Thursday, March 19, 2026 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH & CW 53; Radio: 97.1 FM
New York Rangers (28-32-8, 64 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (35-21-11, 81 points, 4th Metro, 9th East)
Previously
The Jackets played one of their best games of the year in a 5-1 victory over the East-leading Carolina Hurricanes. Their pressure suffocated Carolina’s attack. Can they repeat that against a worse opponent? Can’t take a day off here.
Playoff Race
Metro 2: Pittsburgh (68 games, 84 points) idle
Metro 3: NY Islanders (68 games, 83 points) visit the Senators at 7
Wild Card 1: Boston (68 games, 82 points) host the Jets at 7
Wild Card 2: Detroit (68 games, 82 points) host the Canadiens at 7
Oh, Canada! We are the biggest Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Montreal fans tonight. Pray for no OTLs.
Stats
| NY Rangers | Columbus | |
| 2.79 (25) | GPG | 3.15 (14) |
| 3.16 (22) | GAPG | 3.10 (19) |
| 24.3 (6) | PP% | 20.7 (16) |
| 77.6 (25) | PK% | 77.7 (24) |
| 48.5 (23) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 51.0 (11) |
| 47.6 (27) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 50.6 (13) |
| 9.4 (17) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.3 (19) |
| 91.4 (8) | 5v5 Save % | 91.0 (14) |
| Mika Zibanejad (28) | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko (25) |
| Mika Zibanejad (36)* | A Leader | Zach Werenski (49) |
| Mika Zibanejad (64) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (69) |
| Vincent Trocheck (50)* | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (94) |
| 19-15-2 | Home/Road | 18-8-7 |
| 6-3-1 | Last 10 | 6-0-4 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Mason Marchment | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Kent Johnson | Sean Monahan | Conor Garland |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Isac Lundestrom | Boone Jenner | Danton Heinen |
| Zach Werenski | Damon Severson |
| Ivan Provorov | Denton Mateychuk |
| Dante Fabbro | Erik Gudbranson |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Jet Greaves |
New York Rangers
| Gabriel Perreault | Mika Zibanejad | Alexis Lafrieniere |
| Will Cuylle | Vincent Trocheck | J.T. Miller |
| Tye Kartye | Noah Laba | Conor Sheary |
| Taylor Raddysh | Adam Edstrom | Jaroslav Chmelar |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | Adam Fox |
| Matthew Robertson | Braden Schneider |
| Urho Vaakanainen | Will Borgen |
| Igor Shesterkin |
| Jonathan Quick |