This will be the first playoff-less season for the Rangers since 2021. They had made the playoffs in each of the last three seasons, accumulating over 100 points in each of them, and they reached the conference finals in 2022 and 2024. Both times, they beat Carolina in the second round to reach the conference finals.

Seth Jarvis had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes eliminated New York from playoff contention, beating the Rangers 7-3 on Saturday. Jalen Chatfield, Jackson Blake, Mark Jankowski, Jordan Staal,

Seth Jarvis scored a goal and collected two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes claimed a 7-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C., that eliminated the Rangers from postseason consideration.