    9:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Lafrenière LZibanejad CMiller CPerreault RFox D2:48
  2. 2Cuylle LBjorkstrand RTolvanen RPerreault RDurzi D0:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Kartye LTolvanen RGavrikov DFox D0:45
  2. 2Kartye LTolvanen RPettersson DSchneider D0:38
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

NYRFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

NYR 75% (6th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

NYR 47.0s (8th shortest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

NYR 28% (14th least often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series