The Latest York Rangers have already been eliminated from contention for a spot within the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that is not stopping the team from playing some great hockey of late.
The Rangers followed up their 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with one other dominant win on Sunday at home, crushing the Washington Capitals in an 8-1 win.
Each Latest York wins featured a hat-trick scorer, with Gabe Perreault pulling off the feat against Detroit and Will Cuylle replicating the feat against the Capitals.
The back-to-back hat tricks by Perreault and Cuylle were the primary of their kind in Rangers history in over 4 many years.
“The Rangers have had a player record a hat trick in two consecutive games for the primary time since 2016 and on consecutive days for the primary time since 1982,” the team shared via a social media post on X, formerly Twitter.
The sudden offensive surge by Latest York could have come much earlier within the 2025-26 season, which might have improved the Rangers’ probabilities of making the playoffs. Still, winning lots of games down the stretch, though they’re already out of the running for the playoffs, gives the Rangers and their fans something to be ok with in a lost season.
Up next for Latest York is its final game of the season at home on Wednesday against the playoff-bound Buffalo Sabres. The Rangers, who’ve won five of their last six games, will enter the Buffalo meeting with a 33-36-9 record.
The Latest York Rangers have already been eliminated from contention for a spot within the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that is not stopping the team from playing some great hockey of late. The Rangers followed up their 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with one other dominant win on Sunday at home, crushing the Washington Capitals in an 8-1 win.