{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%" | Game
! width="5%" | April
! width="10%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | Score
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 75 || 2 || New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 3 - 1 || 40-21-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 76 || 4 || @ Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 4 - 1 || 40-22-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 77 || 5 || Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 3 - 1 || 41-22-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 78 || 7 || @ New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 4 - 2 || 41-23-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 79 || 8 || Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...

 || 5 - 3 || 41-24-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 80 || 10 || Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

 || 4 - 1 || 41-25-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 81 || 12 || Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...

 || 3 - 2 || 41-26-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 82 || 14 || @ Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...

 || 5 - 1 || 41-27-14
|}
|}

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=10 style="background:#0060A9; color: #FFFFFF;" | 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs
|-
| colspan=10 |
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10; style="background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF;" |Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens - New York Rangers win series 4-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| # || Date || Visitor || Score || Home || OT || Series
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || April 16 || Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 || 3 - 2 || New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 || OT || Montreal leads series 1-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 2 || April 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 5 - 3 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 2-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3 || April 21 || New York Rangers || 2 - 1 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 2-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4 || April 23 || New York Rangers || 4 - 3 || Montreal Canadiens || || Series tied 2-2
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 5 || April 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 2 - 3 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 3-2
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 6 || April 28 || New York Rangers || 5 - 3 || Montreal Canadiens || || New York Rangers win series 4-2
|}
|-
| colspan=10 |
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10; style="background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF;" |Conference Semi-finals: vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins - Pittsburgh wins series 4-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| # || Date || Visitor || Score || Home || OT || Series
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || May 3 || New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 || 1 - 4 || Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

 || || Pittsburgh leads series 1-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2 || May 5 || New York Rangers || 6 - 3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || || Series tied 1-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3 || May 7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3 - 2 || New York Rangers || || Pittsburgh leads series 2-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 4 || May 9 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 - 1 || New York Rangers || || Pittsburgh leads series 3-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 5 || May 11 || New York Rangers || 3 - 7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || || Pittsburgh wins series 4-1
|}
|}

Skaters

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Regular season
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- align=center
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:40%;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| G
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| A
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| Pts
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| +/−
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| PIM
|- align=center
| || 74 || 47 || 52 || 99 || 29 || 122
|- align=center
| || 82 || 15 || 70 || 85 || 12 || 30
|- align=center
| || 69 || 41 || 41 || 82 || 29 || 129
|- align=center
| || 77 || 23 || 46 || 69 || 13 || 80
|- align=center
| || 81 || 24 || 34 || 58 || 5 || 98
|- align=center
| || 82 || 22 || 36 || 58 || 18 || 100
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 65 || 25 || 29 || 54 || 13 || 82
|- align=center
| || 66 || 3 || 34 || 37 || 2 || 42
|- align=center
| || 78 || 17 || 15 || 32 || 9 || 38
|- align=center
| || 82 || 9 || 12 || 21 || 2 || 14
|- align=center
| || 74 || 1 || 18 || 19 || 9 || 122
|- align=center
| || 40 || 2 || 16 || 18 || 12 || 26
|- align=center
| || 59 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 11 || 50
|- align=center
| || 82 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 19 || 220
|- align=center
| || 64 || 7 || 4 || 11 || 2 || 175
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 61 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 7 || 71
|- align=center
| ^† || 19 || 4 || 4 || 8 || -2 || 30
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 42 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 77
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 32 || 4 || 2 || 6 || -4 || 22
|- align=center
| || 53 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 20 || 76
|- align=center
| || 10 || 2 || 3 || 5 || -3 || 4
|- align=center
| ^† || 14 || 1 || 4 || 5 || -4 || 2
|- align=center
| || 25 || 2 || 2 || 4 || -1 || 30
|- align=center
| ^† || 18 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 8
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 25 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 22
|- align=center
| ^†‡ || 28 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -5 || 53
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 38 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -4 || 49
|- align=center
| ^† || 9 || 0 || 2 || 2 || -6 || 21
|- align=center
| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -3 || 0
|- align=center
| || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|- align=center
| || 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || -5 || 0
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -1 || 2
|- align=center
| ^† || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -3 || 26
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Playoffs
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- align=center
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:40%;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| G
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| A
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| Pts
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| PIM
|- align=center
| || 11 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 16
|- align=center
| || 11 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 12
|- align=center
| || 11 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 2
|- align=center
| || 10 || 7 || 1 || 8 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 14
|- align=center
| || 11 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 16
|- align=center
| || 11 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 8
|- align=center
| || 11 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 14
|- align=center
| || 10 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 14
|- align=center
| || 11 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6
|- align=center
| || 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
| || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6
|- align=center
| || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
|- align=center
| || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|- align=center
| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|}
|}

Goaltenders

{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Regular season
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Min
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| W
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| L
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| T
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GAA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Sv%
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SO
|- align=center
| || 41 || 2396 || 24 || 13 || 3 || 107 || 2.68 || 1221 || .912 || 3
|- align=center
| || 44 || 2564 || 17 || 14 || 11 || 124 || 2.90 || 1237 || .900 || 2
|- align=center
| || 1 || 27 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 9 || 1.000 || 0
|}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Playoffs
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Min
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| W
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| L
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GAA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SV%
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SO
|- align=center
| || 11 || 661 || 5 || 6 || 36 || 3.27 || 308 || .883 || 0
|}
|}

^†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.

Transactions

• July 31, 1995 – Doug Lidster was traded by the St. Louis Blues
  St. Louis Blues
  The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...
  
   to the New York Rangers in exchange for Jay Wells
  Jay Wells
  Gordon Jay Wells is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was nicknamed "The Hammer" for his tough, physical play.-Playing career:...
  
  .

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft

1995 NHL Entry Draft

The 1995 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. The drafting order was now set partially by a lottery system whereby teams would not be guaranteed first pick if they finished last. Instead, a draft lottery was instituted in which the winner of the lottery could move...

 in Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 at the Edmonton Coliseum.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:2.00%;"| Round
! style="background:#ddf; width:2.75%;"| #
! style="background:#ddf; width:16.0%;"| Player
! style="background:#ddf; width:12.25%;"| Position
! style="background:#ddf; width:17.0%;"| Nationality
! style="background:#ddf; width:100.0%;"| College/Junior/Club Team (League)
|-
| 2
| 39
| Christian Dube

Christian Dubé

Christian Dubé is a Canadian professional right winger currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in National League A.Dubé is the son of former pro hockey player Norm Dubé. He spent many years growing up in Switzerland, while his father was playing there. He returned to Canada as a teenager, and...

| RW
|  Canada
| Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

)
|-
| 3
| 65
| Mike Martin
| D

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

|  Canada
| Windsor Spitfires

Windsor Spitfires

The Windsor Spitfires are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team is based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The franchise was granted for the 1975–76 season and revived a previous OHA Jr. A Spitfires team which moved to become the Hamilton Tiger Cubs in 1953.-History:The...

 (OHL

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

)
|-
| 4
| 91
| Marc Savard

Marc Savard

Marc Savard is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently under contract to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League , but who has not played since late in the season because of post-concussion syndrome...

| C

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

|  Canada
| Oshawa Generals

Oshawa Generals

The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League...

 (OHL)
|-
| 5
| 110
| Alexei Vasiliev

Alexei Vasiliev (ice hockey)

Alexei Sergeyevich Vasiliev is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League...

| D
|  Russia
| Yaroslavl Torpedo

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator....

 (Russia)
|-
| 5
| 117
| Dale Purinton

Dale Purinton

Dale Purinton is the head coach of the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the British Columbia Hockey League and a retired professional ice hockey defenceman, known as an enforcer, who played 181 games for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:Enforcer Dale Purinton was...

| D
|  United States
| Tacoma Rockets

Tacoma Rockets

The Tacoma Rockets were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1991 to 1995. They played at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Rockets were granted as an expansion franchise, but low attendance forced the team to move to Kelowna, British Columbia after only four seasons,...

 (WHL

Western Hockey League

The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

)
|-
| 6
| 143
| Peter Slamiar
| RW
|  Slovakia
| Zvolen Jrs.

HKm Zvolen

HKm Zvolen is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga. They play their home games at Zvolen Zimny Arena.-External Links:*...

 (Slovak Extraliga

Slovak Extraliga

Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...

)
|-
| 7
| 169
| Jeff Heil
| G

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

|  United States
| U. of Wisconsin–River Falls (NCAA)
|-
| 8
| 195
| Ilja Gorohov
| D
|  Russia
| Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
|-
| 9
| 221
| Bob Maudie
| C
|  Canada
| Kamloops Blazers

Kamloops Blazers

The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:...

(WHL)
|}