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1977-78 New York Rangers Statistics

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30-37-13 (73 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 279 goals, Allowed 280 goals, SRS: 0.02 (9th of 18)
Coached by Jean-Guy Talbot (30-37-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) versus Buffalo Sabres

1977-78 New York Rangers:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
New York Rangers 80 30 37 13 73 .456 279 280 0.02 6.99 78 279 27.96 48 244 80.33 10 6
League Average 80 33 33 15 80 .500 264 264 0.00 6.59 54 255 21.15 54 255 78.85 6 6

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 35 79 38 43 81 -22 53 17 21 0 5 259 14.7 117 56 98 15
2 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 24 80 40 33 73 -19 47 29 10 1 3 215 18.6 99 39 93 14
3 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 23 78 24 48 72 3 100 15 8 1 5 180 13.3 145 56 97 11
4 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 30 80 26 40 66 15 30 19 6 1 3 144 18.1 86 13 91 33
5 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 26 79 19 44 63 10 30 10 9 0 2 113 16.8 101 38 54 1
6 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 21 66 27 28 55 -5 41 17 10 0 1 188 14.4 89 37 57 0
7 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 32 80 6 40 46 -25 115 2 3 1 1 164 3.7 140 59 141 35
8 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 20 71 20 20 40 -17 43 17 3 0 1 129 15.5 65 12 74 4
9 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 20 71 22 8 30 -11 27 21 1 0 3 111 19.8 61 7 66 1
10 Eddie Johnstone RW 5-9 175 23 53 13 13 26 -3 44 10 2 1 0 93 14.0 38 11 40 10
11 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 27 37 7 16 23 -3 12 3 0 4 1 72 9.7 32 1 44 10
12 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 21 56 2 19 21 18 63 2 0 0 0 71 2.8 68 3 65 18
13 Wayne Dillon C 6-0 185 22 59 5 13 18 -8 15 4 1 0 1 50 10.0 25 5 30 2
14 Mike McEwen D 6-1 185 21 57 5 13 18 -11 52 3 2 0 0 65 7.7 43 19 35 0
15 Dan Newman LW 6-1 195 26 59 5 13 18 -11 22 5 0 0 1 81 6.2 27 2 36 0
16 Mark Heaslip RW 5-10 190 26 29 5 10 15 3 34 5 0 0 0 32 15.6 23 1 22 3
17 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 34 78 2 8 10 -14 38 2 0 0 1 40 5.0 68 2 95 15
18 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 25 59 2 7 9 -14 105 2 0 0 0 32 6.3 13 0 27 0
19 Rod Gilbert RW 5-9 180 36 19 2 7 9 -10 6 1 1 0 0 27 7.4 17 8 19 0
20 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 21 66 3 5 8 -13 62 2 0 1 0 100 3.0 66 1 89 11
21 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 33 18 2 4 6 -6 8 1 1 0 1 13 15.4 9 4 11 0
22 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 36 29 1 4 5 -11 23 1 0 0 0 35 2.9 21 1 37 6
23 Jerry Byers LW 5-11 170 25 7 2 1 3 -1 0 2 0 0 1 7 28.6 5 0 6 0
24 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 20 8 1 1 2 -3 15 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 6 2 7 0
25 Bill Goldsworthy RW 6-0 190 33 7 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 6 2 3 0
26 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 41 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
27 Hardy Astrom G 6-0 170 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 34 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
29 Benoit Gosselin LW 5-11 190 20 7 0 0 0 -3 33 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 3 0
30 Greg Hickey LW 5-10 160 22 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 0 2 0
31 Greg Holst C 5-10 170 23 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 0
32 Mike Keating LW 6-0 185 21 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 0
33 Doug Soetaert G 6-0 180 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Bud Stefanski C 5-10 170 22 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
Team Total 80 279 440 719 -164 1049 191 78 10 30 2252 12.4 1371 379 1345 189

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 34 1848 14 13 4 98 3.18 1
2 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 41 2352 12 20 7 141 3.60 4
3 Hardy Astrom G 6-0 170 26 4 240 2 2 0 14 3.50 0
4 Doug Soetaert G 6-0 180 22 6 360 2 2 2 20 3.33 0
Team Total 80 4800 30 37 13 273 3.41 5

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 21 3 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 1
2 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 26 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
3 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 24 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
4 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 20 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
5 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 30 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 32 3 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0
7 Wayne Dillon C 6-0 185 22 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 35 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0
9 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 36 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 34 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
11 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 20 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
13 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 25 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
15 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 23 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 Mark Heaslip RW 5-10 190 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 21 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
18 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 20 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
19 Dan Newman LW 6-1 195 26 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
20 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 3 6 12 18 62 4 2 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 2 122 1 1 7 3.44 0
2 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 1 60 0 1 4 4.00 0
Team Total 3 182 1 2 11 3.63 0