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New York Rangers, 1979-80

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1979-80 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 80 38-32-10 86 0.538 308 284 +24 22-10-8 16-22-2

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Atlanta Flames Won 3-1
Quarterfinals Philadelphia Flyers 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
Phil Esposito C 80 34 44 78 -14 73 245 0
Don Maloney L 79 25 48 73 -16 97 123 0
Anders Hedberg R 80 32 39 71 15 21 241 0
Steve Vickers L 75 29 33 62 20 38 98 0
Barry Beck D 61 14 45 59 16 98 150 0
Ron Greschner D 76 21 37 58 -12 103 187 0
Ulf Nilsson C 50 14 44 58 17 20 72 0
Ron Duguay C 73 28 22 50 -5 37 154 0
Don Murdoch R 56 23 19 42 -13 16 143 0
Dave Maloney D 77 12 25 37 10 186 102 0
Walt Tkaczuk C 76 12 25 37 18 36 128 0
Eddie Johnstone R 78 14 21 35 2 60 121 0
Mario Marois D 79 8 23 31 0 142 158 0
Dean Talafous C 55 10 20 30 1 26 69 0
Carol Vadnais D 66 3 20 23 2 118 83 0
Warren Miller R 55 7 6 13 -6 17 51 0
Claude Larose L 25 4 7 11 -4 2 50 0
Doug Sulliman L 31 4 7 11 1 2 26 0
Tim Bothwell D 45 4 6 10 -3 20 37 0
Mike McEwen D 9 1 7 8 3 8 15 0
Jocelyn Guevremont D 20 2 5 7 -13 6 41 0
Pat Conacher L 17 0 5 5 -9 4 15 0
Lucien DeBlois C 6 3 1 4 0 7 16 0
Pat Hickey L 7 2 2 4 -1 10 5 0
Cam Connor R 12 0 3 3 3 37 10 0
Frank Beaton L 23 1 1 2 -5 43 19 0
Ray Markham C 14 1 1 2 -3 21 6 0
Ed Hospodar D 20 0 1 1 -1 76 9 0
Andre Dore D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Bill Lochead L 7 0 0 0 -5 4 3 0
Dave Silk R 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Jim Mayer R 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
John Davidson 41 2015402 1061 939 122 3.18 0.885
Steve Baker 27 98601 667 588 79 3.41 0.882
Wayne Thomas 12 47000 347 303 44 3.98 0.873
Doug Soetaert 8 52000 214 181 33 4.57 0.846

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 1980 @ PHI W 8-3 18 32
Apr 5, 1980 @ NYI L 1-2 29 23
Apr 2, 1980 vs AFM L 3-7 24 19
Mar 31, 1980 vs DET W 7-5 46 29
Mar 29, 1980 @ STL W 4-3 26 29
Mar 28, 1980 @ AFM L 2-4 27 36
Mar 25, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 29 30
Mar 23, 1980 vs MTL L 1-6 24 43
Mar 21, 1980 @ WIN L 2-4 31 33
Mar 19, 1980 @ EDM L 2-4 34 30
Mar 16, 1980 vs STL W 5-2 29 23
Mar 15, 1980 @ TOR W 8-4 37 41
Mar 12, 1980 vs CLR W 6-0 26 27
Mar 9, 1980 vs MNS W 4-2 25 19
Mar 8, 1980 @ MTL L 2-5 34 37
Mar 5, 1980 vs BUF W 4-2 24 24
Mar 2, 1980 vs BOS W 2-1 18 15
Feb 28, 1980 @ BOS W 5-2 25 17
Feb 27, 1980 vs LAK W 5-4 33 18
Feb 24, 1980 vs NYI W 8-2 36 26
Feb 23, 1980 @ MNS L 3-6 39 24
Feb 20, 1980 vs EDM W 4-1 33 22
Feb 18, 1980 @ HFD L 4-6 27 30
Feb 17, 1980 vs TOR L 4-6 35 31
Feb 13, 1980 @ CHI L 1-3 22 43
Feb 10, 1980 vs QUE W 3-1 27 24
Feb 3, 1980 @ QUE L 4-5 19 40
Feb 2, 1980 @ WSH W 6-3 31 34
Jan 31, 1980 @ BUF L 2-6 32 25
Jan 27, 1980 @ CLR T 3-3 21 28
Jan 23, 1980 @ VAN W 6-4 34 29
Jan 22, 1980 @ LAK W 5-4 35 29
Jan 20, 1980 vs CHI L 1-2 26 33
Jan 19, 1980 @ BOS L 3-6 22 26
Jan 16, 1980 vs WIN W 4-1 37 24
Jan 14, 1980 vs CLR T 6-6 38 26
Jan 12, 1980 @ WIN W 3-0 18 27
Jan 11, 1980 @ EDM W 6-2 35 28
Jan 9, 1980 @ DET L 0-4 22 36
Jan 7, 1980 vs HFD W 5-2 29 21
Jan 6, 1980 vs AFM T 5-5 38 33
Jan 4, 1980 vs PHI L 3-5 26 27
Jan 2, 1980 @ QUE T 3-3 35 34
Dec 30, 1979 vs WSH W 5-2 29 25
Dec 23, 1979 vs BOS L 3-4 17 24
Dec 22, 1979 @ PIT W 4-3 15 30
Dec 19, 1979 vs VAN W 5-3 26 25
Dec 16, 1979 vs PHI T 1-1 35 38
Dec 15, 1979 @ WSH L 4-5 36 26
Dec 12, 1979 @ CHI W 5-2 31 23
Dec 11, 1979 @ DET W 2-1 26 26
Dec 9, 1979 vs NYI W 5-4 32 27
Dec 7, 1979 @ HFD W 7-4 33 32
Dec 5, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 33 33
Dec 3, 1979 vs MTL T 3-3 30 29
Dec 1, 1979 @ STL W 2-0 28 38
Nov 29, 1979 @ BUF L 1-2 24 27
Nov 28, 1979 vs MNS T 4-4 29 27
Nov 25, 1979 vs TOR L 3-4 30 30
Nov 24, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 22 29
Nov 21, 1979 vs WIN L 4-6 35 28
Nov 18, 1979 vs STL W 5-3 41 24
Nov 16, 1979 @ AFM L 2-4 31 40
Nov 14, 1979 vs DET W 3-2 36 35
Nov 13, 1979 @ NYI L 5-10 21 29
Nov 11, 1979 vs PIT L 1-4 28 27
Nov 10, 1979 vs QUE W 5-4 44 20
Nov 7, 1979 vs LAK W 8-4 39 39
Nov 4, 1979 @ VAN W 4-2 39 30
Nov 3, 1979 @ CLR L 2-7 24 37
Nov 1, 1979 @ LAK L 2-4 23 26
Oct 28, 1979 vs HFD T 2-2 27 22
Oct 27, 1979 @ MNS L 2-7 31 39
Oct 25, 1979 @ PHI L 2-5 20 28
Oct 24, 1979 vs EDM W 10-2 47 20
Oct 21, 1979 vs PIT W 6-3 31 31
Oct 20, 1979 @ MTL L 4-5 27 32
Oct 18, 1979 vs VAN W 6-3 33 23
Oct 14, 1979 vs WSH L 3-5 46 26
Oct 10, 1979 @ TOR W 6-3 28 25