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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
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 12, 1978 | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | Colorado Rockies | W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1978 | Detroit Red Wings | T | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 19, 1978 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | T | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 22, 1978 | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 25, 1978 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 29, 1978 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 2, 1978 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 4, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 5, 1978 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 8, 1978 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 12, 1978 | New York Islanders | L | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 18, 1978 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1978 | Atlanta Flames | L | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1978 | Toronto Maple Leafs | T | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 26, 1978 | Washington Capitals | W | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 29, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Flames | W | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 3, 1978 | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 6, 1978 | St. Louis Blues | W | 7 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 7, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | L | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 10, 1978 | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 13, 1978 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 8 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 20, 1978 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 4 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 26, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Flames | W | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 5 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 5 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 31, 1978 | Atlanta Flames | L | 5 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 3, 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 5, 1979 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 10, 1979 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Flames | W | 6 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 43 | Mon, Jan 15, 1979 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 17, 1979 | New York Islanders | W | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | @ | St. Louis Blues | L | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 21, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 5 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 5 | T 1 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 24, 1979 | @ | Washington Capitals | L | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Jan 25, 1979 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 27, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | W | 7 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 30, 1979 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Jan 31, 1979 | @ | Colorado Rockies | L | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Feb 3, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 14, 1979 | Boston Bruins | W | 5 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 15, 1979 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | L | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 4 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | Washington Capitals | T | 6 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 6 | T 1 | |||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 21, 1979 | St. Louis Blues | W | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 24, 1979 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | New York Islanders | W | 3 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 27, 1979 | @ | St. Louis Blues | L | 1 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | T | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 7 | T 1 | ||
| 62 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | Buffalo Sabres | T | 2 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 8 | T 2 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 4, 1979 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 2 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 7, 1979 | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 10, 1979 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 6 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 5 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 67 | Wed, Mar 14, 1979 | Atlanta Flames | L | 4 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 15, 1979 | @ | Boston Bruins | W | 7 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 17, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 1 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | @ | Washington Capitals | T | 2 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 9 | T 1 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 21, 1979 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 7 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 0 | 1 | 39 | 25 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 27, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 4 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 10 | T 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 1 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 3 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 77 | Mon, Apr 2, 1979 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 5 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Wed, Apr 4, 1979 | Atlanta Flames | T | 3 | 3 | 40 | 27 | 11 | T 1 | |||
| 79 | Fri, Apr 6, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Flames | L | 2 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Apr 8, 1979 | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 11 | L 2 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 10, 1979 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 12, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | OT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Mon, Apr 16, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | OT | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Wed, Apr 18, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 20, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 22, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Apr 24, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Thu, Apr 26, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | W | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Apr 28, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, May 1, 1979 | New York Islanders | W | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, May 3, 1979 | New York Islanders | L | OT | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, May 5, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | W | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, May 8, 1979 | New York Islanders | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Sun, May 13, 1979 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Tue, May 15, 1979 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, May 17, 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | L 2 | |||
| 17 | Sat, May 19, 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Mon, May 21, 1979 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | L 4 |