2009–10 New York Rangers season
2009–10 New York Rangers | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 9th Eastern |
2009–10 record | 38–33–11 |
Home record | 18–17–6 |
Road record | 20–16–5 |
Goals for | 222 |
Goals against | 218 |
Team information | |
General manager | Glen Sather |
Coach | John Tortorella |
Captain | Chris Drury |
Alternate captains | Ryan Callahan Vaclav Prospal (Nov.–Apr.) |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Average attendance | 18,200 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Marian Gaborik (42) |
Assists | Marian Gaborik (44) |
Points | Marian Gaborik (86) |
Penalty minutes | Sean Avery (160) |
Plus/minus | Marian Gaborik (+15) |
Wins | Henrik Lundqvist (35) |
Goals against average | Lundqvist (2.41) |
The 2009–10 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 83rd season of play and their 84th season overall. For the first time in five years, the Rangers failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs after falling to the Philadelphia Flyers in each team's last game with the winner clinching the final Eastern Conference playoff spot and the loser being eliminated. This is the only season the Rangers missed the playoffs between 2005–06 and 2016–17.
Off-season
On May 4, 2009, Markus Naslund announced that he would be retiring from professional hockey after playing one season for the Rangers.[1]
At the NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers chose Chris Kreider with their first-round pick, 19th overall. The Rangers followed this with a couple of trades at the draft to acquire Brian Boyle and Chad Johnson. A bigger splash was made a few days later when the Rangers traded Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens. With Gomez's $7 million contract gone, the Rangers then signed free agent Marian Gaborik on July 1, the first day of free agency. On July 16, the Rangers announced that Mike Sullivan had been hired as an assistant coach.[2]
On August 16, 2009, Mark Messier rejoined the Rangers organization as a special assistant to general manager Glen Sather.[3]
Pre-season
2009 pre-season game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–1) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | Decision | Record | |||||
1 | September 15 | Boston Bruins | 2–1 | Zaba | 0–1–0 | |||||
2 | September 16 | @ New Jersey Devils | 3–2 SO | Johnson | 0–1–1 | |||||
3 | September 18 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | Zaba | 0–2–1 | |||||
4 | September 19 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–2 | Valiquette | 1–2–1 | |||||
5 | September 21 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | Lundqvist | 2–2–1 | |||||
6 | September 24 | Washington Capitals | 3–2 | Lundqvist | 3–2–1 | |||||
7 | September 27 | @ Washington Capitals | 4–3 | Lundqvist | 3–3–1 |
Regular season
The NHL took a two-week break from February 15 to March 1 for the Olympics. The Rangers had five players represent their countries; Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan for the United States, Marian Gaborik for Slovakia, Olli Jokinen for Finland and Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden.
Divisional standings
GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 222 | 191 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 28 | 7 | 257 | 237 | 101 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 236 | 225 | 88 |
4 | New York Rangers | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 222 | 218 | 87 |
5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 222 | 264 | 79 |
Conference standings
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |||
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1 | p – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 318 | 233 | 121 | ||
2 | y – New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 222 | 191 | 103 | ||
3 | y – Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 235 | 207 | 100 | ||
4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 28 | 7 | 257 | 237 | 101 | ||
5 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 225 | 238 | 94 | ||
6 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 206 | 200 | 91 | ||
7 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 236 | 225 | 88 | ||
8 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 217 | 223 | 88 | ||
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9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 222 | 218 | 87 | ||
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 234 | 256 | 83 | ||
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 230 | 256 | 80 | ||
12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 217 | 260 | 80 | ||
13 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 222 | 264 | 79 | ||
14 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 208 | 244 | 77 | ||
15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 214 | 267 | 74 |
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division
Schedule and results
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
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October: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–3–1)
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November: 5–8–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 3–4–0)
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December: 6–4–3 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 5–0–1)
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January: 6–7–3 (Home: 4–3–2; Road: 2–4–1)
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February: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0)
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March: 6–5–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 4–3–1)
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April: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–1–1)
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Playoffs
The New York Rangers failed to qualify for the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, despite going 7–1–2 at the end of the season. Their run set up a home and home series with the eighth place Philadelphia Flyers, but the Rangers fell to the Flyers in a shootout in the final game of the season and finished one point out of the playoffs.
Player statistics
- Skaters
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Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Henrik Lundqvist | 73 | 4204 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 167 | 2.38 | 2109 | .921 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Valiquette | 6 | 305 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3.74 | 128 | .852 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chad Johnson | 5 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2.35 | 135 | .919 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Alex Auld† | 3 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.52 | 52 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Zaba | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.53 | 16 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Awards and records
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Awards
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Player | Award | Reached | |||||||
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Michael Del Zotto[7] | NHL Rookie of the Month | October 2009 | |||||||
Marian Gaborik[8] | NHL Third Star of the Month | November 2009 |
Milestones
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Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
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Matt Gilroy | 1st NHL game | October 2, 2009 | |||||||
Michael Del Zotto | 1st NHL game | October 2, 2009 | |||||||
Michael Del Zotto | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point |
October 3, 2009 | |||||||
Vaclav Prospal | 600th NHL point | October 3, 2009 | |||||||
Daniel Girardi | 200th NHL game | October 3, 2009 | |||||||
Michael Del Zotto | 1st NHL assist | October 5, 2009 | |||||||
Matt Gilroy | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point |
October 5, 2009 | |||||||
Artem Anisimov | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point |
October 8, 2009 | |||||||
Artem Anisimov | 1st NHL goal | October 11, 2009 | |||||||
Vaclav Prospal | 200th NHL goal | October 14, 2009 | |||||||
Chris Drury | 800th NHL game | October 19, 2009 | |||||||
Matt Gilroy | 1st NHL assist | October 19, 2009 | |||||||
P. A. Parenteau | 1st NHL goal | October 28, 2009 | |||||||
Dane Byers | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point |
October 30, 2009 | |||||||
Henrik Lundqvist | 150th NHL win | November 1, 2009 | |||||||
Donald Brashear | 1,000th NHL game | November 12, 2009 | |||||||
Chris Higgins | 300th NHL game | November 12, 2009 | |||||||
Enver Lisin | 100th NHL game | November 23, 2009 | |||||||
Bobby Sanguinetti | 1st NHL game | November 27, 2009 | |||||||
Sean Avery | 200th NHL point | November 28, 2009 | |||||||
Vaclav Prospal | 900th NHL game | November 28, 2009 | |||||||
Ilkka Heikkinen | 1st NHL game | December 5, 2009 | |||||||
Marc Staal | 200th NHL game | December 26, 2009 | |||||||
Chad Johnson | 1st NHL game | December 30, 2009 | |||||||
Henrik Lundqvist | 300th NHL game | December 30, 2009 | |||||||
Erik Christensen | 100th NHL point | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
John Tortorella | 600th NHL game coached | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
Brandon Dubinsky | 100th NHL point | January 4, 2010 | |||||||
Brandon Dubinsky | 200th NHL game | January 6, 2010 | |||||||
Chad Johnson | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point |
January 7, 2010 | |||||||
Michal Rozsival | 600th NHL game | January 9, 2010 | |||||||
Matt Zaba | 1st NHL game | January 23, 2010 | |||||||
Ryan Callahan | 200th NHL game | January 25, 2010 | |||||||
Chad Johnson | 1st NHL win | January 31, 2010 | |||||||
Marian Gaborik | 500th NHL point | January 31, 2010 | |||||||
Chris Drury | 600th NHL point | February 14, 2010 | |||||||
Brian Boyle | 100th NHL game | March 7, 2010 | |||||||
Brandon Prust | 100th NHL game | March 10, 2010 |
Transactions
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.
Trades
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Claimed via waivers
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Lost via waivers
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Lost via retirement
Player signings
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Draft picks
New York's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada, at the Bell Centre.
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 19 | Chris Kreider | LW | ![]() |
Phillips Andover (USHS-MA) |
2 | 47 (compensatory) | Ethan Werek | C | ![]() |
Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
3 | 80 | Ryan Bourque | C | ![]() |
U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
5 | 127 (from Phoenix) | Roman Horak | C | ![]() |
České Budějovice Mountfield Jr. (Czech Extraliga-Jr) |
5 | 140 | Scott Stajcer | G | ![]() |
Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
6 | 170 | Daniel Maggio | D | ![]() |
Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
7 | 200 | Mikhail Pashnin | D | ![]() |
Mechel Chelyabinsk (Russia-2) |
* On March 11, 2009, the NHL general managers agreed to award the 17th selection of the second round as a compensatory pick to the New York Rangers for deceased player Alexei Cherepanov.[54]
See also
Farm teams
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
The 2009–10 season will be the 13th season of AHL hockey for the franchise.
Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)
The 2009–10 season will be the 17th and final season of ECHL hockey for the franchise, as their place will be taken by an American Hockey League team of the same name (currently known as the Albany River Rats) for the 2010–11 season.
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- Player stats: New York Rangers statistics on espn.com
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