The Rangers traded the No. 91 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a 2024 seventh-rounder to Pittsburgh in order to leapfrog the Penguins just one spot and draft Drew Fortescue.

The 6-foot-2 defenseman is the second United States National Team Development Program product the Blueshirts have drafted in the last 24 hours in Nashville Tenn., after the club selected right winger Gabriel Perreault with the No. 23 pick in the first round on Wednesday.

Fortescue and Perreault helped Team USA win a gold medal at the IIHF World U18 Championship at the end of April.

Both players are also committed to playing in the NCAA at Boston College next season.

Fortescue, who is from Pearl River, New York, is a left-handed shot who is defensive-minded.

The 18-year-old did chip in a goal and two assists in seven games at the international tournament, but he is known for being a steady presence on the backend.

There is familiarity between Fortescue and the Rangers.

Fortescue played with president and general manager Chris Drury’s son, Luke, on the Mid Fairfield Rangers when he was a teenager.