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New York Rangers, 1977-78

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
11 80 30-37-13 73 0.456 279 280 -1 18-15-7 12-22-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Buffalo Sabres Lost 1-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Phil Esposito C 79 38 43 81 -21 53 261 0
Pat Hickey L 80 40 33 73 -19 47 210 0
Ron Greschner D 78 24 48 72 2 100 177 0
Walt Tkaczuk C 80 26 40 66 15 30 148 0
Steve Vickers L 79 19 44 63 9 30 113 0
Don Murdoch R 66 27 28 55 -6 41 188 0
Carol Vadnais D 80 6 40 46 -24 115 164 0
Ron Duguay C 72 20 20 40 -17 43 128 0
Lucien DeBlois C 71 22 8 30 -9 27 111 0
Eddie Johnstone R 53 13 13 26 -3 44 91 0
Greg Polis R 37 7 16 23 -4 12 72 0
Dave Maloney D 58 2 19 21 18 63 71 0
Dan Newman R 59 5 13 18 -12 22 81 0
Mike McEwen D 57 5 13 18 -13 52 65 0
Wayne Dillon C 61 5 13 18 -8 15 50 0
Mark Heaslip R 29 5 10 15 3 34 32 0
Don Awrey D 80 2 8 10 -14 38 40 0
Nick Fotiu L 67 2 7 9 -15 105 32 0
Rod Gilbert R 19 2 7 9 -10 6 27 0
Dave Farrish D 67 3 5 8 -13 62 103 0
Ken Hodge R 18 2 4 6 -6 8 13 0
Dallas Smith D 31 1 4 5 -13 23 36 0
Jerry Byers L 7 2 1 3 -1 0 7 0
Mario Marois D 8 1 1 2 -3 15 13 0
Bill Goldsworthy R 7 0 1 1 1 12 7 0
Benoit Gosselin L 8 0 0 0 -3 33 4 0
Bud Stefanski C 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0
Greg Hickey L 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0
Greg Holst C 4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0
Mike Keating L 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Wayne Thomas 41 1220704 1210 1069 141 3.60 0.883
John Davidson 34 1413401 968 870 98 3.18 0.899
Doug Soetaert 6 22200 201 181 20 3.34 0.900
Hardy Astrom 4 22000 124 110 14 3.50 0.887

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 1978 vs CHI W 3-2 28 29
Apr 8, 1978 @ NYI L 2-7 28 43
Apr 6, 1978 @ PHI L 0-3 16 50
Apr 5, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 27 26
Apr 2, 1978 @ BOS L 3-8 18 42
Apr 1, 1978 @ AFM L 0-6 23 36
Mar 29, 1978 vs NYI W 5-1 27 30
Mar 27, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 22 18
Mar 25, 1978 @ TOR W 5-2 46 39
Mar 24, 1978 @ WSH W 11-4 25 29
Mar 22, 1978 @ STL W 6-1 27 18
Mar 19, 1978 @ MNS T 7-7 49 30
Mar 18, 1978 vs BOS L 3-6 27 32
Mar 15, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 28 31
Mar 12, 1978 vs WSH W 8-2 28 22
Mar 8, 1978 vs CLE W 6-1 33 18
Mar 5, 1978 vs TOR L 1-4 27 32
Mar 1, 1978 vs DET W 3-2 27 36
Feb 27, 1978 vs AFM L 3-5 23 31
Feb 25, 1978 @ MTL W 6-3 32 32
Feb 23, 1978 vs CHI W 6-2 25 36
Feb 22, 1978 @ CHI L 2-3 35 44
Feb 19, 1978 vs CLR T 4-4 35 29
Feb 15, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 23 17
Feb 12, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 25 33
Feb 11, 1978 @ TOR L 2-3 31 26
Feb 9, 1978 @ BUF L 0-2 25 37
Feb 8, 1978 vs MNS W 3-0 22 18
Feb 5, 1978 vs CLR W 6-3 38 19
Feb 4, 1978 @ STL T 2-2 29 27
Feb 1, 1978 vs NYI L 6-7 31 36
Jan 29, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 20 29
Jan 28, 1978 @ NYI L 2-6 32 43
Jan 25, 1978 vs TOR L 3-4 27 19
Jan 22, 1978 @ PIT L 1-3 41 35
Jan 20, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 20 34
Jan 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-0 30 33
Jan 17, 1978 @ VAN W 5-4 26 31
Jan 14, 1978 @ PHI L 1-4 24 45
Jan 10, 1978 @ BOS W 3-2 25 30
Jan 9, 1978 vs PIT L 3-5 31 18
Jan 7, 1978 @ CLR L 1-3 28 41
Jan 4, 1978 @ MNS W 5-3 28 37
Dec 31, 1977 vs BUF T 2-2 36 35
Dec 30, 1977 @ WSH T 3-3 32 36
Dec 28, 1977 vs PHI L 3-4 22 26
Dec 23, 1977 vs CLE W 5-4 23 26
Dec 21, 1977 vs WSH T 5-5 29 29
Dec 18, 1977 vs DET W 6-2 28 33
Dec 17, 1977 @ CLE L 2-4 34 32
Dec 15, 1977 @ DET T 5-5 26 41
Dec 14, 1977 @ CHI T 2-2 28 24
Dec 11, 1977 vs BOS L 2-8 20 31
Dec 8, 1977 @ PHI L 4-7 24 41
Dec 7, 1977 vs PHI T 3-3 31 30
Dec 4, 1977 vs MNS T 4-4 40 24
Dec 3, 1977 @ MNS W 4-0 40 30
Nov 30, 1977 @ STL W 4-0 28 32
Nov 27, 1977 @ BUF L 2-3 27 31
Nov 26, 1977 @ BOS L 2-3 12 30
Nov 23, 1977 vs CLR W 6-3 34 26
Nov 20, 1977 vs VAN L 0-3 16 23
Nov 19, 1977 @ PIT T 5-5 25 29
Nov 16, 1977 vs CHI W 5-2 31 26
Nov 13, 1977 vs AFM L 2-5 27 32
Nov 12, 1977 @ DET L 1-3 14 29
Nov 9, 1977 vs BUF W 8-4 26 44
Nov 5, 1977 @ LAK L 1-3 34 35
Nov 4, 1977 @ VAN W 5-1 28 26
Nov 2, 1977 @ CLR L 2-6 33 41
Oct 30, 1977 vs LAK L 3-5 38 39
Oct 29, 1977 @ AFM L 3-4 25 42
Oct 26, 1977 vs STL W 6-2 22 34
Oct 25, 1977 @ CLE W 5-0 29 28
Oct 23, 1977 vs MTL L 2-6 25 35
Oct 22, 1977 @ NYI L 2-7 32 44
Oct 19, 1977 vs PIT T 3-3 39 22
Oct 16, 1977 vs NYI W 4-2 34 28
Oct 15, 1977 @ MTL L 0-5 19 33
Oct 12, 1977 vs VAN W 6-3 32 22