The New York Rangers are sitting 6th from the bottom of the standings, tied in points with Anaheim who has played one more game. They are six points behind the New Jersey Devils and have little hope of catching them.
As for teams better than them in the standings, any series of wins or losses can affect the standings and Buffalo, Edmonton, Vancouver and Chicago are within five points of New York.
The Rangers have one advantage and that is the fact that they have the fewest regulation or overtime wins, the first tiebreaker when teams are tied in points.