2019–20 New York Rangers season

The 2019–20 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 93rd season of play and their 94th season overall.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Rangers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season, but were swept in the qualifying round by the Carolina Hurricanes. <!--

October
The Rangers won their season opener 6–4 against the Winnipeg Jets on October 3, during which Artemi Panarin and Jacob Trouba each scored their first goals for the team. Trouba tied a single game career high in points, and became the first defenseman to register three points in the Rangers debut. The game marked the fifth time in franchise history that two players (Trouba and Panarin) making their Rangers debuts scored multiple points in the same game. The season opener also marked the 450th win for Henrik Lundqvist, making him the sixth goaltender to reach that milestone, and the second one to do so with one franchise. He made 43 saves in the game, tying a franchise record for most by a Rangers goaltender in a season opener, the highest amount since Gump Worsley in 1955.

Zibanejad posted his third career hat-trick against the Ottawa Senators on October 5, becoming the sixth player in NHL history with four-point games in each of the first two games of the season, and the first player to do so since John Cullen of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. He was the second player in the Rangers' history to post eight points through the first two games of the season, the fourth in franchise history to score six or more points in that span, and the first in both cases since Rod Gilbert in 1976. The Rangers started the season with a 2–0–0 record for the 16th time in franchise history, the first time since the 2015–16 season, and the second time in 11 years dating back to the 2009–10 season. The Rangers also scored short-handed goals in both of their first two games of the season for the first time in franchise history. Zibanejad's game on October 5 made him the first Rangers' player with an even strength goal, a power play goal, and a short-handed goal in an away game since Petr Nedved in 2000, and the first Ranger to do so in any game since Derek Stepan in 2014. On October 8, Zibanejad was named NHL's First Star of the Week. -->

Pre-season
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.



Playoffs
The Rangers faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the qualifying round, and were defeated in three games.



Player statistics
As of August 4, 2020

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.

Transactions
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Draft picks
Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.


 * 1) The Dallas Stars' second-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 third-round pick in 2020 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
 * 2) The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-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 Hájek, Brett Howden, a first-round pick in 2018 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
 * 3) The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Adam McQuaid to Columbus in exchange for Julius Bergman, a seventh-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
 * 4) The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Adam McQuaid to Columbus in exchange for Julius Bergman, a fourth-round pick in 2019 and this pick.