For the first time in his six-year NHL career, former New York Rangers defenseman K’Andre Miller stepped on the Madison

NEW YORK - Goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov is expected to start for the first time this season as the Carolina Hurricanes visit the New York Rangers on Tuesday.

With Artemi Panarin playing through the final year of his contract, Mike Sullivan and the New York Rangers need to work their way around a new deal for the Russian star in the NHL.

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than two months into his North American comeback, former New York Rangers first-round bust

The New York Rangers are one of two teams in the NHL that don’t have a win on home ice this season. On the flip side, they have one of the best road records to start the season, going 6-1-1, and they have won their last three games in a row to finish out a four-game road trip.

Trade rumors around Artemi Panarin have picked up again, but NHL insider Frank Seravalli says it’s too early for that kind of talk.

Pyotr Kochetkov will make his season debut against the New York Rangers on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, MSG, SN1). The goalie was activated from injured reserve Oct. 31. He has not played this season because of a lower-body injury.

New York has stumbled on home ice thus far but proved itself a road warrior with a third consecutive win Saturday night to cap a long trip.

Chmelar has five points in nine AHL games this season, Othmann went pointless in one NHL game during recent call-up