With Matt Rempe on long-term injured reserve with an upper-body injury suffered in an Oct. 23 fight with San Jose Sharks brawler Ryan Reaves, the responsibility to answer the bell has fallen squarely on Carrick’s shoulders. He’s embraced it with three spirited fights this season, which hasn’t gone unnoticed.

The New York Rangers are one of the best road teams in the league so far with a 7-1-1 record, and they’ll take that into Tampa Bay on Wednesday night. The Lightning have won two straight and seven of their last eight, though, so it should be a good matchup for NHL on TNT.

After that rough start, the Bolts have gone on to win seven of their past eight games, only losing to the red-hot Colorado Avalanche last Tuesday. Tampa has picked up notable wins over the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, keeping their name with the best in the Atlantic Division.

As a result of Chmelar making his NHL debut, Adam Edstrom was the odd man out of the Rangers lineup Friday.

Under the lights of Madison Square Garden on Nov. 10, Gabe Perreault slipped back into the New York Rangers lineup

JT Miller and the Rangers suffer another home loss on Tuesday, keeping New York winless in the Big Apple, so far in the 2025-26 season.

Malcolm Spence is having a blast with his friends — and progressing toward his NHL dreams — at the University of Michigan.

The NHL season is only about a month old, and usually around this time, teams start to learn a lot about themselves and the direction they're headed in. Well, f