Rangers’ Tye Kartye ‘feeling good about my game’ with 2nd-chance opportunity

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The Tye Kartye waiver claim continues to pay off for the New York Rangers. The energetic forward appears to have found a home on Broadway since the Rangers claimed him off waivers from the Seattle Kraken last month. Kartye has three goals and nine points in 13 games with the Rangers, including the primary assist on their only goal in a 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Monday.

With his setup on Conor Sheary’s third-period goal, Kartye now has more points with the Rangers than he did in 40 games with the Kraken (8) earlier this season. Karts to Shears to get us on the board 😤 pic. twitter.

com/7w97Io1OKh — New York Rangers (@NYRangers) March 24, 2026 Part of the reason for that is receiving a bigger opportunity in New York, where he’s averaging a career-high 14:15 TOI per game. With the playoff-contending Kraken , he logged 10:42 per game. Kartye, who turns 25 on April 30, regularly kills penalties for the Rangers, just as he did with the Kraken.

But now he’s getting more even-strength playing time on New York’s third line, as opposed to largely a fourth-line role in Seattle. He’s earned the increased ice-time by providing a jolt of energy, along with plenty of speed and physicality, to the Rangers lineup. Tye Kartye on offensive surge with Rangers John Jones-Imagn Images Kartye also has shown a nice scoring touch, and a willingness to go to the dirty areas to score goals.