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1992–93 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ4588213 ↗
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The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 67th season. The Rangers, coming off a Presidents' Trophy-winning 1991–92 season, finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1987–88 season.

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season, in January 1993, and replaced by Ron Smith.

Regular season

On December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut-out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shutout.

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the postseason for the first time since 1988.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers.

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