2017–18 New York Rangers season

The 2017–18 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 91st season of play and their 92nd season overall. This season saw the Rangers struggle with inconsistency for much of the season, with the team going 4–7–2 in October. Despite going 9–3–0 in November, the team's struggles would be amplified in later months with injuries to Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider and Kevin Shattenkirk, the latter of whom had season-ending knee surgery. After winning the 2018 Winter Classic over the Buffalo Sabres, the team would go 6–16–2 up to the trade deadline. On February 8, the Rangers announced their intention to rebuild, and then weeks later traded away many key players such as Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash, J. T. Miller, Nick Holden, and Michael Grabner. They also acquired Rob O'Gara, Vladislav Namestnikov and Ryan Spooner. The Rangers ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2009–10 season, placed last in the Metropolitan Division and finished under.500 for the first time since the 2003–04 season. At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, head coach Alain Vigneault was fired by the team.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The team's pre-season schedule was revealed on June 13, 2017.

2017 pre-season game log: 3–2–1

Regular season

The regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.

Player statistics

Final
;Skaters

Player
	80	16	37	53	−10	36
	72	27	20	47	−23	14
	76	25	19	44	1	18
	74	14	29	43	−3	20
^‡	63	13	27	40	−1	28
	58	16	21	37	−2	44
	71	13	20	33	−10	26
^‡	59	26	6	31	11	12
^‡	60	18	10	28	−8	24
	79	17	11	28	−18	20
	71	6	22	28	−22	18
^‡	49	2	24	26	7	20
	82	4	21	25	−27	39
	46	5	18	23	−14	44
^†	20	4	12	16	−4	2
	60	7	7	14	−13	20
	28	1	13	14	−1	12
^‡	55	3	9	12	−3	14
	28	1	8	9	6	12
	72	1	7	8	11	18
	44	1	7	8	2	69
	32	0	8	8	−18	11
	28	2	3	5	−11	14
	19	1	4	5	−12	0
	16	1	4	5	−6	6
^†	19	2	2	4	−5	10
	23	1	3	4	−10	7
	9	1	2	3	−5	4
^†	22	0	3	3	−2	6
	7	1	1	2	1	0
^†	25	0	2	2	−11	39
	22	0	1	1	−7	20
^‡	4	0	0	0	−1	0
	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	1	0	0	0	0	2
^†	1	0	0	0	−1	4

;Goaltenders

Player
	63	61	3,502:32	26	26	7	174	2.98	2036	.915	2	0	1	0
	19	12	903:42	4	9	1	46	3.05	510	.910	1	0	0	2
	10	9	514:46	4	4	1	27	3.15	331	.918	0	0	0	0
	1	0	12:33	0	0	0	1	4.78	6	.833	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Rangers. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only.

^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only.

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honors

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career NHL game	October 5, 2017
	1,000th career NHL game	October 26, 2017
	700th career NHL game	October 26, 2017
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 26, 2017
	100th career NHL game	October 31, 2017
	300th career NHL game	November 22, 2017
Boo Nieves	1st career NHL goal	December 5, 2017
	100th career NHL point	December 19, 2017
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 29, 2017
Vinni Lettieri	1st career NHL assist	January 7, 2018
	200th career NHL assist	January 13, 2018
Mats Zuccarello	300th career NHL point	February 3, 2018
	1st career NHL game	February 9, 2018
	1st career NHL game	February 9, 2018
John Gilmour	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	February 13, 2018
Neal Pionk	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	February 13, 2018
	1st career NHL game	February 17, 2018
	1st career NHL game	February 22, 2018
John Gilmour	1st career NHL assist	March 3, 2018
Alexandar Georgiev	1st career NHL win	March 3, 2018
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	March 8, 2018
Mats Zuccarello	100th career NHL goal	March 12, 2018
	1st career NHL hat trick	March 12, 2018
Neal Pionk	1st career NHL goal	March 24, 2018
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 26, 2018
Lias Andersson	1st career NHL assist	March 28, 2018
Filip Chytil	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	March 26, 2018
Filip Chytil	1st career NHL goal	March 30, 2018

Records

Player	Record	Reached
	62nd career NHL shutout	October 8, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist	408th career NHL win	October 31, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist	63rd career NHL shutout	November 19, 2017
Henrik Lundqvist	424th career NHL win	January 6, 2018

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Notes:

New York to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
Boston to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Players released

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	7¹	Lias Andersson	C	Sweden	HV71
1	21	Filip Chytil	C	Czech Republic	PSG Zlín
4	123²	Brandon Crawley	D	United States	London Knights
5	145	Calle Sjalin	D	Sweden	Östersunds IK
6	157³	Dominik Lakatos	C	Czech Republic	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
6	174⁴	Morgan Barron	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College
7	207	Patrik Virta	C	Finland	HC TPS