Roster · 2017-18 · New York Rangers

New York Rangers, by the numbers

Team

New York Rangers

Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 24

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C89Mika Zibanejad72 GP · 1294 min+1.69WAR

L74Rick Nash71 GP · 1211 min+1.15WAR

C73Vladislav Namestnikov81 GP · 1384 min+1.12WAR

C72J.T. Miller82 GP · 1396 min+1.11WAR

R72Kevin Hayes76 GP · 1319 min+1.11WAR

L62Michael Grabner80 GP · 1186 min+0.91WAR

L59Pavel Buchnevich74 GP · 1111 min+0.84WAR

L59Chris Kreider58 GP · 906 min+0.84WAR

L56Jimmy Vesey79 GP · 1132 min+0.77WAR

C43David Desharnais71 GP · 927 min+0.53WAR

R42Jesper Fast71 GP · 1057 min+0.52WAR

R41Mats Zuccarello80 GP · 1514 min+0.50WAR

C39Ryan Spooner59 GP · 902 min+0.46WAR

C20Paul Carey60 GP · 616 min+0.17WAR

C4Boo Nieves28 GP · 286 min+0.01WAR

L3Cody McLeod48 GP · 354 min-0.01WAR

C2Peter Holland23 GP · 285 min-0.03WAR

C—Vinni Lettieri19 GP · 229 min+0.06WAR

L—Matt Beleskey15 GP · 165 min+0.01WAR

C—Lias Andersson7 GP · 84 min+0.01WAR

R—Adam Cracknell5 GP · 39 min+0.01WAR

C—Daniel Catenacci1 GP · 11 min+0.00WAR C—Steven Fogarty1 GP · 12 min-0.00WAR

C—Filip Chytil9 GP · 123 min-0.01WAR

Defense · 12

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D70Nick Holden73 GP · 1388 min+0.75WAR

D69Brady Skjei82 GP · 1724 min+0.74WAR

D62Ryan McDonagh63 GP · 1470 min+0.61WAR

D34Kevin Shattenkirk46 GP · 933 min+0.29WAR

D32Tony DeAngelo32 GP · 530 min+0.23WAR

D25John Gilmour28 GP · 481 min+0.15WAR

D17Brendan Smith44 GP · 755 min+0.08WAR

D15Rob O'Gara30 GP · 465 min+0.06WAR

D15Steven Kampfer22 GP · 380 min+0.05WAR

D12Ryan Sproul16 GP · 262 min+0.04WAR

D9Neal Pionk28 GP · 627 min+0.01WAR

D6Marc Staal72 GP · 1334 min-0.04WAR

Goaltenders · 4

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G80Henrik Lundqvist63 GP · 3503 min+3.86WAR

G45Alexandar Georgiev10 GP · 515 min+0.82WAR

G34Ondrej Pavelec19 GP · 904 min+0.19WAR

G—Brandon Halverson1 GP · 13 min-0.10WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated