2016–17 New York Rangers season

2016–17 New York Rangers
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
2016–17 record	17–8–1
Home record	10–4–1
Road record	7–4–0
Goals for	95
Goals against	65
Team information
General manager	Jeff Gorton
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Ryan McDonagh
Alternate captains	Dan Girardi Rick Nash Marc Staal Derek Stepan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,006
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Michael Grabner (13)
Assists	Ryan McDonagh Brady Skjei Derek Stepan (13)
Points	Kevin Hayes J. T. Miller (19)
Penalty minutes	Chris Kreider Brandon Pirri (13)
Plus/minus	Michael Grabner (+19)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (12)
Goals against average	Antti Raanta (2.20)

The 2016–17 New York Rangers season is the franchise's 90th season of play and their 91st season overall. The season began its regular games on October 13, 2016 against the New York Islanders.

The New York Rangers 90th Anniversary logo

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 27 New York Islanders 5–2 1–0–0 2 September 29 New Jersey Devils 3–1 2–0–0 3 October 1 @ New Jersey Devils 4–5 2–1–0 4 October 3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–4 (OT) 2–1–1 5 October 4 @ New York Islanders 2–3 (OT) 2–1–2 6 October 6 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 2–2–2

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 6–3–0, 12 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 13 NY Islanders 5–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,200 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 @ St. Louis 2–3 Lundqvist Scottrade Center 19,197 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 17 San Jose 7–4 Raanta Madison Square Garden 18,200 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 19 Detroit 1–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,200 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 22 @ Washington 4–2 Lundqvist Verizon Center 18,506 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 23 Arizona 3–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 26 Boston 5–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 28 @ Carolina 2–3 Lundqvist PNC Arena 18,380 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 30 Tampa Bay 6–1 Raanta Madison Square Garden 18,006 6–3–0 12 Recap
November: 10–4–1, 21 Points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 6–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 10 November 1 St. Louis 5–0 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 7–3–0 14 Recap 11 November 3 Edmonton 5–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 8–3–0 16 Recap 12 November 5 @ Boston 5–2 Raanta TD Garden 17,565 9–3–0 18 Recap 13 November 6 Winnipeg 5–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 10–3–0 20 Recap 14 November 8 Vancouver 3–5 Raanta Madison Square Garden 18,006 10–4–0 20 Recap 15 November 12 @ Calgary 4–1 Lundqvist Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 11–4–0 22 Recap 16 November 13 @ Edmonton 3–1 Raanta Rogers Place 18,347 12–4–0 24 Recap 17 November 15 @ Vancouver 7–2 Lundqvist Rogers Arena 17,814 13–4–0 26 Recap 18 November 18 @ Columbus 2–4 Lundqvist Nationwide Arena 14,541 13–5–0 26 Recap 19 November 20 Florida 2–3 SO Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 13–5–1 27 Recap 20 November 21 @ Pittsburgh 5–2 Raanta Consol Energy Center 18,632 14–5–1 29 Recap 21 November 23 Pittsburgh 1–6 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 14–6–1 29 Recap 22 November 25 @ Philadelphia 3–2 Lundqvist Wells Fargo Center 19,981 15–6–1 31 Recap 23 November 27 Ottawa 0–2 Raanta Madison Square Garden 18,006 15–7–1 31 Recap 24 November 29 Carolina 3–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 16–7–1 33 Recap
December: 1–1–0, 2 Points (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 1 @ Buffalo 3–4 Lundqvist First Niagara Center 18,047 16–8–1 33 Recap 26 December 3 Carolina 4–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 17–8–1 35 Recap 27 December 6 @ NY Islanders – Barclays Center –– 28 December 8 @ Winnipeg – MTS Centre –– 29 December 9 @ Chicago – United Center –– 30 December 11 New Jersey – Madison Square Garden –– 31 December 13 Chicago – Madison Square Garden –– 32 December 15 @ Dallas – American Airlines Center –– 33 December 17 @ Nashville – Bridgestone Arena –– 34 December 18 New Jersey – Madison Square Garden –– 35 December 20 @ Pittsburgh – Consol Energy Center –– 36 December 23 Minnesota – Madison Square Garden –– 37 December 27 Ottawa – Madison Square Garden –– 38 December 29 @ Arizona – Gila River Arena –– 39 December 31 @ Colorado – Pepsi Center ––
January: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 40 January 3 Buffalo – Madison Square Garden –– 41 January 4 @ Philadelphia – Wells Fargo Center –– 42 January 7 @ Columbus – Nationwide Arena –– 43 January 13 Toronto – Madison Square Garden –– 44 January 14 @ Montreal – Bell Centre –– 45 January 17 Dallas – Madison Square Garden –– 46 January 19 @ Toronto – Air Canada Centre –– 47 January 22 @ Detroit – Joe Louis Arena –– 48 January 23 Los Angeles – Madison Square Garden –– 49 January 25 Philadelphia – Madison Square Garden –– 50 January 31 Columbus – Madison Square Garden ––
February: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 2 @ Buffalo – First Niagara Center –– 52 February 5 Calgary – Madison Square Garden –– 53 February 7 Anaheim – Madison Square Garden –– 54 February 9 Nashville – Madison Square Garden –– 55 February 11 Colorado – Madison Square Garden –– 56 February 13 @ Columbus – Nationwide Arena –– 57 February 16 @ NY Islanders – Barclays Center –– 58 February 19 Washington – Madison Square Garden –– 59 February 21 Montreal – Madison Square Garden –– 60 February 23 @ Toronto – Air Canada Centre –– 61 February 25 @ New Jersey – Prudential Center –– 62 February 26 Columbus – Madison Square Garden –– 63 February 28 Washington – Madison Square Garden ––
March: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 2 @ Boston – TD Garden –– 65 March 4 Montreal – Madison Square Garden –– 66 March 6 @ Tampa Bay – Amalie Arena –– 67 March 7 @ Florida – BB&T Center –– 68 March 9 @ Carolina – PNC Arena –– 69 March 12 @ Detroit – Joe Louis Arena –– 70 March 13 Tampa Bay – Madison Square Garden –– 71 March 17 Florida – Madison Square Garden –– 72 March 18 @ Minnesota – Xcel Energy Center –– 73 March 21 @ New Jersey – Prudential Center –– 74 March 22 NY Islanders – Madison Square Garden –– 75 March 25 @ Los Angeles – Staples Center –– 76 March 26 @ Anaheim – Honda Center –– 77 March 28 @ San Jose – SAP Center –– 78 March 31 Pittsburgh – Madison Square Garden ––
April: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 2 Philadelphia – Madison Square Garden –– 80 April 5 @ Washington – Verizon Center –– 81 April 8 @ Ottawa – Canadian Tire Centre –– 82 April 9 Pittsburgh – Madison Square Garden ––
Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of November 28, 2016

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kevin Hayes	23	10	9	19	15	6
J. T. Miller	23	8	11	19	13	8
Michael Grabner	23	12	4	16	20	2
Mats Zuccarello	23	7	8	15	1	8
Mika Zibanejad	19	5	10	15	1	6
Rick Nash	23	9	5	14	–1	12
Derek Stepan	23	4	10	14	3	8
Jimmy Vesey	23	7	6	13	3	2
Chris Kreider	17	4	9	13	–1	13
Ryan McDonagh	23	0	13	13	11	9
Nick Holden	23	2	9	11	11	6
Brady Skjei	23	0	11	11	2	8
Brandon Pirri	23	5	5	10	0	11
Jesper Fast	23	2	8	10	8	12
Pavel Buchnevich	10	4	4	8	4	4
Dan Girardi	19	3	3	6	12	6
Kevin Klein	20	0	6	6	3	0
Marc Staal	23	1	3	4	7	8
Josh Jooris	10	1	1	2	2	2
Adam Clendening	6	0	2	2	4	2
Matt Puempel	2	1	0	1	1	0
Oscar Lindberg	9	0	1	1	–2	8
Cristoval Nieves	1	0	0	0	–1	0
Dylan McIlrath‡	1	0	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Henrik Lundqvist	17	16	940	10	6	1	38	2.43	448	.915	1	0	1	0
Antti Raanta	8	7	438	5	1	0	16	2.20	233	.931	0	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Rangers. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated July 3, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
60		Alex Belzile	RW	R	32	2023	Saint-Eloi, Quebec
65		Brett Berard	LW	L	21	2020	Providence, Rhode Island
25		Anton Blidh	LW	L	29	2023	Mölnlycke, Sweden
22		Jonny Brodzinski	C	R	31	2020	Ham Lake, Minnesota
–		Sam Carrick	C	R	32	2024	Markham, Ontario
72		Filip Chytil	C	L	24	2017	Kroměříž, Czech Republic
50		Will Cuylle	LW	L	22	2020	Toronto, Ontario
70		Louis Domingue	G	R	32	2022	Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
84		Adam Edstrom	C	L	23	2019	Karlstad, Sweden
23		Adam Fox (A)	D	R	26	2019	Jericho, New York
33		Dylan Garand	G	L	22	2020	Victoria, British Columbia
–		Benoit-Olivier Groulx	C	L	24	2024	Rouen, France
5		Ben Harpur	D	L	29	2022	Hamilton, Ontario
6		Zac Jones	D	L	23	2019	Glen Allen, Virginia
24		Kaapo Kakko	RW	L	23	2019	Turku, Finland
20		Chris Kreider (A)	LW	L	33	2009	Boxford, Massachusetts
13		Alexis Lafreniere	LW	L	22	2020	Saint-Eustache, Quebec
15		Jake Leschyshyn	C	L	25	2023	Raleigh, North Carolina
55		Ryan Lindgren (RFA)	D	L	26	2018	Minneapolis, Minnesota
14		Connor Mackey	D	L	27	2023	Tower Lakes, Illinois
79		K'Andre Miller	D	L	24	2018	Saint Paul, Minnesota
78		Brennan Othmann	LW	L	21	2021	Scarborough, Ontario
10		Artemi Panarin (A)	LW	R	32	2019	Korkino, Soviet Union
71		Tyler Pitlick (UFA)	C	R	32	2023	Minneapolis, Minnesota
32		Jonathan Quick	G	L	38	2023	Milford, Connecticut
73		Matt Rempe	C	R	22	2020	Calgary, Alberta
44		Matthew Robertson (RFA)	D	L	23	2019	Edmonton, Alberta
5		Chad Ruhwedel (UFA)	D	R	34	2024	San Diego, California
58		Brandon Scanlin	D	L	25	2022	Hamilton, Ontario
4		Braden Schneider (RFA)	D	R	22	2020	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
31		Igor Shesterkin	G	L	28	2014	Moscow, Russia
38		Adam Sykora	LW	L	19	2022	Piešťany, Slovakia
16		Vincent Trocheck	C	R	31	2022	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8		Jacob Trouba (C)	D	R	30	2019	Rochester, Michigan
26		Jimmy Vesey	LW	L	31	2022	Boston, Massachusetts
93		Mika Zibanejad (A)	C	R	31	2016	Huddinge, Sweden

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Henrik Lundqvist	375th NHL win (14th all-time)	October 13, 2016
Brady Skjei	1st career NHL point	October 13, 2016
Jimmy Vesey	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL goal	October 17, 2016
Ryan McDonagh	400th career NHL game	November 1, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist	60th career shutout	November 1, 2016
Jimmy Vesey	1st career NHL assist 1st three-point NHL game	November 1, 2016
Pavel Buchnevich	1st career NHL goal	November 5, 2016
Rick Nash	400th career NHL goal	November 8, 2016
Christoval Nieves	1st career NHL game	November 14, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist	700th career NHL game	November 20, 2016

Records

Regular season

Player	Record	Reached
Henrik Lundqvist	375th career NHL win (14th all-time)	October 13, 2016

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Colorado Avalanche: 4th-round pick in 2017	To New York Rangers: Nick Holden
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	To Ottawa Senators: Derick Brassard 7th-round pick in 2018	To New York Rangers: Mika Zibanejad 2nd-round pick in 2018
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)	To Florida Panthers: Dylan McIlrath	To New York Rangers: Steven Kampfer Conditional 7th-round pick in 2018

Notes

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Michael Grabner	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 years, $3.3 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Nathan Gerbe	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Adam Clendening	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Michael Paliotta	Lake Erie Monsters	1 year, $600,000
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Josh Jooris	Calgary Flames	1 year, $600,000
August 18, 2016 (2016-08-18)	John Gilmour	Providence College	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19)	Jimmy Vesey	Harvard University	2 years, $7.55 million entry-level contract
August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26)	Brandon Pirri	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.1 million
October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)	Justin Fontaine	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $600,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jayson Megna	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Eric Staal	Minnesota Wild	3 years, $10.5 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Viktor Stalberg	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $1.5 million
August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)	Dominic Moore	Boston Bruins	1 year, $900,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
Matt Puempel	Ottawa Senators	November 21, 2016

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
Dan Boyle

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Mat Bodie	1 year, $600,000
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Nicklas Jensen	1 year, $600,000
July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)	J. T. Miller	2 years, $5.25 million
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Dylan McIlrath	1 year, $800,000
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Tommy Hughes	1 year, $632,500
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Robin Kovacs	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Chris Kreider	4 years, $18.5 million
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Kevin Hayes	2 years, $5.2 million
July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26)	Sergey Zborovskiy	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Marek Hrivik	1 year, $600,000

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Rangers draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3	81	Sean Day	D	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4	98[a]	Tarmo Reunanen	D	Finland	TPS Jr.
5	141	Timothy Gettinger	LW	United States	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	171	Gabriel Fontaine	C	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
6	174[b]	Tyler Wall	G	Canada	Leamington Flyers (GOJHL)
7	201	Ty Ronning	RW	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)

Draft notes

• The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, a compensatory second-round pick in 2016 (53rd overall) and this pick. Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and a fourth-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Arizona will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if New York qualifies for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 4, 2016.
• The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 15, 2016 that sent Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to Carolina in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
• ^[a] The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and a conditional first-round pick in 2016 to Arizona in exchange for Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and this pick.
• The New York Rangers' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent James Sheppard to New York in exchange for this pick.
• ^[b] The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Keith Yandle to Florida in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

References