Rangers agree to terms with Alexis Lafreniere New York Rangers

New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Dury announced today that the team has agreed to a seven-year contract extension with forward Alexis LaFreniere.

Lafrenière, 23, began his 2024-25 season with seven points (4G-3A) in seven games, including points in each of his first five games. He tied Tomas Sandstrom (5 GP in 1986–87) and Mike McEwen (5 GP in 1978–79) for the second-longest season-opening point streak by a Rangers player 23 years of age or younger. Among Rangers skaters this season, Lafrenière ranks second in even-strength goals (4), second in even-strength points (7), third in goals and third in points.

The 6-2, 196-pound forward posted career highs in goals (28), assists (29) and points (57) in 2023-24, while finishing second on the team in even-strength goals (26) and third in even-strength points (51). With 28 goals and 29 assists, he is the first Rangers skater 22 or younger since Tony Amonte (1992-93) to record 25-plus goals and 25-plus assists in a season. When Lafreniere scored a goal last season, the Blueshirts had a 21-1-1 record. Also, Lafreniere's 30 power-play goals are tied for 12th since the start of last season.^m Span over the most in the NHL.

Over parts of five NHL seasons, all with the Rangers, the Saint-Eustache, Quebec native has 79 goals and 76 assists for 155 points in 305 career games. Since his rookie season in 2020-21, he has the fourth-most goals and fifth-most points in a Blueshirt, and at the same time, he ranks third on the Rangers in even-strength goals (74) and third in even-strength points (143). New York has a 62-8-2 record in 72 regular season games in which he has scored one goal in his career.

Lafrenière appeared in 43 playoff games for the Rangers, recording 23 points (10G-13A). In the 2024 postseason, he posted eight goals and six assists for 14 points in 16 games. His eight power-play goals tied for second in the NHL and second most in franchise history in a playoff year behind Mark Messier (9 – 1993-94).

During the 2022–23 campaign, Lafrenière posted 16 goals and 23 assists for 39 points in 81 games, including a career-high plus-10 rating and a career-high three power play goals. In 2021–22, he had 19 goals and 12 assists for 31 points. His 19 goals were at even-strength, second most by a Blueshirt that season. In his rookie campaign in 2020-21, he played in 56 games for the Rangers, registering 21 points (12G-9A). He became the first teenager in franchise history to skate in every game for a Blueshirt in a season, and his 12 goals were the third-most goals by a teenager in a single season with the Rangers in franchise history.

Lafrenière was originally selected first overall by the Blueshirts in the first round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.