2016–17 New York Rangers season

The 2016–17 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 90th season of play and their 91st season overall. The team began its regular games on October 13, 2016 against the New York Islanders.

2016–17 New York Rangers
Division4th Metropolitan
Conference5th Eastern
2016–17 record48–28–6
Home record21–16–4
Road record27–12–2
Goals for256
Goals against220
Team information
General managerJeff Gorton
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainRyan McDonagh
Alternate captainsDan Girardi
Rick Nash
Marc Staal
Derek Stepan
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance18,006
Minor league affiliate(s)Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsChris Kreider (28)
AssistsMats Zuccarello (44)
PointsMats Zuccarello (59)
Penalty minutesChris Kreider (58)
Plus/minusMichael Grabner (+22)
WinsHenrik Lundqvist (31)
Goals against averageMagnus Hellberg (1.52)
The New York Rangers 90th anniversary logo

Standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p Washington Capitals 82 55 19 8 53 263 182 +81 118
2 x Pittsburgh Penguins 82 50 21 11 46 282 234 +48 111
3 x Columbus Blue Jackets 82 50 24 8 47 249 195 +54 108
4 x New York Rangers 82 48 28 6 45 256 220 +36 102
5 New York Islanders 82 41 29 12 39 241 242 1 94
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 33 10 32 219 236 17 88
7 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 31 15 33 215 236 21 87
8 New Jersey Devils 82 28 40 14 25 183 244 61 70
Source: National Hockey League[1]
p Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x Clinched playoff spot
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x New York Rangers 82 48 28 6 45 256 220 +36 102
2 AT x Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 27 15 39 251 242 +9 95
3 ME New York Islanders 82 41 29 12 39 241 242 1 94
4 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 82 42 30 10 38 234 227 +7 94
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 33 10 32 219 236 17 88
6 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 31 15 33 215 236 21 87
7 AT Florida Panthers 82 35 36 11 30 210 237 27 81
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 33 36 13 24 207 244 37 79
9 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 37 12 31 201 237 36 78
10 ME New Jersey Devils 82 28 40 14 25 183 244 61 70
Source: National Hockey League[2]
x Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season: 2–2–2 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–1–2)[3]
GameDateOpponentScoreRecord
1September 27New York Islanders5–21–0–0
2September 29New Jersey Devils3–12–0–0
3October 1@ New Jersey Devils4–52–1–0
4October 3@ Philadelphia Flyers3–4 (OT)2–1–1
5October 4@ New York Islanders2–3 (OT)2–1–2
6October 6Philadelphia Flyers4–22–2–2

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 6–3–0, 12 Points (home: 5–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 13NY Islanders5–3LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,2001–0–02Recap
2October 15@ St. Louis2–3LundqvistScottrade Center19,1971–1–02Recap
3October 17San Jose7–4RaantaMadison Square Garden18,2002–1–04Recap
4October 19Detroit1–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,2002–2–04Recap
5October 22@ Washington4–2LundqvistVerizon Center18,5063–2–06Recap
6October 23Arizona3–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,0064–2–08Recap
7October 26Boston5–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,0065–2–010Recap
8October 28@ Carolina2–3LundqvistPNC Arena18,3805–3–010Recap
9October 30Tampa Bay6–1RaantaMadison Square Garden18,0066–3–012Recap
November: 10–4–1, 21 Points (home: 4–3–1; road: 6–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
10November 1St. Louis5–0LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,0067–3–014Recap
11November 3Edmonton5–3LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,0068–3–016Recap
12November 5@ Boston5–2RaantaTD Garden17,5659–3–018Recap
13November 6Winnipeg5–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00610–3–020Recap
14November 8Vancouver3–5RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00610–4–020Recap
15November 12@ Calgary4–1LundqvistScotiabank Saddledome19,28911–4–022Recap
16November 13@ Edmonton3–1RaantaRogers Place18,34712–4–024Recap
17November 15@ Vancouver7–2LundqvistRogers Arena17,81413–4–026Recap
18November 18@ Columbus2–4LundqvistNationwide Arena14,54113–5–026Recap
19November 20Florida2–3SOLundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00613–5–127Recap
20November 21@ Pittsburgh5–2RaantaConsol Energy Center18,63214–5–129Recap
21November 23Pittsburgh1–6LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00614–6–129Recap
22November 25@ Philadelphia3–2LundqvistWells Fargo Center19,98115–6–131Recap
23November 27Ottawa0–2RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00615–7–131Recap
24November 29Carolina3–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00616–7–133Recap
December: 10–5–0, 20 Points (home: 4–2–0; road: 6–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25December 1@ Buffalo3–4LundqvistFirst Niagara Center18,04716–8–133Recap
26December 3Carolina4–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00617–8–135Recap
27December 6@ NY Islanders2–4LundqvistBarclays Center15,79517–9–135Recap
28December 8@ Winnipeg2–1RaantaMTS Centre15,29418–9–137Recap
29December 9@ Chicago1–0OTRaantaUnited Center21,77019–9–139Recap
30December 11New Jersey5–0RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00620–9–141Recap
31December 13Chicago1–2RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00620–10–141Recap
32December 15@ Dallas2–0LundqvistAmerican Airlines Center18,21221–10–143Recap
33December 17@ Nashville2–1SOLundqvistBridgestone Arena17,11322–10–145Recap
34December 18New Jersey3–2SOLundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00623–10–147Recap
35December 20@ Pittsburgh2–7RaantaConsol Energy Center18,54123–11–147Recap
36December 23Minnesota4–7RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00623–12–147Recap
37December 27Ottawa4–3RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00624–12–149Recap
38December 29@ Arizona6–3RaantaGila River Arena15,09025–12–151Recap
39December 31@ Colorado6–2LundqvistPepsi Center17,60926–12–153Recap
January: 5–6–0, 10 Points (home: 1–5–0; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 3Buffalo1–4LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00626–13–153Recap
41January 4@ Philadelphia5–2LundqvistWells Fargo Center19,85827–13–155Recap
42January 7@ Columbus5–4LundqvistNationwide Arena19,00128–13–157Recap
43January 13Toronto2–4LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00628–14–157Recap
44January 14@ Montreal4–5LundqvistBell Centre21,28828–15–157Recap
45January 17Dallas6–7LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00628–16–157Recap
46January 19@ Toronto5–2LundqvistAir Canada Centre19,08829–16–159Recap
47January 22@ Detroit1–0OTLundqvistJoe Louis Arena20,02730–16–161Recap
48January 23Los Angeles3–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00631–16–163Recap
49January 25Philadelphia0–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00631–17–163Recap
January 27–29All-Star Break in Los Angeles
50January 31Columbus4–6RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00631–18–163Recap
February: 9–3–1, 19 Points (home: 5–2–1; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 2@ Buffalo2–1OTLundqvistFirst Niagara Center18,94132–18–165Recap
52February 5Calgary4–3LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00633–18–167Recap
53February 7Anaheim4–1LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00634–18–169Recap
54February 9Nashville4–3LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00635–18–171Recap
55February 11Colorado4–2LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00636–18–173Recap
56February 13@ Columbus3–2RaantaNationwide Arena14,37837–18–175Recap
57February 16@ NY Islanders2–4LundqvistBarclays Center15,79537–18–175Recap
58February 19Washington2–1LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00638–19–177Recap
59February 21Montreal2–3SOLundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00638–19–278Recap
60February 23@ Toronto2–1SOLundqvistAir Canada Centre19,17539–19–280Recap
61February 25@ New Jersey4–3OTRaantaPrudential Center16,51440–19–282Recap
62February 26Columbus2–5LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00640–20–282Recap
63February 28Washington1–4LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00640–21–282Recap
March: 6–5–4, 16 Points (home: 0–3–2; road: 6–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 2@ Boston2–1LundqvistTD Garden17,56541–21–284Recap
65March 4Montreal1–4LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00641–22–284Recap
66March 6@ Tampa Bay1–0OTRaantaAmalie Arena19,09242–22–286Recap
67March 7@ Florida5–2LundqvistBB&T Center16,11643–22–288Recap
68March 9@ Carolina3–4RaantaPNC Arena11,40443–23–288Recap
69March 12@ Detroit4–1RaantaJoe Louis Arena20,02744–23–290Recap
70March 13Tampa Bay2–3RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00644–24–290Recap
71March 17Florida3–4SORaantaMadison Square Garden18,00644–24–391Recap
72March 18@ Minnesota3–2RaantaXcel Energy Center19,33745–24–393Recap
73March 21@ New Jersey2–3OTRaantaPrudential Center16,51445–24–494Recap
74March 22NY Islanders2–3RaantaMadison Square Garden18,00645–25–494Recap
75March 25@ Los Angeles3–0RaantaStaples Center18,23046–25–496Recap
76March 26@ Anaheim3–6LundqvistHonda Center17,17446–26–496Recap
77March 28@ San Jose4–5OTLundqvistSAP Center17,56246–26–597Recap
78March 31Pittsburgh3–4SOLundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00646–26–698Recap
April: 2–2–0, 4 Points (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 2Philadelphia4–3LundqvistMadison Square Garden18,00647–26–6100Recap
80April 5@ Washington0–2LundqvistVerizon Center18,50647–27–6100Recap
81April 8@ Ottawa1–3LundqvistCanadian Tire Centre18,97647–28–6100Recap
82April 9Pittsburgh3–2HellbergMadison Square Garden18,00648–28–6102Recap

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

Playoffs

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, entering as the Wild Card in the Eastern Conference and being matched up against the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens in six games, moving on to round 2 against the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers were then eliminated by the Senators in six games.

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Montreal Canadiens: Rangers won series 4–2 (home: 2–1; Away: 2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionSeries
1April 12@ Montreal2–0LundqvistRangers lead 1–0
2April 14@ Montreal3–4 OTLundqvistSeries tied 1–1
3April 16Montreal1–3LundqvistCanadiens lead 2–1
4April 18Montreal2–1LundqvistSeries tied 2–2
5April 20@ Montreal3–2 OTLundqvistRangers lead 3–2
6April 22Montreal3–1LundqvistRangers win series 4–2
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Senators won series 4–2 (home: 2–1; Away: 0–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionSeries
1April 27@ Ottawa1–2LundqvistSenators lead 1–0
2April 29@ Ottawa5–6 2OTLundqvistSenators lead 2–0
3May 2Ottawa4–1LundqvistSenators lead 2–1
4May 4Ottawa4–1LundqvistSeries tied 2–2
5May 6@ Ottawa4–5 OTLundqvistSenators lead 3–2
6May 9Ottawa2–4LundqvistSenators win series 4–2

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Henrik Lundqvist57553241312041482.741650.9102010
Antti Raanta302616181682612.26782.9224010
Magnus Hellberg217910021.5228.9290000
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Henrik Lundqvist121277566292.25395.9271000

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

Awards

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Henrik Lundqvist375th career NHL winOctober 13, 2016
Brady Skjei1st career NHL pointOctober 13, 2016
Jimmy Vesey1st career NHL point
1st career NHL goal
October 17, 2016
Ryan McDonagh400th career NHL gameNovember 1, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist60th career shutoutNovember 1, 2016
Jimmy Vesey1st career NHL assist
1st career three-point NHL game
November 1, 2016
Pavel Buchnevich1st career NHL goalNovember 5, 2016
Rick Nash400th career NHL goalNovember 8, 2016
Cristoval Nieves1st career NHL gameNovember 14, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist700th career NHL gameNovember 20, 2016
Brady Skjei1st career NHL goalDecember 11, 2016
Kevin Klein600th career NHL gameDecember 27, 2016
Matt Puempel1st career NHL hat trickDecember 29, 2016
Alain Vigneault1,100 career NHL gameJanuary 23, 2017
Alain Vigneault600th career NHL winFebruary 7, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist400th career NHL winFebruary 11, 2017
Magnus Hellberg1st career NHL start
1st career NHL win
April 9, 2017

Records

Regular season
Player Record Reached
Henrik Lundqvist375th career NHL win (14th all-time)October 13, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist389th career NHL win (13th all-time)December 18, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist390th career NHL win (12th all-time)December 31, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist400th career NHL win (12th all-time)February 11, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist401th career NHL win (11th all-time)February 19, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist403rd career NHL win (Tied 10th all-time)[8]March 2, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist404th career NHL win (10th all-time)March 7, 2017

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To Colorado Avalanche:
4th-round pick in 2017
To New York Rangers:
Nick Holden
[9]
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18) To Ottawa Senators:
Derick Brassard
7th-round pick in 2018
To New York Rangers:
Mika Zibanejad
2nd-round pick in 2018
[10]
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) To Florida Panthers:
Dylan McIlrath
To New York Rangers:
Steven Kampfer
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2018
[11]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) To Detroit Red Wings:
3rd-round pick in 2017
OTT's 2nd-round pick in 2018
To New York Rangers:
Brendan Smith
[12]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) To Buffalo Sabres:
Mat Bodie
To New York Rangers:
Daniel Catenacci
[13]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Edmonton Oilers:
Justin Fontaine
To New York Rangers:
Taylor Beck
[14]
Notes

Draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
3 81 Sean Day D Canada Canada Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4 98[a] Tarmo Reunanen D Finland Finland TPS Jr.
5 141 Timothy Gettinger LW United States United States Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6 171 Gabriel Fontaine C Canada Canada Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
6 174[b] Tyler Wall G Canada Canada Leamington Flyers (GOJHL)
7 201 Ty Ronning RW Canada Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
Draft notes[51]

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