2009–10 New York Rangers season
The 2009–10 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League 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.
Off-season
On May 4, 2009, Markus Naslund announced that he would be retiring from professional hockey after playing one season for the Rangers.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.
On August 16, 2009, Mark Messier rejoined the Rangers organization as a special assistant to general manager Glen Sather.
Pre-season
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
Conference standings
Schedule and results
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| Player | ||||||
| 76 | 42 | 44 | 86 | 15 | 37 | |
| 75 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 8 | 32 | |
| 69 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 54 | |
| 80 | 9 | 28 | 37 | −20 | 32 | |
| 77 | 19 | 18 | 37 | −12 | 48 | |
| 77 | 14 | 18 | 32 | −10 | 31 | |
| 69 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 160 | |
| 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −2 | 32 | |
| 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 44 | |
| † | 49 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 24 |
| 82 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −2 | 53 | |
| 82 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 78 | |
| ‡ | 45 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −18 | 38 |
| 69 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 23 | |
| † | 26 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 75 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 27 | |
| 57 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −1 | 18 | |
| ‡ | 55 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −9 | 32 |
| † | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 65 |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 89 | |
| 71 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −6 | 47 | |
| † | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 37 |
| † | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 73 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||||||
| 73 | 4204 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 167 | 2.38 | 2109 | .921 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 305 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3.74 | 128 | .852 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2.35 | 135 | .919 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| † | 3 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.52 | 52 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Awards
Milestones
Transactions
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.Trades
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
Roster
Updated April 13, 2010.Staff
Draft picks
New York's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the Bell Centre.| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 19 | Chris Kreider | LW | Phillips Andover | |
| 2 | 47 | Ethan Werek | C | Kingston Frontenacs | |
| 3 | 80 | Ryan Bourque | C | U.S. National Team Development Program | |
| 5 | 127 | Roman Horak | C | Ceske Budejovice Mountfield Jr. | |
| 5 | 140 | Scott Stajcer | G | Owen Sound Attack | |
| 6 | 170 | Daniel Maggio | D | Sudbury Wolves | |
| 7 | 200 | Mikhail Pashnin | D | Mechel Chelyabinsk |