The NHL has announced the Rangers schedule for the 2022-23 Regular Season.
The Rangers open the regular season on Tuesday October 11th with Tampa Bay coming to MSG.
The preseason begins on 9/26 against the Islanders.
Schedule Notes via the Rangers:
- The Rangers will play five of their first seven games this season, as well as nine of their first 14 contests, at home.
- New York will play 10 games in October, 14 in November, 13 in December, 12 in January, 11 in February, 16 in March, and six in April.
- The Blueshirts close out the season with a home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, April 13.
- The Rangers play four games apiece against Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, and Washington, and three games apiece against the Islanders (two at home, one on the road) and Flyers (two on the road, one at home).
- The Rangers will also play three games apiece against each of their eight Atlantic Division opponents (Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, and Toronto) and two games apiece (one at home and one on the road) against each of their 16 Western Conference opponents.
- New York is set to play in 16 sets of back-to-back games, beginning with their first two road games in Minnesota (Oct. 13) and Winnipeg (Oct. 14).
- Twenty-six games will take place on either a Saturday or Sunday. Nine of those contests will be at home.
- Nineteen games will be played on Thursday, the most of any day of the week.
- The Rangers are set to play in seven games starting at 4:00 PM local time or earlier, including four at 1:00 PM local time.
- The Rangers’ longest homestand of the year is a five-game stretch from March 14-21 (vs. WSH, PIT (2x), Nashville, Carolina).
- New York will have three road trips that includes four games (Nov. 17-23, Feb. 11-18, March 4-12), its longest trips of the season.
October:
- 10/11 Tampa
- 10/13 @ Minnesota
- 10/14 @ Winnipeg
- 10/17 Anaheim
- 10/20 San Jose
- 10/23 Columbus
- 10/25 Colorado
- 10/26 @ Islanders
- 10/29 @ Dallas
- 10/30 @ Arizona
November:
- 11/1 @ Philly
- 11/3 Boston
- 11/6 Detroit
- 11/8 Islanders
- 11/10 @ Detroit
- 11/12 @ Nashville
- 11/13 Arizona
- 11/17 @ Seattle
- 11/19 @ San Jose
- 11/22 @ LA
- 11/23 @ Anaheim
- 11/26 Edmonton
- 11/28 Devils
- 11/30 @ Ottawa
December:
- 12/2 Ottawa
- 12/3 Chicago
- 12/5 St. Louis
- 12/7 @ Vegas
- 12/9 @ Colorado
- 12/12 Devils
- 12/15 Toronto
- 12/17 @ Philly
- 12/18 @Chicago
- 12/20 @ Pittsburgh
- 12/22 Islanders
- 12/27 Washington
- 12/29 @ Tampa Bay
January
- 1/1 @ Florida
- 1/3 Carolina
- 1/5 @Montreal
- 1/7 @Devils
- 1/10 Minnesota
- 1/12 Dallas
- 1/15 Montreal
- 1/16 @ Columbus
- 1/19 Boston
- 1/23 Florida
- 1/25 @ Toronto
- 1/27 Vegas
February:
- 2/6 Calgary
- 2/8 Vancouver
- 2/19 Seattle
- 2/11 @Carolina
- 2/15 @Vancouver
- 2/27 @Edmonton
- 2/18 @Calgary
- 2/20 Winnipeg
- 2/23 @Detroit
- 2/25 @Washington
- 2/26 LA
March:
- 3/1 @Philly
- 3/2 Ottawa
- 3/4 @Boston
- 3/9 @Montreal
- 3/11 @Buffalo
- 3/12 @Pittsburgh
- 3/14 Washington
- 3/16 Pittsburgh
- 3/18 Pittsburgh
- 3/19 Nashville
- 3/21 Carolina
- 3/23 @Carolina
- 3/25 @Florida
- 3/28 Columbus
- 3/30 @Devils
- 3/31 @Buffalo
April:
- 4/2 @Washington
- 4/5 Tampa Bay
- 4/6 @St. Louis
- 4/8 @Columbus
- 4/10 Buffalo
- 4/13 Toronto