The New York Rangers are preparing for their sixth preseason game against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on October 4, 2025. This match is part of the team’s Centennial Year celebrations, marking one hundred years since the franchise was founded in May 1926 as one of the NHL’s “Original Six” teams. The regular season will begin with a home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 7.
During this preseason, the Rangers have played five games, recording two wins and three losses. Their top performers so far include Noah Laba with five points in five games, and both Connor Sheary and Will Cuylle with three points each from three games.
The current training camp roster consists of 24 players: 15 forwards, seven defensemen, and two goaltenders. Of these players, 20 appeared in at least one game for the Rangers last season. The team has added new members this summer—defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and forward Taylor Raddysh. Gavrikov joined from the Los Angeles Kings after achieving a career-high in games played last season and accumulating over 100 points across his NHL career with both Los Angeles and Columbus. Raddysh arrives following a season with Washington Capitals; he has also played for Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks during his four-year NHL tenure.
J.T. Miller was named captain on September 16, becoming the franchise’s 29th player to hold that role. Miller is entering his fourteenth NHL season after being reacquired by New York from Vancouver earlier this year. He previously played for both Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning, appearing in over 870 career games and contributing significantly to playoff runs including New York’s advance to the Stanley Cup Final in 2013-14.
Miller ranked highly among all NHL players taking more than a thousand faceoffs last season, tying for third place with a win percentage of 58.2%. Since returning to New York on February 1, he recorded twelve multi-point games (tied for second most league-wide) while ranking among team leaders in goals, assists, points, and hits.
The coaching staff has also undergone changes ahead of this milestone year. Mike Sullivan was appointed head coach on May 2 after previously serving as an assistant coach with New York during two earlier stints; he brings experience from leading Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins—winning back-to-back Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh—and becomes the only American-born head coach to win multiple Stanley Cups.
Assistant coaches David Quinn (a former Rangers head coach), Joe Sacco (recently interim head coach of Boston), and Ty Hennes (from Pittsburgh’s coaching ranks) join Sullivan behind the bench.
Last season saw several statistical highlights for New York: they ranked third in faceoff win percentage (53.6%), led the league in shorthanded goals scored (18), tied for fourth-most shutouts as a team (eight), had eleven players reach double-digit goal totals—including five reaching twenty goals—and accumulated significant contributions from defensemen who collectively tallied nearly one hundred fifty assists.
To commemorate their centennial year throughout the upcoming regular season, special programming will take place celebrating elements such as their updated Centennial Year logo which incorporates features from past jerseys alongside modern design touches reflecting different eras of team history.
