1995–96 New York Rangers season
The 1995–96 New York Rangers season was the 70th season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers posted a 41–27–14 record, which placed them second in the Atlantic Division and gave them a berth in the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where the team lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.
Regular season
The Rangers were shorthanded a league-high 495 times during the regular season, and tied the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning for fewest short-handed goals scored.Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Key: Win LossPlayer statistics
;Skaters| Player | ||||||
| 74 | 47 | 52 | 99 | 29 | 122 | |
| 82 | 15 | 70 | 85 | 12 | 30 | |
| 69 | 41 | 41 | 82 | 29 | 129 | |
| 77 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 13 | 80 | |
| 81 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 5 | 98 | |
| 82 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 100 | |
| ‡ | 65 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 82 |
| 66 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 42 | |
| 78 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 38 | |
| 82 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 14 | |
| 74 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 122 | |
| 40 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 26 | |
| 59 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 50 | |
| 82 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 220 | |
| 64 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 175 | |
| ‡ | 61 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 71 |
| † | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 30 |
| ‡ | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 77 |
| ‡ | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| 53 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 76 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 | |
| † | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 30 | |
| † | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| ‡ | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| †‡ | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 53 |
| ‡ | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 49 |
| † | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |
| ‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ‡ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| † | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 26 |
| Player | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | ||||||||||
| 41 | 2396 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 107 | 2.68 | 1221 | .912 | 3 | |
| 44 | 2564 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 124 | 2.90 | 1237 | .900 | 2 | |
| 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Player | |||||||||
| 11 | 661 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 3.27 | 308 | .883 | 0 |
†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.
Transactions
- July 31, 1995 – Doug Lidster was traded by the St. Louis Blues to the New York Rangers in exchange for Jay Wells.
Draft picks
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 2 | 39 | Christian Dube | RW | Sherbrooke Faucons | |
| 3 | 65 | Mike Martin | D | Windsor Spitfires | |
| 4 | 91 | Marc Savard | C | Oshawa Generals | |
| 5 | 110 | Alexei Vasiliev | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | |
| 5 | 117 | Dale Purinton | D | Tacoma Rockets | |
| 6 | 143 | Peter Slamiar | RW | Zvolen Jrs. | |
| 7 | 169 | Jeff Heil | G | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | |
| 8 | 195 | Ilya Gorokhov | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | |
| 9 | 221 | Bob Maudie | C | Kamloops Blazers |