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Matt Rempe makes ‘impact’ and gets in fight in return to lineup

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-14 · by Mollie Walker

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Matt Rempe returned to the New York Rangers lineup after being a healthy scratch for six straight games and played 3 minutes and 43 seconds against the Lightning on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old forward made an impact despite limited ice time, including getting into a fight with Jeff Viel of the opposing team. Head coach Mike Sullivan praised Rempe's performance but noted that playing time was dictated by game matchups and situations like power plays and penalty kills.
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Matt Rempe returned to the Rangers lineup for their 4-1 victory over the Lightning on Tuesday night after being a healthy scratch in six straight games following an initial loss in Boston. Standing at 6-foot-9, Rempe, who is 24 years old, played as a right wing on the fourth line, replacing Jaroslav Chmelar. Despite limited ice time of only 3:43 minutes, Rempe made headlines by getting into a fight with the Lightning’s Jeff Viel. Head coach Mike Sullivan noted that while Rempe had an impactful game, the team's strategy led to fewer opportunities for the fourth line overall.

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🔮 Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”
🔮 The Rangers might have started putting the puck on net more as the game went on, but it was hardly enough to combat the Oilers’ consistent level of play.
🔮 And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
🔮 If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
🔮 The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
🔮 tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
🔮 With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
🔮 Teams will have to face Igor Shesterkin (when he returns from injury next season), Ilya Sorokin and Hellebuyck during the New York-New Jersey swing.
🔮 In his sixth consecutive start, rookie netminder Dylan Garand struggled mightily with rebound control.
🔮 “As soon as I stepped on the ice, I could feel the energy.
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Rangers ORG · 7× Rempe PERSON · 6× Sullivan PERSON · 5× Lightning ORG · 4× Boston GPE · 2× Chmelar PERSON · 2× Jaroslav Chmelar PERSON · 1× Matt Rempe PERSON · 1× Mike Sullivan PERSON · 1× Post Sports+ ORG · 1×

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Matt Rempe was back in the Rangers lineup for their 4-1 win over the Lightning on Tuesday night, after the 6-foot-9 forward served as a healthy scratch in six straight games following the season-opening loss in Boston.
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🔮 Sullivan has indicated that dressing Chmelar or Rempe would be a game-to-game decision, but the former had gotten a stretch of games amid the Rangers’ 5-1 run after their shutout loss in Boston.
2026-10-14 · New York Post
Matt Rempe makes ‘impact’ and gets in fight in return to lineup · assertive framing

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Matt Rempe was back in the Rangers lineup for their 4-1 win over the Lightning on Tuesday night, after the 6-foot-9 forward served as a healthy scratch in six straight games following the season-opening loss in Boston. asserted
forward → serve → Boston
Replacing Jaroslav Chmelar on the right wing of the fourth line, Rempe and the rest of his linemates saw a limited opportunity because head coach Mike Sullivan cut his bench down late in the game. asserted
Sullivan → replace → game
24-year-old still managed to drop the gloves with the Lightning’s Jeff Viel. asserted
old → manage → Viel
“He obviously had a solid game for us,” Sullivan said of Rempe (3:43 ice time) after the Blueshirts remained undefeated on home ice. asserted
Blueshirts → have → ice
“He didn’t get a whole lot of minutes. asserted
He → get → minutes
Our fourth line didn’t get a lot of minutes tonight. asserted
line → get → minutes
It was the nature of how the game evolved. asserted
game → evolve → ?
My intention going into the game was to get them more minutes than they did. asserted
they → go → minutes
I don’t think that’s something that we’re going to look to do on a regular, consistent basis. asserted
we → think → basis
It was just how the game evolved and looking for certain matchups. asserted
game → evolve → matchups
“You sprinkle in some of the power plays and the penalty kills and defending the lead down the stretch. asserted
You → sprinkle → stretch
There were a lot of factors for that reason, but in the short minutes that Remps played, he made an impact. asserted
he → be → impact
Sullivan has indicated that dressing Chmelar or Rempe would be a game-to-game decision, but the former had gotten a stretch of games amid the Rangers’ 5-1 run after their shutout loss in Boston. asserted
former → indicate → Boston
Rempe, who missed most of last season due to two thumb surgeries, would have to pass through waivers in order to be assigned to Hartford. asserted
who → miss → Hartford
The Rangers likely don’t want him to sit for too long, but Sullivan has also claimed the personnel switch would be based on opponent matchups as well. asserted
switch → want → matchups
After his first official game back on Sept. 29, Rempe said his thumb felt 100 percent. asserted
thumb → say → Sept.
“It was a lot of fun,” Rempe told The Post before he watched Igor Shesterkin’s season-ending injury from the press box in Washington. asserted
he → tell → Washington
“Obviously, not the greatest result in the game, but I felt good. asserted
I → feel → game
I felt good. asserted
I → feel → ?
With only one goal through his first eight games as a Ranger, Pavel Dorofeyev was asked if he was feeling pressure to contribute more. asserted
he → ask → more
“No, not really,” he said. asserted
he → say → ?
Just trying to be myself and trying to help the team win the games. asserted
team → try → games
Sometimes you just have to play another way. asserted
you → have → ?
It’s not always [about] the goals.” asserted
It → ’ → goals
Sullivan has opted to swap Dorofeyev with Gabe Perreault on the top power-play unit when the veteran head coach feels the group needs a boost. asserted
group → opt → boost
After doing so against Vancouver, Sullivan did it again Tuesday night against the Lightning. asserted
Sullivan → do → Lightning
The Rangers power play wasn’t able to convert on any of their four opportunities. asserted
play → convert → opportunities
The Rangers are scheduled to practice Wednesday before they return to game action in Newark on Thursday against the Devils. asserted
they → schedule → Devils
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