2019-20 New York Rangers season

The 2019–20 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 93rd season of play and their 94th season overall.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Rangers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season, but were swept in the qualifying round by the Carolina Hurricanes.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.
2019 pre-season game log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	Record
1 	September 18	New Jersey Devils 	3–4 	0–1–0
2 	September 20	@ New Jersey Devils 	2–4 	0–2–0
3 	September 21	@ Philadelphia Flyers	1–4 	0–3–0
4 	September 24	New York Islanders 	3–1 	1–3–0
5 	September 26	Philadelphia Flyers 	2–1 	2–3–0
6 	September 28	@ New York Islanders 	2–4 	2–4–0
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log	2019–20 game log	2019–20 game log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 4–5–1, 9 points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–2–0)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 3 	Winnipeg 	6–4 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	18,006 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	@ Ottawa 	4–1 	 	Georgiev 	Canadian Tire Centre 	15,135 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 12 	Edmonton 	1–4 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,177 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 17 	@ New Jersey 	2–5 	 	Georgiev 	Prudential Center 	16,514 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 18 	@ Washington 	2–5 	 	Lundqvist	Capital One Arena 	18,573 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	October 20 	Vancouver 	2–3 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,030 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap
7 	October 22 	Arizona 	2–3 	OT	Georgiev 	Madison Square Garden	17,435 	2–4–1 	5 	Recap
8 	October 24 	Buffalo 	6–2 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	16,913 	3–4–1 	7 	Recap
9 	October 27 	Boston 	4–7 	 	Georgiev 	Madison Square Garden	17,144 	3–5–1 	7 	Recap
10 	October 29 	Tampa Bay 	4–1 	 	Georgiev 	Madison Square Garden	17,196 	4–5–1 	9 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Rangers faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the qualifying round, and were defeated in three games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (6) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 3–0
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Series	Recap
1 	August 1 	@ Carolina	2–3 	 	Lundqvist 	0–1 	Recap
2 	August 3 	@ Carolina	1–4 	 	Lundqvist 	0–2 	Recap
3 	August 4 	Carolina 	1–4 	 	Shestyorkin	0–3 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	69	32	63	95	+36	20
 	57	41	34	75	+9 	14
 	70	18	41	59	+21	48
 	68	15	38	53	+12	47
 	68	16	30	46	+2 	24
 	63	24	21	45	+13	58
 	70	8 	34	42	+22	32
 	69	12	17	29	+16	20
 	70	7 	20	27	 	61
 	60	14	9 	23	 	10
 	66	10	13	23	 	14
‡ 	60	8 	15	23	 	41
 	70	9 	10	19	 	28
 	59	6 	12	18	 	111
 	60	1 	13	14	+16	47
 	52	2 	9 	11	+5 	16
 	53	5 	4 	9 	 	17
 	62	3 	5 	8 	 	71
 	28	0 	5 	5 	 	12
 	20	1 	3 	4 	+1 	2
† 	12	0 	2 	2 	 	2
 	22	1 	0 	1 	 	50
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	0
 	17	0 	1 	1 	 	4
‡ 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	4
Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	1	1	2	 	0
 	3	1	1	2	 	0
 	3	1	1	2	0 	6
 	3	0	2	2	 	7
 	3	1	0	1	 	0
 	3	0	1	1	 	0
 	3	0	1	1	 	16
 	3	0	1	1	0 	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	3	0	0	0	 	6
 	3	0	0	0	 	2
 	3	0	0	0	 	4
 	1	0	0	0	 	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	3	0	0	0	 	0
 	3	0	0	0	 	2
 	3	0	0	0	 	0
 	3	0	0	0	+2	2
 	3	0	0	0	 	0
 	3	0	0	0	 	4
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	34	32	1,891:44	17	14	2	96	3.04	1,063	.910	2	0	1	0
 	12	12	691:35 	10	2 	0	29	2.52	424 	.932	0	0	0	0
 	30	26	1,596:44	10	12	3	84	3.16	883 	.905	1	0	1	2
Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	2	2	119:09	0	2	7	3.52	71	.901	0	0	0	0
 	1	1	58:08 	0	1	3	3.10	30	.900	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.
==Awards and honors==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st NHL career game 	October 3, 2019
 	1st NHL career game 	October 3, 2019
 	1st NHL career game 	October 3, 2019
Kaapo Kakko	1st NHL career goal 	October 12, 2019
 	200th NHL career point 	October 24, 2019
Adam Fox 	1st NHL career point 	October 24, 2019
Adam Fox 	1st NHL career goal 	October 29, 2019
 	850th NHL career game 	November 6, 2019
 	1st NHL career point 	November 22, 2019
 	1,000th career NHL game 	November 27, 2019
Adam Fox 	1st NHL career power play goal 	November 30, 2019
 	100th NHL career game 	November 30, 2019
 	1st NHL career game1st NHL career win	January 7, 2020
 	1st NHL career hat trick 	January 9, 2020
===Records===
Regular season
Player 	Record 	Reached
 	450th career NHL win (6th all-time) 	October 3, 2019
Henrik Lundqvist	454th career NHL win (tied 5th all-time)	November 20, 2019
Henrik Lundqvist	455th career NHL win (5th all-time) 	November 25, 2019
==Transactions==
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Buffalo SabresJimmy Vesey 	To New York Rangers3rd-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsVladislav Namestnikov 	To New York RangersNick Ebert4th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesJoey Keane 	To New York RangersJulien Gauthier 	
 	To Philadelphia FlyersFuture considerations	To New York RangersJean-Francois Berube 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesBrady Skjei 	To New York RangersConditional 1st-round pick in 2020	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Chris Bigras 	to Philadelphia Flyers 	2-year 	
 	John Gilmour 	to Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Greg McKegg 	from Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Danny O'Regan 	from Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Artemi Panarin 	from Columbus Blue Jackets 	7-year 	
 	Phillip Di Giuseppe	from Nashville Predators 	1-year 	
 	Rob O'Gara 	to San Antonio Rampage (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Fredrik Claesson 	to Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Micheal Haley 	from San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	
 	Connor Brickley 	to Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL) 	1-year 	
 	Chris Nell 	to Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) 	1-year 	
 	Brandon Halverson 	to Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) 	1-year 	
 	Vitali Kravtsov 	to Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Patrick Khodorenko 	from Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten)	3-year 	
 	Austin Rueschhoff 	from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 	2-year 	
 	Justin Richards 	from Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (NCHC) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team 	Ref
 	 	from/to	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Kevin Shattenkirk	Buyout 	
 	Ville Meskanen 	Mutual termination	
 	Sean Day 	Mutual termination	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Kaapo Kakko 	3-year 	
 	Jacob Trouba 	7-year 	
 	Vinni Lettieri 	1-year 	
 	Pavel Buchnevich 	2-year 	
 	Brendan Lemieux 	1-year 	
 	Tony DeAngelo 	1-year 	
 	Matthew Robertson	3-year 	
 	Chris Kreider 	7-year 	
 	K'Andre Miller 	3-year 	
 	Tyler Wall 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	2 	Kaapo Kakko 	RW 	 	TPS (Liiga)
2 	491 	Matthew Robertson	D 	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
2 	582 	Karl Henriksson 	C 	 	Frölunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 	68 	Zachary Jones 	D 	 	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
4 	1123	Hunter Skinner 	D 	 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5 	130 	Leevi Aaltonen 	RW 	 	KalPa U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
6 	161 	Adam Edstrom 	C 	 	Mora IK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
7 	2054	Eric Ciccolini 	RW 	 	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL)
Notes:
# The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 23, 2019, that sent Mats Zuccarello to Dallas in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2020 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-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 first-round pick in 2018 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Adam McQuaid to Columbus in exchange for Julius Bergman, a seventh-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Adam McQuaid to Columbus in exchange for Julius Bergman, a fourth-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
==References==
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