2018–19 New York Rangers season

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†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

Milestones

Records

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	9	Vitali Kravtsov	RW	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk
1	221	K'Andre Miller	D	United States	U.S. NTDP
1	282	Nils Lundkvist	D	Sweden	Lulea HF
2	39	Olof Lindbom	G	Sweden	Djurgardens IF J20
3	70	Jacob Ragnarsson	D	Sweden	Almtuna IS
3	883	Joey Keane	D	United States	Barrie Colts
4	101	Nico Gross	D	Switzerland	Oshawa Generals
5	132	Lauri Pajuniemi	RW	Finland	TPS
6	163	Simon Kjellberg	D	Sweden	Rogle BK J20
7	2164	Riley Hughes	RW	United States	St. Sebastian's School

Notes:

1. The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 22, 2018, that sent Boston's first-round pick and New Jersey's second-round pick both in 2018 to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.
2. The Tampa Bay Lightning's first-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller to Tampa Bay in exchange for Vladislav Namestnikov, Libor Hajek, Brett Howden, a conditional first-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
3. The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 20, 2018, that sent Nick Holden to Boston in exchange for Rob O'Gara and this pick.
4. The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Boston's seventh-round pick in 2019 to Carolina in exchange for this pick.