It is no secret that the New York Rangers are enjoying a measure of success this season. Ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Stars, the Rangers sit tied for second in the powerhouse Metropolitan Division (20-10-1, 41 points, +34 goal differential) and are one of the top scoring teams in the entire league.
Indeed, despite a constant stream of injuries to key players, the Rangers have stayed above water and succeeded in large part due to their tremendous depth at the forward position.
With bottom-six and AHL players like Michael Grabner, Brandon Pirri, Jesper Fast, Marek Hrivik and Nicklas Jensen eating up key minutes while offensive stars Rick Nash, Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Buchnevich convalesce, the Rangers have gone 6-4 in their last ten games.