Juuso Parssinen will be a healthy scratch on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, allowing Edstrom to re-enter the lineup. Edstrom is yet to score a goal and has just two assists in 18 games this season.
Edstrom will take a seat on Tuesday as Juuso Parssinen draws into the lineup. Edstrom is yet to score a goal and has just two assists in 18 games this season.
After being shut out for the fifth time in only 16 games this season, the Rangers are shaking up their lineup and inserting Edstrom back into their lineup. The 25-year-old forward has tallied only two points (0G / 2A) in 14 games this season.
Jaroslav Chmelar will make his NHL debut on Friday against the Detroit Red Wings, sending Edstrom to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 25-year-old Edstrom had played all 14 games for the Rangers this season, scoring two points (0G / 2A) while averaging 9:59 time-on-ice in a bottom-six role.
Edstrom graduated to a full-time NHLer in 2024-25, and the 6-foot-7 winger had nine points (5G / 4A) in 51 games. Expect the 2019 sixth-round pick to serve as a fourth liner for the Rangers again in 2025-26.
Edstrom was limited to only 4:22 time-on-ice before exiting Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins due to a lower-body injury. The 24-year-old Edstrom is averaging 9:16 time-on-ice and has nine points (4G / 5A) in 51 games this season. He will hope to return to the ice before the end of the regular season.
Edstrom played 11 games with the Rangers earlier this season, scoring two goals, but has spent most of the 2023-24 campaign with the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). The towering 6'8 Edstrom has 12 points (8G / 4A) in 28 games with Hartford this season.
Tyler Pitlick will be a healthy scratch on Monday, allowing Edstrom to re-enter the Rangers' lineup, his second game of the season. On December 15th, Edstrom made his NHL debut, scoring one goal on three shots while playing 9:39 time-on-ice.
Edstrom was a late addition to the Rangers lineup on Friday after Nick Bonino (illness) was deemed unable to go following warmups. The 23-year-old has seven goals and two assists in 21 games with Hartford (AHL) this season.
Edstrom had seven goals, two assists, 14 PIMs and a +5 plus/minus in 21 games with Hartford (AHL) and has earned his first NHL call up Friday. The 23-year-old Swedish forward was the Rangers 2019 sixth-round pick (161st overall) and came over after four seasons with Rogle BK of the SHL in 2022-23.
Edstrom did not see any NHL time during his very brief call up and will head back to Hartford (AHL) on Tuesday. The 23-year-old forward has yet to make his NHL debut but heads back to Hartford, where he had seven goals, two assists, 14 PIMs and a +6 plus/minus in 18 games prior to his promotion.
Edstrom and Jonny Brodzinski have both been recalled in moves corresponding to Connor Mackey being reassigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. Edstrom was drafted 161st overall by the Rangers in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and is still awaiting his NHL debut but has played well with Hartford this season, scoring nine points (7G / 2A) in 18 games.
