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1998-99 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 33-38-11 (77 points), Finished 4th in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Muckler (33-38-11)

Captain: Brian Leetch

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 217 (11th of 27), Goals Against: 227 (19th of 27)
SRS: -0.08 (17th of 27), SOS: 0.04 (4th of 27)

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2500

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	AvAge	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	29.2	82	33	38	11	77	.470	217	227	-0.08	0.04	2.65	2.77	71	348	20.40	48	336	85.71	7	9	2085	10.4	2476	.908		4
League Average	27.7	82	35	35	12	82	.500	216	216					57	359	15.81	57	359	84.19	8	8	2285	9.4	2285	.906		6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Rangers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
18	Derek Armstrong	ca	C	25	6-0	197	R/-	4	April 23, 1973
23	Jeff Beukeboom	ca	D	33	6-5	230	R/-	12	March 28, 1965
12	Rich Brennan	us	D	26	6-2	200	R/-	2	November 26, 1972
39	Dan Cloutier	ca	G	22	6-1	195	-/L	1	April 22, 1976
14	Christian Dubé	ca	C	21	5-11	170	R/-	1	April 25, 1977
37	Brent Fedyk	ca	LW	31	6-0	194	R/-	9	March 8, 1967
26	Jeff Finley	ca	D	31	6-2	205	L/-	9	April 14, 1967
21	Scott Fraser	ca	RW	26	6-1	178	R/-	2	May 3, 1972
9	Adam Graves	ca	LW	30	6-0	205	L/-	11	April 12, 1968
99	Wayne Gretzky	ca	C	38	6-0	185	L/-	19	January 26, 1961
20	Todd Harvey	ca	RW	23	6-0	210	R/-	4	February 17, 1975
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	su	D	28	6-3	221	R/-	5	April 7, 1970
22	Mike Knuble	ca	RW	26	6-3	229	R/-	2	July 4, 1972
27	Alex Kovalev	su	RW	25	6-2	222	L/-	6	February 24, 1973
28	Eric Lacroix	ca	LW	27	6-1	210	L/-	5	July 15, 1971
19	Darren Langdon	ca	LW	28	6-1	205	L/-	4	January 8, 1971
2	Brian Leetch (C)	us	D	30	6-0	185	L/-	11	March 3, 1968
15	John MacLean	ca	RW	34	6-0	200	R/-	14	November 20, 1964
6	Manny Malhotra	ca	C	18	6-2	220	L/-	R	May 18, 1980
26	Mike Maneluk	ca	RW	25	5-11	190	R/-	R	October 1, 1973
8	Jan Mertzig	se	D	28	6-4	218	L/-	R	July 18, 1970
36	Rumun Ndur	ng	D	23	6-2	222	L/-	2	July 7, 1975
3	Stan Neckář	cs	D	23	6-1	214	L/-	4	December 22, 1975
93	Petr Nedvěd	cs	C	27	6-3	196	L/-	7	December 9, 1971
34	Peter Popovic	se	D	30	6-6	243	L/-	5	February 10, 1968
32	Sean Pronger	ca	C	26	6-3	209	L/-	3	November 30, 1972
35	Mike Richter	us	G	32	5-11	185	-/L	9	September 22, 1966
5	Ulf Samuelsson	se	D	34	6-1	205	L/-	14	March 26, 1964
33	Marc Savard	ca	C	21	5-10	191	L/-	1	July 17, 1977
25	Mathieu Schneider	us	D	29	5-11	192	L/-	10	June 12, 1969
14	Geoff Smith	ca	D	29	6-3	194	L/-	9	March 7, 1969
17	Kevin Stevens	us	LW	33	6-3	230	L/-	11	April 15, 1965
28	P.J. Stock	ca	LW	23	5-10	197	L/-	1	May 26, 1975
24	Niklas Sundström	se	LW	23	6-0	191	L/-	3	June 6, 1975
3-4	Chris Tamer	us	D	28	6-2	205	L/-	5	November 17, 1970
10	Esa Tikkanen	fi	LW	34	6-1	190	L/-	13	January 25, 1965
14	Johan Witehall	se	LW	27	6-1	198	L/-	R	January 7, 1972
32	Harry York	ca	C	24	6-2	215	L/-	2	April 16, 1974

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Wayne Gretzky*	38	C	70	9	53	62	-23	14	6	3	0	3	26	27	0	132	6.8	1475	21:04	3.3	0.9	4.2
2	John MacLean	34	RW	82	28	27	55	5	46	16	11	1	2	18	7	2	231	12.1	1699	20:43	4.0	2.2	6.2
3	Brian Leetch*	30	D	82	13	42	55	-7	42	9	4	0	1	17	25	0	184	7.1	2192	26:44	4.5	5.0	9.5
4	Adam Graves	30	LW	82	38	15	53	-12	47	22	14	2	7	8	6	1	239	15.9	1670	20:22	4.8	1.5	6.3
5	Petr Nedvěd	27	C	56	20	27	47	-6	50	10	9	1	3	20	7	0	153	13.1	1133	20:14	3.8	1.1	4.9
6	Marc Savard	21	C	70	9	36	45	-7	38	5	4	0	1	21	15	0	116	7.8	1021	14:35	2.8	0.9	3.7
7	Kevin Stevens	33	LW	81	23	20	43	-10	64	15	8	0	3	14	6	0	136	16.9	1231	15:12	3.5	1.1	4.5
8	Niklas Sundström	23	LW	81	13	30	43	-2	20	10	1	2	3	27	3	0	89	14.6	1554	19:11	1.6	1.8	3.4
9	Mike Knuble	26	RW	82	15	20	35	-7	26	12	3	0	1	14	6	0	113	13.3	1219	14:52	1.9	1.2	3.0
10	Mathieu Schneider	29	D	75	10	24	34	-19	71	5	5	0	2	9	15	0	159	6.3	1827	24:21	2.6	2.7	5.3
11	Todd Harvey	23	RW	37	11	17	28	-1	72	5	6	0	2	9	8	0	58	19.0	641	17:19	2.3	0.7	3.0
12	Manny Malhotra	18	C	73	8	8	16	-2	13	7	1	0	2	8	0	0	61	13.1	614	8:24	0.8	0.7	1.5
13	Ulf Samuelsson	34	D	67	4	8	12	6	93	4	0	0	0	6	2	0	37	10.8	1372	20:29	0.3	3.6	3.8
14	Brent Fedyk	31	LW	67	4	6	10	-11	30	3	0	1	0	5	0	1	47	8.5	743	11:06	-0.5	0.5	-0.1
15	Jeff Beukeboom	33	D	45	0	9	9	-2	60	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	8	0.0	628	13:57	0.3	1.3	1.6
16	Alex Kovalev	25	RW	14	3	4	7	-6	12	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	35	8.6	258	18:27	0.3	0.1	0.4
17	Scott Fraser	26	RW	28	2	4	6	-12	14	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	35	5.7	283	10:06	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
18	Chris Tamer	28	D	52	1	5	6	-12	92	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	46	2.2	802	15:25	-0.1	0.9	0.8
19	Peter Popovic	30	D	68	1	4	5	-12	40	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	64	1.6	1407	20:41	-0.8	2.3	1.5
20	Rich Brennan	26	D	24	1	3	4	-4	23	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	36	2.8	313	13:02	0.2	0.4	0.6
21	Rumun Ndur	23	D	31	1	3	4	-2	46	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	4.8	371	11:58	0.1	0.7	0.8
22	Eric Lacroix	27	LW	30	2	1	3	-5	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	11.8	122	4:05	0.2	0.0	0.1
23	Sean Pronger	26	C	14	0	3	3	-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.0	77	5:32	0.1	0.0	0.1
24	Esa Tikkanen	34	LW	32	0	3	3	-5	38	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	0.0	436	13:38	-0.8	0.3	-0.5
25	Jan Mertzig	28	D	23	0	2	2	-5	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0.0	277	12:02	-0.1	0.2	0.2
26	Alexander Karpovtsev	28	D	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	45	22:38	0.2	0.2	0.3
27	Derek Armstrong	25	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	2:50	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Dan Cloutier	22	G	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		1097	49:51	0.0	0.0	3.7
29	Christian Dubé	21	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	2:39	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Jeff Finley	31	D	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	11:40	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Darren Langdon	28	LW	44	0	0	0	-3	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	156	3:33	-0.4	0.1	-0.3
32	Mike Maneluk	25	RW	4	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	29	7:18	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
33	Stan Neckář	23	D	18	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	248	13:46	-0.2	0.5	0.2
34	Mike Richter	32	G	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		3875	57:00	0.0	0.0	11.6
35	Geoff Smith	29	D	4	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		60	14:56	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3
36	P.J. Stock	23	LW	5	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	2:42	0.0	0.0	-0.1
37	Johan Witehall	27	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	16	4:06	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Harry York	24	C	5	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	48	9:32	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			82	217	374	591	-176	1073	139	71	7	33	233	135	6	2085	10.4			34.0	30.2	79.6

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Mike Richter	32	68		27	30	8	170	1898	1728	.910	2.63	4	3878				97	5.0	3.11	11.6
2	Dan Cloutier	22	22		6	8	3	49	570	521	.914	2.68	0	1097				93	3.6	3.17	3.7
	Team Total				33	38	11	219	2468	2249	.911	2.64	4	4975				96	8.6	3.13	15.3