Schedule For New York Rangers’ First Three Play In Games Announced

The Rangers will play the Islanders in an exhibition game prior to facing Carolina.

The National Hockey League’s return-to-play plan is set to kick off in a little over two weeks, and we finally have some dates and times to mark down on the calendar.  The New York Rangers will return to action on July 29 as they faceoff against the New York Islanders starting at 8:00pm ET in an exhibition contest.

Along with the exhibition matchups, start times for the Qualifying Round are also starting to leak out as well. The Rangers’ full schedule for their series against the Carolina Hurricanes is listed below, according to Larry Brooks. The Rangers will be kicking off the entire league schedule with their first game of the series starting at noon on August 1.

  • Game 1 - August 1, 2020 - 12:00pm ET
  • Game 2 - August 3, 2020 - 12:00pm ET
  • Game 3 - August 4, 2020 - 8:00pm ET
  • Game 4 - August 6, 2020 - TBA*
  • Game 5 - August 8, 2020 - TBA*/

*If necessary

We finally have some hockey to look forward to in the very near future. Thoughts?