2020–21 New York Rangers season

2020–21 New York Rangers
Division5th East
2020–21 record27–23–6
Home record14–11–3
Road record13–12–3
Goals for177
Goals against157
Team information
General managerJeff Gorton (Jan. 14 – May 5)
Chris Drury (May 5–8)
CoachDavid Quinn
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsChris Kreider
Artemi Panarin
Jacob Trouba
Mika Zibanejad
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMika Zibanejad (24)
AssistsAdam Fox (42)
PointsArtemi Panarin (58)
Penalty minutesBrendan Smith (73)
Plus/minusRyan Lindgren (+20)
WinsIgor Shesterkin (16)
Goals against averageKeith Kinkaid (2.59)

The 2020–21 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 94th season of play and their 95th season overall. Following the buyout of his contract on September 30, 2020, Henrik Lundqvist was not on the roster for the first time since the 2005–06 season.[1] Before the season, the Rangers received the first overall pick in the draft lottery of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[2][3] They drafted Alexis Lafreniere, who became only the second player to be drafted first overall by the Rangers, after Andre Veilleux in 1965.[4] On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Rangers played this season in the East Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.[5]

Fan attendance in home games was prohibited until February 23, 2021, per an executive order from Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.[6] The Rangers reopened Madison Square Garden to spectators on February 26.[7]

On March 17, head coach David Quinn and his assistant coaches, Jacques Martin, David Oliver, and Greg Brown were unavailable to coach the Rangers' game against the Philadelphia Flyers because of COVID-19 protocols and health and safety guidelines. A temporary coaching staff was called in and the team was coached by head coach Kris Knoblauch and assistant coach Gord Murphy from the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack, and the team's associate general manager Chris Drury. This was the first time in the NHL an entire coaching staff was not allowed to be in the arena to coach a game due to a pandemic.[8] The Rangers won the game 9–0, which was the largest margin of victory since March 31, 1986, when they won 9–0 against the New Jersey Devils.[9]

The Rangers scored the most hat tricks of any NHL team during the season. The players were – Mika Zibanejad (3), Chris Kreider (2), and Pavel Buchnevich (1). This was the most since the 1991–92 season when the team had eight.[10]

On May 3, the Rangers were eliminated from playoff contention after a 6–3 loss to the Washington Capitals.[11] Two days later, Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton and president/alternative governor John Davidson were both relieved of their duties by the organization. They were replaced by former Rangers captain Chris Drury who was named the new president and general manager.[12]

On May 12, the Rangers fired head coach David Quinn after the team failed to make the playoffs.[13] Assistant coaches Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown were also fired.[14]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
Source: National Hockey League[15]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[16]

2020–21 game log
January: 2–4–2, 6 points (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 1–2–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 January 14 NY Islanders 0–4 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 0–1–0 0 [17]
2 January 16 NY Islanders 5–0 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 0 1–1–0 2 [18]
3 January 19 New Jersey 3–4 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 0 1–2–0 2 [19]
4 January 22 @ Pittsburgh 3–4 SO Shesterkin PPG Paints Arena 0 1–2–1 3 [20]
5 January 24 @ Pittsburgh 2–3 Shesterkin PPG Paints Arena 0 1–3–1 3 [21]
6 January 26 @ Buffalo 2–3 Georgiev KeyBank Center 0 1–4–1 3 [22]
7 January 28 @ Buffalo 3–2 OT Shesterkin KeyBank Center 0 2–4–1 5 [23]
8 January 30 Pittsburgh 4–5 OT Georgiev Madison Square Garden 0 2–4–2 6 [24]
February: 5–5–1, 11 points (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 2–1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
9 February 1 Pittsburgh 3–1 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 3–4–2 8 [25]
10 February 4 Washington 4–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 4–4–2 10 [26]
— February 6 @ New Jersey – Postponed due to COVID-19 protocol;[27] moved to March 4[28]
11 February 8 NY Islanders 0–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 4–5–2 10 [29]
12 February 10 Boston 2–3 OT Georgiev Madison Square Garden 0 4–5–3 11 [30]
13 February 12 Boston 0–1 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 4–6–3 11 [31]
— February 14 Philadelphia – Postponed due to COVID-19 protocol;[32] moved to April 22[33]
14 February 16 New Jersey 2–5 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 0 4–7–3 11 [34]
15 February 18 @ Philadelphia 3–2 SO Georgiev Wells Fargo Center 0 5–7–3 13 [35]
16 February 20 @ Washington 4–1 Shesterkin Capital One Arena 0 6–7–3 15 [36]
17 February 24 @ Philadelphia 3–4 Shesterkin Wells Fargo Center 0 6–8–3 15 [37]
18 February 26 Boston 6–2 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 1,800 7–8–3 17 [38]
19 February 28 Boston 1–4 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 7–9–3 17 [39]
March: 9–6–1, 19 points (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 5–6–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
20 March 2 Buffalo 3–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 8–9–3 19 [40]
21 March 4 @ New Jersey 6–1 Shesterkin Prudential Center 1,800 9–9–3 21 [41]
22 March 6 @ New Jersey 6–3 Georgiev Prudential Center 1,800 10–9–3 23 [42]
23 March 7 @ Pittsburgh 1–5 Georgiev PPG Paints Arena 2,800 10–10–3 23 [43]
24 March 9 @ Pittsburgh 2–4 Kinkaid PPG Paints Arena 2,800 10–11–3 23 [44]
25 March 11 @ Boston 0–4 Georgiev TD Garden 0 10–12–3 23 [45]
26 March 13 @ Boston 4–0 Kinkaid TD Garden 0 11–12–3 25 [46]
27 March 15 Philadelphia 4–5 OT Kinkaid Madison Square Garden 1,639 11–12–4 26 [47]
28 March 17 Philadelphia 9–0 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 1,723 12–12–4 28 [48]
29 March 19 @ Washington 1–2 Georgiev Capital One Arena 0 12–13–4 28 [49]
30 March 20 @ Washington 3–1 Kinkaid Capital One Arena 0 13–13–4 30 [50]
31 March 22 Buffalo 5–3 Kinkaid Madison Square Garden 1,800 14–13–4 32 [51]
32 March 25 @ Philadelphia 8–3 Shesterkin Wells Fargo Center 2,854 15–13–4 34 [52]
33 March 27 @ Philadelphia 1–2 Shesterkin Wells Fargo Center 3,069 15–14–4 34 [53]
34 March 28 @ Washington 4–5 Kinkaid Capital One Arena 0 15–15–4 34 [54]
35 March 30 Washington 5–2 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,761 16–15–4 36 [55]
April: 10–4–2, 22 points (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 4–1–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
36 April 1 @ Buffalo 3–2 OT Shesterkin KeyBank Center 0 17–15–4 38 [56]
37 April 3 @ Buffalo 2–3 SO Shesterkin KeyBank Center 302 17–15–5 39 [57]
38 April 6 Pittsburgh 8–4 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,693 18–15–5 41 [58]
39 April 8 Pittsburgh 2–5 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 18–16–5 41 [59]
40 April 9 @ NY Islanders 4–1 Georgiev Nassau Coliseum 1,400 19–16–5 43 [60]
41 April 11 @ NY Islanders 2–3 OT Shesterkin Nassau Coliseum 1,400 19–16–6 44 [61]
42 April 13 @ New Jersey 3–0 Shesterkin Prudential Center 3,600 20–16–6 46 [62]
43 April 15 New Jersey 4–0 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,688 21–16–6 48 [63]
44 April 17 New Jersey 6–3 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 22–16–6 50 [64]
45 April 18 @ New Jersey 5–3 Georgiev Prudential Center 3,500 23–16–6 52 [65]
46 April 20 @ NY Islanders 1–6 Shesterkin Nassau Coliseum 1,400 23–17–6 52 [66]
47 April 22 Philadelphia 2–3 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 23–18–6 52 [67]
48 April 23 Philadelphia 4–1 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 1,800 24–18–6 54 [68]
49 April 25 Buffalo 6–3 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 25–18–6 56 [69]
50 April 27 Buffalo 3–1 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,796 26–18–6 58 [70]
51 April 29 NY Islanders 0–4 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 26–19–6 58 [71]
May: 1–4–0, 2 points (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–2–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
52 May 1 @ NY Islanders 0–3 Georgiev Nassau Coliseum 1,400 26–20–6 58 [72]
53 May 3 Washington 3–6 Shesterkin Madison Square Garden 1,800 26–21–6 58 [73]
54 May 5 Washington 2–4 Georgiev Madison Square Garden 1,800 26–22–6 58 [74]
55 May 6 @ Boston 0–4 Shesterkin TD Garden 2,191 26–23–6 58 [75]
56 May 8 @ Boston 5–4 Shesterkin TD Garden 2,191 27–23–6 60 [76]

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

Player statistics

As of May 8, 2021[77]

Skaters

Regular season[78]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Artemi Panarin 42 17 41 58 +14 6
Mika Zibanejad 56 24 26 50 +2 18
Ryan Strome 56 14 35 49 +6 39
Pavel Buchnevich 54 20 28 48 +12 42
Adam Fox 55 5 42 47 +19 14
Chris Kreider 50 20 10 30 –1 34
Colin Blackwell 47 12 10 22 +2 15
Filip Chytil 42 8 14 22 +9 10
Alexis Lafreniere 56 12 9 21 –7 8
Kaapo Kakko 48 9 8 17 +3 10
Ryan Lindgren 51 1 15 16 +20 35
Kevin Rooney 54 8 6 14 0 54
K'Andre Miller 53 5 7 12 +9 20
Jacob Trouba 38 2 10 12 +3 22
Brendan Smith 48 5 5 10 +3 73
Julien Gauthier 30 2 6 8 –6 14
Phillip Di Giuseppe 31 1 7 8 +2 13
Brendan Lemieux‡ 31 2 5 7 0 59
Brett Howden 42 1 6 7 –2 11
Vitali Kravtsov 20 2 2 4 –6 4
Libor Hajek 44 2 2 4 +2 10
Anthony Bitetto 14 1 3 4 –8 20
Zac Jones 10 0 4 4 –2 2
Jack Johnson 13 1 0 1 –5 8
Jonny Brodzinski 5 1 0 1 0 4
Morgan Barron 5 1 0 1 0 4
Tony DeAngelo 6 0 1 1 –6 4
Tarmo Reunanen 4 0 1 1 +1 0
Justin Richards 1 0 1 1 +1 0
Tim Gettinger 2 0 0 0 –2 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[79]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Igor Shesterkin 35 31 1,899:01 16 14 3 83 2.62 987 .916 2 0 0 0
Alexandar Georgiev 19 18 973:56 8 7 2 44 2.71 465 .905 2 0 1 0
Keith Kinkaid 9 7 485:53 3 2 1 21 2.59 205 .898 1 0 0 0
  • † 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

Regular season
Player Award Date
Adam Fox Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award April 29, 2021
Adam Fox James Norris Memorial Trophy June 29, 2021

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Alexis Lafreniere 1st NHL career game January 14, 2021
K'Andre Miller 1st NHL career game January 14, 2021
K'Andre Miller 1st NHL career point January 22, 2021
K'Andre Miller 1st NHL career goal January 26, 2021
Alexis Lafreniere 1st NHL career goal January 28, 2021
Kevin Rooney 100th NHL career game January 28, 2021
Artem Panarin 400th NHL career game February 1, 2021
Julien Gauthier 1st NHL career goal February 10, 2021
Ryan Strome 100th NHL career goal
200th NHL career point		 February 20, 2021
Alexis Lafreniere 1st NHL career assist February 26, 2021
Pavel Buchnevich 100th NHL career assist March 7, 2021
Tarmo Reunanen 1st NHL career game
1st NHL career assist
1st NHL career point		 March 15, 2021
Jacob Trouba 50th NHL career goal March 17, 2021
Brendan Smith 500th NHL career game March 19, 2021
Adam Fox 100th NHL career game March 22, 2021
Vitali Kravtsov 1st NHL career game April 3, 2021
Vitali Kravtsov 1st NHL career assist
1st NHL career point		 April 11, 2021
Pavel Buchnevich Scored the 20,000th goal in Rangers franchise history April 13, 2021
Igor Shesterkin 1st NHL career shutout April 13, 2021
Artem Panarin 300th NHL career assist April 17, 2021
Pavel Buchnevich 1st NHL career hat trick April 17, 2021
Vitali Kravtsov 1st NHL career goal April 18, 2021
Zac Jones 1st NHL career game April 22, 2021
Zac Jones 1st NHL career point April 25, 2021
Ryan Strome 300th NHL career point April 27, 2021
Morgan Barron 1st NHL career game May 1, 2021
Morgan Barron 1st NHL career goal
1st NHL career point		 May 5, 2021
Justin Richards 1st NHL career game
1st NHL career assist
1st NHL career point		 May 8, 2021
Mika Zibanejad 200th NHL career goal May 8, 2021

Records

Regular season
Player Record Reached
Chris Kreider 161st NHL career goal (2nd most goals by American-born Ranger) February 1, 2021
Mika Zibanejad Most points in one period with 6 (tied with Bryan Trottier) March 17, 2021
Mika Zibanejad 1st player in NHL history to record 6+ points in consecutive games vs. one opponent within a regular season
(6 goals, 6 assists against Philadelphia Flyers)		 March 25, 2021
Artemi Panarin Most assists (93) in first 100 games (98) in Rangers history (passing Mark Messier) April 9, 2021

Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) To Calgary Flames
CAR's 1st-round pick in 2020
3rd-round pick in 2020 		To New York Rangers
1st-round pick in 2020 		[80][81]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Los Angeles Kings
Lias Andersson 		To New York Rangers
VGK's 2nd-round pick in 2020 		[82]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To San Jose Sharks
7th-round pick in 2020
VAN's 7th-round pick in 2020 		To New York Rangers
5th-round pick in 2020 		[83]
March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27) To Los Angeles Kings
Brendan Lemieux 		To New York Rangers
4th-round pick in 2021 		[84]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Anthony Bitetto from Winnipeg Jets 2-year [85]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Colin Blackwell from Nashville Predators 2-year [85]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Jonny Brodzinski from San Jose Sharks 1-year [85]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Anthony Greco from San Jose Sharks 2-year [85]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Jack Johnson from Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year [86]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Keith Kinkaid from Montreal Canadiens 2-year [85]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Kevin Rooney from New Jersey Devils 2-year [85]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Jesper Fast to Carolina Hurricanes 3-year [87]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Vinni Lettieri to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [88]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) Danny O'Regan to Vegas Golden Knights 1-year [89]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) Greg McKegg to Boston Bruins 1-year [90]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19) Steven Fogarty to Buffalo Sabres 1-year [91]
November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) Micheal Haley to Ottawa Senators 1-year [92]
December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31) Jean-Francois Berube to Ontario Reign (AHL) 1-year [93]
January 9, 2021 (2021-01-09) Ryan Gropp to Västerviks IK (HockeyAllsvenskan) 1-year [94]
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12) Boo Nieves to Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [95]
March 4, 2021 (2021-03-04) Mason Geertsen from Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) 2-year [96]
June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04) Yegor Rykov to Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) 2-year [97]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Brandon Crawley 1-year [98]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) Alexis Lafreniere 3-year [99]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Phillip Di Giuseppe 1-year [100]
October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15) Tony DeAngelo 2-year [101]
October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15) Alexandar Georgiev 2-year [102]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Gabriel Fontaine 1-year [103]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Darren Raddysh 1-year [103]
November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06) Brendan Lemieux 2-year [104]
November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06) Ryan Strome 2-year [105]
March 4, 2021 (2021-03-04) Braden Schneider 3-year [106]
March 29, 2021 (2021-03-29) Hunter Skinner 3-year [107]
April 13, 2021 (2021-04-13) Zachary Jones 3-year [108]
April 19, 2021 (2021-04-19) William Cuylle 3-year [109]
April 21, 2021 (2021-04-21) Karl Henriksson 3-year [110]
April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29) Lauri Pajuniemi 2-year [111]
May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) Ryan Lindgren 3-year [112]
June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03) Nils Lundkvist 3-year [113]

Draft picks

See also: List of New York Rangers draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on October 6 and 7, 2020, in a remote format, with teams convening via videoconferencing, and Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing selections from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.[114] It was originally scheduled to be held on June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Centre in Montreal,[115][116] but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conclusion of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.[117]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team
1 1 Alexis Lafreniere LW  Canada Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
1 191 Braden Schneider D  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 602 William Cuylle LW  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3 923 Oliver Tarnstrom C  Sweden AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4 103 Dylan Garand G  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5 1274 Evan Vierling C  Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
5 134 Brett Berard LW  United States U.S. NTDP U-18 (USDP)
6 165 Matt Rempe C  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7 1975 Hugo Ollas G  Sweden Linköping HC J20 (J20 SuperElit)
  1. The Calgary Flames' first-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on October 6, 2020, that sent Carolina Hurricanes' first-round pick and a third-round pick both in 2020 (22nd and 72nd overall) to Calgary in exchange for this pick.[80]
  2. The Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent Lias Andersson to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.[82]
  3. The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 23, 2019, that sent Mats Zuccarello to Dallas in exchange for a conditional second-round pick in 2019 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[118]
  4. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a seventh-round pick and Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick both in 2020 (196th and 206th overall) to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[83]
  5. The Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 6, 2019, that sent Cody McLeod to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[119]

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