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1978-79 New York Rangers

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40-29-11 (91 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 316 goals, Allowed 292 goals, SRS: 0.40 (6th of 17)
Coached by Fred Shero (40-29-11)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Los Angeles Kings

1978-79 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 40 29 11 91 .569 316 292 0.40 7.60 75 306 24.51 78 311 74.92 9 12
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

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 Anders Hedberg RW 5-11 175 27 80 33 45 78 0.98 30 0.37 121 41 72 11 19 33 27 6 0 5 214 2.68 15.4
2 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 36 80 42 36 78 0.98 32 0.39 113 35 82 3 -1 37 28 14 0 7 215 2.69 19.5
3 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 25 80 34 41 75 0.94 29 0.36 107 29 78 8 8 56 26 8 0 1 193 2.41 17.6
4 Ulf Nilsson C 5-11 175 28 59 27 39 66 1.12 25 0.42 89 27 53 8 17 21 17 8 2 5 96 1.63 28.1
5 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 21 79 27 36 63 0.80 24 0.30 85 17 84 26 10 35 24 1 2 3 178 2.25 15.2
6 Mike McEwen D 6-1 185 22 80 20 38 58 0.73 21 0.26 121 38 91 18 10 35 13 7 0 4 204 2.55 9.8
7 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 24 60 17 36 53 0.88 19 0.32 102 30 84 12 0 66 9 8 0 1 153 2.55 11.1
8 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 27 66 13 34 47 0.71 16 0.25 67 17 64 7 -7 24 9 4 0 3 86 1.30 15.1
9 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 33 77 8 37 45 0.58 15 0.19 116 37 111 46 14 86 3 4 1 1 149 1.94 5.4
10 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 31 77 15 27 42 0.55 15 0.20 73 8 80 35 20 38 11 4 0 0 134 1.74 11.2
11 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 22 40 15 22 37 0.93 14 0.35 54 19 41 0 -6 6 11 4 0 2 133 3.33 11.3
12 Pierre Plante RW 6-1 190 27 70 6 25 31 0.44 10 0.15 53 4 63 25 11 37 6 0 0 1 84 1.20 7.1
13 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 21 71 5 26 31 0.44 10 0.14 106 25 72 9 18 153 4 1 0 0 115 1.62 4.3
14 Dean Talafous RW 6-4 180 25 68 13 16 29 0.43 11 0.16 45 6 53 19 5 29 9 2 2 3 88 1.29 14.8
15 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 21 62 11 17 28 0.45 10 0.17 53 17 47 1 -10 26 11 0 0 1 106 1.71 10.4
16 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 22 76 11 17 28 0.37 10 0.14 83 1 108 43 17 151 8 1 2 1 83 1.09 13.3
17 Don Maloney LW 6-1 190 20 28 9 17 26 0.93 9 0.34 36 11 22 1 4 39 6 3 0 0 39 1.39 23.1
18 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 22 71 1 19 20 0.28 6 0.09 80 2 105 24 -3 61 1 0 0 1 96 1.35 1.0
19 Eddie Johnstone RW 5-9 175 24 30 5 3 8 0.27 3 0.11 11 1 19 4 -5 27 5 0 0 0 18 0.60 27.8
20 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 26 71 3 5 8 0.11 3 0.04 22 1 18 0 3 190 3 0 0 1 51 0.72 5.9
21 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 28 6 1 1 2 0.33 1 0.13 4 0 3 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 10 1.67 10.0
22 Dan Clark D 6-1 195 21 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0.07 2 0 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0
23 Mike Korney RW 6-3 195 25 18 0 1 1 0.06 0 0.02 14 2 11 3 4 18 0 0 0 0 20 1.11 0.0
24 Andre Dore D 6-2 200 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
25 Dean Turner D 6-2 215 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
26 Tim Bothwell D 6-3 190 23 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
27 Frank Beaton LW 5-10 200 25 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
28 Mike McDougal RW 6-2 200 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 316 539 855 10.69 316 3.95 316 75 292 78 27 1200 232 75 9 40 2471 30.89 12.8

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 25 39 2232 20 12 5 45 .608 0 131 3.52 0 0 0 12
2 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 31 31 1668 15 10 3 33 .589 1 101 3.63 0 0 0 0
3 Doug Soetaert G 6-0 180 23 17 900 5 7 3 13 .433 0 57 3.80 0 0 0 4
Team Total 80 4800 40 29 11 1 289 3.61

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 Maloney LW 6-1 190 20 18 7 13 20 1.11 19 7 0 0 1
2 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 36 18 8 12 20 1.11 20 6 2 0 2
3 Mike McEwen D 6-1 185 22 18 2 11 13 0.72 8 0 2 0 1
4 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 22 18 7 5 12 0.67 12 4 3 0 1
5 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 24 18 7 5 12 0.67 16 2 4 1 3
6 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 31 18 4 7 11 0.61 10 3 0 1 0
7 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 33 18 2 9 11 0.61 13 2 0 0 0
8 Anders Hedberg RW 5-11 175 27 18 4 5 9 0.50 12 3 0 1 1
9 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 21 18 5 4 9 0.50 11 4 0 1 0
10 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 25 18 1 7 8 0.44 6 1 0 0 0
11 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 27 18 5 3 8 0.44 13 4 1 0 1
12 Bobby Sheehan C 5-7 155 30 15 4 3 7 0.47 8 3 1 0 0
13 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 22 17 3 4 7 0.41 45 2 0 1 0
14 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 21 18 0 6 6 0.33 29 0 0 0 0
15 Pierre Plante RW 6-1 190 27 18 0 6 6 0.33 20 0 0 0 0
16 Eddie Johnstone RW 5-9 175 24 17 5 0 5 0.29 10 4 0 1 1
17 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 22 7 0 2 2 0.29 14 0 0 0 0
18 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 21 9 2 0 2 0.22 4 1 1 0 0
19 Ulf Nilsson C 5-11 175 28 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
20 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 26 4 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
Team Total 18 66 102 168 9.33 284 46 14 6 11

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 25 18 1106 11 7 22 .611 1 42 2.28 0 0 0 6
Team Total 80 1106 11 7 1 42 2.28