[1] The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division.
[2] The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals.
The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers.
[8] New York's picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.