2024–25 New York Rangers season

The 2024–25 New York Rangers season is the franchise's 98th season of play and their 99th overall season. The Rangers are going into the season as defending Presidents' Trophy winners.

2024–25 New York Rangers
DivisionMetropolitan
ConferenceEastern
2024–25 record10–4–1
Home record5–3–1
Road record5–1–0
Goals for55
Goals against38
Team information
General managerChris Drury
CoachPeter Laviolette
CaptainJacob Trouba
Alternate captainsAdam Fox
Chris Kreider
Artemi Panarin
Mika Zibanejad
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Bloomington Bison (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsChris Kreider
Artemi Panarin (7)
AssistsArtemi Panarin (9)
PointsArtemi Panarin (15)
Penalty minutesAdam Edstrom (17)
Plus/minusFilip Chytil (+11)
WinsIgor Shesterkin (4)
Goals against averageIgor Shesterkin (2.43)
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Standings

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Divisional standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 New Jersey Devils 23 14 7 2 13 79 60 +19 30
2 Carolina Hurricanes 20 14 5 1 12 78 51 +27 29
3 Washington Capitals 20 13 6 1 12 81 55 +26 27
4 New York Rangers 19 12 6 1 12 65 50 +15 25
5 New York Islanders 21 8 8 5 5 54 60 −6 21
6 Columbus Blue Jackets 20 9 9 2 7 70 72 −2 20
7 Philadelphia Flyers 21 9 10 2 4 60 73 −13 20
8 Pittsburgh Penguins 23 7 12 4 4 59 93 −34 18
Updated to game(s) played on November 23, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME New York Rangers 19 12 6 1 12 65 50 +15 25
2 AT Boston Bruins 22 10 9 3 7 51 70 −19 23
3 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 19 10 7 2 8 68 59 +9 22
4 ME New York Islanders 21 8 8 5 5 54 60 −6 21
5 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 20 9 9 2 7 70 72 −2 20
6 ME Philadelphia Flyers 21 9 10 2 4 60 73 −13 20
7 AT Detroit Red Wings 20 8 10 2 7 49 63 −14 18
8 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 23 7 12 4 4 59 93 −34 18
9 AT Ottawa Senators 20 8 11 1 6 62 65 −3 17
10 AT Montreal Canadiens 20 7 11 2 7 56 77 −21 16
Updated to game(s) played on November 23, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2024.[3]

2024 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record
1 September 22 @ Boston 3–2 Domingue TD Garden 17,850 1–0–0
2 September 24 NY Islanders 6–4 Quick Madison Square Garden 16,568 2–0–0
3 September 26 Boston 5–2 Quick Madison Square Garden 16,205 3–0–0
4 September 30 @ New Jersey 1–3 Quick Prudential Center 13,444 3–1–0
5 October 1 New Jersey 5–4 Garand Madison Square Garden 17,110 4–1–0
6 October 4 @ NY Islanders 2–5 Shesterkin UBS Arena 16,106 4–2–0

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2024.[4]

2024–25 game log
October: 6–2–1, 13 points (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 9 @ Pittsburgh 6–0 Shesterkin PPG Paints Arena 18,190 1–0–0 2 [5]
2 October 12 Utah 5–6 OT Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 1–0–1 3 [6]
3 October 14 Detroit 4–1 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 17,510 2–0–1 5 [7]
4 October 17 @ Detroit 5–2 Quick Little Caesars Arena 19,515 3–0–1 7 [8]
5 October 19 @ Toronto 4–1 Shesterkin Scotiabank Arena 15,777 4–0–1 9 [9]
6 October 22 @ Montreal 7–2 Shesterkin Bell Centre 21,105 5–0–1 11 [10]
7 October 24 Florida 1–3 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 5–1–1 11 [11]
8 October 26 Anaheim 2–1 Quick Madison Square Garden 18,006 6–1–1 13 [12]
9 October 29 @ Washington 3–5 Shesterkin Capital One Arena 17,390 6–2–1 13 [13]
November: 6–4–0, 12 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
10 November 1 Ottawa 2–1 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 7–2–1 15 [14]
11 November 3 NY Islanders 5–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 8–2–1 17 [15]
12 November 7 Buffalo 1–6 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 8–3–1 17 [16]
13 November 9 @ Detroit 4–0 Quick Little Caesars Arena 19,515 9–3–1 19 [17]
14 November 12 Winnipeg 3–6 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 9–4–1 19 [18]
15 November 14 San Jose 3–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 18,006 10–4–1 21 [19]
16 November 17 @ Seattle 2–0 Quick Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 11–4–1 23 [20]
17 November 19 @ Vancouver 4–3 Shesterkin Rogers Arena 18,688 12–4–1 25 [21]
18 November 21 @ Calgary 2–3 Shesterkin Scotiabank Saddledome 17,033 12–5–1 25 [22]
19 November 23 @ Edmonton 2–6 Quick Rogers Place 18,347 12–6–1 25 [23]
20 November 25 St. Louis Madison Square Garden
21 November 27 @ Carolina Lenovo Center
22 November 29 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
23 November 30 Montreal Madison Square Garden
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
24 December 2 New Jersey Madison Square Garden
25 December 6 Pittsburgh Madison Square Garden
26 December 8 Seattle Madison Square Garden
27 December 9 Chicago Madison Square Garden
28 December 11 @ Buffalo KeyBank Center
29 December 14 Los Angeles Madison Square Garden
30 December 15 @ St. Louis Enterprise Center
31 December 17 @ Nashville Bridgestone Arena
32 December 20 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
33 December 22 Carolina Madison Square Garden
34 December 23 @ New Jersey Prudential Center
35 December 28 @ Tampa Bay Amalie Arena
36 December 30 @ Florida Amerant Bank Arena
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
37 January 2 Boston Madison Square Garden
38 January 4 @ Washington Capital One Arena
39 January 5 @ Chicago United Center
40 January 7 Dallas Madison Square Garden
41 January 9 New Jersey Madison Square Garden
42 January 11 @ Vegas T-Mobile Arena
43 January 14 @ Colorado Ball Arena
44 January 16 @ Utah Delta Center
45 January 18 Columbus Madison Square Garden
46 January 19 @ Montreal Bell Centre
47 January 21 Ottawa Madison Square Garden
48 January 23 Philadelphia Madison Square Garden
49 January 26 Colorado Madison Square Garden
50 January 28 Carolina Madison Square Garden
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 1 @ Boston TD Garden
52 February 2 Vegas Madison Square Garden
53 February 5 Boston Madison Square Garden
54 February 7 Pittsburgh Madison Square Garden
55 February 8 @ Columbus Nationwide Arena
56 February 22 @ Buffalo KeyBank Center
57 February 23 @ Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
58 February 25 @ NY Islanders UBS Arena
59 February 28 Toronto 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
60 March 2 Nashville Madison Square Garden
61 March 3 NY Islanders Madison Square Garden
62 March 5 Washington Madison Square Garden
63 March 8 @ Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
64 March 9 Columbus Madison Square Garden
65 March 11 @ Winnipeg Canada Life Centre
66 March 13 @ Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
67 March 15 @ Columbus Nationwide Arena
68 March 16 Edmonton Madison Square Garden
69 March 18 Calgary Madison Square Garden
70 March 20 Toronto Madison Square Garden
71 March 22 Vancouver Madison Square Garden
72 March 25 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
73 March 28 @ Anaheim Honda Center
74 March 29 @ San Jose SAP 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
75 April 2 Minnesota Madison Square Garden
76 April 5 @ New Jersey Prudential Center
77 April 7 Tampa Bay Madison Square Garden
78 April 9 Philadelphia Madison Square Garden
79 April 10 @ NY Islanders UBS Arena
80 April 12 @ Carolina Lenovo Center
81 April 14 @ Florida Amerant Bank Arena
82 April 17 Tampa Bay Madison Square Garden

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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As of June 1, 2024[24][25]

Skaters

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Regular season[26]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM

Goaltenders

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Regular season[27]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
  • 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

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Updated November 25, 2024[28][29]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
65   Brett Berard LW L 22 2020 Providence, Rhode Island
22   Jonny Brodzinski C R 31 2020 Ham Lake, Minnesota
39   Sam Carrick C R 32 2024 Markham, Ontario
72   Filip Chytil C L 25 2017 Kroměříž, Czech Republic
50   Will Cuylle LW L 22 2020 Toronto, Ontario
84   Adam Edstrom C L 24 2019 Karlstad, Sweden
23   Adam Fox (A) D R 26 2019 Jericho, New York
6   Zac Jones D L 24 2019 Glen Allen, Virginia
24   Kaapo Kakko RW L 23 2019 Turku, Finland
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
79   K'Andre Miller D L 24 2018 Saint Paul, Minnesota
10   Artemi Panarin (A) LW R 33 2019 Korkino, Soviet Union
32   Jonathan Quick G L 38 2023 Milford, Connecticut
73   Matt Rempe C R 22 2020 Calgary, Alberta
4   Braden Schneider D R 23 2020 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
31   Igor Shesterkin G L 28 2014 Moscow, Russia
91   Reilly Smith RW L 33 2024 Mimico, Ontario
16   Vincent Trocheck C R 31 2022 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8   Jacob Trouba (C) D R 30 2019 Rochester, Michigan
26   Jimmy Vesey LW L 31 2022 Boston, Massachusetts
93   Mika Zibanejad (A) C R 31 2016 Huddinge, Sweden


Awards and honors

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Awards

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Regular season
Player Award Date

Milestones

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Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Victor Mancini 1st NHL career game October 9, 2024
Victor Mancini 1st NHL career goal October 17, 2024
Victor Mancini 1st NHL career assist October 21, 2024
Vincent Trocheck 200th NHL career goal November 3, 2024
Will Cuylle 100th NHL career goal November 14, 2024

Records

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Regular season
Player Record Reached
Artemi Panarin 1st Ranger in franchise history to have multiple points in each of the first 4 games in a season October 17, 2024
Jonathan Quick Tied-18th place for most career shutouts in NHL history (61 with Turk Broda) November 9, 2024
Chris Kreider 2nd Ranger in franchise history to have the most game winning goals (46 goals in 832 games, passing Jean Ratelle) November 19, 2024

Transactions

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The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 29, 2024 To Nashville Predators
4th-round pick in 2024 (#127 overall)
7th-round pick in 2026
To New York Rangers
4th-round pick in 2024 (#119 overall)
[30]
July 1, 2024 To Pittsburgh Penguins
conditional MIN 5th-round pick in 2025 or
NYR 5th-round pick in 2025
2nd-round pick in 2027
To New York Rangers
Reilly Smith*
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Free agents

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Date Player Team Contract term
July 1, 2024 Sam Carrick from Edmonton Oilers 3-year
July 2, 2024 Casey Fitzgerald from Colorado Avalanche 2-year
July 2, 2024 Benoit-Olivier Groulx from Anaheim Ducks 1-year

Waivers

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Date Player Team Ref

Contract terminations

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Date Player Via Ref

Signings

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Date Player Term Ref
October 25, 2024 Alexis Lafreniere 7-year‡ [32]

Draft picks

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Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28, and 29th, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team
1 30 D E. J. Emery   United States U.S. NDTP (USHL)
4 119 C Raoul Boilard   Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5 159 LW Nathan Aspinall   Canada Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6 191 LW Rico Gredig    Switzerland HC Davos (National League)

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