{"id":423439,"date":"2025-12-04T05:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423439\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:35:17","slug":"rangers-hoping-braden-schneider-can-make-positive-impact-in-adam-foxs-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423439\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers hoping Braden Schneider can make positive impact in Adam Fox’s place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Braden Schneider held his own in Tuesday\u2019s win over Dallas <\/a>at Madison Square Garden, tasked with helping replace the injured Adam Fox as part of the top defensive pair for the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Playing alongside Vladislav Gavrikov, Schneider led a strong effort versus the Stars, as the Rangers were the better team throughout the night.<\/p>\n

And with Fox on injured reserve and out indefinitely, expect to see more of Schneider there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought they were solid,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said of the pair. \u201cThey\u2019re both very good defenders. [Schneider] is a mobile guy and has some physical edge to his game. When they defend hard for us, they\u2019re effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schneider hoped to make the most of his opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to make sure you\u2019re impacting the game in some positive way,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cWe did a good job of making things hard on them and we had some good chances in the [offensive] zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering Fox\u2019s dominance in that part of the game \u2014 with a team-high 23 assists, as well as 26 points, second only to Artemi Panarin\u2019s 28 \u2014 others will have to chip in.<\/p>\n

\"BradenBraden Schneider (right) defends Mikko Rantanen during the Rangers\u2019 OT win over the Stars on Dec. 2, 2025. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Gavrikov ended up scoring the game-winner in overtime Wednesday, while Schneider enjoyed the opportunity to play more meaningful minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game is the same, but it gives you a bit more confidence,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cYou have more pop in your step and you\u2019re a little quicker in your decisions with the puck. It felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss of Fox was also significant to the first power play unit, as Sullivan opted to go with five forwards, with Panarin running the point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Rangers went 0-for-5 with the man advantage against Dallas, but Sullivan remains confident the group will work, including Panarin on the blue line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought they got better as the game went on,\u2019\u2019 Sullivan said, pointing to a four-minute power play early in the third period. \u201cThey were zipping around.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the coach noted it might take some time for them to get accustomed to the setup, especially Panarin.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe put [Panarin] in a spot he\u2019s not accustomed to playing,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cAs talented as he is, there\u2019s [still] gonna be a little bit of a learning curve there. I think he\u2019s gonna be a fast study because of his intellect and his talent. They just need more repetition out there. \u2026 They didn\u2019t score, but they were knocking on the door a couple times.The only thing I\u2019d like to see different is for one of those [shots] to go in the net.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Cuylle, Noah Laba and Brett Berard created some chances on the third line, with Cuylle and Laba having five shots apiece against Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of speed on that line,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI\u2019ve said speed is hard to defend and when they play with that type of pace, they were connected, and had a collective effort. \u2026 They used their speed to their advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Carrick got a season-low 6:49 of ice time Tuesday after playing just 6:55 in the previous game, a loss to Tampa Bay, but Sullivan said nothing is ailing Carrick: \u201cThat\u2019s just how the game played out.\u201d \u2026 Adam Edstrom remains day-to-day with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Braden Schneider held his own in Tuesday\u2019s win over Dallas at Madison Square Garden, tasked with helping replace…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":423440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[66394,197516,1302,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-423439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-adam-fox","9":"tag-braden-schneider","10":"tag-new-york-rangers","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115659678177076905","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}