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1978-79 New York Rangers Statistics

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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) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) versus Los Angeles Kings

1978-79 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 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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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 36 80 42 36 78 -1 37 28 14 0 7 215 19.5 113 35 82 3
2 Anders Hedberg RW 5-11 175 27 80 33 45 78 19 33 27 6 0 5 214 15.4 121 41 72 11
3 Pat Hickey LW 6-1 190 25 80 34 41 75 8 56 26 8 0 1 193 17.6 107 29 78 8
4 Ulf Nilsson C 5-11 175 28 59 27 39 66 17 21 17 8 2 5 96 28.1 89 27 53 8
5 Ron Duguay C/RW 6-2 200 21 79 27 36 63 10 35 24 1 2 3 178 15.2 85 17 84 26
6 Mike McEwen D 6-1 185 22 80 20 38 58 10 35 13 7 0 4 204 9.8 121 38 91 18
7 Ron Greschner D 6-2 205 24 60 17 36 53 0 66 9 8 0 1 153 11.1 102 30 84 12
8 Steve Vickers LW 6-0 180 27 66 13 34 47 -7 24 9 4 0 3 86 15.1 67 17 64 7
9 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 33 77 8 37 45 14 86 3 4 1 1 149 5.4 116 37 111 46
10 Walt Tkaczuk C 6-0 185 31 77 15 27 42 20 38 11 4 0 0 134 11.2 73 8 80 35
11 Don Murdoch RW 5-11 180 22 40 15 22 37 -6 6 11 4 0 2 133 11.3 54 19 41 0
12 Pierre Plante RW 6-1 190 27 70 6 25 31 11 37 6 0 0 1 84 7.1 53 4 63 25
13 Mario Marois D 5-11 190 21 71 5 26 31 18 153 4 1 0 0 115 4.3 106 25 72 9
14 Dean Talafous RW 6-4 180 25 68 13 16 29 5 29 9 2 2 3 88 14.8 45 6 53 19
15 Lucien DeBlois C 5-11 200 21 62 11 17 28 -10 26 11 0 0 1 106 10.4 53 17 47 1
16 Dave Maloney D 6-1 195 22 76 11 17 28 17 151 8 1 2 1 83 13.3 83 1 108 43
17 Don Maloney LW 6-1 190 20 28 9 17 26 4 39 6 3 0 0 39 23.1 36 11 22 1
18 Dave Farrish D 6-1 195 22 71 1 19 20 -3 61 1 0 0 1 96 1.0 80 2 105 24
19 Eddie Johnstone RW 5-9 175 24 30 5 3 8 -5 27 5 0 0 0 18 27.8 11 1 19 4
20 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 26 71 3 5 8 3 190 3 0 0 1 51 5.9 22 1 18 0
21 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 28 6 1 1 2 1 8 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 4 0 3 0
22 Dan Clark D 6-1 195 21 4 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 2 0 2 1
23 Mike Korney RW 6-3 195 25 18 0 1 1 4 18 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 14 2 11 3
24 Frank Beaton LW 5-10 200 25 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Tim Bothwell D 6-3 190 23 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 2 1
26 John Davidson G 6-3 205 25 39 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
27 Andre Dore D 6-2 200 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 Mike McDougal RW 6-2 200 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Doug Soetaert G 6-0 180 23 17 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 Wayne Thomas G 6-2 195 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Dean Turner D 6-2 215 20 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Team Total 80 316 539 855 127 1200 232 75 9 40 2471 12.8 1558 368 1368 305

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

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

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 25 18 1106 11 7 42 2.28 1
Team Total 18 1106 11 7 42 2.28 1