Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

New York Rangers

2014–15·53–22–7·113 points·1st in the Metropolitan, 1st in the Eastern·Presidents' Trophy

Seasons

Points: 113#1
Goal differential: +61#1
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 49.9%#19
Power play: 16.8%#21
Penalty kill: 84.3%#6
GSAx: +38.8#1

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	25–11–5	55	0.67	123	95	50.9%
Away	41	28–11–2	58	0.71	125	92	48.5%
October	9	5–4–0	10	0.56	26	30	52.1%
November	14	6–4–4	16	0.57	41	30	49.9%
December	12	9–3–0	18	0.75	38	25	52.3%
January	12	8–4–0	16	0.67	32	23	51.4%
February	14	10–2–2	22	0.79	52	39	49.1%
March	15	10–4–1	21	0.70	38	27	47.4%
April	6	5–1–0	10	0.83	21	13	45.9%
Division rivals	30	23–6–1	47	0.78	91	67	48.7%
Rest of conference	24	12–11–1	25	0.52	69	65	51.9%
Other conference	28	18–5–5	41	0.73	88	55	49.2%


CAR	5	5–0–0	10	1.00	10	6	63.5%
NJD	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	17	7	53.3%
PIT	4	3–0–1	7	0.88	16	7	44.4%
CBJ	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	11	12	39.5%
PHI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	6	58.7%
WSH	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	13	10	42.6%
FLA	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	13	6	49.4%
BUF	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	11	2	63.4%
NYI	5	2–3–0	4	0.40	12	19	41.8%
SJS	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	1	68.5%

On the road

58,038 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

14 GP · 10–3–1 · 7 vs fresher opponent

75.0%

52.9%

1 day

47 GP · 32–11–4 · 13 vs fresher opponent

72.3%

47.9%

2 days

10 GP · 4–5–1 · 1 vs fresher opponent

45.0%

51.3%

3+ days

10 GP · 6–3–1 · 1 vs fresher opponent

65.0%

54.2%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

22 times this season the Rangers were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Rangers in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

51.8%

52.2%

Goals share

57.0%

58.9%

Shooting %

9.6%

11.1%

Save %

.925

.924