2018–19 New York Rangers season

2018–19 New York Rangers
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	12th Eastern
2018–19 record	32–36–14
Home record	18–14–9
Road record	14–22–5
Goals for	227
Goals against	272
Team information
General manager	Jeff Gorton
Coach	David Quinn
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Jesper Fast Chris Kreider Marc Staal Mika Zibanejad Mats Zuccarello (Oct. 4 – Feb. 23)
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	17,318
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mika Zibanejad (30)
Assists	Mika Zibanejad (44)
Points	Mika Zibanejad (74)
Penalty minutes	Tony DeAngelo (77)
Plus/minus	Tony DeAngelo (+6)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (18)
Goals against average	Alexandar Georgiev (2.91)

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

Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	104
New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	103
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	100
Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	99
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	98
Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	82
New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	78
New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	72

Conference standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	104
New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	103
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	100

Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	62	16	4	56	325	22	128
Boston Bruins	82	49	24	9	47	259	215	107
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	28	8	46	286	251	100

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	99
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	98
Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	96
Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	86
Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	82
New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	78
Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	76
Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	74
New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	72
Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	64

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) 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 3–4 OT 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
October: 4–7–1, 9 points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1) 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
November: 9–4–1, 19 points (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 1 @ Anaheim 3–2 SO Georgiev Honda Center 16,101 5–7–1 11 Recap 14 November 4 Buffalo 3–1 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 16,904 6–7–1 13 Recap 15 November 6 Montreal 5–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,428 7–7–1 15 Recap 16 November 9 @ Detroit 2–3 OT Lundqvist Little Caesars Arena 19,515 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 10 @ Columbus 5–4 SO Georgiev Nationwide Arena 18,384 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 12 Vancouver 2–1 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,100 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 15 @ NY Islanders 5–7 Georgiev Barclays Center 13,472 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 17 Florida 4–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 19 Dallas 2–1 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,071 11–8–2 24 Recap 22 November 21 NY Islanders 5–0 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,297 12–8–2 26 Recap 23 November 23 @ Philadelphia 0–4 Lundqvist Wells Fargo Center 19,523 12–9–2 26 Recap 24 November 24 Washington 3–5 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 16,884 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 November 26 Ottawa 4–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 16,709 13–10–2 28 Recap 26 November 29 @ Ottawa 0–3 Lundqvist Canadian Tire Centre 10,921 13–11–2 28 Recap
December: 4–3–5, 13 points (Home: 1–0–5; Road: 3–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 1 @ Montreal 2–5 Georgiev Bell Centre 21,302 13–12–2 28 Recap 28 December 2 Winnipeg 3–4 SO Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,464 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 December 8 @ Florida 5–4 SO Lundqvist BB&T Center 15,295 14–12–3 31 Recap 30 December 10 @ Tampa Bay 3–6 Lundqvist Amalie Arena 19,092 14–13–3 31 Recap 31 December 14 Arizona 3–4 OT Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,441 14–13–4 32 Recap 32 December 16 Vegas 3–4 OT Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,660 14–13–5 33 Recap 33 December 18 Anaheim 3–1 Gerogiev Madison Square Garden 17,590 15–13–5 35 Recap 34 December 22 @ Toronto 3–5 Georgiev Scotiabank Arena 19,466 15–14–5 35 Recap 35 December 23 Philadelphia 2–3 SO Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,515 15–14–6 36 Recap 36 December 27 Columbus 3–4 OT Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 15–14–7 37 Recap 37 December 29 @ Nashville 4–3 Lundqvist Bridgestone Arena 17,673 16–14–7 39 Recap 38 December 31 @ St. Louis 2–1 Lundqvist Enterprise Center 16,849 17–14–7 41 Recap
January: 5–7–0, 10 points (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 Pittsburgh 2–7 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 17–15–7 41 Recap 40 January 4 @ Colorado 1–6 Georgiev Pepsi Center 17,287 17–16–7 41 Recap 41 January 6 @ Arizona 0–5 Lundqvist Gila River Arena 12,396 17–17–7 41 Recap 42 January 8 @ Vegas 2–4 Georgiev T-Mobile Arena 18,249 17–18–7 41 Recap 43 January 10 NY Islanders 3–4 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,938 17–19–7 41 Recap 44 January 12 @ NY Islanders 2–1 Georgiev Barclays Center 15,497 18–19–7 43 Recap 45 January 13 @ Columbus 5–7 Georgiev Nationwide Arena 17,417 18–20–7 43 Recap 46 January 15 Carolina 6–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,636 19–20–7 45 Recap 47 January 17 Chicago 4–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,434 20–20–7 47 Recap 48 January 19 @ Boston 3–2 Lundqvist TD Garden 17,565 21–20–7 49 Recap 49 January 29 Philadelphia 0–1 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,163 21–21–7 49 Recap 50 January 31 @ New Jersey 4–3 Lundqvist Prudential Center 16,514 22–21–7 51 Recap
February: 5–5–3, 13 points (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 2–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 2 Tampa Bay 2–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,468 22–22–7 51 Recap 52 February 4 Los Angeles 3–4 OT Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 16,233 22–22–8 52 Recap 53 February 6 Boston 4–3 SO Georgiev Madison Square Garden 16,848 23–22–8 54 Recap 54 February 8 Carolina 0–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 18,006 23–23–8 54 Recap 55 February 10 Toronto 4–1 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,445 24–23–8 56 Recap 56 February 12 @ Winnipeg 3–4 Lundqvist Bell MTS Place 15,321 24–24–8 56 Recap 57 February 15 @ Buffalo 6–2 Georgiev KeyBank Center 19,070 25–24–8 58 Recap 58 February 17 @ Pittsburgh 5–6 Georgiev PPG Paints Arena 18,646 25–25–8 58 Recap 59 February 19 @ Carolina 2–1 Lundqvist PNC Arena 13,343 26–25–8 60 Recap 60 February 21 Minnesota 4–1 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,271 26–26–8 60 Recap 61 February 23 New Jersey 5–2 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,371 27–26–8 62 Recap 62 February 24 @ Washington 5–6 OT Lundqvist Capital One Arena 18,506 27–26–9 63 Recap 63 February 27 Tampa Bay 3–4 OT Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,012 27–26–10 64 Recap
March: 4–8–3, 11 points (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–5–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Montreal 2–4 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,334 27–27–10 64 Recap 65 March 3 Washington 2–3 SO Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,517 27–27–11 65 Recap 66 March 5 @ Dallas 0–1 Georgiev American Airlines Center 17,974 27–28–11 65 Recap 67 March 7 @ Detroit 2–3 SO Lundqvist Little Caesars Arena 18,333 27–28–12 66 Recap 68 March 9 New Jersey 4–2 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,386 28–28–12 68 Recap 69 March 11 @ Edmonton 2–3 OT Georgiev Rogers Place 18,347 28–28–13 69 Recap 70 March 13 @ Vancouver 1–4 Lundqvist Rogers Arena 18,225 28–29–13 69 Recap 71 March 15 @ Calgary 1–5 Georgiev Scotiabank Saddledome 18,956 28–30–13 69 Recap 72 March 16 @ Minnesota 2–5 Lundqvist Xcel Energy Center 18,844 28–31–13 69 Recap 73 March 19 Detroit 2–3 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 17,183 28–32–13 69 Recap 74 March 23 @ Toronto 2–1 OT Georgiev Scotiabank Arena 19,251 29–32–13 71 Recap 75 March 25 Pittsburgh 2–5 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,401 29–33–13 71 Recap 76 March 27 @ Boston 3–6 Lundqvist TD Garden 17,565 29–34–13 71 Recap 77 March 29 St. Louis 4–2 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,567 30–34–13 73 Recap 78 March 31 @ Philadelphia 3–0 Georgiev Wells Fargo Center 19,437 31–34–13 75 Recap
April: 1–2–1, 3 points (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 1–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 @ New Jersey 2–4 Lundqvist Prudential Center 14,776 31–35–13 75 Recap 80 April 3 Ottawa 1–4 Lundqvist Madison Square Garden 16,562 31–36–13 75 Recap 81 April 5 Columbus 2–3 SO Georgiev Madison Square Garden 17,341 31–36–14 76 Recap 82 April 6 @ Pittsburgh 4–3 OT Georgiev PPG Paints Arena 18,660 32–36–14 78 Recap
Win (2 Points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Zibanejad, MikaMika Zibanejad	82	30	44	74	-12 –12	47
Kreider, ChrisChris Kreider	79	28	24	52	+4	57
Hayes, KevinKevin Hayes ‡ || 51 || 14 || 28 || 42 || +1 || 10
Buchnevich, PavelPavel Buchnevich	64	21	17	38	-10 –10	13
Zuccarello, MatsMats Zuccarello ‡ || 46 || 11 || 26 || 37 || -11 –11 || 24
Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey	81	17	18	35	-6 –6	21
Strome, RyanRyan Strome † || 63 || 18 || 15 || 33 || -2 –2 || 50
Namestnikov, VladislavVladislav Namestnikov	78	11	20	31	-7 –7	44
DeAngelo, TonyTony DeAngelo	61	4	26	30	+6	77
Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk	73	2	26	28	-15 –15	20
Pionk, NealNeal Pionk	73	6	20	26	-16 –16	35
Skjei, BradyBrady Skjei	78	8	17	25	-4 –4	44
Chytil, FilipFilip Chytil	75	11	12	23	-22 –22	8
Howden, BrettBrett Howden	66	6	17	23	-16 –16	14
Fast, JesperJesper Fast	66	8	12	20	-3 –3	26
Smith, BrendanBrendan Smith	63	4	9	13	-7 –7	71
Staal, MarcMarc Staal	79	3	10	13	-9 –9	32
Nieves, BooBoo Nieves	43	4	6	10	-4 –4	8
Lemieux, BrendanBrendan Lemieux † || 19 || 3 || 3 || 6 || -4 –4 || 44
Claesson, FredrikFredrik Claesson	37	2	4	6	+3	9
Andersson, LiasLias Andersson	42	2	4	6	-13 –13	29
McQuaid, AdamAdam McQuaid ‡ || 36 || 2 || 3 || 5 || +3 || 33
Brickley, ConnorConnor Brickley † || 14 || 1 || 3 || 4 || +3 || 9
Lettieri, VinniVinni Lettieri	27	1	2	3	-7 –7	14
Spooner, RyanRyan Spooner ‡ || 16 || 1 || 1 || 2 || -5 –5 || 0
Hajek, LiborLibor Hajek	5	1	0	1	+1	6
McLeod, CodyCody McLeod ‡ || 31 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -10 –10 || 60
Beleskey, MattMatt Beleskey	4	1	0	1	+1	5
Lindgren, RyanRyan Lindgren	5	0	0	0	-6 –6	8
Fogarty, StevenSteven Fogarty	10	0	0	0	-1 –1	0
Gilmour, JohnJohn Gilmour	5	0	0	0	-3 –3	4
Gettinger, TimTim Gettinger	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	52	52	3,088:53	18	23	10	158	3.07	1,699	.907	0	0	3	0
Georgiev, AlexandarAlexandar Georgiev	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
Howden, BrettBrett Howden	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
Fast, JesperJesper Fast	100th career NHL point	October 7, 2018
Quinn, DavidDavid Quinn	1st career NHL win	October 11, 2018
Georgiev, AlexandarAlexandar Georgiev	1st career NHL shutout	November 21, 2018
Lindgren, RyanRyan Lindgren	1st career NHL game	January 15, 2019
Strome, RyanRyan Strome	400th career NHL game	February 23, 2019
Hajek, LiborLibor Hajek	1st career NHL game	March 1, 2019
Libor Hajek	1st career NHL goal	March 9, 2019

Records

Regular season

Player	Record	Reached
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	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		Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	To Ottawa Senators BOS' 1st-round pick in 2018 NJD's 2nd-round pick in 2018	To New York Rangers PIT's 1st-round pick in 2018
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
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
November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Spooner	To New York Rangers Ryan Strome
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	To Nashville Predators Cole Schneider	To New York Rangers Connor Brickley
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	To Nashville Predators Cody McLeod	To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2020
February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)	To Vancouver Canucks Marek Mazanec	To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2020
February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18)	To Chicago Blackhawks Peter Holland	To New York Rangers Darren Raddysh
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To Dallas Stars Mats Zuccarello	To New York Rangers Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam McQuaid	To New York Rangers Julius Bergman 4th-round pick in 2019 7th-round pick in 2019
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Winnipeg Jets Kevin Hayes	To New York Rangers Brendan Lemieux 1st-round pick in 2019 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	To New York Rangers Adam Fox
June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)	To Winnipeg Jets Neal Pionk WPG's 1st-round pick in 2019	To New York Rangers Jacob Trouba

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	Sergei Zborovsky	to Sochi (KHL)	2-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Paul Carey	to Ottawa Senators	1-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Fredrik Claesson	from Ottawa Senators	1-year
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	David Desharnais	to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	1-year
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	John Albert	to Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL)	1-year
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Daniel Catenacci	to Bolzano-Bozen Foxes (EBEL)	Unknown
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Adam Tambellini	to Ottawa Senators	1-year
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)	Dustin Tokarski	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)	Jacob Elmer	from Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	3-year
March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)	Patrick Newell	from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC)	2-year
May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08)	Julius Bergman	Frölunda (SHL)	2-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14) Michael Lindqvist Mutual termination January 5, 2019 (2019-01-05) Vince Pedrie Mutual termination

Retirement Date Player Ref September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20) Ondrej Pavelec

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Vladislav Namestnikov	2-year
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Cody McLeod	1-year
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Chris Bigras	1-year
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Steven Fogarty	1-year
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	John Gilmour	1-year
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Boo Nieves	1-year
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Rob O'Gara	1-year
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Jimmy Vesey	2-year
July 28, 2018 (2018-07-28)	Brady Skjei	6-year
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)	Kevin Hayes	1-year
July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)	Ryan Spooner	2-year
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	Steven Fogarty	1-year
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	Boo Nieves	1-year
March 4, 2019 (2019-03-04)	Joey Keane	3-year
March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)	Adam Huska	2-year
May 2, 2019 (2019-05-02)	Adam Fox	3-year
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	Vitali Kravtsov	3-year
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	Igor Shestyorkin	2-year
May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)	Yegor Rykov	2-year
June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)	Tarmo Reunanen	2-year

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.

References

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Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
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