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1977-78 New York Rangers

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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) to Buffalo Sabres

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 35 79 38 43 81 1.03 33 0.41 117 56 98 15 -22 53 17 21 0 5 259 3.28 14.7
2 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 24 80 40 33 73 0.91 30 0.38 99 39 93 14 -19 47 29 10 1 3 215 2.69 18.6
3 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 23 78 24 48 72 0.92 27 0.35 145 56 97 11 3 100 15 8 1 5 180 2.31 13.3
4 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 30 80 26 40 66 0.83 26 0.32 86 13 91 33 15 30 19 6 1 3 144 1.80 18.1
5 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 26 79 19 44 63 0.80 23 0.30 101 38 54 1 10 30 10 9 0 2 113 1.43 16.8
6 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 21 66 27 28 55 0.83 22 0.34 89 37 57 0 -5 41 17 10 0 1 188 2.85 14.4
7 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 32 80 6 40 46 0.58 16 0.20 140 59 141 35 -25 115 2 3 1 1 164 2.05 3.7
8 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 20 71 20 20 40 0.56 16 0.23 65 12 74 4 -17 43 17 3 0 1 129 1.82 15.5
9 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 20 71 22 8 30 0.42 14 0.19 61 7 66 1 -11 27 21 1 0 3 111 1.56 19.8
10 Eddie Johnstone RW 5-9 175 23 53 13 13 26 0.49 11 0.20 38 11 40 10 -3 44 10 2 1 0 93 1.75 14.0
11 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 27 37 7 16 23 0.62 9 0.23 32 1 44 10 -3 12 3 0 4 1 72 1.95 9.7
12 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 21 56 2 19 21 0.38 7 0.13 68 3 65 18 18 63 2 0 0 0 71 1.27 2.8
13 Wayne Dillon C 6-0 185 22 59 5 13 18 0.31 7 0.11 25 5 30 2 -8 15 4 1 0 1 50 0.85 10.0
14 Dan Newman LW 6-1 195 26 59 5 13 18 0.31 7 0.11 27 2 36 0 -11 22 5 0 0 1 81 1.37 6.2
15 Mike McEwen D 6-1 185 21 57 5 13 18 0.32 7 0.12 43 19 35 0 -11 52 3 2 0 0 65 1.14 7.7
16 Mark Heaslip RW 5-10 190 26 29 5 10 15 0.52 6 0.20 23 1 22 3 3 34 5 0 0 0 32 1.10 15.6
17 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 34 78 2 8 10 0.13 4 0.05 68 2 95 15 -14 38 2 0 0 1 40 0.51 5.0
18 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 25 59 2 7 9 0.15 3 0.05 13 0 27 0 -14 105 2 0 0 0 32 0.54 6.3
19 Rod Gilbert RW 5-9 180 36 19 2 7 9 0.47 3 0.17 17 8 19 0 -10 6 1 1 0 0 27 1.42 7.4
20 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 21 66 3 5 8 0.12 3 0.05 66 1 89 11 -13 62 2 0 1 0 100 1.52 3.0
21 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 33 18 2 4 6 0.33 2 0.13 9 4 11 0 -6 8 1 1 0 1 13 0.72 15.4
22 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 36 29 1 4 5 0.17 2 0.06 21 1 37 6 -11 23 1 0 0 0 35 1.21 2.9
23 Jerry Byers LW 5-11 170 25 7 2 1 3 0.43 1 0.19 5 0 6 0 -1 0 2 0 0 1 7 1.00 28.6
24 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 20 8 1 1 2 0.25 1 0.10 6 2 7 0 -3 15 1 0 0 0 13 1.63 7.7
25 Bill Goldsworthy RW 6-0 190 33 7 0 1 1 0.14 0 0.05 6 2 3 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0
26 Bud Stefanski C 5-10 170 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
27 Mike Keating LW 6-0 185 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
28 Greg Holst C 5-10 170 23 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.50 0.0
29 Greg Hickey LW 5-10 160 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
30 Benoit Gosselin LW 5-11 190 20 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 -3 33 0 0 0 0 4 0.57 0.0
Team Total 80 279 440 719 8.99 279 3.49 279 78 280 48 -31 1049 191 78 10 30 2252 28.15 12.4

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 34 1848 14 13 4 32 .516 1 98 3.18 0 0 0 10
2 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 41 2352 12 20 7 31 .397 4 141 3.60 0 1 1 9
3 Doug Soetaert G 6-0 180 22 6 360 2 2 2 6 .500 0 20 3.33 0 0 0 0
4 Hardy Astrom G 6-0 170 26 4 240 2 2 0 4 .500 0 14 3.50 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 30 37 13 5 273 3.41

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 21 3 1 3 4 1.33 4 1 0 0 1
2 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 26 3 2 1 3 1.00 0 2 0 0 0
3 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 24 3 2 0 2 0.67 0 1 1 0 0
4 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 20 3 1 1 2 0.67 2 0 1 0 0
5 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 30 3 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 32 3 0 2 2 0.67 16 0 0 0 0
7 Wayne Dillon C 6-0 185 22 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 36 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 0 0
9 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 35 3 0 1 1 0.33 5 0 0 0 0
10 Dan Newman LW 6-1 195 26 3 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
11 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0
12 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 21 3 0 0 0 0.00 11 0 0 0 0
13 Mark Heaslip RW 5-10 190 26 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 23 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
15 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 25 3 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0
16 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 21 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 20 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
18 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 34 3 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
Team Total 3 6 12 18 6.00 62 4 2 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 John Davidson G 6-3 205 24 2 122 1 1 2 .500 0 7 3.44 0 0 0 0
2 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 30 1 60 0 1 0 .000 0 4 4.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 182 1 2 0 11 3.63