The 2013–14 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 87th season of play and their 88th season overall. It was the Rangers' first season in the newly created

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, which was created during the NHL's realignment in the 2013 offseason. The Rangers won 25 road games in the regular season, setting a franchise record. The Rangers returned to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since their championship in the 1993–94 season, losing in five games to the

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Off-season

The Rangers first order of business for the 2013–14 season was to find a new head coach after letting John Tortorella go on May 29, 2013. The Rangers hired recently fired Canucks coach Alain Vigneault on June 21. Coincidentally, Tortorella would be hired as the new Canucks coach only days after Vigneault was hired by the Rangers. The Rangers finished their coaching staff on August 6 by hiring Scott Arniel as an associate coach, along with former players Ulf Samuelsson and Daniel Lacroix as assistant coaches.

Pre-season

The New York Rangers lost five of their six pre-season games, during which they scored nine goals and allowed 22 goals against. They went 2-for-22 on the power play and allowed five power play goals against in the last three games.

Regular season

Due to final stages of renovations at

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, the Rangers opened the season on a nine-game road trip from October 3 to 24, during which the team went 3–6–0. The Rangers had a franchise-record nine-game homestand from December 7 to 23, during which they had a record of 3–4–2. As part of the

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games, the Rangers played two consecutive outdoor games at

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on January 26 against the

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(7–3 win) and on January 29 against the

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(2–1 win). The NHL took a two-week break from February 9 to February 25 for the

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. The Rangers had seven players represent their countries: Ryan Callahan,

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and Derek Stepan for the

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;

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for

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;

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for

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; and

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and Henrik Lundqvist for

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. On April 7, with a New Jersey Devils loss to the

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, the Rangers clinched a playoff spot for the fourth consecutive season, and for the eighth time out of nine seasons. On April 10, with a 2–1 win over the

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and a

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4–2 loss to the

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, the Rangers clinched second place in their division and home ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

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Regular season

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Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2013–14 regular season as the

's second seed. They defeated the third seed

in the first round, 4–3. Then they faced the first seed

in the second round of the playoffs. For the first time in Rangers history, the team came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win the series in seven games to reach the third round for the first time since 1997. Next, they defeated the Atlantic Division's third seed

in the Eastern Conference Final in the third round, 4–2, and became the Eastern Conference Champions. They are the first team in NHL history that played the maximum of 14 games over the first two rounds and still had enough to advance to the final. After 20 years, the Rangers headed to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the Western Conference champion

, marking the first time since the Yankees and the Dodgers played in the

1981 World Series The 1981 World Series was the World Series, championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 Major League Baseball season, 1981 season. The 78th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American Lea ...

that teams from

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and

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met for a major professional sports championship. The Rangers lost three games in overtime and lost the series 4–1. , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 1 , , April 17 , ,

, , 4–1 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 1–0 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 2 , , April 20 , , Philadelphia Flyers , , 2–4 , , Lundqvist , , Series tied 1–1 , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 3 , , April 22 , , @ Philadelphia Flyers , , 4–1 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 2–1 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 4 , , April 25 , , @ Philadelphia Flyers , , 1–2 , , Lundqvist , , Series tied 2–2 , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 5 , , April 27 , , Philadelphia Flyers , , 4–2 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 3–2 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 6 , , April 29 , , @ Philadelphia Flyers , , 2–5 , , Lundqvist , , Series tied 3–3 , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 7 , , April 30 , , Philadelphia Flyers , , 2–1 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers win 4–3 , - , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 1 , , May 2 , , @

, , 3–2 OT , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 1–0 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 2 , , May 4 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 0–3 , , Lundqvist , , Series tied 1–1 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 3 , , May 5 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 0–2 , , Lundqvist , , Penguins lead 2–1 , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 4 , , May 7 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 2–4 , , Lundqvist , , Penguins lead 3–1 , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 5 , , May 9 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 5–1 , , Lundqvist , , Penguins lead 3–2 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 6 , , May 11 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 3–1 , , Lundqvist , , Series tied 3–3 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 7 , , May 13 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 2–1 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers win 4–3 , - , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 1 , , May 17 , , @

, , 7–2 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 1–0 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 2 , , May 19 , , @ Montreal Canadiens , , 3–1 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 2–0 , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 3 , , May 22 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 2–3 OT , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 2–1 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 4 , , May 25 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 3–2 OT , , Lundqvist , , Rangers lead 3–1 , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 5 , , May 27 , , @ Montreal Canadiens , , 4–7 , , Talbot , , Rangers lead 3–2 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 6 , , May 29 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 1–0 , , Lundqvist , , Rangers win 4–2 , - , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 1 , , June 4 , , @

, , 2–3 OT , , Lundqvist , , Kings lead 1–0 , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 2 , , June 7 , , @ Los Angeles Kings , , 4–5 2OT , , Lundqvist , , Kings lead 2–0 , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 3 , , June 9 , , Los Angeles Kings , , 0–3 , , Lundqvist , , Kings lead 3–0 , -style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 4 , , June 11 , , Los Angeles Kings , , 2–1 , , Lundqvist , , Kings lead 3–1 , -style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 5 , , June 13 , , @ Los Angeles Kings , , 2–3 2OT , , Lundqvist , , Kings win 4–1 , - , - ,

Player statistics

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^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Records

Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

New York Rangers' picks at the 2013 NHL entry draft, which was held in

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, on June 30, 2013. ;Draft notes * The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the

as the result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent

, Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and this pick. * The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the

as the result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Ryane Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick (previously acquired from Florida), a 2014 conditional round pick and this pick. * The

' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 third-round pick (#89– Brendan Leipsic) to the Predators in exchange for this pick. * The

' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for

, Steven Delisle and this pick. * The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the

as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 fifth-round pick (#142– Thomas Spelling) to the Rangers in exchange for this pick. * The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the

as the result of a February 3, 2012, trade that sent Casey Wellman to the Rangers in exchange for Erik Christensen and this pick.

References

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