Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waMarch 5, 2014, Rangers yakatengesa mutungamiri wavo Ryan Callahan, wokutanga-kutenderera kunyorera mu
2015, sarudzo yemutambo wechipiri mumutambo wa2014, uye sarudzo yemutambo wechinomwe mumutambo wa2015, weTampa Bay kaputeni Martin St. Louis. Kutengeserana kwakaitika zvese nekuda kwekutadza kweRangers naCallahan kusvika pakuwedzerwa kwechibvumirano, pamwe nekukakavadzana kuri kukura kweSt. Louis nesangano reMheni uye chikumbiro chakazotevera chekutengeswa kuNew York. Mukati memwaka wenguva dzose, maRanger akakunda mitambo makumi maviri nemishanu mumigwagwa, rekodhi nyowani yefranchise. New York yakakunda Philadelphia mumitambo minomwe mumutambo wekutanga we2014 playoffs, uye mumutambo unotevera wakaunganidzwa kubva pakushomeka kwe3 <unk> 1 series kekutanga munhoroondo yavo kukunda Pittsburgh mumitambo minomwe. Ipapo vakakurira Montreal Canadiens mumitambo mitanhatu kuti vave makwikwi eEastern Conference, vachienderera mberi kuenda kumagumo eStanley Cup kokutanga mumakore makumi maviri. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, vakatarisana neLos Angeles Kings, makwikwi eWestern Conference uye makwikwi muna 2012. VaRangers vakatungamira mitambo miviri yekutanga nezvibodzwa zviviri asi vakarasikirwa nemutambo wega wega mukuwedzera, uye vakabva vadzingwa pamba 3<unk>0 muMutambo 3. The Kings outshot the Rangers mu Game 4, asi Rangers staved kure kubviswa nokukunda mutambo 2<unk>1. Vakanga vane imwe nhungamiro muMutambo 5, asi mushure mokunge mutambo wakabatanidzwa uye wakazotumirwa kuwedzerwa, Kings defender Alec Martinez akawana ne5:17 akasara muchikamu chechipiri chekuwedzera kuti akunde mutambo weLos Angeles, 3<unk>2, pamwe neStanley Cup. Musi waChikumi 20, 2014, vhiki mushure mekupera kwemwaka wavo, maRanger vakatenga makore matanhatu akasara echibvumirano chaBrad Richards kuti vasunungure nzvimbo yemubhadharo. Musi waGumiguru 6, 2014, mudziviriri Ryan McDonagh akatumidzwa zita rekuti Rangers 'kaputeni wechi27 munhoroondo yechikwata, naDerek Stepan, Dan Girardi, Marc Staal naMartin St. Louis vanoshanda sevamwe.