Pregame analysis and predictions of the New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden Knights NHL game to be played on January 11, 2025 on ESPN.

Who'd have figured the Rangers season would unfold this way? With 41 games left, here's what we got right and our (mostly) egregious misses.

The New York Rangers entered the 2024-25 season with Stanley Cup expectations. The team played up to those expectations for about six weeks before slipping into a seemingly inescapable downward spiral.

Mika Zibanejad's name has been thrown into potential trades with the Vancouver Canucks, but now he's officially shut down any potential of a move. Over the past few weeks, trade talks between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks have been repeatedly taking place,

There isn't a better story than the play of the Blue Jackets. The Senators join them in the playoff picture but the Rangers are in trouble.

It's no secret that the New York Rangers are nowhere near reaching the expectations set by fans, media, and management going in the second half of the season.

While Kaliyev figures to start in a bottom-six role with the Rangers, he could push for more opportunities if he can get his offensive game going. The New York Rangers host the Dallas Stars after ...

Arthur Kaliyev, claimed by NYR, is a developing shoot-first winger. Never able to break out of sheltered fourth line minutes with the Kings. Loves chucking one-timers and perimeter shots and has shown some usefulness getting pucks out of the defensive zone. #NYR pic.twitter.com/VZ0UIOnq8U

The New York Rangers claimed the former Staten Island resident off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Monday, the club announced. The 23-year-old Kaliyev was actually born in Uzbekistan, but moved to the Island along with his family when he was just two-years-old. The right wing lived here for 11 years before moving to Michigan.

NEW YORK — The Rangers have been playing better since the holiday break, but for that to matter, it has to translate into results. It did Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils, a rival team near the top of the standings that blew out New York the last time they met.