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What you need to know about the new season

By Steve Paulus

New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 10, 2020; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) in action during the game between the Rangers and the Stars at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 10, 2020; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) in action during the game between the Rangers and the Stars at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Milestones

With such a young team, there are fewer career milestones that will be attained this season than in many years.  There are a few milestones ahead for current Rangers players.

  • Mika Zibanejad needs 16 points to reach 400 in his career. He is 17 points from 250 points as a Ranger.
  • Artemi Panarin is two goals away from 150 for his career and  nine games from his 400th game.
  • Ryan Strome needs five goals to reach 100 and nine games to reach 500 games played.
  • Jacob Trouba is one goal away from 50 for his career and 22 games away from 500 games played.
  • Brendan Smith needs 22 games to reach 500 in his career.

Game times, television and radio

Most games this season will begin at 7pm with only a handful of weekend games with different start times. Some weeknight games begin at 7:30pm to satisfy NBC programming requirements.

All of the games (except some of the national games) will be televised on one of the MSG Networks. Once again, Ranger games will be carried on ESPN radio, 98.7FM.

Ranger pregame shows on MSG Network will start a half hour before puck drop.

Here are the games that don’t start at 7pm.

Saturday, February 6 , 1pm – At New Jersey Devils
Sunday, February 21, 5pm – At Washington Capitals
Sunday, February 28, 12pm – Boston Bruins (NBC)
Sunday, March 7, 7:30pm – At Pittsburgh (NBCSN)
Tuesday, March 9, 6pm – At Pittsburgh
Saturday, March 13, 1pm – At Boston Bruins
Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm – Philadelphia Flyers (NBCSN)
Saturday, March 27, 1pm – At Philadelphia
Sunday, March 28, 12pm – At Washington (NBC)
Saturday, April 17,   12:30pm  –   New Jersey Devils
Sunday, April 18, 3pm – At New Jersey Devils
Sunday,April 25, 6pm – Buffalo Sabres

You will find the full Rangers schedule at the end of this post.

Blue Line Station’s live conversation

We did this last season and will do it again.  During every game we will host a live conversation on the Blue Line Station app and website.  We have had some lively conversations during the games as anyone who participated would hopefully agree.

The live conversation will be active about a half hour before the game starts and will be up for comments through the game and long after.

Blue Line Station will also be providing full previews and recaps of each game this season.

We are looking forward to keeping the conversation going in what promises to be one of the most interesting seasons in Rangers history.

The full schedule

Here is the full schedule:

JANUARY
Thu.       1/14/2021       N.Y. Islanders
Sat.        1/16/2021       N.Y. Islanders
Tue.       1/19/2021        New Jersey
Fri.         1/22/2021       At  Pittsburgh
Sun.       1/24/2021       At  Pittsburgh
Tue.       1/26/2021        At   Buffalo
Thu.       1/28/2021        At   Buffalo
Sat.        1/30/2021        Pittsburgh

FEBRUARY    
Mon.     2/1/2021             Pittsburgh
Thu.       2/4/2021            Washington
Sat.        2/6/2021            At New Jersey
Mon.     2/8/2021             Islanders
Wed.     2/10/2021          Boston
Fri.         2/12/2021          Boston
Tue.       2/16/2021          Philadelphia
Thu.       2/18/2021          At Philadelphia
Sat.        2/20/2021          At Washington
Sun.       2/21/2021          At Washington
Wed.     2/24/2021           At Philadelphia
Fri.         2/26/2021           Boston
Sun.       2/28/2021           Boston

MARCH     
Tue.       3/2/2021             Buffalo
Thu.       3/4/2021             New Jersey
Fri.         3/5/2021             At New Jersey
Sun.       3/7/2021            At Pittsburgh
Tue.       3/9/2021             At Pittsburgh
Thu.       3/11/2021          At Boston
Sat.        3/13/2021          At Boston
Mon.     3/15/2021           Philadelphia
Wed.     3/17/2021           Philadelphia
Fri.         3/19/2021            At Washington
Mon.     3/22/2021            Buffalo
Thu.       3/25/2021           At Philadelphia
Sat.        3/27/2021           At Philadelphia
Sun.       3/28/2021           At Washington
Tue.       3/30/2021            Washington

APRIL
Thu.       4/1/2021            At Buffalo
Sat.        4/3/2021            At Buffalo|
Tue.       4/6/2021             Pittsburgh
Thu.       4/8/2021             Pittsburgh
Fri.         4/9/2021             At N.Y. Islanders
Sun.       4/11/2021          At N.Y. Islanders
Tue.       4/13/2021           At New Jersey
Thu.       4/15/2021           New Jersey
Sat.        4/17/2021           New Jersey
Sun.       4/18/2021           At New Jersey
Tue.       4/20/2021            At N.Y. Islanders
Fri.         4/23/2021            Philadelphia
Sun.       4/25/2021            Buffalo
Tue.       4/27/2021            Buffalo
Thu.       4/29/2021            N.Y. Islanders

MAY    
Sat.        5/1/2021             At N.Y. Islanders
Mon.     5/3/2021             Washington
Wed.     5/5/2021             Washington
Thu.       5/6/2021             At Boston
Sat.        5/8/2021             At Boston

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