2007–08 New York Rangers season

2007–08 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2007–08 record	42–27–13
Home record	25–13–3
Road record	17–14–10
Goals for	213
Goals against	199
Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	Jaromir Jagr
Alternate captains	Brendan Shanahan Martin Straka
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,200 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Chris Drury (25) Jaromir Jagr (25)
Assists	Scott Gomez (54)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (71)
Penalties in minutes	Colton Orr (159)
Plus/minus	Nigel Dawes (+11)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (37)
Goals against average	Henrik Lundqvist (2.23)
<2006–07 2008–09>

The 2007–08 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 81st season of play and their 82nd season overall. In 2006–07, an impressive late season run brought the team from 12th to 6th place in the Eastern Conference, but the team ran out of steam in the Conference semi-finals before losing in six games to the Buffalo Sabres.

The off-season began in late June with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Rangers had the 17th overall pick in the first round, yet came away with a steal as Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov fell for the taking, despite being considered by many rankings to be a top five prospect, and the top European available in the draft. A variety of reasons have been postulated for Cherepanov's drop, most notably, the lack of a new transfer agreement between the National Hockey League and the International Ice Hockey Federation concerning players from Russia.^[1] In the second round, the Rangers selected goaltender Antoine Lafleur from the P.E.I. Rocket of the QMJHL.^[2] Lafleur was ranked #3 among North American goaltenders by NHL Central Scouting.

The Rangers made a tremendous splash on July 1, the first day of free agency. Within a 30-minute span on that Sunday evening, the Rangers announced the signings of the two most coveted centers available: Scott Gomez from the rival New Jersey Devils and Chris Drury from the Buffalo Sabres.^[3] As both players had worn number 23 with their previous teams, General Manager Glen Sather flipped a puck at their introductory press conference to determine who would wear number 23 on the Rangers; the winner was Drury.^[4]

After these signings, left out of the picture was center Michael Nylander, who had reportedly signed with the Edmonton Oilers,^[5] but then actually signed with the Washington Capitals.^[6] In addition, the Rangers also lost Jed Ortmeyer,^[7] Brad Isbister,^[8] Karel Rachunek^[9] and Kevin Weekes^[10] to the free agency market, the latter two signing with the rival New Jersey Devils.

The Rangers re-signed a number of their own free agents, including Jason Strudwick,^[11] Petr Prucha^[12] and Brendan Shanahan.^[13] Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and forward Marcel Hossa had been designated for salary arbitration, but both signed contracts before reaching their respective hearings.^[14][15] Sean Avery did go through arbitration and was awarded a one-year deal worth $1.9 million.^[16]

The multitude of high profile free agent signings in July left the Rangers dangerously close to the league's $50.3 million salary cap. This effectively forced the Rangers to deal Matt Cullen and his $2.875 million per year cap number back to the Carolina Hurricanes.^[17] At the start of the season, the Rangers total cap number was over the league maximum, but player bonuses can be deferred to the next season if it causes a team to exceed the upper limit of the salary cap, so the Rangers were in compliance.^[18]

On April 3, 2008, the New York Rangers clinched a playoff berth for the third consecutive season in a 3–0 win against the rival Islanders.

Regular season

The Rangers had the most shutouts of all 30 teams in the League, with 12.^[19][20]

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	27	8	247	216	102
2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	29	7	206	197	99
3	New York Rangers	82	42	27	13	213	199	97
4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	248	233	95
5	New York Islanders	82	35	38	9	194	243	79

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	47	25	10	262	222	104
2	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	27	8	247	216	102
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	43	31	8	242	231	94
4	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	29	7	206	197	99
5	New York Rangers	AT	82	42	27	13	213	199	97
6	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	29	11	248	233	95
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	31	8	261	247	94
8	Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	29	12	212	222	94
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9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	43	33	6	252	249	92
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	39	31	12	255	242	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	38	35	9	216	226	85
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	36	35	11	231	260	83
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	35	38	9	194	243	79
14	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	34	40	8	216	272	76
15	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	31	42	9	223	267	71

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

Schedule and results

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

Action of a January 2008 game in Calgary against the Flames

2007–08 Game log
October: 4–6–1 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 0–4–1) Game October Opponent Score Decision Record 1 4 Florida Panthers 5–2 Lundqvist 1–0–0 2 6 @ Ottawa Senators 2–0 Lundqvist 1–1–0 3 10 @ New York Islanders 2–1 Lundqvist 1–2–0 4 12 Washington Capitals 3–1 Lundqvist 2–2–0 5 13 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Lundqvist 2–3–0 6 18 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 Lundqvist 2–4–0 7 20 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 SO Lundqvist 2–4–1 8 23 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 Lundqvist 2–5–1 9 25 New Jersey Devils 2–0 Lundqvist 3–5–1 10 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Lundqvist 3–6–1 11 29 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 Lundqvist 4–6–1
November: 10–3–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 5–1–1) Game November Opponent Score Decision Record 12 1 Washington Capitals 2–0 Lundqvist 5–6–1 13 3 New Jersey Devils 2–1 SO Lundqvist 6–6–1 14 5 Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 Lundqvist 7–6–1 15 6 @ New York Islanders 3–2 Lundqvist 7–7–1 16 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Lundqvist 8–7–1 17 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 SO Valiquette 9–7–1 18 14 @ New Jersey Devils 4–2 Lundqvist 10–7–1 19 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 SO Lundqvist 11–7–1 20 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT Lundqvist 12–7–1 21 19 New York Islanders 2–1 Lundqvist 12–8–1 22 21 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 Lundqvist 13–8–1 23 23 @ Florida Panthers 3–2 SO Valiquette 13–8–2 24 25 Dallas Stars 3–2 Lundqvist 13–9–2 25 29 New York Islanders 4–2 Lundqvist 14–9–2
December: 6–6–2 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 2–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Decision Record 26 1 @ Ottawa Senators 5–2 Lundqvist 15–9–2 27 3 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 Lundqvist 15–10–2 28 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 Lundqvist 15–11–2 29 7 @ Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 Valiquette 15–12–2 30 9 New Jersey Devils 1–0 OT Lundqvist 16–12–2 31 12 @ Washington Capitals 5–4 OT Lundqvist 16–12–3 32 16 Phoenix Coyotes 5–1 Valiquette 16–13–3 33 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 Lundqvist 17–13–3 34 20 @ Minnesota Wild 6–3 Lundqvist 17–14–3 35 21 @ Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT Lundqvist 17–14–4 36 23 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Lundqvist 17–15–4 37 26 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Lundqvist 18–15–4 38 29 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 Valiquette 19–15–4 39 30 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 OT Lundqvist 20–15–4
January: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 1–4–2) Game January Opponent Score Decision Record 40 2 @ Calgary Flames 4–3 Lundqvist 20–16–4 41 3 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–0 Valiquette 20–17–4 42 5 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–2 SO Lundqvist 20–17–5 43 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 Lundqvist 20–18–5 44 10 Philadelphia Flyers 6–2 Lundqvist 20–19–5 45 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Lundqvist 21–19–5 46 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Lundqvist 21–20–5 47 16 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Lundqvist 22–20–5 48 19 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 SO Lundqvist 22–20–6 49 20 Boston Bruins 3–1 Lundqvist 22–21–6 50 22 Atlanta Thrashers 4–0 Lundqvist 23–21–6 51 24 Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 SO Lundqvist 24–21–6 52 29 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 Lundqvist 24–22–6 53 31 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 Valiquette 25–22–6
February: 8–2–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 5–0–2) Game February Opponent Score Decision Record 54 1 @ New Jersey Devils 3–1 Lundqvist 26–22–6 55 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 Lundqvist 27–22–6 56 5 Los Angeles Kings 4–2 Lundqvist 27–23–6 57 7 Anaheim Ducks 4–1 Lundqvist 27–24–6 58 9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 Valiquette 28–24–6 59 10 @ Washington Capitals 3–2 OT Valiquette 28–24–7 60 16 Buffalo Sabres 5–1 Lundqvist 29–24–7 61 17 San Jose Sharks 3–1 Lundqvist 30–24–7 62 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–5 SO Lundqvist 30–24–8 63 23 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–3 Lundqvist 31–24–8 64 24 Florida Panthers 5–0 Lundqvist 32–24–8 65 28 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Lundqvist 33–24–8
March: 8–3–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 3–3–1) Game March Opponent Score Decision Record 66 2 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 SO Valiquette 34–24–8 67 4 New York Islanders 4–3 SO Lundqvist 34–24–9 68 6 @ New York Islanders 4–1 Lundqvist 35–24–9 69 9 Boston Bruins 1–0 SO Lundqvist 36–24–9 70 10 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 SO Lundqvist 37–24–9 71 14 @ Florida Panthers 3–2 Lundqvist 37–25–9 72 15 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–0 Lundqvist 37–26–9 73 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Lundqvist 38–26–9 74 19 @ New Jersey Devils 2–1 SO Lundqvist 39–26–9 75 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 SO Valiquette 39–26–10 76 25 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 OT Lundqvist 39–26–11 77 27 New Jersey Devils 3–2 Lundqvist 40–26–11 78 30 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Lundqvist 40–27–11 79 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 OT Lundqvist 41–27–11
April: 1–0–2 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–0–1) Game April Opponent Score Decision Record 80 3 @ New York Islanders 3–0 Lundqvist 42–27–11 81 4 New York Islanders 4–3 SO Lundqvist 42–27–12 82 6 @ New Jersey Devils 3–2 SO Lundqvist 42–27–13

Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2007–08 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed.

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

The Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals in five games. This was the fifth playoff meeting between the two clubs, with the Rangers having won four of those series.^[21] They were eventually eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.

2008 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference quarter-finals: vs. (4) New Jersey Devils – New York won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 9 New York Rangers 4–1 New Jersey Devils New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 April 11 New York Rangers 2–1 New Jersey Devils New York Rangers lead series 2–0 3 April 13 New Jersey Devils 4–3 New York Rangers OT New York Rangers lead series 2–1 4 April 16 New Jersey Devils 3–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 3–1 5 April 18 New York Rangers 5–3 New Jersey Devils New York Rangers win series 4–1 Eastern Conference semi-finals: vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Pittsburgh won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 25 New York Rangers 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh leads series 1–0 2 April 27 New York Rangers 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh leads series 2–0 3 April 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 New York Rangers Pittsburgh leads series 3–0 4 May 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 New York Rangers Pittsburgh leads series 3–1 5 May 4 New York Rangers 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins OT Pittsburgh wins series 4–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 82 25 46 71 8 58 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez 81 16 54 70 3 36 Drury, ChrisChris Drury 82 25 33 58 −3 45 Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan 73 23 23 46 −2 35 Straka, MartinMartin Straka 65 14 27 41 5 22 Dubinsky, BrandonBrandon Dubinsky 82 14 26 40 8 79 Roszival, MichalMichal Roszival 80 13 25 38 0 80 Avery, SeanSean Avery 57 15 18 33 6 154 Dawes, NigelNigel Dawes 61 14 15 29 11 10 Girardi, DanDan Girardi 82 10 18 28 0 14 Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin 82 5 15 20 5 43 Mara, PaulPaul Mara 61 1 16 17 1 52 Prucha, PetrPetr Prucha 62 7 10 17 3 22 Callahan, RyanRyan Callahan 52 8 5 13 7 31 Malik, MarekMarek Malik 42 2 8 10 7 48 Staal, MarcMarc Staal 80 2 8 10 2 42 Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa^‡ 36 1 7 8 8 24 Backman, ChristianChristian Backman^† 18 2 6 8 2 20 Betts, BlairBlair Betts 75 2 5 7 −4 20 Hollweg, RyanRyan Hollweg 70 2 2 4 −12 96 Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick 52 1 1 2 0 40 Sjostrom, FredrikFredrik Sjostrom^† 18 2 0 2 0 8 Orr, ColtonColton Orr 74 1 1 2 −13 159 Baranka, IvanIvan Baranka 1 0 1 1 1 0 Pock, ThomasThomas Pock 1 0 0 0 −2 0 Byers, DaneDane Byers 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Moore, GregGreg Moore 6 0 0 0 −2 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 10 5 10 15 3 12 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez 10 4 7 11 5 8 Straka, MartinMartin Straka 10 3 7 10 2 16 Dubinsky, BrandonBrandon Dubinsky 10 4 4 8 2 12 Avery, SeanSean Avery 8 4 3 7 3 6 Drury, ChrisChris Drury 10 3 3 6 3 8 Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival 10 1 5 6 4 10 Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan 10 1 4 5 0 8 Dawes, NigelNigel Dawes 10 2 2 4 3 0 Callahan, RyanRyan Callahan 10 2 2 4 3 10 Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin 10 0 3 3 −1 4 Staal, MarcMarc Staal 10 1 2 3 4 8 Girardi, DanDan Girardi 10 0 3 3 1 6 Mara, PaulPaul Mara 10 0 1 1 3 20 Sjostrom, FredrikFredrik Sjostrom 10 0 1 1 0 2 Korpikoski, LauriLauri Korpikoski 1 1 0 1 1 0 Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick 2 0 0 0 0 0 Backman, ChristianChristian Backman 8 0 0 0 3 12 Betts, BlairBlair Betts 8 0 0 0 −4 2 Orr, ColtonColton Orr 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hollweg, RyanRyan Hollweg 8 0 0 0 −2 2 Prucha, PetrPetr Prucha 3 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	72	4305	37	24	10	160	2.23	1823	.912	10	0	0	2
Valiquette, SteveSteve Valiquette	13	686	5	3	3	25	2.19	296	.916	2	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	10	608	5	5	26	2.57	287	.909	1

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[22]

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Marc Staal 1st NHL game October 4, 2007 Michal Roszival 400th NHL game October 4, 2007 Colton Orr 200th NHL PIM October 6, 2007 Paul Mara 500th NHL PIM October 12, 2007 Dan Girardi 1st NHL goal October 18, 2007 Jaromir Jagr 1200th NHL game October 25, 2007 Brandon Dubinsky 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point October 25, 2007 Colton Orr 100th NHL game October 29, 2007 Brendan Shanahan 1300th NHL point October 29, 2007 Marc Staal 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point November 1, 2007 Nigel Dawes 1st NHL assist November 8, 2007 Brandon Dubinsky 1st NHL goal November 8, 2007 Tom Renney 100th Rangers win November 10, 2007 Blair Betts Marcel Hossa 200th NHL game November 10, 2007 Marc Staal 1st NHL goal November 14, 2007 Ivan Baranka 1st NHL game 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point November 21, 2007 Greg Moore 1st NHL game November 21, 2007 Martin Straka 900th NHL game December 6, 2007 Chris Drury 200th NHL goal December 7, 2007 Petr Prucha 100th NHL point January 16, 2008 Stephen Valiquette 1st NHL shutout January 31, 2008 Scott Gomez 500th NHL point February 1, 2008 Chris Drury 500th NHL point February 1, 2008 Dane Byers 1st NHL game February 5, 2008 Martin Straka 700th NHL point February 16, 2008 Dan Girardi 100th NHL game March 4, 2008 Sean Avery 100th NHL assist March 14, 2008 Chris Drury 700th NHL game March 15, 2008 Henrik Lundqvist 100th NHL win March 18, 2008 Chris Drury 300th NHL assist March 27, 2008 Ryan Hollweg 200th NHL game April 4, 2008

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Brandon Dubinsky Marc Staal Fredrik Sjostrom 1st NHL playoff game April 9, 2008 Nigel Dawes 1st NHL playoff goal April 9, 2008 Brandon Dubinsky 1st NHL playoff goal April 13, 2008 Scott Gomez 100th NHL playoff game April 13, 2008 Marc Staal 1st NHL playoff goal April 16, 2008 Lauri Korpikoski 1st NHL playoff game 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point May 4, 2008

Transactions

The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades May 31, 2007[23] To Montreal Canadiens Ryan Russell To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2007 (David Skokan) July 4, 2007[24] To Tampa Bay Lightning Bryce Lampman To New York Rangers Mitch Fritz July 17, 2007[17] To Carolina Hurricanes Matt Cullen To New York Rangers Andrew Hutchinson Joe Barnes 3rd-round pick in 2008 October 11, 2007[25] To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2008. To New York Rangers P. A. Parenteau February 26, 2008[26] To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2008 To New York Rangers Christian Backman February 26, 2008[27] To Phoenix Coyotes Al Montoya Marcel Hossa To New York Rangers David LeNeveu Fredrik Sjostrom Josh Gratton 5th-round pick in 2009

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Scott Gomez[3] New Jersey Devils seven years, $51.5 million Chris Drury[3] Buffalo Sabres five years, $35.25 million

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Jed Ortmeyer[7] Nashville Predators two years, $1.5 million Michael Nylander[6] Washington Capitals four years, $19.5 million Brad Isbister[8] Vancouver Canucks one year, $525,000 Karel Rachunek[9] New Jersey Devils one year, $1.4 million Kevin Weekes[10] New Jersey Devils two years, $1.375 million

Player signings Player Contract terms Jason Strudwick[11] one year, $500,000 Petr Prucha[12] two years, $3.2 million Brendan Shanahan[13] one year, $2.5 million Henrik Lundqvist[14] one year, $4.25 million Marcel Hossa[15] one year, $780,000 Sean Avery[16] one year, $1.9 million* Henrik Lundqvist[28] six years, $41.25 million Daniel Girardi[29] two years, $3.1 million Fedor Tyutin[30] four years, $11.4 million

* Sean Avery re-signed through salary arbitration.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio, at the Nationwide Arena.^[2]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	17	Alexei Cherepanov	RW	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2	48	Antoine Lafleur	G	Canada	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
5	138	Max Campbell	C	Canada	Strathroy Rockets (WOHL)
6	168	Carl Hagelin	LW	Sweden	Sodertalje SK (J20 SuperElit)
7	193	David Skokan	C	Slovakia	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
7	198	Danny Hobbs	F	Canada	Ohio Junior Blue Jackets (USHL)

Farm teams

Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)

The 2007–08 season was the 11th season of AHL hockey for the franchise. The team's status as the Rangers' highest-level minor-league affiliate became questionable when Northland AEG LLC purchased the Hartford Civic Center from Madison Square Garden, L.P.; however, on May 29, 2007, it was announced that the franchise will remain in Hartford and will remain affiliated with the Rangers.^[31]

Hartford finished the regular season with a record of 50–20–2–8 for a total of 110 points, a franchise high. P. A. Parenteau led the team with 81 points in 75 games, and team captain Andrew Hutchinson won the Eddie Shore Award as the league's top defenseman.

Portland eliminated Hartford from the playoffs in 5 games, marking two consecutive season's that the Wolf Pack failed to advance past the 1st round.

Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)

The 2007–08 season was the 15th season of ECHL hockey for the franchise.

Charlotte finished the regular season with a record of 34–31–1–6 for a total of 75 points. Gwinnett eliminated the Checkers from the playoffs in 3 games.

Roster

2007–08 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 30 – Henrik Lundqvist  40 – Stephen Valiquette		Defensemen 3 – Michal Rozsival  5 – Daniel Girardi  8 – Marek Malik  18 – Marc Staal  27 – Paul Mara  34 – Jason Strudwick  51 – Fedor Tyutin  55 – Christian Backman		Wingers 10 – Nigel Dawes  14 – Brendan Shanahan  – A 16 – Sean Avery  20 – Fredrik Sjostrom  22 – Lauri Korpikoski  24 – Ryan Callahan  25 – Petr Prucha  28 – Colton Orr  44 – Ryan Hollweg  68 – Jaromir Jagr  – C 82 – Martin Straka  – A		Centers 15 – Blair Betts  17 – Brandon Dubinsky  19 – Scott Gomez  23 – Chris Drury  GM: Glen Sather Coach: Tom Renney

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season

References

• Game log: New York Rangers game log on espn.com
• Player stats: New York Rangers statistics on espn.com

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