2018–19 New York Rangers | |
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Division | 7th Metropolitan |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
2018–19 record | 32–36–14 |
Home record | 18–14–9 |
Road record | 14–22–5 |
Goals for | 227 |
Goals against | 272 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jeff Gorton |
Coach | David Quinn |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains |
Jesper Fast Chris Kreider Marc Staal Mika Zibanejad Mats Zuccarello (Oct. 4 – Feb. 23) |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Average attendance | 17,318 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Hartford Wolf Pack (
AHL) Maine Mariners ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mika Zibanejad (30) |
Assists | Mika Zibanejad (44) |
Points | Mika Zibanejad (74) |
Penalty minutes | Tony DeAngelo (77) |
Plus/minus | Tony DeAngelo (+6) |
Wins | Henrik Lundqvist (18) |
Goals against average | Alexandar 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]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
The pre-season schedule was published on June 19, 2018. [6]
2018 pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)
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October: 4–7–1, 9 points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1)
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November: 9–4–1, 19 points (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–3–1)
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December: 4–3–5, 13 points (Home: 1–0–5; Road: 3–3–0)
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January: 5–7–0, 10 points (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–4–0)
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February: 5–5–3, 13 points (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 2–2–1)
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March: 4–8–3, 11 points (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–5–2)
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April: 1–2–1, 3 points (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 1–1–0)
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As of April 6, 2019 [8]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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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 |
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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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 |
Player | Record | Reached |
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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 |
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2018 | To
Ottawa Senators BOS's 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 | To
Carolina Hurricanes BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019 |
To New York Rangers VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018 |
[12] |
September 11, 2018 | To
Boston Bruins Steven Kampfer 4th-round pick in 2019 Conditional 7th-round pick |
To New York Rangers Adam McQuaid |
[13] |
November 16, 2018 | To
Edmonton Oilers Ryan Spooner |
To New York Rangers Ryan Strome |
[14] |
January 14, 2019 | To
Nashville Predators Cole Schneider |
To New York Rangers Connor Brickley |
[15] |
February 6, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Cody McLeod |
To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2020 |
[16] |
February 12, 2019 | To
Vancouver Canucks Marek Mazanec |
To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2020 |
[17] |
February 18, 2019 | To
Chicago Blackhawks Peter Holland |
To New York Rangers Darren Raddysh |
[18] |
February 23, 2019 | 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 | 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 | 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 | To
Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 |
To New York Rangers Adam Fox |
[22] |
June 17, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets Neal Pionk WPG's 1st-round pick in 2019 |
To New York Rangers Jacob Trouba |
[23] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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June 23, 2018 | Sergei Zborovsky | to Sochi ( KHL) | 2-year | [24] |
July 1, 2018 | Paul Carey | to Ottawa Senators | 1-year | [25] |
July 1, 2018 | Fredrik Claesson | from Ottawa Senators | 1-year | [26] |
July 2, 2018 | David Desharnais | to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) | 1-year | [27] |
July 3, 2018 | John Albert | to Grizzlys Wolfsburg ( DEL) | 1-year | [28] |
July 3, 2018 | Daniel Catenacci | to Bolzano-Bozen Foxes ( EBEL) | Unknown | [29] |
July 25, 2018 | Adam Tambellini | to Ottawa Senators | 1-year | [30] |
August 20, 2018 | Dustin Tokarski | from Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [31] |
March 15, 2019 | Jacob Elmer | from Lethbridge Hurricanes ( WHL) | 3-year | [32] |
March 30, 2019 | Patrick Newell | from St. Cloud State Huskies ( NCHC) | 2-year | [33] |
May 8, 2019 | Julius Bergman | Frölunda ( SHL) | 2-year | [34] [35] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Vladislav Namestnikov | 2-year | [39] |
July 12, 2018 | Cody McLeod | 1-year | [40] |
July 16, 2018 | Chris Bigras | 1-year | [41] |
July 16, 2018 | Steven Fogarty | 1-year | [41] |
July 16, 2018 | John Gilmour | 1-year | [41] |
July 16, 2018 | Boo Nieves | 1-year | [41] |
July 16, 2018 | Rob O'Gara | 1-year | [41] |
July 17, 2018 | Jimmy Vesey | 2-year | [42] |
July 28, 2018 | Brady Skjei | 6-year | [43] |
July 31, 2018 | Kevin Hayes | 1-year | [44] |
July 31, 2018 | Ryan Spooner | 2-year | [45] |
February 25, 2019 | Steven Fogarty | 1-year | [46] |
February 25, 2019 | Boo Nieves | 1-year | [46] |
March 4, 2019 | Joey Keane | 3-year | [47] |
March 9, 2019 | Adam Huska | 2-year | [48] |
May 2, 2019 | Adam Fox | 3-year | [49] |
May 3, 2019 | Vitali Kravtsov | 3-year | [50] |
May 3, 2019 | Igor Shesterkin | 2-year | [50] |
May 20, 2019 | Yegor Rykov | 2-year | [51] |
June 5, 2019 | Tarmo Reunanen | 2-year | [52] |
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 |
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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 | Luleå HF ( SHL) |
2 | 39 | Olof Lindbom | G | Sweden | Djurgardens IF J20 ( 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 | Rögle BK J20 (J20 SuperElit) |
7 | 2164 | Riley Hughes | RW | United States | St. Sebastian's School (USHS) |