J.T. Miller has the perfect opportunity to get his season back on track this evening as the New York Rangers take on the Calgary Flames in their final regular-season visit to the Scotiabank Saddledome. This matchup offers an important opportunity for the Blueshirts' captain, who was very vocal earlier this week on his own performance. Luckily, there is a light at the end of that tunnel.
Calgary is pretty middling to start the year at 8-9-1 for 17 points, sitting in fifth place in a tough Pacific Division. The Rangers are sitting at 10-8-1 for 21 points, holding down third place in the Metropolitan Division. The Flames have allowed the 23rd-most goals this season with 63 thus far, and there is one more big reason why Miller could get himself back together in this game.
Very good track record against the Flames
In case anyone forgot, Miller used to be division rivals with Calgary, and they played in a lot of fierce battles. Vancouver and Calgary have a massive rivalry on the Western side of Canada, and Miller was a pretty big factor in those games.
Looking at Miller's opponents over his career, he has one of his best track records against the Flames.
Opponent | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Edmonton Oilers | 40 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
Ottawa Senators | 43 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
Calgary Flames | 39 | 9 | 25 | 34 |
In 39 games against Calgary, Miller has nine goals and 25 assists for 34 points. That is the third-highest point total that he has against any team, sitting only behind Ottawa and Edmonton. Digging even deeper, Miller got his first-ever penalty shot against Calgary, and he nailed it on February 24, 2022. The patience and poise on that play was a beauty.
Digging even deeper, Miller got his first-ever penalty shot against Calgary, and he nailed it on February 24, 2022. The patience and poise, this thing was a beauty.
PENALTY SHOT BEAUTY! J.T. Miller with a smoooooth move on the penalty shot to give the Canucks a 5-0 lead!#Canucks pic.twitter.com/0m3o5oerCa
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) February 25, 2022
Reviving his season?
Currently, Miller has four goals and nine assists for 13 points in 19 games. He is on a bit of a slump, only contributing three assists over his last five games. But that can all change inside of one game.
If Miller can get back to his old self against Calgary, he can rewrite the whole season. His 13 points are tied with Tye Kartye for fourth-most on the team, but the captain knows that he can be better than that.
Captain J.T. Miller said #NYR need to find a way to bear down and score some goals, especially himself.
— Mollie Walker (@MollieeWalkerr) November 10, 2026
"Hard on myself in that department. I feel like I'm all over the net right now, and nothing seemed to find the net. We're just missing that timely goal. That was a big game…
This is the perfect time for Miller to pick himself up, and it can help these Rangers get back on track as well. They continue this road trip through Alberta, with Miller's old team in British Columbia, Vancouver, up next.
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