<P> After missing the playoffs in the 1992 -- 93 season , the Rangers accumulated 112 points in the 1993 -- 94 season and won their second Presidents ' Trophy . With a seven - game victory against the Vancouver Canucks in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals , the Rangers ended a 54 - year Stanley Cup drought . After reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 1997 , the Rangers did not return to the playoffs until 2006 . In the 2013 -- 14 season , the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years , defeating the Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games before losing to the Los Angeles Kings in the championship series . New York earned its third Presidents ' Trophy with a team record 113 points in 2014 -- 15 , but was eliminated in the Conference Finals by the Tampa Bay Lightning . In the most recent season , 2016 -- 17 , the Rangers reached the playoffs for the seventh straight season , but were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in the second round . </P>
<P> After missing the playoffs in the 1992 -- 93 season , the Rangers accumulated 112 points in the 1993 -- 94 season and won their second Presidents ' Trophy . With a seven - game victory against the Vancouver Canucks in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals , the Rangers ended a 54 - year Stanley Cup drought . After reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 1997 , the Rangers did not return to the playoffs until 2006 . In the 2013 -- 14 season , the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years , defeating the Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games before losing to the Los Angeles Kings in the championship series . New York earned its third Presidents ' Trophy with a team record 113 points in 2014 -- 15 , but was eliminated in the Conference Finals by the Tampa Bay Lightning . In the most recent season , 2016 -- 17 , the Rangers reached the playoffs for the seventh straight season , but were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in the second round . </P>
when was the last time the rangers were in the stanley cup
when was the last time the rangers were in the stanley cup
2016 -- 17
2016 -- 17