2018–19 New York Rangers season

2018–19 New York Rangers
2018–19 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General Manager	Jeff Gorton
Coach	David Quinn
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	Chris Kreider Marc Staal Mats Zuccarello
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Minor league affiliations	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
<2017–18	2019–20>

The 2018–19 New York Rangers season will be the franchise's 92nd season of play and their 93rd season overall.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 19, 2018.

2018 pre-season game log: 2–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 17 @ New Jersey Devils 4–3 OT 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 OT 2–2–0 5 September 26 New York Islanders 6 September 27 @ Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.

2018–19 game log
October: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 4 Nashville – Madison Square Garden 2 October 6 @ Buffalo – KeyBank Center 3 October 7 @ Carolina – PNC Arena 4 October 11 San Jose – Madison Square Garden 5 October 13 Edmonton – Madison Square Garden 6 October 16 Colorado – Madison Square Garden 7 October 17 @ Washington – Capital One Arena 8 October 21 Calgary – Madison Square Garden 9 October 23 Florida – Madison Square Garden 10 October 25 @ Chicago – United Center 11 October 28 @ Los Angeles – Staples Center 12 October 30 @ San Jose – SAP Center
November: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 1 @ Anaheim – Honda Center 14 November 4 Buffalo – Madison Square Garden 15 November 6 Montreal – Madison Square Garden 16 November 9 @ Detroit – Little Caesars Arena 17 November 10 @ Columbus – Nationwide Arena 18 November 12 Vancouver – Madison Square Garden 19 November 15 @ NY Islanders – Barclays Center 20 November 17 Florida – Madison Square Garden 21 November 19 Dallas – Madison Square Garden 22 November 21 NY Islanders – Madison Square Garden 23 November 23 @ Philadelphia – Wells Fargo Center 24 November 24 Washington – Madison Square Garden 25 November 26 Ottawa – Madison Square Garden 26 November 29 @ Ottawa – Canadian Tire Centre
December: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 1 @ Montreal – Bell Centre 28 December 2 Winnipeg – Madison Square Garden 29 December 8 @ Florida – BB&T Center 30 December 10 @ Tampa Bay – Amalie Arena 31 December 14 Arizona – Madison Square Garden 32 December 16 Vegas – Madison Square Garden 33 December 18 Anaheim – Madison Square Garden 34 December 22 @ Toronto – Scotiabank Arena 35 December 23 Philadelphia – Madison Square Garden 36 December 27 Columbus – Madison Square Garden 37 December 29 @ Nashville – Bridgestone Arena 38 December 31 @ St. Louis – Enterprise Center
January: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 Pittsburgh – Madison Square Garden 40 January 4 @ Colorado – Pepsi Center 41 January 6 @ Arizona – Gila River Arena 42 January 8 @ Vegas – T-Mobile Arena 43 January 10 NY Islanders – Madison Square Garden 44 January 12 @ NY Islanders – Barclays Center 45 January 13 @ Columbus – Nationwide Arena 46 January 15 Carolina – Madison Square Garden 47 January 17 Chicago – Madison Square Garden 48 January 19 @ Boston – TD Garden 49 January 29 Philadelphia – Madison Square Garden 50 January 31 @ New Jersey – Prudential Center
February: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 2 Tampa Bay – Madison Square Garden 52 February 4 Los Angeles – Madison Square Garden 53 February 6 Boston – Madison Square Garden 54 February 8 Carolina – Madison Square Garden 55 February 10 Toronto – Madison Square Garden 56 February 12 @ Winnipeg – Bell MTS Place 57 February 15 @ Buffalo – KeyBank Center 58 February 17 @ Pittsburgh – PPG Paints Arena 59 February 19 @ Carolina – PNC Arena 60 February 21 Minnesota – Madison Square Garden 61 February 23 New Jersey – Madison Square Garden 62 February 24 @ Washington – Capital One Arena 63 February 27 Tampa Bay – Madison Square Garden
March: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Montreal – Madison Square Garden 65 March 3 Washington – Madison Square Garden 66 March 5 @ Dallas – American Airlines Center 67 March 7 @ Detroit – Little Caesars Arena 68 March 9 New Jersey – Madison Square Garden 69 March 11 @ Edmonton – Rogers Place 70 March 13 @ Vancouver – Rogers Arena 71 March 15 @ Calgary – Scotiabank Saddledome 72 March 16 @ Minnesota – Xcel Energy Center 73 March 19 Detroit – Madison Square Garden 74 March 23 @ Toronto – Scotiabank Arena 75 March 25 Pittsburgh – Madison Square Garden 76 March 27 @ Boston – TD Garden 77 March 29 St. Louis – Madison Square Garden 78 March 31 @ Philadelphia – Wells Fargo Center
April: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 @ New Jersey – Prudential Center 80 April 3 Ottawa – Madison Square Garden 81 April 5 Columbus – Madison Square Garden 82 April 6 @ Pittsburgh – PPG Paints Arena
Win (2 Points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated October 3, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47		Morgan Barron	C	L	25	2017	Halifax, Nova Scotia
91		Samuel Blais	LW	L	28	2021	Montmagny, Quebec
72		Filip Chytil	C	L	25	2017	Kroměříž, Czech Republic
23		Adam Fox	D	R	26	2019	Jericho, New York
15		Julien Gauthier	RW	R	27	2020	Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec
40		Alexandar Georgiev	G	L	28	2017	Ruse, Bulgaria
21		Barclay Goodrow	C/RW	L	31	2021	Toronto, Ontario
25		Libor Hajek	D	L	26	2018	Smrček, Czech Republic
29		Dryden Hunt	LW	L	30	2021	Nelson, British Columbia
6		Zac Jones	D	L	24	2019	Glen Allen, Virginia
24		Kaapo Kakko	RW	L	23	2019	Turku, Finland
74		Vitali Kravtsov	RW	L	24	2018	Vladivostok, Russia
20		Chris Kreider (A)	LW	L	33	2009	Boxford, Massachusetts
13		Alexis Lafreniere	LW	L	23	2020	Saint-Eustache, Quebec
55		Ryan Lindgren	D	L	26	2018	Minneapolis, Minnesota
64		Nils Lundkvist	D	R	24	2018	Piteå, Sweden
79		K'Andre Miller	D	L	24	2018	Saint Paul, Minnesota
12		Patrik Nemeth	D	L	32	2021	Stockholm, Sweden
10		Artemi Panarin (A)	LW	R	33	2019	Korkino, Soviet Union
75		Ryan Reaves	RW	R	37	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
17		Kevin Rooney	C	L	31	2020	Canton, Massachusetts
31		Igor Shestyorkin	G	L	28	2014	Moscow, Russia
16		Ryan Strome	C	R	31	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
5		Jarred Tinordi	D	L	32	2021	Burnsville, Minnesota
8		Jacob Trouba (A)	D	R	30	2019	Rochester, Michigan
93		Mika Zibanejad (A)	C	R	31	2016	Huddinge, Sweden

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	To Ottawa Senators BOS' 1st-round pick in 2018 — Jacob Bernard-Docker NJD's 2nd-round pick in 2018	To New York Rangers PIT's 1st-round pick in 2018 — K'Andre Miller
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Carolina Hurricanes BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019	To New York Rangers VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018 — Riley Hughes
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)	To Boston Bruins Steven Kampfer 4th-round pick in 2019 Conditional 7th-round pick	To New York Rangers Adam McQuaid

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Fredrik Claesson	Ottawa Senators	1-year, $700,000
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)	Dustin Tokarski	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year, $650,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	Sergei Zborovsky	Sochi (KHL)	2-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Paul Carey	Ottawa Senators	1-year, $700,000
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	David Desharnais	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	1-year
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	John Albert	Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL)	1-year
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Daniel Catenacci	Bolzano-Bozen Foxes (EBEL)	Unknown
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Adam Tambellini	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $650,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Vladislav Namestnikov	2-year, $8 million
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Cody McLeod	1-year, $750,000
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Chris Bigras	1-year, $874,125
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Steven Fogarty	1-year, $708,750
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	John Gilmour	1-year, $650,000
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Cristoval Nieves	1-year, $708,750
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Rob O'Gara	1-year, $874,125
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Jimmy Vesey	2-year, $4.55 million
July 28, 2018 (2018-07-28)	Brady Skjei	6-year, $31.5 million
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)	Kevin Hayes	1-year, $5.18 million
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)	Ryan Spooner	2-year, $8 million

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Rangers 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	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)
1	221	K'Andre Miller	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1	282	Nils Lundkvist	D	Sweden	Lulea HF (SHL)
2	39	Olof Lindbom	G	Sweden	Djurgardens IF 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	Rogle BK J20 (SuperElit)
7	2164	Riley Hughes	RW	United States	St. Sebastian's School (USHS)

Notes:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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