2010–11 New York Rangers season

2010–11 New York Rangers · NHL
2010–11 record
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Chris Drury
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	Madison Square Garden
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The 2010–11 New York Rangers season is the New York Rangers' 84th season in the National Hockey League.

Off-seasonEdit

Pre-seasonEdit

On June 17, the New York Rangers announced that they will be playing six games in the pre-season. There will be three sets of home-and-home series against the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, and the Ottawa Senators.^[1]

Regular seasonEdit

PlayoffsEdit

The New York Rangers will attempt to make the playoffs after missing the playoffs last season, the first time since the lockout.

Schedule and resultsEdit

Pre-seasonEdit

2010 Pre-season
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 23	New Jersey Devils	-	New York Rangers
2	September 25	New York Rangers	-	New Jersey Devils
3	September 26	New York Rangers	-	Detroit Red Wings
4	September 29	Detroit Red Wings	-	New York Rangers
5	October 1	Ottawa Senators	-	New York Rangers
6	October 2	New York Rangers	-	Ottawa Senators

Regular seasonEdit

2010-11 Game Log: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0)
October: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game October Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 1 9 Buffalo Sabres - HSBC Arena 2 11 New York Islanders - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3 15 Toronto Maple Leafs - Madison Square Garden 4 18 Colorado Avalanche - Madison Square Garden 5 21 Toronto Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre 6 23 Boston Bruins - TD Garden 7 24 New Jersey Devils - Madison Square Garden 8 27 Atlanta Thrashers - Madison Square Garden 9 29 Carolina Hurricanes - Madison Square Garden 10 31 Toronto Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre
November: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game November Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 11 1 Chicago Blackhawks - Madison Square Garden 12 4 Philadelphia Flyers - Wachovia Center 13 5 New Jersey Devils - Prudential Center 14 7 St. Louis Blues - Madison Square Garden 15 9 Washington Capitals - Madison Square Garden 16 11 Buffalo Sabres - Madison Square Garden 17 14 Edmonton Oilers - Madison Square Garden 18 15 Pittsburgh Penguins - Consol Energy Center 19 17 Boston Bruins - Madison Square Garden 20 19 Colorado Avalanche - Pepsi Center 21 20 Minnesota Wild - XCel Energy Center 22 22 Calgary Flames - Madison Square Garden 23 24 Tampa Bay Lightning - St. Pete Times Forum 24 26 Florida Panthers - BankAtlantic Center 25 27 Nashville Predators - Bridgestone Arena 26 29 Pittsburgh Penguins - Madison Square Garden
December: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game December Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 27 2 New York Islanders - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28 3 New York Islanders - Madison Square Garden 29 5 Ottawa Senators - Madison Square Garden 30 9 Ottawa Senators - Scotiabank Place 31 11 Columbus Blue Jackets - Nationwide Arena 32 12 Washington Capitals - Madison Square Garden 33 15 Pittsburgh Penguins - Consol Energy Center 34 16 Phoenix Coyotes - Madison Square Garden 35 18 Philadelphia Flyers - Wachovia Center 36 23 Tampa Bay Lightning - Madison Square Garden 37 27 New York Islanders - Madison Square Garden 38 29 New Jersey Devils - Prudential Center
January: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game January Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 39 1 Tampa Bay Lightning - St. Pete Times Forum 40 2 Florida Panthers - BankAtlantic Center 41 5 Carolina Hurricanes - Madison Square Garden 42 7 Dallas Stars - American Airlines Center 43 8 St. Louis Blues - Scottrade Center 44 11 Montreal Canadiens - Madison Square Garden 45 13 Vancouver Canucks - Madison Square Garden 46 15 Montreal Canadiens - Bell Centre 47 16 Philadelphia Flyers - Madison Square Garden 48 19 Toronto Maple Leafs - Madison Square Garden 49 20 Carolina Hurricanes - RBC Center 50 22 Atlanta Thrashers - Philips Arena 51 24 Washington Capitals - Verizon Center 52 25 Florida Panthers - Madison Square Garden
February: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game February Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 53 1 Pittsburgh Penguins - Madison Square Garden 54 3 New Jersey Devils - Madison Square Garden 55 5 Montreal Canadiens - Bell Centre 56 7 Detroit Red Wings - Joe Louis Arena 57 11 Atlanta Thrashers - Philips Arena 58 13 Pittsburgh Penguins - Madison Square Garden 59 17 Los Angeles Kings - Madison Square Garden 60 18 New Jersey Devils - Prudential Center 61 20 Philadelphia Flyers - Madison Square Garden 62 22 Carolina Hurricanes - RBC Center 63 25 Washington Capitals - Verizon Center 64 27 Tampa Bay Lightning - Madison Square Garden
March: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game March Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 65 1 Buffalo Sabres - Madison Square Garden 66 3 Minnesota Wild - Madison Square Garden 67 4 Ottawa Senators - Scotiabank Place 68 6 Philadelphia Flyers - Madison Square Garden 69 9 Anaheim Ducks - Honda Center 70 12 San Jose Sharks - HP Pavilion 71 15 New York Islanders - Madison Square Garden 72 18 Montreal Canadiens - Madison Square Garden 73 20 Pittsburgh Penguins - Consol Energy Center 74 22 Florida Panthers - Madison Square Garden 75 24 Ottawa Senators - Madison Square Garden 76 26 Boston Bruins - TD Garden 77 30 Buffalo Sabres - HSBC Arena 78 31 New York Islanders - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game April Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 79 3 Philadelphia Flyers - Wachovia Center 80 4 Boston Bruins - Madison Square Garden 81 7 Atlanta Thrashers - Madison Square Garden 82 9 New Jersey Devils - Madison Square Garden

Player statsEdit

SkatersEdit

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM

GoaltendersEdit

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Awards and recordsEdit

AwardsEdit

Regular Season
Player	Award	Reached

RecordsEdit

MilestonesEdit

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

TransactionsEdit

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

TradesEdit Date Details May 25, 2010[2] To New York Islanders 6th-round pick in 2010 To New York Rangers Jyri Niemi June 26, 2010[3] To Carolina Hurricanes Bobby Sanguinetti To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2010 2nd-round pick in 2011 July 9, 2010[4] To Anaheim Ducks Aaron Voros Ryan Hillier To New York Rangers Steve Eminger July 19, 2010[5] To Anaheim Ducks Tomas Zaborsky To New York Rangers Matt McCue August 2, 2010[6] To Atlanta Thrashers Donald Brashear Patrick Rissmiller To New York Rangers Todd White

Free agents acquiredEdit Player Former team Contract terms Mats Zuccarello Aasen[7] MODO Hockey 2 years, $1.8 million Martin Biron[8] New York Islanders 2 years, $1.75 million Derek Boogaard[9] Minnesota Wild 4 years, $6.5 million Jeremy Williams[10] Grand Rapids Griffins 1 year, $515,000 Alexander Frolov[11] Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $3 million

Free agents lostEdit Player New team Contract terms Ilkka Heikkinen[12] HC Sibir Novosibirsk 1 year P.A. Parenteau[13] New York Islanders 1 year, $600,000 Jody Shelley[14] Philadelphia Flyers 3 years, $3.3 million Alex Auld[15] Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $1 million Olli Jokinen[16] Calgary Flames 2 years, $6 million Corey Locke[17] Ottawa Senators 2 years, $1.1 million Corey Potter[18] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $500,000 Steve Valiquette[19] HC CSKA Moscow 1 year

Claimed via WaiversEdit Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via WaiversEdit Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirementEdit Player Player SigningsEdit Player Contract terms Jyri Niemi[20] 3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract Dane Byers[21] 1 year, $500,000 Kris Newbury[22] 2 years, $1.025 million Derek Stepan[23] 3 years, $2.4625 million entry-level contract Erik Christensen[24] 2 years, $1.85 million Vaclav Prospal[25] 1 year, $2.1 million Brandon Prust[26] 2 years, $1.6 million Ryan McDonagh[27] 3 years, $3.9 million entry-level contract Dan Girardi[28] 4 years, $13.3 million Brodie Dupont[29] 1 year, $500,000 Mike Sauer[30] 1 year, $500,000

RosterEdit

Updated April 13, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
42	Russia	Anisimov, ArtemArtem Anisimov	4.0 C	L	31	2006	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
31	Canada	Auld, AlexAlex Auld	1.0 G	L	39	2010	Cold Lake, Alberta
16	Canada	Avery, SeanSean Avery	6.0 LW	L	39	2009	North York, Ontario
22	United States	Boyle, BrianBrian Boyle	4.0 C	L	35	2009	Hingham, Massachusetts
24	United States	Callahan, RyanRyan Callahan  (A)	7.0 RW	R	34	2004	Rochester, New York
26	Canada	Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	4.0 C	L	36	2009	Edmonton, Alberta
4	Canada	Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto	2.0 D	L	29	2008	Stouffville, Ontario
23	United States	Drury, ChrisChris Drury  (C)	4.0 C	R	43	2007	Trumbull, Connecticut
17	United States	Dubinsky, BrandonBrandon Dubinsky	4.2 C/LW	L	33	2004	Anchorage, Alaska
25	Sweden	Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	2.0 D	L	45	2010	Bollnäs, Sweden
10	Slovakia	Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	7.0 RW	L	38	2009	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
97	United States	Gilroy, MattMatt Gilroy	2.0 D	R	35	2009	North Bellmore, New York
5	Canada	Girardi, DanielDaniel Girardi	2.0 D	R	35	2006	Welland, Ontario
12	Finland	Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	4.0 C	L	41	2010	Kuopio, Finland
81	Russia	Lisin, EnverEnver Lisin	5.0 W	L	33	2009	Moscow, Soviet Union
30	Sweden	Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	1.0 G	L	37	2000	Åre, Sweden
38	Canada	Parenteau, P.A.P.A. Parenteau	6.0 LW	R	36	2007	Hull, Quebec
20	Czech Republic	Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal  (A)	6.2 LW/C	L	45	2009	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
8	Canada	Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust	6.0 LW	L	35	2010	London, Ontario
6	Canada	Redden, WadeWade Redden	2.0 D	L	42	2008	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
33	Czech Republic	Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival	2.0 D	R	41	2005	Vlašim, Czechoslovakia
45	Canada	Shelley, JodyJody Shelley	6.0 LW	L	44	2010	Thompson, Manitoba
18	Canada	Staal, MarcMarc Staal	2.0 D	L	33	2005	Thunder Bay, Ontario
34	Canada	Voros, AaronAaron Voros	6.0 LW	L	38	2008	Vancouver, British Columbia
32	Canada	Weise, DaleDale Weise	7.0 RW	R	31	2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba

StaffEdit

New York Rangers staff
	Executive Operations Ownership - Madison Square Garden, L.P. Chairman - James L. Dolan Vice Chairman - Hank J. Ratner President/General Manager/Alternate Governor - Glen Sather			Hockey Operations Assistant General Manager, Player Personnel - Jim Schoenfeld Assistant General Manager, Hockey Administration - Cameron Hope Senior advisor; Director of U.S. Scouting - Mike Barnett Director, Player Personnel - Gordie Clark Head coach - John Tortorella Assistant coaches - Mike Sullivan, Benoit Allaire Goaltending coach - Benoit Allaire Strength & conditioning - Reg Grant			Scouting Staff Director, Player Personnel - Gordie Clark Director, Player Personnel, Europe - Christer Rockstrom Assistant Director, Player Personnel - Jeff Gorton Head Professional European Scout - Anders Hedberg Amateur Scouting Staff - Larry Bernard, Rich Brown, Ray Clearwater, Daniel Dore, Jan Gajdosik, Ernie Gare, Vladimir Lutchenko, Shanon Sather Professional Scouting Staff - Jeff Gorton, Rick Kehoe, Gilles Leger, Kevin Maxwell, Peter Stephan Hockey and Business Operations - Adam Graves

Draft picksEdit

New York's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Dylan McIlrath	D	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (Western Hockey League)
2	40	Christian Thomas	RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (Ontario Hockey League)
4	100	Andrew Yogan	C/LW	United States	Erie Otters (Ontario Hockey League)
5	130	Jason Wilson	RW	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (Ontario Hockey League)
6	157 (from Carolina)	Jesper Fasth	RW	Sweden	HV71 Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
7	190	Randy McNaught	F	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (Western Hockey League)

See alsoEdit

• 2010–11 NHL season

Farm teamsEdit

Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)Edit

The 2010–11 season will be the 14th season of AHL hockey for the franchise.

Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)Edit

The 2010–11 season will be the 1st season of affiliation for the Rangers and the Road Warriors.

ReferencesEdit

• Game log: New York Rangers game log on espn.com
• Player stats: New York Rangers statistics on espn.com

External linksEdit

• 2010–11 New York Rangers season at ESPN
• 2010–11 New York Rangers season at Hockey Reference

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2010–11 NHL season by team
Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals
Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues
Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks
See also	2010 NHL Entry Draft • Winter Classic • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Transactions • Three Star Awards