New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets — Oct 17, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

New York Rangers1 listed

Matt RempeCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Columbus Blue Jackets2 listed

Elvis MerzlikinsG · is out. Back 2026-09-21.

Isac LundestromCatcher · is out. Back 2026-11-10.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

New York Rangers35 players

Forwards17

Cole Beaudoin6' 2"20 yrsRookie

42Noah Laba6' 2"23 yrsRookie

73Matt Rempe6' 9"24 yrs3 yrInjured Reserve

Massimo Rizzo5' 11"25 yrsRookie

Joe Veleno6' 1"26 yrs5 yr

93Mika Zibanejad6' 2"33 yrs14 yr

25Anton Blidh6' 0"31 yrs5 yr

50Will Cuylle6' 3"24 yrs3 yr

24Tye Kartye5' 11"25 yrs3 yr

13Alexis Lafreniere6' 2"24 yrs6 yr

8J.T. Miller6' 1"33 yrs14 yr

38Adam Sykora5' 11"21 yrsRookie

Oliver Bjorkstrand6' 0"31 yrs11 yr

49Jaroslav Chmelar6' 4"23 yrsRookie

16Pavel Dorofeyev6' 1"25 yrs4 yr

94Gabe Perreault5' 11"21 yrsRookie

14Taylor Raddysh6' 3"28 yrs5 yr

Defensemen13

44Dennis Cholowski6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Marc Del Gaizo5' 11"26 yrs2 yr

Sean Durzi6' 0"27 yrs5 yr

45Drew Fortescue6' 2"21 yrsRookie

23Adam Fox5' 11"28 yrs7 yr

44Vladislav Gavrikov6' 3"30 yrs7 yr

6Vincent Iorio6' 2"23 yrsRookie

60Scott Morrow6' 2"23 yrs2 yr

Marcus Pettersson6' 5"30 yrs9 yr

29Matthew Robertson6' 4"25 yrsRookie

4Braden Schneider6' 4"24 yrs5 yr

William Trudeau6' 0"23 yrsRookie

18Urho Vaakanainen6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders5

33Dylan Garand6' 1"24 yrsRookie

Joonas Korpisalo6' 4"32 yrs11 yr

41Spencer Martin6' 3"31 yrs3 yr

32Jonathan Quick6' 1"40 yrs18 yr

31Igor Shesterkin6' 1"30 yrs7 yr

Columbus Blue Jackets28 players

Forwards16

3Charlie Coyle6' 3"34 yrs14 yr

19Adam Fantilli6' 2"21 yrs3 yr

91Kent Johnson6' 0"23 yrs4 yr

21Isac Lundestrom6' 0"26 yrs8 yrOut

23Sean Monahan6' 2"31 yrs13 yr

4Cole Sillinger6' 1"23 yrs5 yr

Owen Sillinger5' 10"28 yrsRookie

43Danton Heinen6' 2"31 yrs9 yr

Ryan Lomberg5' 9"31 yrs6 yr

10Dmitri Voronkov6' 5"25 yrs3 yrOut

11Miles Wood6' 2"30 yrs9 yr

Riley Bezeau6' 0"24 yrsRookie

83Conor Garland5' 10"30 yrs8 yr

86Kirill Marchenko6' 3"26 yrs4 yr

Valeri Nichushkin6' 4"31 yrs10 yrOut

24Mathieu Olivier6' 1"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

2Jake Christiansen6' 0"26 yrs4 yr

15Dante Fabbro6' 0"28 yrs7 yr

44Erik Gudbranson6' 5"34 yrs15 yr

5Denton Mateychuk5' 11"22 yrs2 yr

9Ivan Provorov6' 1"29 yrs10 yr

78Damon Severson6' 2"32 yrs12 yrOut

7Brendan Smith6' 2"37 yrs15 yrInjured Reserve

8Zach Werenski6' 2"29 yrs10 yr

6Egor Zamula6' 3"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders3

Pheonix Copley6' 4"34 yrs3 yr

73Jet Greaves6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

90Elvis Merzlikins6' 3"32 yrs7 yrOut