2024–25 New York Rangers season

2024–25 New York Rangers
2024–25 New York Rangers
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	8–2–1
Home record	4–1–1
Road record	4–1–0
Goals for	44
Goals against	24
Team information
General manager	Chris Drury
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Jacob Trouba
Alternate captains	Adam Fox; Chris Kreider; Artemi Panarin; Mika Zibanejad
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL); Bloomington Bison (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Chris Kreider; Artemi Panarin (7)
Assists	Artemi Panarin (9)
Points	Artemi Panarin (15)
Penalty minutes	Adam Edstrom (17)
Plus/minus	Filip Chytil (+11)
Wins	Igor Shesterkin (4)
Goals against average	Igor Shesterkin (2.43)
	← 2023–24 →

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.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Hurricanes	12	10	2	0	8	50	28	+22	20
2	New Jersey Devils	16	9	5	2	9	58	45	+13	20
3	Washington Capitals	13	9	4	0	8	51	39	+12	18
4	New York Rangers	12	8	3	1	8	45	30	+15	17
5	New York Islanders	14	6	6	2	3	36	42	−6	14
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	16	6	8	2	4	46	61	−15	14
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	5	5	2	5	40	40	0	12
8	Philadelphia Flyers	14	5	8	1	3	37	51	−14	11

Updated to game(s) played on November 8, 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

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	New York Rangers	12	8	3	1	8	45	30	+15	17
2	AT	Boston Bruins	15	7	7	1	4	38	49	−11	15

3	ME	New York Islanders	14	6	6	2	3	36	42	−6	14
4	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	16	6	8	2	4	46	61	−15	14
5	AT	Detroit Red Wings	13	6	6	1	6	34	39	−5	13
6	AT	Buffalo Sabres	14	6	7	1	6	47	44	+3	13
7	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	5	5	2	5	40	40	0	12
8	AT	Ottawa Senators	13	6	7	0	5	45	42	+3	12
9	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	14	5	8	1	3	37	51	−14	11
10	AT	Montreal Canadiens	14	4	8	2	4	38	58	−20	10

Updated to game(s) played on November 8, 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

Preseason

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	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

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: 2–1–0, 4 points (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	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	–		Little Caesars Arena
14	November 12	Winnipeg	–		Madison Square Garden
15	November 14	San Jose	–		Madison Square Garden
16	November 17	@ Seattle	–		Climate Pledge Arena
17	November 19	@ Vancouver	–		Rogers Arena
18	November 21	@ Calgary	–		Scotiabank Saddledome
19	November 23	@ Edmonton	–		Rogers Place
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	Location
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	Location
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	Location
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	Location
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	Location
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

As of June 1, 2024^[17]^[18]

Skaters

Regular season^[19]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM

Goaltenders

Regular season^[20]
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

Updated November 2, 2024^[21]^[22]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
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
90	Victor Mancini	D	R	22	2022	Hancock, Michigan
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
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

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Date

Milestones

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

Records

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

Transactions

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

Trades

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)	^[23]
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*	^[24]

Free agents

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

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Signings

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

Draft picks

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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