2018–19 New York Rangers season

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.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was published on June 19, 2018.
2018 pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	Record
1 	September 17	@ New Jersey Devils 	4–3 	1–0–0
2 	September 19	Philadelphia Flyers 	4–6 	1–1–0
3 	September 22	@ New York Islanders 	2–5 	1–2–0
4 	September 24	New Jersey Devils 	4–3 	2–2–0
5 	September 26	New York Islanders 	3–4 	2–2–1
6 	September 27	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4–2 	3–2–1
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
2018–19 game log	2018–19 game log	2018–19 game log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 4–7–1, 9 points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 4 	Nashville 	2–3 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,117 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 6 	@ Buffalo 	1–3 	 	Lundqvist	KeyBank Center 	16,824 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 7 	@ Carolina 	5–8 	 	Georgiev 	PNC Arena 	13,526 	0–3–0 	0 	Recap
4 	October 11 	San Jose 	3–2 	OT	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,004 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Edmonton 	1–2 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,085 	1–4–0 	2 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Colorado 	3–2 	SO	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,251 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap
7 	October 17 	@ Washington 	3–4 	OT	Lundqvist	Capital One Arena 	18,506 	2–4–1 	5 	Recap
8 	October 21 	Calgary 	1–4 	 	Lundqvist	Madison Square Garden	17,404 	2–5–1 	5 	Recap
9 	October 23 	Florida 	5–2 	 	Georgiev 	Madison Square Garden	17,016 	3–5–1 	7 	Recap
10 	October 25 	@ Chicago 	1–4 	 	Lundqvist	United Center 	21,280 	3–6–1 	7 	Recap
11 	October 28 	@ Los Angeles 	3–4 	 	Lundqvist	Staples Center 	18,230 	3–7–1 	7 	Recap
12 	October 30 	@ San Jose 	4–3 	SO	Lundqvist	SAP Center 	17,562 	4–7–1 	9 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of April 6, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	30	44	74	 	47
 	79	28	24	52	+4	57
‡ 	51	14	28	42	+1	10
 	64	21	17	38	 	13
‡ 	46	11	26	37	 	24
 	81	17	18	35	 	21
† 	63	18	15	33	 	50
 	78	11	20	31	 	44
 	61	4 	26	30	+6	77
 	73	2 	26	28	 	20
 	73	6 	20	26	 	35
 	78	8 	17	25	 	44
 	75	11	12	23	 	8
 	66	6 	17	23	 	14
 	66	8 	12	20	 	26
 	63	4 	9 	13	 	71
 	79	3 	10	13	 	32
 	43	4 	6 	10	 	8
† 	19	3 	3 	6 	 	44
 	37	2 	4 	6 	+3	9
 	42	2 	4 	6 	 	29
‡ 	36	2 	3 	5 	+3	33
† 	14	1 	3 	4 	+3	9
 	27	1 	2 	3 	 	14
‡ 	16	1 	1 	2 	 	0
 	5 	1 	0 	1 	+1	6
‡ 	31	1 	0 	1 	 	60
 	4 	1 	0 	1 	+1	5
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	 	8
 	10	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	52	52	3,088:53	18	23	10	158	3.07	1,699	.907	0	0	3	0
 	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
 	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
 	100th career NHL point	October 7, 2018
 	1st career NHL win 	October 11, 2018
 	1st career NHL shutout	November 21, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 	January 15, 2019
 	400th career NHL game 	February 23, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	March 1, 2019
Libor Hajek 	1st career NHL goal 	March 9, 2019
===Records===
Regular season
Player 	Record 	Reached
 	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 	Details 	Ref
 	To Ottawa SenatorsBOS' 1st-round pick in 2018NJD's 2nd-round pick in 2018 	To New York RangersPIT's 1st-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesBOS' 7th-round pick in 2019 	To New York RangersVGK's 7th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Boston BruinsSteven Kampfer4th-round pick in 2019Conditional 7th-round pick	To New York RangersAdam McQuaid 	
 	To Edmonton OilersRyan Spooner 	To New York RangersRyan Strome 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsCole Schneider 	To New York RangersConnor Brickley 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsCody McLeod 	To New York Rangers7th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksMarek Mazanec 	To New York Rangers7th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksPeter Holland 	To New York RangersDarren Raddysh 	
 	To Dallas StarsMats Zuccarello 	To New York RangersConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsAdam McQuaid 	To New York RangersJulius Bergman4th-round pick in 20197th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsKevin Hayes 	To New York RangersBrendan Lemieux1st-round pick in 2019Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022	
 	To Carolina Hurricanes2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	To New York RangersAdam Fox 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsNeal PionkWPG's 1st-round pick in 2019 	To New York RangersJacob Trouba 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Sergei Zborovsky	to Sochi (KHL) 	2-year 	
 	Paul Carey 	to Ottawa Senators 	1-year 	
 	Fredrik Claesson	from Ottawa Senators 	1-year 	
 	David Desharnais	to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	John Albert 	to Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL) 	1-year 	
 	Daniel Catenacci	to Bolzano-Bozen Foxes (EBEL) 	Unknown 	
 	Adam Tambellini 	to Ottawa Senators 	1-year 	
 	Dustin Tokarski 	from Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year 	
 	Jacob Elmer 	from Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 	3-year 	
 	Patrick Newell 	from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC)	2-year 	
 	Julius Bergman 	Frölunda (SHL) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team	Ref
 	 	 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Michael Lindqvist	Mutual termination	
 	Vince Pedrie 	Mutual termination	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Ondrej Pavelec	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Vladislav Namestnikov	2-year 	
 	Cody McLeod 	1-year 	
 	Chris Bigras 	1-year 	
 	Steven Fogarty 	1-year 	
 	John Gilmour 	1-year 	
 	Boo Nieves 	1-year 	
 	Rob O'Gara 	1-year 	
 	Jimmy Vesey 	2-year 	
 	Brady Skjei 	6-year 	
 	Kevin Hayes 	1-year 	
 	Ryan Spooner 	2-year 	
 	Steven Fogarty 	1-year 	
 	Boo Nieves 	1-year 	
 	Joey Keane 	3-year 	
 	Adam Huska 	2-year 	
 	Adam Fox 	3-year 	
 	Vitali Kravtsov 	3-year 	
 	Igor Shestyorkin 	2-year 	
 	Yegor Rykov 	2-year 	
 	Tarmo Reunanen 	2-year 	
==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 	 	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)
1 	221 	K'Andre Miller 	D 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1 	282 	Nils Lundkvist 	D 	 	Lulea HF (SHL)
2 	39 	Olof Lindbom 	G 	 	Djurgardens IF J20 (SuperElit)
3 	70 	Jacob Ragnarsson	D 	 	Almtuna IS (Allsvenskan)
3 	883 	Joey Keane 	D 	 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
4 	101 	Nico Gross 	D 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5 	132 	Lauri Pajuniemi 	RW 	 	TPS (Liiga)
6 	163 	Simon Kjellberg 	D 	 	Rogle BK J20 (SuperElit)
7 	2164	Riley Hughes 	RW 	 	St. Sebastian's School (USHS)
Notes:
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
==References==
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