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New York Rangers, 1978-79

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 80 40-29-11 91 0.569 316 292 +24 19-13-8 21-16-3

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Los Angeles Kings Won 2-0
Quarterfinals Philadelphia Flyers Won 4-1
Semifinals New York Islanders Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final Montréal Canadiens Lost 1-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Anders Hedberg R 80 33 45 78 20 33 214 0
Phil Esposito C 80 42 36 78 -1 37 215 0
Pat Hickey L 80 34 41 75 8 56 193 0
Ulf Nilsson C 59 27 39 66 17 21 96 0
Ron Duguay C 79 27 36 63 10 35 178 0
Mike McEwen D 80 20 38 58 11 35 204 0
Ron Greschner D 60 17 36 53 0 66 153 0
Steve Vickers L 66 13 34 47 -7 24 86 0
Carol Vadnais D 77 8 37 45 14 86 149 0
Walt Tkaczuk C 77 15 27 42 19 38 139 0
Don Murdoch R 40 15 22 37 -6 6 133 0
Mario Marois D 71 5 26 31 17 153 115 0
Pierre Plante R 70 6 25 31 10 37 84 0
Dean Talafous C 68 13 16 29 6 29 83 0
Dave Maloney D 76 11 17 28 16 151 83 0
Lucien DeBlois C 62 11 17 28 -10 26 106 0
Don Maloney L 28 9 17 26 4 39 39 0
Dave Farrish D 71 1 19 20 -3 61 96 0
Eddie Johnstone R 30 5 3 8 -5 27 18 0
Nick Fotiu L 71 3 5 8 3 190 51 0
Greg Polis R 6 1 1 2 1 8 10 0
Dan Clark D 4 0 1 1 1 6 4 0
Mike Korney D 18 0 1 1 4 18 20 0
Andre Dore D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Turner D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Frank Beaton L 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Mike McDougall R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Bothwell D 1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
John Davidson 39 2012500 1031 900 131 3.53 0.873
Wayne Thomas 31 1510301 752 651 101 3.64 0.866
Doug Soetaert 17 57300 434 377 57 3.81 0.869

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs NYI L 2-5 25 15
Apr 6, 1979 @ AFM L 2-9 25 35
Apr 4, 1979 vs AFM T 3-3 39 20
Apr 2, 1979 vs LAK W 5-4 27 28
Apr 1, 1979 @ PHI L 3-7 18 43
Mar 28, 1979 @ PIT L 1-7 29 42
Mar 27, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 27 24
Mar 25, 1979 vs MTL L 0-1 25 30
Mar 21, 1979 @ CHI W 7-6 38 45
Mar 20, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 22 32
Mar 18, 1979 vs PIT L 1-5 29 29
Mar 17, 1979 @ NYI L 2-5 41 23
Mar 15, 1979 @ BOS W 7-4 22 25
Mar 14, 1979 vs AFM L 4-6 23 28
Mar 11, 1979 vs CHI W 5-2 34 24
Mar 10, 1979 @ MTL W 6-3 30 30
Mar 7, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 33 26
Mar 4, 1979 vs TOR L 2-4 35 16
Mar 3, 1979 vs BUF T 2-2 23 25
Feb 28, 1979 @ MNS T 4-4 39 34
Feb 27, 1979 @ STL L 1-4 30 23
Feb 25, 1979 vs NYI W 3-2 34 16
Feb 24, 1979 @ TOR W 4-2 49 32
Feb 21, 1979 vs STL W 7-3 50 19
Feb 18, 1979 vs WSH T 6-6 32 30
Feb 17, 1979 @ PHI W 4-2 27 32
Feb 15, 1979 @ BUF L 3-4 30 30
Feb 14, 1979 vs BOS W 5-1 32 22
Feb 3, 1979 @ LAK L 2-4 34 33
Jan 31, 1979 @ CLR L 4-5 42 22
Jan 30, 1979 @ VAN W 5-3 36 47
Jan 27, 1979 @ NYI W 7-2 33 25
Jan 25, 1979 @ BUF W 5-4 21 39
Jan 24, 1979 @ WSH L 1-5 18 34
Jan 21, 1979 vs PHI T 5-5 36 25
Jan 20, 1979 @ STL L 2-3 31 22
Jan 17, 1979 vs NYI W 5-3 39 25
Jan 15, 1979 vs MNS L 1-8 34 21
Jan 14, 1979 @ AFM W 6-4 29 28
Jan 10, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 33 24
Jan 9, 1979 @ STL W 5-3 38 24
Jan 5, 1979 vs VAN W 6-4 28 26
Jan 3, 1979 vs MTL W 6-2 26 27
Dec 31, 1978 vs AFM L 5-6 27 27
Dec 30, 1978 @ CHI W 5-4 32 35
Dec 28, 1978 @ PHI L 5-6 25 32
Dec 26, 1978 @ AFM W 5-3 43 23
Dec 23, 1978 @ NYI L 4-9 31 36
Dec 22, 1978 vs DET W 4-2 33 19
Dec 20, 1978 vs BUF W 6-3 34 28
Dec 17, 1978 vs BOS L 1-4 19 27
Dec 16, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 21 28
Dec 13, 1978 vs LAK W 8-7 37 27
Dec 10, 1978 vs PHI L 0-4 28 29
Dec 9, 1978 @ DET L 4-5 30 35
Dec 7, 1978 @ PHI W 5-2 30 21
Dec 6, 1978 vs STL W 7-4 33 26
Dec 3, 1978 vs BOS L 2-3 20 23
Dec 2, 1978 @ TOR L 2-5 32 36
Nov 29, 1978 @ AFM W 5-3 32 36
Nov 26, 1978 vs WSH W 9-4 30 23
Nov 22, 1978 vs TOR T 3-3 22 26
Nov 19, 1978 vs AFM L 1-3 30 19
Nov 18, 1978 @ MNS W 7-2 36 34
Nov 15, 1978 vs CHI W 8-1 39 33
Nov 12, 1978 vs NYI L 3-5 34 21
Nov 11, 1978 @ PIT W 2-1 33 47
Nov 8, 1978 vs MNS L 3-5 38 24
Nov 5, 1978 @ VAN W 5-2 29 24
Nov 4, 1978 @ LAK W 7-3 37 24
Nov 2, 1978 @ CLR W 3-0 27 26
Oct 29, 1978 vs PIT W 3-2 33 28
Oct 28, 1978 @ MTL W 2-1 28 31
Oct 25, 1978 vs VAN W 6-2 29 28
Oct 22, 1978 vs TOR W 5-2 35 26
Oct 21, 1978 @ NYI L 3-5 25 25
Oct 19, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 17 31
Oct 18, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 33 24
Oct 15, 1978 vs CLR W 4-1 31 13
Oct 12, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 30 25