diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/routerlink_empty_expr_migration_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/routerlink_empty_expr_migration_spec.ts
index f4184bbf6d8..be2f78a3078 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/routerlink_empty_expr_migration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/routerlink_empty_expr_migration_spec.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('routerlink emptyExpr assignment migration', () => {
 
     await runMigration();
     expect(warnOutput.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(warnOutput[0]).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index.ts@5:25/);
+    expect(warnOutput[0]).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index\.ts@5:25/);
 
     const content = tree.readContent('/index.ts');
     expect(content).toContain(`<div [routerLink]="[]"></div>`);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('routerlink emptyExpr assignment migration', () => {
     await runMigration();
 
     expect(warnOutput.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(warnOutput).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}tmpl.html@3:20/);
+    expect(warnOutput).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}tmpl\.html@3:20/);
 
     const content = tree.readContent('/tmpl.html');
     expect(content).toContain(`<some-comp [routerLink]="[]"></some-comp>`);
@@ -215,9 +215,30 @@ describe('routerlink emptyExpr assignment migration', () => {
 
     await runMigration();
     expect(warnOutput.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(warnOutput[0]).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index.ts@4:35/);
+    expect(warnOutput[0]).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index\.ts@4:35/);
 
     const content = tree.readContent('/index.ts');
     expect(content).toContain(`<div [routerLink]='[]'>\r\n{{1}}\r\n</div>`);
   });
+
+  it('should work for files that use CRLF line endings before routerLink bindings', async () => {
+    writeFile(
+        '/index.ts',
+        `
+      import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+
+      @Component({` +
+            'template: `' +
+            '\r\n\r\n\r\n<div [routerLink]>{{1}}</div>`' +
+            `})
+      export class MyComp {}
+    `);
+
+    await runMigration();
+    expect(warnOutput.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(warnOutput[0]).toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index\.ts@7:6/);
+
+    const content = tree.readContent('/index.ts');
+    expect(content).toContain(`\r\n\r\n\r\n<div [routerLink]="[]">{{1}}</div>`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/utils/ng_component_template.ts b/packages/core/schematics/utils/ng_component_template.ts
index cc84653e3da..8c2c5c34217 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/utils/ng_component_template.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/utils/ng_component_template.ts
@@ -97,16 +97,24 @@ export class NgComponentTemplateVisitor {
       if (propertyName === 'template' && ts.isStringLiteralLike(property.initializer)) {
         // Need to add an offset of one to the start because the template quotes are
         // not part of the template content.
-        const templateStartIdx = property.initializer.getStart() + 1;
+        // The `getText()` method gives us the original raw text.
+        // We could have used the `text` property, but if the template is defined as a backtick
+        // string then the `text` property contains a "cooked" version of the string. Such cooked
+        // strings will have converted CRLF characters to only LF. This messes up string
+        // replacements in template migrations.
+        // The raw text returned by `getText()` includes the enclosing quotes so we change the
+        // `content` and `start` values accordingly.
+        const content = property.initializer.getText().slice(1, -1);
+        const start = property.initializer.getStart() + 1;
         const filePath = resolve(sourceFileName);
         this.resolvedTemplates.push({
           filePath: filePath,
           container: node,
-          content: property.initializer.text,
+          content,
           inline: true,
-          start: templateStartIdx,
+          start: start,
           getCharacterAndLineOfPosition: pos =>
-              ts.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(sourceFile, pos + templateStartIdx)
+              ts.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(sourceFile, pos + start)
         });
       }
       if (propertyName === 'templateUrl' && ts.isStringLiteralLike(property.initializer)) {