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Cole Beaudoin skated in his third professional hockey game in three days against the Canucks on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
Amid Igor Shesterkin's season-ending injury , the Rangers sent Beaudoin to Hartford and recalled Juuso Parssinen on Saturday to maximize their long-term injured reserve pool. Assigning Parssinen to the Rangers roster over Beaudoin added $308,000 to their cap and brought the organization closer to its optimal LTIR capture .
Cole Beaudoin warms up at Capital One Arena on October 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. NHLI via Getty Images
The new paper transactions rule in the collective bargaining agreement requires players sent down to appear in one game before they are eligible for a recall.
Beaudoin only took one shift for Hartford on Saturday night, but evidently it was part of the game plan.
"He played very little," head coach Mike Sullivan said of Beaudoin before the Rangers beat the Canucks 6-2 at Madison Square Garden. "He's a young guy. He has tons of energy. He didn't play very much [Saturday] night, so that was by design. Cole's a good player. He's played very well for Hartford to this point. He's deserving of the opportunity he has with us. We like his potential and where it could go.
"He's a young guy; he's going to make mistakes along the way, but we'll help him through that process. Overall, we really like his game."
The 20-year-old Beaudoin appeared unfazed by his fluctuation between the AHL and NHL.
Describing the back-and-forth as "crazy," Beaudoin said he was happy to be back with the varsity group and that he is trying to enjoy the process of it all. He once again centered the Rangers fourth line between Jaroslav Chmelar and Oliver Bjorkstrand.
Cole Beaudoin skates in his first NHL game against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden on October 06, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images
In his second NHL game Friday in Washington, the Ottawa native had a "Welcome to the NHL" moment.
Beaudoin committed the turnover along the wall in the defensive zone that led to Boone Jenner's game-winning goal in a 3-1 Capitals victory.
"It's obviously tough," he said of the sequence. "You never want to do that, obviously. Coming in your second NHL game, and then you do that, you feel bad for the group and [I] felt really bad, but going out in the third, just kind of trying to wash it down and still have confidence in myself to make plays.
"Obviously, it's an unfortunate bounce there, but I have confidence in myself to make plays and know that I'm capable of playing at this level."
The six goals the Rangers scored Sunday night marked a season high.
Registering his 287th career power-play point — and his 250th as a Ranger — with an assist on Alexis Lafrenière's second-period score, Mika Zibanejad became the third Rangers skater in franchise history to do so.
The Rangers are scheduled for a day off Monday before returning to game action Tuesday against the Lightning at home.
