2015–16 New York Rangers season

The 2015–16 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 89th season of play and their 90th season overall. The season began its regular games on October 7, 2015 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
==Off-season==
==Regular season==
* On November 15, the Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to extend their winning streak to nine: the second-longest in franchise history. Additionally, the win surpassed eight-game winning streaks that occurred in the 2014–15 season and the 1974–75 season.Zuccarello's Heroics Propel Rangers To 9th Straight Win, 4-3
* On January 16, Henrik Lundqvist recorded his 20th victory of the season, making him the first NHL goaltender to start his career with 11 straight, 20-win seasons. Lundqvist also joined Hockey Hall of Fame member Tony Esposito and retired goaltender Martin Brodeur as the only goalies with 11 consecutive, 20-win seasons at any point in their career. Overall, Lundqvist became the 15th NHL netminder to have won at least 20 games in a season 11 times.Lundqvist Gets 11th 20-Win Season To Start Career
* On February 14, Lundqvist became the Rangers' all-time leader in games played by a goaltender. He surpassed Mike Richter with his 667th career appearance in a 3-1 home win over the Philadelphia Flyers.Of course Lundqvist’s games-played history comes vs. Flyers
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2015 pre-season: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–1)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Record
1 	September 21	New Jersey Devils 	6–3 	1–0–0
2 	September 22	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3–5 	1–1–0
3 	September 24	@ Boston Bruins 	3–4 (SO)	1–1–1
4 	September 26	@ New Jersey Devils 	4–3 	2–1–1
5 	September 28	Philadelphia Flyers 	3–2 (OT)	3–1–1
6 	September 30	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	4–1–1
===Regular season===
2015–16 Game Log	2015–16 Game Log	2015–16 Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 7–2–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–1–1)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 7 	@ Chicago 	3–2 	 	Lundqvist	United Center 	22,104 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 9 	@ Columbus 	4–2 	 	Lundqvist	Nationwide Arena 	19,027 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 10 	Columbus 	5–2 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 13 	Winnipeg 	1–4 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 15 	@ Montreal 	0–3 	 	Lundqvist	Bell Centre 	21,288 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 18 	New Jersey 	1–2 	OT	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap
7 	October 19 	San Jose 	4–0 	 	Raanta 	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	4–2–1 	9 	Recap
8 	October 22 	Arizona 	4–1 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	5–2–1 	11 	Recap
9 	October 24 	@ Philadelphia 	2–3 	SO	Lundqvist	Wells Fargo Center 	19,805 	5–2–2 	12 	Recap
10 	October 25 	Calgary 	4–1 	 	Raanta 	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	6–2–2 	14 	Recap
11 	October 30 	Toronto 	3–1 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	7–2–2 	16 	Recap
==Playoffs==
The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, entering as the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference and being matched up against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins - Penguins won series 4–1 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–2) 
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	Decision 	Series
1 	April 13 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5 	Raanta (0–1) 	Penguins lead 1–0
2 	April 16 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2 	Lundqvist (1–0)	Series tied 1–1
3 	April 19 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1–3 	Lundqvist (1–1)	Penguins lead 2–1
4 	April 21 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	0–5 	Lundqvist (1–2)	Penguins lead 3–1
5 	April 23 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–6 	Lundqvist (1–3)	Penguins win series 4–1
==Player statistics==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	26	35	61	2 	34
 	80	27	31	58	12	30
 	72	22	31	53	5 	20
 	82	5 	42	47	–4	40
 	82	22	21	43	10	46
 	79	21	22	43	10	58
 	60	15	21	36	8 	30
 	79	14	22	36	4 	30
 	73	9 	25	34	26	22
 	79	10	20	30	9 	18
 	68	13	15	28	12	43
 	69	9 	17	26	16	19
 	74	10	14	24	0 	30
 	75	9 	11	20	6 	22
 	74	2 	15	17	18	20
 	80	6 	9 	15	–2	32
 	77	2 	13	15	2 	36
 	57	4 	3 	7 	–3	66
† 	20	3 	3 	6 	1 	2
 	34	2 	2 	4 	7 	64
‡ 	19	0 	3 	3 	–4	2
‡ 	29	1 	2 	3 	3 	20
 	6 	1 	1 	2 	–1	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	3 	0
 	12	0 	0 	0 	–2	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	–2	4
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	1 	4
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	2	2	4	0 	4
 	5	1	3	4	–1	0
 	5	0	3	3	–3	4
 	5	0	2	2	–1	4
 	5	2	0	2	0 	0
 	5	2	0	2	1 	6
 	5	1	1	2	–2	4
 	5	0	2	2	1 	2
 	4	0	1	1	0 	0
 	5	1	0	1	0 	6
 	5	0	1	1	–3	7
 	5	1	0	1	–4	2
 	2	0	1	1	–2	0
 	5	0	1	1	–2	0
 	1	0	1	1	–1	0
 	5	0	0	0	–7	4
 	4	0	0	0	0 	4
 	5	0	0	0	–2	6
 	3	0	0	0	–1	0
 	2	0	0	0	–1	2
 	3	0	0	0	–1	4
 	1	0	0	0	1 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	64	3,772	35	21	7	156	2.48	1944	.920	4	0	4	4
 	25	18	1,150	11	6 	2	43 	2.24	530 	.919	1	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	20 	0 	0 	0	2 	6.00	6 	.667	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	5	205	1	3	15	4.39	113	.867	0	0	0	0
 	3	0	94 	0	1	4 	2.55	38 	.895	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 honors==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Date
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	October 12, 2015
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	November 16, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection 	January 6, 2016
 	NHL Second Star of the Weekhttps://www.nhl.com/news/pavel-datsyuk-henrik-lundqvist-and-brad-marchand-named-nhl-three-stars-of-the-week/c-278838124	February 15, 2016
Mats Zuccarello	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award 	April 7, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	October 7, 2015
 	500th career NHL game 	October 9, 2015
 	100th Win as Rangers Head Coach 	October 9, 2015
Oscar Lindberg 	1st career NHL assist 	October 18, 2015
 	100th career NHL assist 	October 19, 2015
 	700th career NHL point 	October 22, 2015
 	800th career NHL game 	October 24, 2015
 	200th career NHL point 	October 25, 2015
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	October 30, 2015
Mats Zuccarello 	100th career NHL assist 	November 3, 2015
 	500th career NHL game 	November 14, 2015
 	700th career NHL game 	November 14, 2015
 	600th career NHL game 	November 23, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	November 23, 2015
Derick Brassard 	300th career NHL point 	November 25, 2015
Alain Vigneault 	1,000th career NHL game as Head Coach 	December 11, 2015
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	December 11, 2015
 	100th career NHL point 	December 11, 2015
Chris Kreider 	200th career NHL game 	December 12, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	December 15, 2015
Dylan McIlrath 	1st career NHL goal 	December 15, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	December 17, 2015
Derick Brassard 	200th career NHL assist 	December 22, 2015
Rick Nash 	900th career NHL game 	January 5, 2016
 	20th career NHL win in 11 straight seasons 	January 16, 2016
 	400th career NHL game 	January 24, 2016
Dan Girardi 	700th career NHL game 	February 12, 2016
Derek Stepan 	100th career NHL goal 	February 14, 2016
 	1st career NHL game 	February 21, 2016
Marek Hrivik 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	February 23, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist	30th career NHL win in 11 straight seasons(only goalie in NHL history with 30 wins in 10 of 11 seasons)	February 25, 2016
Marc Staal 	600th career NHL game 	February 27, 2016
 	600th career NHL point 	March 6, 2016
 	400th career NHL game 	March 12, 2016
Kevin Klein 	100th career NHL assist 	March 21, 2016
Mats Zuccarello 	200th career NHL point 	March 31, 2016
Mats Zuccarello 	300th career NHL game 	April 2, 2016
Derek Stepan 	300th career NHL point 	April 4, 2016
 Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL playoff game 	April 13, 2016
 	1st career NHL playoff game 	April 13, 2016
 	1st career NHL playoff game 	April 16, 2016
Brady Skjei	1st career NHL playoff assist1st career NHL playoff point	April 16, 2016
 	1st career NHL playoff game 	April 21, 2016
 	1st career NHL playoff assist1st career NHL playoff point	April 23, 2016
===Records===
 Regular season
Player 	Record 	Reached
 	743rd career NHL game (Franchise record) 	November 10, 2015
Henrik Lundqvist	19,405th career NHL save (Franchise record)	November 10, 2015
==Transactions==
The Rangers were been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Anaheim Ducks:Carl Hagelin2nd-round pick in 20156th-round pick in 2015 	To New York Rangers:Emerson EtemFLA's 2nd-round pick in 2015 	
 	To Edmonton Oilers:Cam Talbot7th-round pick in 2015 	To New York Rangers:MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015OTT's 3rd-round pick in 20157th-round pick in 2015	
 	To Washington Capitals:MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 	To New York Rangers:BUF's 3rd-round pick in 20154th-round pick in 2015 	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks:Ryan Haggerty 	To New York Rangers:Antti Raanta 	
 	To Nashville Predators:6th-round pick in 2017 	To New York Rangers:Magnus Hellberg 	
 	To Vancouver Canucks:Emerson Etem 	To New York Rangers:Nicklas Jensen6th-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Carolina Hurricanes:Aleksi Saarela2nd-round pick in 20162nd-round pick in 2017	To New York Rangers:Eric Staal 	
 	To Washington Capitals:Ryan Bourque 	To New York Rangers:Chris Brown 	
 	To Florida Panthers:Keith Yandle (negotiating rights) 	To New York Rangers:6th-round pick in 2016Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017 	
;Notes
*Carolina to retain 50% ($4.125 million) of salary as part of trade.
*Conditional on Yandle signing with the Panthers.
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Raphael Diaz 	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Jayson Megna 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Matt Lindblad 	Providence Bruins 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Viktor Stalberg	Nashville Predators 	1 year, $1.1 million 	
 	Brian Gibbons 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Luke Adam 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jarret Stoll 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Daniel Paille 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Adam Chapie 	University of Massachusetts Lowell	entry-level contract 	
 	Malte Stromwall	AIK IF 	entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Chris Mueller 	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Michael Kostka	Ottawa Senators 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Matt Hunwick 	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 years, $2.4 million 	
 	Chris Bourque 	Washington Capitals	2 years, $1.2 million 	
 	Conor Allen 	Nashville Predators	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Danny Kristo 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $600,000 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date 	Ref
Jarret Stoll	Minnesota Wild	December 15, 2015	Wild Claims Jarret Stoll Off Waivers
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player 	Ref
Martin St. Louis	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Magnus Hellberg 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
 	Marek Hrivik 	1 year, $698,250 	
 	Oscar Lindberg 	2 years, $1.3 million 	
 	Emerson Etem 	1 year, $850,500 	
 	Dylan McIlrath 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jesper Fast 	2 years, $1.9 million 	
 	J. T. Miller 	1 year, $874,000 	
 	Mathew Bodie 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Derek Stepan 	6 years, $39 million 	
 	Ryan Gropp 	entry-level contract 	
 	Boo Nieves 	entry-level contract 	
 	Steven Fogarty 	entry-level contract 	
 	Antti Raanta 	2 years, $2 million 	
 	Pavel Buchnevich	entry-level contract 	
 	Chris Summers 	1 year, $600,000 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	41 	Ryan Gropp 	LW 	 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3 	62 	Robin Kovacs 	RW 	 	AIK IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
3 	79 	Sergey Zborovskiy	D 	 	Regina Pats (WHL)
3 	89 	Aleksi Saarela 	C 	 	Assat (Liiga)
4 	113	Brad Morrison 	C 	 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4 	119	Daniel Bernhardt 	RW 	 	Djurgardens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
7 	184	Adam Huska 	G 	 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
;Draft notes
*The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Edmonton's second-round pick in 2015 (33rd overall) and Florida's third-round pick in 2015 (72nd overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick. Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Martin St. Louis and a conditional second-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for Ryan Callahan, a conditional first-round pick in 2014, a conditional seventh-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
*The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Carl Hagelin and a second and sixth-round pick in 2015 (59th and 179th overall) to Anaheim in exchange for Emerson Etem and this pick. Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 and this pick. New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
*The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Emerson Etem and Florida's second-round pick in 2015 (41st overall) to New York in exchange for Carl Hagelin, a sixth-round pick in 2015 (179th overall) and this pick.
*The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Montreal's second-round pick in 2015 (57th overall) to Washington in exchange for and a fourth-round pick in 2015 (113th overall) and this pick. Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Michal Neuvirth and Rostislav Klesla to Buffalo in exchange for Jaroslav Halak and this pick.
*The Ottawa Senators' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Cam Talbot and a seventh-round pick in 2015 (209th overall) to Edmonton in exchange for Montreal's second-round pick in 2015 (57th overall), a seventh-round pick in 2015 (184th overall) and this pick. Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Ales Hemsky to Ottawa in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
*The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Montreal's second-round pick in 2015 (57th overall) to Washington in exchange for and Buffalo's third-round pick in 2015 (62nd overall) and this pick.
*The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Raphael Diaz to New York in exchange for this pick.
*The New York Rangers' sixth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Emerson Etem and Florida's second-round pick in 2015 (41st overall) to New York in exchange for Carl Hagelin, a second-round pick in 2015 (59th overall) and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Cam Talbot and a seventh-round pick in 2015 (209th overall) to Edmonton in exchange for Montreal's second-round pick in 2015 (57th overall), the Ottawa Senators' third-round pick (79th overall) and this pick.
==References==
==External links==
* Winning Streaks In New York Professional Sports
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