It took until their final game of the season, but the New York Rangers have clinched the Presidents’ Trophy.
The Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Monday evening, bringing their point total to 114 with a 55-23-4 record and putting them on top of the NHL standings.
As such, they also clinched the Eastern Conference and the Metropolitan Division by putting themselves out of reach of the Carolina Hurricanes, which have their last game on Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The cream of the crop. 🤩
The @NYRangers are the top team this season with 114 points! pic.twitter.com/ygK16w4hJK
— NHL (@NHL) April 16, 2024
The Blueshirts needed the fewest points to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy in an 82-game season since 2014-15, which the Rangers also won with 113 points. They also set a new franchise record for most points in a season by beating that 2014-15 total.
It’s their fourth Presidents’ Trophy in franchise history. Their first two wins came in 1991-92 and 1993-94, when they won their last Stanley Cup championship. The trophy was first awarded in 1985-86, but the team also finished first in the NHL in the 1941-42 regular season.
Fans in Madison Square Garden brought the energy on Monday, giving a standing ovation to end the game and chanting “We want 50” as winger Artemi Panarin finished one goal short of the milestone.
On March 25, seven teams were within a point of each other in the race for first overall in the NHL. The Rangers were first at the time, and they held on, going 8-3-0 since then.
More to come.
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