2013–14 New York Rangers season

The 2013–14 New York Rangers season is the franchise's 87th season of play and their 88th season overall.
==Off-season==
The Rangers first order of business for the 2013–14 season was to find a new head coach after letting John Tortorella go on May 29, 2013.Tortorella relieved of coaching duties The Rangers hired recently fired Canucks coach Alain Vigneault on June 21. Coincidentally, Tortorella would be hired as the new Canucks coach only days after Vigneault was hired by the Rangers.Vigneault named Rangers head coach The Rangers finished their coaching staff on August 6 by hiring Scott Arniel as an associate coach, along with former players Ulf Samuelsson and Daniel Lacroix as assistant coaches.Rangers Announce Additions to Coaching Staff
==Pre-season==
The New York Rangers lost five of their six preseason games, during which they scored nine goals and allowed 22 goals against. They went 2-for-22 on the power play and allowed five power play goals against in the last three games.
== Regular season ==
Due to final stages of renovations at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers opened the season on a nine-game road trip from October 3 to 24, during which the team went 3–6–0. The Rangers had a franchise-record nine-game homestand from December 7 to 23, during which they had a record of 3–4–2.http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gametracker/recap/NHL_20131223_TOR@NYR
As part of the 2014 NHL Stadium Series games, the Rangers played two consecutive outdoor games at Yankee Stadium on January 26 against the New Jersey Devils (7–3 win) and on January 29 against the New York Islanders (2–1 win).http://www.nhl.com/ice/event.htm?location=/stadiumseries/2014/ny/responsive
The NHL took a two-week break from February 9 to February 25 for the Olympics. The Rangers had seven players represent their countries; Ryan Callahan, Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan for the United States, Rick Nash for Canada, Mats Zuccarello for Norway and Carl Hagelin and Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden.
On April 7, with a Devils loss to the Flames, the Rangers clinched a playoff spot for the fourth consecutive season, and for the eighth time out of nine seasons.
On April 10, win a 2–1 win over the Sabres and a Flyers 4–2 loss to the Lightning, the Rangers clinched 2nd place in their division and home ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2013 pre-season: 1–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 1–5–0)
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Game	September	Opponent 	Score	Record
1 	16 	@ New Jersey Devils 	1–2 	0–1–0
2 	17 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3–2 	1–1–0
3 	23 	@ Calgary Flames 	1–4 	1–2–0
4 	24 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	3–5 	1–3–0
5 	26 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	0–5 	1–4–0
6 	27 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	1–4 	1–5–0
===Regular season===
2013–14 game log	2013–14 game log	 	 	 	
October: 5–7–0, 10 Points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 4–6–0)
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Game 	October 	Opponent 	Score 	Decision 	Record
1 	3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	1–4 	Lundqvist	0–1–0
2 	7 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	3–1 	Lundqvist	1–1–0
3 	8 	@ San Jose Sharks 	2–9 	Lundqvist	1–2–0
4 	10 	@ Anaheim Ducks 	0–6 	Lundqvist	1–3–0
5 	12 	@ St. Louis Blues 	3–5 	Biron 	1–4–0
6 	16 	@ Washington Capitals	2–0 	Lundqvist	2–4–0
7 	19 	@ New Jersey Devils 	0–4 	Lundqvist	2–5–0
8 	24 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	1–2 	Talbot 	2–6–0
9 	26 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	3–2 (OT)	Talbot 	3–6–0
10 	28 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–2 	Lundqvist	3–7–0
11 	29 	@ New York Islanders 	3–2 	Talbot 	4–7–0
12 	31 	Buffalo Sabres 	2–0 	Lundqvist	5–7–0
==Playoffs==
The New York Rangers ended the 2013–14 regular season as the Metropolitan Division's 2nd seed. They defeated the #3 seed Philadelphia Flyers in the first round 4 games to 3. Then they faced the #1 seed Pittsburgh Penguins in the Metropolitan Division finals in the second round of the playoffs. For the first time in Rangers history, the team came back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the series in 7 games. Next, they defeated the #3 seed Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals in the third round 4 games to 2 and became the Eastern Conference Champions. They are the first team in NHL history that played the maximum of 14 games over the first two rounds and still had enough to advance to the final. After 20 years, the Rangers headed to the Stanley Cup Final, where they faced the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Kings. The Rangers lost three games in OT and lost the series 4-1. 
Key: Win Loss
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals vs. (M3) Philadelphia Flyers – Rangers won series 4–3
Game	Date 	Time (EDT)	Opponent 	Score	Decision 	Series
1 	April 17	7:00pm 	Philadelphia Flyers 	4–1 	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 1–0
2 	April 20	12:00pm 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2–4 	Lundqvist	Series tied 1–1
3 	April 22	8:00pm 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4–1 	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 2–1
4 	April 25	7:00pm 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	1–2 	Lundqvist	Series tied 2–2
5 	April 27	12:00pm 	Philadelphia Flyers 	4–2 	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 3–2
6 	April 29	7:30pm 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2–5 	Lundqvist	Series tied 3–3
7 	April 30	7:00pm 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2–1 	Lundqvist	Rangers win 4–3
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Metropolitan Division Finals vs. (M1) Pittsburgh Penguins – Rangers won series 4–3
Game	Date 	Time (EDT)	Opponent 	Score 	Decision 	Series
1 	May 2 	7:00pm 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 1–0
2 	May 4 	7:30pm 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	0–3 	Lundqvist	Series tied 1–1
3 	May 5 	7:30pm 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	0–2 	Lundqvist	Penguins lead 2–1
4 	May 7 	7:30pm 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–4 	Lundqvist	Penguins lead 3–1
5 	May 9 	7:00pm 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–1 	Lundqvist	Penguins lead 3–2
6 	May 11	7:00pm 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3–1 	Lundqvist	Series tied 3–3
7 	May 13	7:00pm 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1 	Lundqvist	Rangers win 4–3
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A3) Montreal Canadiens – Rangers won series 4–2
Game	Date 	Time (EDT)	Opponent 	Score 	Decision 	Series
1 	May 17	1:00pm 	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–2 	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 1–0
2 	May 19	8:00pm 	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–1 	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 2–0
3 	May 22	8:00pm 	Montreal Canadiens 	2–3 OT	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 2–1
4 	May 25	8:00pm 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–2 OT	Lundqvist	Rangers lead 3–1
5 	May 27	8:00pm 	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–7 	Talbot 	Rangers lead 3–2
6 	May 29	8:00pm 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–0 	Lundqvist	Rangers win 4–2
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Stanley Cup Final vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings – Kings won series 4–1
Game	Date 	Time (EDT)	Opponent 	Score 	Decision 	Series
1 	June 4 	8:00 p.m. 	@ Los Angeles Kings	2–3 OT 	Lundqvist	Kings lead 1–0
2 	June 7 	7:15 p.m. 	@ Los Angeles Kings	4–5 2OT	Lundqvist	Kings lead 2–0
3 	June 9 	8:00 p.m. 	Los Angeles Kings 	0–3 	Lundqvist	Kings lead 3–0
4 	June 11	8:00 p.m. 	Los Angeles Kings 	2–1 	Lundqvist	Kings lead 3–1
5 	June 13	8:00 p.m. 	@ Los Angeles Kings	2-3 2OT	Lundqvist	Kings win 4-1
==Player statistics==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	77	19	40	59	11	32
 	82	17	40	57	12	18
 	82	20	31	51	 	18
 	81	18	27	45	2 	46
 	77	14	29	43	11	36
 	65	26	13	39	10	36
 	66	17	20	37	14	72
 	80	15	21	36	10	56
 	72	17	16	33	8 	44
 	45	11	14	25	 	16
 	81	5 	19	24	6 	16
 	73	6 	12	18	0 	18
 	82	6 	12	18	1 	56
 	74	4 	11	15	7 	25
 	72	3 	11	14	 	24
 	81	1 	12	13	9 	26
 	42	2 	9 	11	 	10
 	19	1 	7 	8 	1 	4
 	51	4 	4 	8 	 	128
 	30	1 	5 	6 	4 	0
 	30	3 	3 	6 	 	18
 	31	3 	0 	3 	0 	43
 	21	0 	2 	2 	 	20
 	11	1 	1 	2 	5 	4
 	22	0 	1 	1 	 	10
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	 	14
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	7
 	11	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	 	10
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	4	13	17	 	8
 	25	8	7 	15	 	2
 	24	5	10	15	 	2
 	15	5	8 	13	 	14
 	25	5	8 	13	7	20
 	25	5	7 	12	 	4
 	23	6	6 	12	4	8
 	25	7	5 	12	0	16
 	25	3	7 	10	 	8
 	25	5	5 	10	8	26
 	25	3	5 	8 	 	24
 	25	3	5 	8 	 	19
 	25	1	6 	7 	 	10
 	25	1	4 	5 	0	6
 	25	0	5 	5 	4	4
 	25	1	3 	4 	7	6
 	8 	2	0 	2 	1	22
 	21	0	2 	2 	2	16
 	4 	0	2 	2 	3	2
 	23	0	1 	1 	 	19
 	3 	0	1 	1 	0	0
 	4 	0	0 	0 	 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	62	3655	33	24	5	144	2.36	1810	0.920	5	0	4	0
 	21	19	1211	12	6 	1	33 	1.64	560 	0.941	3	0	0	0
 	2 	1 	71 	0 	1 	0	9 	7.61	38 	0.763	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	25	1516	13	11	54	2.14	737	.927	1	0	1	0
 	2 	0 	46 	0 	1 	2 	2.61	13 	.846	0	0	0	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==
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Date
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	January 13, 2014
Henrik Lundqvist	NHL Second Star of the Week 	March 24, 2014
 	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	April 8, 2014
 	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 	June 24, 2014
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game 	October 3, 2013
 	100th career NHL game 	October 3, 2013
 	100th career NHL point 	October 8, 2013
 	1st career NHL game 	October 24, 2013
 	300th career NHL game 	October 26, 2013
Cam Talbot 	1st career NHL win 	October 26, 2013
 	500th career NHL game 	October 31, 2013
 	400th career NHL game 	October 31, 2013
Marc Staal 	100th career NHL point 	November 12, 2013
Cam Talbot 	1st career NHL shutout 	November 16, 2013
 	300th career NHL game 	November 17, 2013
 	1st career NHL game 	December 12, 2013
 	100th career NHL assist 	December 15, 2013
 	100th career NHL game 	December 15, 2013
 	1st career NHL game 	December 29, 2013
New York Rangers (franchise)	6,000th game 	February 6, 2014
 	300th career NHL win 	March 9, 2014
 	200th career NHL point 	March 9, 2014
 	1st career NHL hat-trick	March 14, 2014
Henrik Lundqvist 	50th career NHL shutout 	March 22, 2014
 	400th career NHL game 	April 5, 2014
Dominic Moore 	600th career NHL game 	April 5, 2014
 Playoffs
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL playoff game1st career NHL playoff assist1st career NHL playoff point	April 17, 2014
 	1st career NHL playoff game1st career NHL playoff assist1st career NHL playoff point	April 27, 2014
 	1st career NHL playoff game 	April 29, 2014
 	1st career NHL playoff assist1st career NHL playoff point 	May 25, 2014
===Records===
 Regular season
Player 	Record 	Reached
 	New York Rangers all-time wins leader (302 wins) 	March 18, 2014
Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers all-time shutout leader (50 shutouts)	March 22, 2014
 Playoffs
Player	Record 	Reached
 	New York Rangers all-time playoff wins leader (42 wins)	May 29, 2014
==Transactions==
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:
===Trades===
June 30, 2013 	To Minnesota Wild:Benn FerrieroCBJ's 6th-round pick in 2014 	To New York Rangers:Justin Falk
July 1, 2013 	To Philadelphia Flyers:Kris Newbury 	To New York Rangers:Danny Syvret
July 2, 2013 	To Montreal Canadiens:Christian Thomas 	To New York Rangers:Danny Kristo
December 6, 2013	To Chicago Blackhawks:Brandon Mashinter 	To New York Rangers:Kyle Beach
January 4, 2014 	To Los Angeles Kings:Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 	To New York Rangers:Daniel Carcillo
January 22, 2014	To Nashville Predators:Michael Del Zotto 	To New York Rangers:Kevin Klein
March 5, 2014 	To Tampa Bay Lightning:Ryan CallahanConditional 2nd-round pick in 20141st-round pick in 2015Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015	To New York Rangers:Martin St. LouisConditional 2nd-round pick in 2015
March 5, 2014 	To Vancouver Canucks:5th-round pick in 2015 	To New York Rangers:Raphael Diaz
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Dominic Moore 	San Jose Sharks 	1 year, $1 million
Aaron Johnson 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $600,000
Benoit Pouliot	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1 year, $1.3 million
Troy Donnay 	Erie Otters 	3 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract
David LeNeveu 	Hartford Wolf Pack 	1 year, $550,000
Ryan Haggerty 	RPI 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Chris McCarthy	University of Vermont	2 years, $1.385 million entry-level contract
Mathew Bodie 	Union College 	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract
Petr Zamorsky 	PSG Zlin 	2 years, $1.85 million
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Ryan Clowe 	New Jersey Devils 	5 years, $24.25 million
Matt Gilroy 	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $700,000
Steve Eminger	Admiral Vladivostok	undisclosed
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date
Taylor PyattPenguins Claim Forward Taylor Pyatt Off Waivers	Pittsburgh Penguins	January 2, 2014
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player
Martin BironMartin Biron announces retirement
=== Player signings ===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Ryan McDonaghRangers Agree to Terms With Defenseman Ryan McDonagh 	July 8, 2013 	6 years, $28.2 million
Carl Hagelin"Honored" Hagelin Returns To The Fold 	July 10, 2013 	2 years, $4.5 million
Justin FalkRangers Agree to Terms With Defenseman Justin Falk 	July 10, 2013 	1 year, $975,000
Mats ZuccarelloRANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD MATS ZUCCARELLO 	July 30, 2013 	1 year, $1.15 million
Brandon MashinterRangers re-sign Brandon Mashinter 	August 7, 2013 	1 year, $605,000
Derek StepanRangers Agree to Terms With Forward Derek Stepan 	September 26, 2013	2 years, $6.15 million
Henrik LundqvistRangers Sign Henrik Lundqvist to Contract Extension 	November 4, 2013 	7 years, $59.5 million contract extension
Anthony DuclairRangers Agree to Terms With Forward Anthony Duclair 	January 2, 2014 	3 years, $2.46 million entry-level contract
Dan GirardiRangers Agree to Terms With Dan Girardi on a Contract Extension	February 28, 2014 	6 years, $33 million contract extension
Ryan GravesRangers Agree to Terms With Defenseman Ryan Graves 	March 17, 2014 	3 years, $1.98 million entry-level contract
Mackenzie SkapskiRangers Agree To Terms With Goaltender Mackenzie Skapski 	June 2, 2014 	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Calle AnderssonRangers Agree To Terms With Defenseman Calle Andersson 	June 2, 2014 	3 years, $1.985 million entry-level contract
==Draft picks==
New York Rangers' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
3 	65 	Adam Tambellini 	C 	Canada 	Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
3 	75 	Pavel Buchnevich 	LW 	Russia 	Severstal Cherepovets (KHL)
3 	80 	Anthony Duclair 	LW 	Canada 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4 	110	Ryan Graves 	D 	Canada 	PEI Rocket (QMJHL)
6 	170	Mackenzie Skapski	G 	Canada 	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
;Draft notes
* The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and this pick.
* The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Ryane Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick (previously acquired from Florida), a 2014 conditional round pick and this pick.
* The Nashville Predators' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 third-round pick (#89–Brendan Leipsic) to the Predators in exchange for this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and this pick.
* The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 fifth-round pick (#142–Thomas Spelling) to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.
* The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a February 3, 2012, trade that sent Casey Wellman to the Rangers in exchange for Erik Christensen and this pick.
==References==
Category:New York Rangers seasons
Category:2014 in hockey