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New York Rangers, 1980-81

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
13 80 30-36-14 74 0.463 312 317 -5 17-13-10 13-23-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Los Angeles Kings Won 3-1
Quarterfinals St. Louis Blues Won 4-2
Semifinals New York Islanders Lost 0-4

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 30 40 70 0 52 243 0
Eddie Johnstone R 80 30 38 68 14 100 187 0
Ron Greschner D 74 27 41 68 -2 112 193 0
Mike Allison R 75 26 38 64 12 83 122 0
Steve Vickers L 73 19 39 58 8 40 85 0
Don Maloney L 61 29 23 52 17 99 124 0
Dave Maloney D 79 11 36 47 25 132 140 0
Ulf Nilsson C 51 14 25 39 -3 42 80 0
Ron Duguay C 50 17 21 38 2 83 103 0
Barry Beck D 75 11 23 34 9 231 182 0
Dean Talafous C 50 13 17 30 2 28 73 0
Tom Laidlaw D 80 6 23 29 -1 100 101 0
Walt Tkaczuk C 43 6 22 28 13 28 67 0
Dave Silk R 59 14 12 26 -24 58 124 0
Carol Vadnais D 74 3 20 23 20 91 118 0
Lance Nethery C 33 11 12 23 0 12 47 0
Jere Gillis L 35 10 10 20 6 4 63 0
Phil Esposito C 41 7 13 20 -15 20 91 0
Ed Hospodar D 61 5 14 19 10 214 49 0
Chris Kotsopoulos D 54 4 12 16 -10 153 104 0
Nick Fotiu L 27 5 6 11 -6 91 28 0
Peter Wallin R 12 1 5 6 -1 2 14 0
Doug Sulliman L 32 4 1 5 -9 32 56 0
Andre Dore D 15 1 3 4 -1 15 15 0
Cam Connor R 15 1 3 4 6 44 16 0
Dan McCarthy C 5 4 0 4 3 4 7 0
Gary Burns L 11 2 2 4 -9 18 13 0
Mario Marois D 8 1 2 3 -5 46 11 0
Jeff Bandura D 2 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0
Tim Bothwell D 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mike McDougall R 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Doug Soetaert 39 1616700 1041 889 152 3.94 0.854
Steve Baker 21 106502 609 536 73 3.49 0.880
John Davidson 10 17100 285 237 48 5.17 0.832
Wayne Thomas 10 36100 257 223 34 3.42 0.868
Steve Weeks 1 01000 22 20 2 2.04 0.909

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1981 @ PHI W 2-0 22 34
Apr 3, 1981 vs CHI W 3-1 32 24
Apr 2, 1981 @ NYI L 1-2 24 22
Mar 30, 1981 vs PHI T 0-0 36 26
Mar 28, 1981 @ MTL W 6-2 25 26
Mar 25, 1981 @ BUF L 2-4 22 29
Mar 22, 1981 vs QUE T 7-7 43 25
Mar 21, 1981 @ HFD W 6-4 24 27
Mar 18, 1981 vs BOS W 3-2 22 32
Mar 14, 1981 vs HFD W 6-2 45 28
Mar 11, 1981 vs CLR L 3-4 22 33
Mar 10, 1981 @ QUE L 4-6 33 35
Mar 8, 1981 vs DET T 4-4 36 40
Mar 7, 1981 @ STL L 2-7 31 26
Mar 4, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 22 31
Mar 1, 1981 vs MTL T 4-4 22 27
Feb 28, 1981 @ PIT L 4-6 34 35
Feb 25, 1981 vs BUF W 6-3 28 35
Feb 22, 1981 @ HFD L 5-6 32 31
Feb 21, 1981 vs WSH W 6-4 27 30
Feb 19, 1981 @ DET L 3-7 29 32
Feb 18, 1981 vs TOR W 8-3 30 35
Feb 15, 1981 vs STL L 4-5 34 29
Feb 14, 1981 @ TOR L 3-6 39 40
Feb 12, 1981 vs WIN W 8-6 55 26
Feb 8, 1981 vs MNS T 3-3 35 23
Feb 5, 1981 @ BOS L 3-6 16 29
Feb 4, 1981 vs NYI W 9-3 32 26
Feb 2, 1981 vs LAK L 2-3 37 21
Jan 31, 1981 @ MNS W 7-3 30 27
Jan 28, 1981 @ LAK W 6-2 22 25
Jan 24, 1981 @ VAN W 7-5 30 26
Jan 23, 1981 @ EDM W 7-4 33 31
Jan 21, 1981 @ WIN L 1-5 32 27
Jan 19, 1981 vs CGY W 6-3 42 11
Jan 18, 1981 @ BUF L 0-4 30 31
Jan 15, 1981 @ CLR L 3-4 52 22
Jan 13, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 31 23
Jan 11, 1981 vs TOR L 3-5 42 29
Jan 9, 1981 vs BUF T 3-3 25 27
Jan 4, 1981 vs QUE T 2-2 31 32
Jan 2, 1981 vs NYI W 3-1 23 17
Dec 31, 1980 vs CLR L 4-6 30 24
Dec 30, 1980 @ QUE W 6-3 38 25
Dec 28, 1980 vs MTL L 2-5 26 28
Dec 26, 1980 @ WSH L 3-7 32 29
Dec 22, 1980 vs CGY L 2-3 33 20
Dec 20, 1980 @ MNS T 3-3 30 35
Dec 17, 1980 vs WIN W 8-2 49 28
Dec 14, 1980 @ CHI L 1-2 28 34
Dec 12, 1980 @ CLR W 4-3 20 29
Dec 10, 1980 vs WSH W 6-2 31 18
Dec 7, 1980 vs CHI W 5-4 34 28
Dec 5, 1980 @ EDM W 5-1 30 20
Dec 3, 1980 @ WIN W 4-3 43 27
Dec 1, 1980 vs MNS L 3-5 28 15
Nov 29, 1980 @ PIT W 4-2 23 24
Nov 26, 1980 vs BOS W 6-4 27 20
Nov 23, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 24 25
Nov 22, 1980 @ NYI L 4-6 35 28
Nov 19, 1980 vs PHI L 1-5 31 26
Nov 16, 1980 vs HFD W 7-3 46 29
Nov 14, 1980 vs PIT T 3-3 29 20
Nov 11, 1980 @ CGY L 3-7 30 36
Nov 10, 1980 @ LAK L 1-4 25 24
Nov 8, 1980 @ VAN L 4-6 24 31
Nov 5, 1980 @ CHI T 3-3 31 32
Nov 2, 1980 vs LAK L 3-6 30 33
Nov 1, 1980 @ MTL L 4-7 24 34
Oct 30, 1980 @ PHI T 3-3 22 36
Oct 28, 1980 @ STL L 4-5 34 35
Oct 26, 1980 vs DET W 7-6 37 30
Oct 25, 1980 @ DET L 2-4 27 22
Oct 22, 1980 vs VAN W 3-2 28 25
Oct 19, 1980 vs EDM L 2-4 35 23
Oct 18, 1980 @ WSH L 2-8 21 28
Oct 15, 1980 vs STL L 1-2 30 26
Oct 12, 1980 vs PIT L 3-6 23 30
Oct 11, 1980 @ TOR W 8-3 34 32
Oct 9, 1980 @ BOS L 2-7 25 28