The New York Rangers used 43 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 43-34-3 record. Tomas Sandstrom led the team with 88 points (32 goals, 56 assists) in 79 games. John Vanbiesbrouck played the most games in goal (56).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas Sandstrom 🇫🇮 RW 24 | 79 | 🔥 2 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 1.11 | 11 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 148 | — |
| 2 | Brian Leetch 🇺🇸 D 21 | 68 | 🔥 4 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 1.04 | 8 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 3 | Brian Mullen 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 0.82 | 8 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 4 | Tony Granato 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 0.81 | 4 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 140 | — |
| 5 | Kelly Kisio 🇨🇦 C 29 | 70 | 🧊 2 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 0.89 | 2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 6 | Carey Wilson 🇨🇦 C 26 | 41 | 🔥 2 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 1.34 | 10 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 7 | James Patrick 🇨🇦 D 25 | 68 | 🔥 3 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 0.69 | 6 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 8 | Guy Lafleur 🇨🇦 RW 37 | 67 | 🔥 1 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 0.67 | 6 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 9 | Ulf Dahlen 🇸🇪 RW 22 | 56 | 🔥 1 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 0.77 | 8 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 10 | John Ogrodnick 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 60 | 🔥 3 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 0.70 | 1 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Lucien DeBlois 🇨🇦 C 31 | 73 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0.45 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 107 | — |
| 12 | Michel Petit 🇨🇦 D 25 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0.48 | 5 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 154 | — |
| 13 | Jason Lafreniere 🇨🇦 C 22 | 38 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0.63 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 14 | Marcel Dionne 🇨🇦 C 37 | 37 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.62 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 15 | Brian Lawton 🇺🇸 C 23 | 30 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.57 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 16 | David Shaw 🇨🇦 D 24 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.27 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 17 | Jan Erixon 🇸🇪 LW 26 | 44 | 🧊 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.34 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 18 | Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 31 | 38 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.37 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 177 | — |
| 19 | Mark Hardy 🇨🇭 D 30 | 45 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.31 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 20 | Don Maloney 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 31 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 21 | Ron Greschner 🇨🇦 D 34 | 58 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.19 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 22 | Darren Turcotte 🇺🇸 C 21 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.50 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Norm MacIver 🇨🇦 D 24 | 26 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0.38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 24 | Kevin Miller 🇺🇸 C 23 | 24 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.33 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Igor Liba 🇸🇰 LW 28 | 10 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.70 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 26 | Normand Rochefort 🇨🇦 D 28 | 11 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.55 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 27 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 13 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 28 | Rudy Poeschek 🇨🇦 D 22 | 60 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 199 | — |
| 29 | Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 28 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Joe Paterson 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 22 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 31 | Dean Kennedy 🇨🇦 D 26 | 16 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 32 | Simon Wheeldon 🇨🇦 C 22 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 33 | Miloslav Horava 🇨🇿 D 27 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Paul Cyr 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 35 | Ken Hammond 🇨🇦 D 25 | 3 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Jayson More 🇨🇦 D 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 37 | Peter Laviolette 🇺🇸 D 24 | 13 | 🧊 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 38 | Stephane Brochu 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 39 | Jeff Bloemberg 🇨🇦 D 21 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 40 | Jim Latos 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 41 | Mark Janssens 🇨🇦 C 20 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 41 skaters | 80 | 310 | 537 | 847 | 10.59 | 85 | 2721 | 0 | 0 | 1841 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ▲ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Froese 🇨🇦 G 30 | 30 | 13 | 3.40 | 0.000 | 0 | 102 | 54:02 | |
| 2 | John Vanbiesbrouck 🇺🇸 G 25 | 56 | 31 | 3.52 | 0.000 | 0 | 197 | 57:16 |
65% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 21% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 51% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 28 |
|
-11 | 432 (51%) | Kisio, Wilson, Patrick, Lafleur +24 |
| United States | 9 |
|
+6 | 247 (29%) | Leetch, Mullen, Granato, Lawton +5 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 58 (7%) | Dahlen, Erixon |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+2 | 14 (2%) | Hardy |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
even | 1 (0%) | Horava |
| Finland | 1 |
|
-1 | 88 (10%) | Sandstrom |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+1 | 7 (1%) | Liba |
Tomas Sandstrom led the New York Rangers in scoring in 1988-89 with 88 points — 32 goals and 56 assists in 79 games. Next came Brian Leetch (71) and Brian Mullen (64).
Tony Granato scored 36 goals for the New York Rangers in 1988-89, 4 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 43 players in 1988-89: 41 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 310 goals.
John Vanbiesbrouck played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in 1988-89: 56 games, 31 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.52 goals against average. Bob Froese was the backup, in 30 games.
The average age was 26.0 years. Jayson More was the youngest at 20, and Guy Lafleur the oldest at 37.
The New York Rangers used 43 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 9 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 4 came from Switzerland, Czechia, Finland and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 65% on this roster.