2013–14 New York Rangers season

2013–14 New York Rangers
Division	2nd Metropolitan
Conference	5th Eastern
2013–14 record	45–31–6
Home record	20–17–4
Road record	25–14–2
Goals for	218
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Ryan Callahan (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar–Jun)
Alternate captains	Dan Girardi (Mar–Jun) Brad Richards Marc Staal
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,006
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Nash (26)
Assists	Derek Stepan Mats Zuccarello (40)
Points	Mats Zuccarello (59)
Penalty minutes	Derek Dorsett (128)
Plus/minus	Chris Kreider (+14)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (33)
Goals against average	Cam Talbot (1.64)

The 2013–14 New York Rangers season is the franchise's 87th season of play and their 88th season overall.

Off-season

The Rangers first order of business for the 2013–14 season was to find a new head coach after letting John Tortorella go on May 29, 2013. The Rangers hired recently fired Canucks coach Alain Vigneault on June 21. Coincidentally, Tortorella would be hired as the new Canucks coach only days after Vigneault was hired by the Rangers. The Rangers finished their coaching staff on August 6 by hiring Scott Arniel as an associate coach, along with former players Ulf Samuelsson and Daniel Lacroix as assistant coaches.

Pre-season

The New York Rangers lost five of their six preseason games, during which they scored nine goals and allowed 22 goals against. They went 2-for-22 on the power play and allowed five power play goals against in the last three games.

Regular season

Due to final stages of renovations at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers opened the season on a nine-game road trip from October 3 to 24, during which the team went 3–6–0. The Rangers had a franchise-record nine-game homestand from December 7 to 23, during which they had a record of 3–4–2.

As part of the 2014 NHL Stadium Series games, the Rangers played two consecutive outdoor games at Yankee Stadium on January 26 against the New Jersey Devils (7–3 win) and on January 29 against the New York Islanders (2–1 win).

The NHL took a two-week break from February 9 to February 25 for the Olympics. The Rangers had seven players represent their countries; Ryan Callahan, Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan for the United States, Rick Nash for Canada, Mats Zuccarello for Norway and Carl Hagelin and Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden.

On April 7, with a Devils loss to the Flames, the Rangers clinched a playoff spot for the fourth consecutive season, and for the eighth time out of nine seasons.

On April 10, win a 2–1 win over the Sabres and a Flyers 4–2 loss to the Lightning, the Rangers clinched 2nd place in their division and home ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	109
2	New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	96
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	94
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	93
5	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	90
6	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	83
8	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	79

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	54	19	9	51	261	177	117
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	27	9	38	240	215	101
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	46	28	8	40	215	204	100

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	109
2	New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	96
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	94

Wild Card teams

R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
01 1	Columbus Blue Jackets	ME	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	93
02 2	Detroit Red Wings	AT	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	93
02.5
03 3	Washington Capitals	ME	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	90
04 4	New Jersey Devils	ME	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	88
05 5	Ottawa Senators	AT	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	88
06 6	Toronto Maple Leafs	AT	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	84
07 7	Carolina Hurricanes	ME	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	83
08 8	New York Islanders	ME	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	79
09 9	Florida Panthers	AT	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	66
10 10	Buffalo Sabres	AT	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, ME – Metropolitan

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 pre-season: 1–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 1–5–0) Game September Opponent Score Record 1 16 @ New Jersey Devils 1–2 0–1–0 2 17 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 1–1–0 3 23 @ Calgary Flames 1–4 1–2–0 4 24 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–5 1–3–0 5 26 @ Vancouver Canucks 0–5 1–4–0 6 27 @ Los Angeles Kingsa  1–4 1–5–0 a Game was played at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada as part of the Frozen Fury series of exhibition games.

Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2013–14 regular season as the Metropolitan Division's 2nd seed. They defeated the #3 seed Philadelphia Flyers in the first round 4 games to 3. Then they faced the #1 seed Pittsburgh Penguins in the Metropolitan Division finals in the second round of the playoffs. For the first time in Rangers history, the team came back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the series in 7 games. Next, they defeated the #3 seed Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals in the third round 4 games to 2 and became the Eastern Conference Champions. They are the first team in NHL history that played the maximum of 14 games over the first two rounds and still had enough to advance to the final. After 20 years, the Rangers headed to the Stanley Cup Final, where they faced the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Kings. The Rangers lost three games in OT and lost the series 4-1.

Key:      Win      Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM Zuccarello, MatsMats Zuccarello 77 19 40 59 11 32 Stepan, DerekDerek Stepan 82 17 40 57 12 18 Richards, BradBrad Richards 82 20 31 51 -8 −8 18 Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard 81 18 27 45 2 46 McDonagh, RyanRyan McDonagh 77 14 29 43 11 36 Nash, RickRick Nash 65 26 13 39 10 36 Kreider, ChrisChris Kreider 66 17 20 37 14 72 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 80 15 21 36 10 56 Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin 72 17 16 33 8 44 Callahan, RyanRyan Callahan 45 11 14 25 -3 −3 16 Girardi, DanDan Girardi 81 5 19 24 6 16 Moore, DominicDominic Moore 73 6 12 18 0 18 Boyle, BrianBrian Boyle 82 6 12 18 1 56 Moore, JohnJohn Moore 74 4 11 15 7 25 Staal, MarcMarc Staal 72 3 11 14 -1 −1 24 Stralman, AntonAnton Stralman 81 1 12 13 9 26 Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto 42 2 9 11 -5 −5 10 St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis 19 1 7 8 1 4 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 51 4 4 8 -1 −1 128 Klein, KevinKevin Klein 30 1 5 6 4 0 Miller, J. T.J. T. Miller 30 3 3 6 -6 −6 18 Carcillo, DanielDaniel Carcillo 31 3 0 3 0 43 Falk, JustinJustin Falk 21 0 2 2 -5 −5 20 Diaz, RaphaelRaphael Diaz 11 1 1 2 5 4 Pyatt, TaylorTaylor Pyatt 22 0 1 1 -9 −9 10 Asham, ArronArron Asham 6 0 0 0 -5 −5 14 Powe, DarrollDarroll Powe 1 0 0 0 -2 −2 0 McIlrath, DylanDylan McIlrath 2 0 0 0 -1 −1 7 Fast, JesperJesper Fast 11 0 0 0 -5 −5 2 Allen, ConorConor Allen 3 0 0 0 -1 −1 0 Mashinter, BrandonBrandon Mashinter 6 0 0 0 -1 −1 10

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM McDonagh, RyanRyan McDonagh 25 4 13 17 -1 −1 8 St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis 25 8 7 15 -5 −5 2 Stepan, DerekDerek Stepan 24 5 10 15 -1 −1 2 Kreider, ChrisChris Kreider 15 5 8 13 -2 −2 14 Zuccarello, MatsMats Zuccarello 25 5 8 13 7 20 Richards, BradBrad Richards 25 5 7 12 -2 −2 4 Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard 23 6 6 12 4 8 Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin 25 7 5 12 0 16 Nash, RickRick Nash 25 3 7 10 -1 −1 8 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 25 5 5 10 8 26 Moore, DominicDominic Moore 25 3 5 8 -3 −3 24 Boyle, BrianBrian Boyle 25 3 5 8 -3 −3 19 Girardi, DanDan Girardi 25 1 6 7 -3 −3 10 Staal, MarcMarc Staal 25 1 4 5 0 6 Stralman, AntonAnton Stralman 25 0 5 5 4 4 Klein, KevinKevin Klein 25 1 3 4 7 6 Carcillo, DanielDaniel Carcillo 8 2 0 2 1 22 Moore, JohnJohn Moore 21 0 2 2 2 16 Miller, J. T.J. T. Miller 4 0 2 2 3 2 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 23 0 1 1 -2 −2 19 Fast, JesperJesper Fast 3 0 1 1 0 0 Diaz, RaphaelRaphael Diaz 4 0 0 0 -1 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	63	62	3655	33	24	5	144	2.36	1810	0.920	5	0	4	0
Talbot, CamCam Talbot	21	19	1211	12	6	1	33	1.64	560	0.941	3	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	2	1	71	0	1	0	9	7.61	38	0.763	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	25	25	1516	13	11	54	2.14	737	.927	1	0	1	0
Talbot, CamCam Talbot	2	0	46	0	1	2	2.61	13	.846	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.

Roster

Updated January 3, 2024

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
12	United States	Bonino, NickNick Bonino	4.0 C	L	36	2023	Hartford, Connecticut
22	United States	Brodzinski, JonnyJonny Brodzinski	4.0 C	R	31	2020	Ham Lake, Minnesota
72	Czech Republic	Chytil, FilipFilip Chytil	4.0 C	L	25	2017	Kroměříž, Czech Republic
50	Canada	Cuylle, WillWill Cuylle	6.0 LW	L	23	2020	Toronto, Ontario
23	United States	Fox, AdamAdam Fox  (A)	2.0 D	R	27	2019	Jericho, New York
21	Canada	Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow  (A)	4.3 C/RW	L	32	2021	Toronto, Ontario
56	Sweden	Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson	2.0 D	L	33	2023	Nynäshamn, Sweden
6	United States	Jones, ZacZac Jones	2.0 D	L	24	2019	Glen Allen, Virginia
24	Finland	Kakko, KaapoKaapo Kakko	7.0 RW	L	24	2019	Turku, Finland
20	United States	Kreider, ChrisChris Kreider  (A)	6.0 LW	L	33	2009	Boxford, Massachusetts
13	Canada	Lafreniere, AlexisAlexis Lafreniere	6.0 LW	L	23	2020	Saint-Eustache, Quebec
55	United States	Lindgren, RyanRyan Lindgren	2.0 D	L	27	2018	Minneapolis, Minnesota
79	United States	Miller, K'AndreK'Andre Miller	2.0 D	L	25	2018	Saint Paul, Minnesota
78	Canada	Othmann, BrennanBrennan Othmann	6.0 LW	L	22	2021	Pickering, Ontario
10	Russia	Panarin, ArtemiArtemi Panarin  (A)	6.0 LW	R	33	2019	Korkino, Soviet Union
71	United States	Pitlick, TylerTyler Pitlick	4.0 C	R	33	2023	Minneapolis, Minnesota
32	United States	Quick, JonathanJonathan Quick	1.0 G	L	39	2023	Milford, Connecticut
4	Canada	Schneider, BradenBraden Schneider	2.0 D	R	23	2020	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
31	Russia	Shesterkin, IgorIgor Shesterkin	1.0 G	L	29	2014	Moscow, Russia
16	United States	Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	4.0 C	R	31	2022	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8	United States	Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba  (C)	2.0 D	R	31	2019	Rochester, Michigan
26	United States	Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey	6.0 LW	L	31	2022	Boston, Massachusetts
17	United States	Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler	7.0 RW	R	38	2023	Plymouth, Minnesota
93	Sweden	Zibanejad, MikaMika Zibanejad  (A)	4.0 C	R	31	2016	Huddinge, Sweden

Awards and records

Awards

Regular season Player Award Date Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist NHL Third Star of the Week January 13, 2014 Henrik Lundqvist NHL Second Star of the Week March 24, 2014 Zuccarello, MatsMats Zuccarello Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award April 8, 2014 Moore, DominicDominic Moore Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy June 24, 2014

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Fast, JesperJesper Fast 1st career NHL game October 3, 2013 Moore, JohnJohn Moore 100th career NHL game October 3, 2013 Stralman, AntonAnton Stralman 100th career NHL point October 8, 2013 Talbot, CamCam Talbot 1st career NHL game October 24, 2013 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 300th career NHL game October 26, 2013 Cam Talbot 1st career NHL win October 26, 2013 Girardi, DanDan Girardi 500th career NHL game October 31, 2013 Staal, MarcMarc Staal 400th career NHL game October 31, 2013 Marc Staal 100th career NHL point November 12, 2013 Cam Talbot 1st career NHL shutout November 16, 2013 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 300th career NHL game November 17, 2013 McIlrath, DylanDylan McIlrath 1st career NHL game December 12, 2013 Stepan, DerekDerek Stepan 100th career NHL assist December 15, 2013 Zuccarello, MatsMats Zuccarello 100th career NHL game December 15, 2013 Allen, ConorConor Allen 1st career NHL game December 29, 2013 New York Rangers (franchise) 6,000th game February 6, 2014 Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist 300th career NHL win March 9, 2014 Moore, DominicDominic Moore 200th career NHL point March 9, 2014 Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin 1st career NHL hat-trick March 14, 2014 Henrik Lundqvist 50th career NHL shutout March 22, 2014 Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard 400th career NHL game April 5, 2014 Dominic Moore 600th career NHL game April 5, 2014

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Fast, JesperJesper Fast 1st career NHL playoff game 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point April 17, 2014 Miller, J. T.J. T. Miller 1st career NHL playoff game 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point April 27, 2014 Talbot, CamCam Talbot 1st career NHL playoff game April 29, 2014 Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point May 25, 2014

Records

Regular season Player Record Reached Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist New York Rangers all-time wins leader (302 wins) March 18, 2014 Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers all-time shutout leader (50 shutouts) March 22, 2014

Playoffs Player Record Reached Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist New York Rangers all-time playoff wins leader (42 wins) May 29, 2014

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades June 30, 2013 To Minnesota Wild: Benn Ferriero CBJ's 6th-round pick in 2014 To New York Rangers: Justin Falk July 1, 2013 To Philadelphia Flyers: Kris Newbury To New York Rangers: Danny Syvret July 2, 2013 To Montreal Canadiens: Christian Thomas To New York Rangers: Danny Kristo December 6, 2013 To Chicago Blackhawks: Brandon Mashinter To New York Rangers: Kyle Beach January 4, 2014 To Los Angeles Kings: Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 To New York Rangers: Daniel Carcillo January 22, 2014 To Nashville Predators: Michael Del Zotto To New York Rangers: Kevin Klein March 5, 2014 To Tampa Bay Lightning: Ryan Callahan Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 1st-round pick in 2015 Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015 To New York Rangers: Martin St. Louis Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2015 March 5, 2014 To Vancouver Canucks: 5th-round pick in 2015 To New York Rangers: Raphael Diaz Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Dominic Moore San Jose Sharks 1 year, $1 million Aaron Johnson Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000 Benoit Pouliot Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $1.3 million Troy Donnay Erie Otters 3 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract David LeNeveu Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $550,000 Ryan Haggerty RPI 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Chris McCarthy University of Vermont 2 years, $1.385 million entry-level contract Mathew Bodie Union College 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract Petr Zamorsky PSG Zlin 2 years, $1.85 million Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Ryan Clowe New Jersey Devils 5 years, $24.25 million Matt Gilroy Florida Panthers 1 year, $700,000 Steve Eminger Admiral Vladivostok undisclosed Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Lost via waivers Player New team Date Taylor Pyatt Pittsburgh Penguins January 2, 2014 Lost via retirement Player Martin Biron Player signings Player Date Contract terms Ryan McDonagh July 8, 2013 6 years, $28.2 million Carl Hagelin July 10, 2013 2 years, $4.5 million Justin Falk July 10, 2013 1 year, $975,000 Mats Zuccarello July 30, 2013 1 year, $1.15 million Brandon Mashinter August 7, 2013 1 year, $605,000 Derek Stepan September 26, 2013 2 years, $6.15 million Henrik Lundqvist November 4, 2013 7 years, $59.5 million contract extension Anthony Duclair January 2, 2014 3 years, $2.46 million entry-level contract Dan Girardi February 28, 2014 6 years, $33 million contract extension Ryan Graves March 17, 2014 3 years, $1.98 million entry-level contract Mackenzie Skapski June 2, 2014 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract Calle Andersson June 2, 2014 3 years, $1.985 million entry-level contract Draft picks See also: List of New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 3 65[a] Adam Tambellini C Canada Surrey Eagles (BCHL) 3 75[b] Pavel Buchnevich LW Russia Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) 3 80 Anthony Duclair LW Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 4 110 Ryan Graves D Canada PEI Rocket (QMJHL) 6 170 Mackenzie Skapski G Canada Kootenay Ice (WHL) Draft notes The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and this pick. The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Ryane Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick (previously acquired from Florida), a 2014 conditional round pick and this pick. a The Nashville Predators' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 third-round pick (#89–Brendan Leipsic) to the Predators in exchange for this pick. b The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and this pick. The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 fifth-round pick (#142–Thomas Spelling) to the Rangers in exchange for this pick. The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a February 3, 2012, trade that sent Casey Wellman to the Rangers in exchange for Erik Christensen and this pick. References