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2018–19 New York Rangers
Division7th Metropolitan
Conference12th Eastern
2018–19 record32–36–14
Home record18–14–9
Road record14–22–5
Goals for227
Goals against272
Team information
General managerJeff Gorton
CoachDavid Quinn
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsJesper Fast
Chris Kreider
Marc Staal
Mika Zibanejad
Mats Zuccarello (Oct. 4 – Feb. 23)
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance17,318[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMika Zibanejad (30)
AssistsMika Zibanejad (44)
PointsMika Zibanejad (74)
Penalty minutesTony DeAngelo (77)
Plus/minusTony DeAngelo (+6)
WinsHenrik Lundqvist (18)
Goals against averageAlexandar Georgiev (2.91)

The 2018–19 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 92nd season of play and their 93rd season overall. The Rangers were eliminated from playoff contention on March 23, 2019.[2][3]

Standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 48 26 8 44 278 249 +29 104
2 x – New York Islanders 82 48 27 7 43 228 196 +32 103
3 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 44 26 12 42 273 241 +32 100
4 x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
5 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
7 New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
8 New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
2 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
4 AT Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
6 ME New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
9 ME New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
10 AT Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 19, 2018.[6]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[7]

2018–19 game log

  Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019[8]

Skaters

Regular season[9]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Mika Zibanejad 82 30 44 74 –12 47
Chris Kreider 79 28 24 52 +4 57
Kevin Hayes 51 14 28 42 +1 10
Pavel Buchnevich 64 21 17 38 –10 13
Mats Zuccarello 46 11 26 37 –11 24
Jimmy Vesey 81 17 18 35 –6 21
Ryan Strome 63 18 15 33 –2 50
Vladislav Namestnikov 78 11 20 31 –7 44
Tony DeAngelo 61 4 26 30 +6 77
Kevin Shattenkirk 73 2 26 28 –15 20
Neal Pionk 73 6 20 26 –16 35
Brady Skjei 78 8 17 25 –4 44
Filip Chytil 75 11 12 23 –22 8
Brett Howden 66 6 17 23 –16 14
Jesper Fast 66 8 12 20 –3 26
Brendan Smith 63 4 9 13 –7 71
Marc Staal 79 3 10 13 –9 32
Boo Nieves 43 4 6 10 –4 8
Brendan Lemieux 19 3 3 6 –4 44
Fredrik Claesson 37 2 4 6 +3 9
Lias Andersson 42 2 4 6 –13 29
Adam McQuaid 36 2 3 5 +3 33
Connor Brickley 14 1 3 4 +3 9
Vinni Lettieri 27 1 2 3 –7 14
Ryan Spooner 16 1 1 2 –5 0
Libor Hajek 5 1 0 1 +1 6
Cody McLeod 31 1 0 1 –10 60
Matt Beleskey 4 1 0 1 +1 5
Ryan Lindgren 5 0 0 0 –6 8
Steven Fogarty 10 0 0 0 –1 0
John Gilmour 5 0 0 0 –3 4
Tim Gettinger 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[10]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Henrik Lundqvist 52 52 3,088:53 18 23 10 158 3.07 1,699 .907 0 0 3 0
Alexandar Georgiev 33 30 1,874:10 14 13 4 91 2.91 1,057 .914 2 0 2 2

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.

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Brett Howden 1st career NHL game October 4, 2018
Brett Howden 1st career NHL goal October 6, 2018
Brett Howden 1st career NHL assist October 7, 2018
Jesper Fast 100th career NHL point October 7, 2018
David Quinn 1st career NHL win October 11, 2018
Alexandar Georgiev 1st career NHL shutout November 21, 2018
Ryan Lindgren 1st career NHL game January 15, 2019
Ryan Strome 400th career NHL game February 23, 2019
Libor Hajek 1st career NHL game March 1, 2019
Libor Hajek 1st career NHL goal March 9, 2019

Records

Regular season
Player Record Reached
Henrik Lundqvist 435th career NHL win (8th all-time) November 4, 2018
Henrik Lundqvist 438th career NHL win (7th all-time) November 17, 2018
Henrik Lundqvist 445th career NHL win (tied 6th all-time) January 17, 2019
Henrik Lundqvist 446th career NHL win (6th all-time) January 19, 2019

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22) To Ottawa Senators
BOS' 1st-round pick in 2018
NJD's 2nd-round pick in 2018
To New York Rangers
PIT's 1st-round pick in 2018
[11]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Carolina Hurricanes
BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019
To New York Rangers
VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018
[12]
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) To Boston Bruins
Steven Kampfer
4th-round pick in 2019
Conditional 7th-round pick
To New York Rangers
Adam McQuaid
[13]
November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) To Edmonton Oilers
Ryan Spooner
To New York Rangers
Ryan Strome
[14]
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14) To Nashville Predators
Cole Schneider
To New York Rangers
Connor Brickley
[15]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06) To Nashville Predators
Cody McLeod
To New York Rangers
7th-round pick in 2020
[16]
February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12) To Vancouver Canucks
Marek Mazanec
To New York Rangers
7th-round pick in 2020
[17]
February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18) To Chicago Blackhawks
Peter Holland
To New York Rangers
Darren Raddysh
[18]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23) To Dallas Stars
Mats Zuccarello
To New York Rangers
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020
[19]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Adam McQuaid
To New York Rangers
Julius Bergman
4th-round pick in 2019
7th-round pick in 2019
[20]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Winnipeg Jets
Kevin Hayes
To New York Rangers
Brendan Lemieux
1st-round pick in 2019
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022
[21]
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30) To Carolina Hurricanes
2nd-round pick in 2019
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020
To New York Rangers
Adam Fox
[22]
June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17) To Winnipeg Jets
Neal Pionk
WPG's 1st-round pick in 2019
To New York Rangers
Jacob Trouba
[23]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) Sergei Zborovsky to Sochi (KHL) 2-year [24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Paul Carey to Ottawa Senators 1-year [25]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Fredrik Claesson from Ottawa Senators 1-year [26]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) David Desharnais to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 1-year [27]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) John Albert to Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL) 1-year [28]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Daniel Catenacci to Bolzano-Bozen Foxes (EBEL) Unknown [29]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Adam Tambellini to Ottawa Senators 1-year [30]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) Dustin Tokarski from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [31]
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15) Jacob Elmer from Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 3-year [32]
March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) Patrick Newell from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC) 2-year [33]
May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08) Julius Bergman Frölunda (SHL) 2-year [34][35]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Vladislav Namestnikov 2-year [39]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Cody McLeod 1-year [40]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Chris Bigras 1-year [41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Steven Fogarty 1-year [41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) John Gilmour 1-year [41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Boo Nieves 1-year [41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Rob O'Gara 1-year [41]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Jimmy Vesey 2-year [42]
July 28, 2018 (2018-07-28) Brady Skjei 6-year [43]
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31) Kevin Hayes 1-year [44]
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31) Ryan Spooner 2-year [45]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) Steven Fogarty 1-year [46]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) Boo Nieves 1-year [46]
March 4, 2019 (2019-03-04) Joey Keane 3-year [47]
March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09) Adam Huska 2-year [48]
May 2, 2019 (2019-05-02) Adam Fox 3-year [49]
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03) Vitali Kravtsov 3-year [50]
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03) Igor Shestyorkin 2-year [50]
May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) Yegor Rykov 2-year [51]
June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05) Tarmo Reunanen 2-year [52]

Draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 9 Vitali Kravtsov RW  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)
1 221 K'Andre Miller D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1 282 Nils Lundkvist D  Sweden Lulea HF (SHL)
2 39 Olof Lindbom G  Sweden Djurgardens IF J20 (SuperElit)
3 70 Jacob Ragnarsson D  Sweden Almtuna IS (Allsvenskan)
3 883 Joey Keane D  United States Barrie Colts (OHL)
4 101 Nico Gross D   Switzerland Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5 132 Lauri Pajuniemi RW  Finland TPS (Liiga)
6 163 Simon Kjellberg D  Sweden Rogle BK J20 (SuperElit)
7 2164 Riley Hughes RW  United States St. Sebastian's School (USHS)

Notes:

  1. The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 22, 2018, that sent Boston's first-round pick and New Jersey's second-round pick (22nd and 48th overall) both in 2018 to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.[53]
  2. The Tampa Bay Lightning's first-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller to Tampa Bay in exchange for Vladislav Namestnikov, Libor Hajek, Brett Howden, a conditional first-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[54]
  3. The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 20, 2018, that sent Nick Holden to Boston in exchange for Rob O'Gara and this pick.[55]
  4. The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Boston's seventh-round pick in 2019 to Carolina in exchange for this pick.[56]

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