2 Brian Leetch (captain) LDAlso on the roster this season: 25 Alexander Karpovtsev RD (traded to Toronto for Mathieu Schneider, 10/14/98); 26 Jeff Finley LD (Hartford, 11/11/98, later traded to St. Louis with Geoff Smith for future considerations (Chris Kenady), 2/13/99); 18 Bill Berg LW (Hartford, 11/13/98, later traded to Ottawa for Stan Neckar, 11/27/98); 27 Alexei Kovalev RW (traded to Pittsburgh with Harry York and cash for Petr Nedved, Sean Pronger, and Chris Tamer, 11/25/98); 32 Harry York C (traded to Pittsburgh with Alexei Kovalev and cash for Sean Pronger, Chris Tamer, and Petr Nedved, 11/25/98); 28 P.J. Stock C (Hartford, 11/29/98); 14 Geoff Smith RD (to Hartford and the I at some point; later traded to St. Louis with Jeff Finley for future considerations (Chris Kenady), 2/13/99); 29 Eric Cairns RD (Claimed by NY Islanders on waivers, 12/22/98); 10 Esa Tikkanen LW (Hartford, 1/6/99; suspended for failure to report); 8 Jan Mertzig LD (Hartford, 2/1/99); 14 Johan Witehall RW (Hartford, 2/9/99); 32 Sean Pronger C (traded to Los Angeles for Eric Lacroix, 2/12/99); 18 Derek Armstrong LW (Hartford, 2/27/99); ?13? Alexei Vasiliev D (Hartford, 3/10/99); 14 Christian Dube C (Hartford, 3/22/99); 5 Ulf Samuelsson D (traded to Detroit for 1999 second- and third-round draft picks, 3/23/99); 3 Stan Neckar D (traded to Phoenix for Jason Doig, 3/23/99).
4 Chris Tamer LD (#3)
6 Manny Malhotra C
9 Adam Graves (alt. capt.) LW (#11)
12 Rich Brennan D
14 Johan Witehall W
15 John MacLean RW
17 Kevin Stevens LW
19 Darren Langdon LW (#15)
20 Todd Harvey RW (inj)
22 Mike Knuble RW
23 Jeff Beukeboom (alt. capt.) RD (inj)
24 Niklas Sundstrom C/W
25 Mathieu Schneider RD
26 Mike Maneluk RW
28 Eric Lacroix LW
33 Marc Savard C (#10)
34 Peter Popovic LD
35 Mike Richter G
36 Rumun Ndur LD
37 Brent Fedyk RW
39 Dan Cloutier G
93 Petr Nedved C (#10)
99 Wayne Gretzky C
Cumulative (since 1985-86) Ranger Roster