Rangers ink Kreider to reported 4-year, $18.5M contract

The New York Rangers have signed forward Chris Kreider to a new contract, the team announced on Friday.

The terms and conditions were not disclosed, but according to NHL analyst Aaron Ward, the deal is four years in length at an annual average of $4.625 million for a total of $18.5 million.

Both sides were set to have an arbitration meeting Friday, after Kreider filed earlier this month, but avoided a third-party decision.

The 25-year-old is coming off his second-straight 21-goal campaign, and came just three points shy of matching his career-high set during the 2014-15 season.