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1980-81 New York Rangers Schedule and Results

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30-36-14 (74 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3), Craig Patrick (26-23-11)

Goals For: 312 (12th of 21), Goals Against: 317 (12th of 21)
SRS: -0.06 (12th of 21), SOS: 0.00 (10th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) versus New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Blues
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) versus Los Angeles Kings

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 9, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 2 7 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 11, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 3 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sun, Oct 12, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 6 1 2 0 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 15, 1980 St. Louis Blues L 1 2 1 3 0 L 2
5 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 2 8 1 4 0 L 3
6 Sun, Oct 19, 1980 Edmonton Oilers L 2 4 1 5 0 L 4
7 Wed, Oct 22, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 2 5 0 W 1
8 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 2 6 0 L 1
9 Sun, Oct 26, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 7 6 3 6 0 W 1
10 Tue, Oct 28, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 4 5 3 7 0 L 1
11 Thu, Oct 30, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 3 7 1 T 1
12 Sat, Nov 1, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 7 3 8 1 L 1
13 Sun, Nov 2, 1980 Los Angeles Kings L 3 6 3 9 1 L 2
14 Wed, Nov 5, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 3 9 2 T 1
15 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks L 4 6 3 10 2 L 1
16 Mon, Nov 10, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 4 3 11 2 L 2
17 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 @ Calgary Flames L 3 7 3 12 2 L 3
18 Fri, Nov 14, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 3 12 3 T 1
19 Sun, Nov 16, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 7 3 4 12 3 W 1
20 Wed, Nov 19, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 5 4 13 3 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 4 6 4 14 3 L 2
22 Sun, Nov 23, 1980 Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 4 14 4 T 1
23 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 Boston Bruins W 6 4 5 14 4 W 1
24 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 2 6 14 4 W 2
25 Mon, Dec 1, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 3 5 6 15 4 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 7 15 4 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 5, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers W 5 1 8 15 4 W 2
28 Sun, Dec 7, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 4 9 15 4 W 3
29 Wed, Dec 10, 1980 Washington Capitals W 6 2 10 15 4 W 4
30 Fri, Dec 12, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 3 11 15 4 W 5
31 Sun, Dec 14, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 2 11 16 4 L 1
32 Wed, Dec 17, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 8 2 12 16 4 W 1
33 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 12 16 5 T 1
34 Mon, Dec 22, 1980 Calgary Flames L 2 3 12 17 5 L 1
35 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 3 7 12 18 5 L 2
36 Sun, Dec 28, 1980 Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 12 19 5 L 3
37 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 13 19 5 W 1
38 Wed, Dec 31, 1980 Colorado Rockies L 4 6 13 20 5 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 New York Islanders W 3 1 14 20 5 W 1
40 Sun, Jan 4, 1981 Quebec Nordiques T 2 2 14 20 6 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 9, 1981 Buffalo Sabres T 3 3 14 20 7 T 2
42 Sun, Jan 11, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 5 14 21 7 L 1
43 Tue, Jan 13, 1981 @ Calgary Flames T 4 4 14 21 8 T 1
44 Thu, Jan 15, 1981 @ Colorado Rockies L 3 4 14 22 8 L 1
45 Sun, Jan 18, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 4 14 23 8 L 2
46 Mon, Jan 19, 1981 Calgary Flames W 6 3 15 23 8 W 1
47 Wed, Jan 21, 1981 @ Winnipeg Jets L 1 5 15 24 8 L 1
48 Fri, Jan 23, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers W 7 4 16 24 8 W 1
49 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 @ Vancouver Canucks W 7 5 17 24 8 W 2
50 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings W 6 2 18 24 8 W 3
51 Sat, Jan 31, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars W 7 3 19 24 8 W 4
52 Mon, Feb 2, 1981 Los Angeles Kings L 2 3 19 25 8 L 1
53 Wed, Feb 4, 1981 New York Islanders W 9 3 20 25 8 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 5, 1981 @ Boston Bruins L 3 6 20 26 8 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 8, 1981 Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 20 26 9 T 1
56 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 Winnipeg Jets W 8 6 21 26 9 W 1
57 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 6 21 27 9 L 1
58 Sun, Feb 15, 1981 St. Louis Blues L 4 5 21 28 9 L 2
59 Wed, Feb 18, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 3 22 28 9 W 1
60 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 7 22 29 9 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 Washington Capitals W 6 4 23 29 9 W 1
62 Sun, Feb 22, 1981 @ Hartford Whalers L 5 6 23 30 9 L 1
63 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 Buffalo Sabres W 6 3 24 30 9 W 1
64 Sat, Feb 28, 1981 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 6 24 31 9 L 1
65 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 Montreal Canadiens T 4 4 24 31 10 T 1
66 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 Edmonton Oilers T 5 5 24 31 11 T 2
67 Sat, Mar 7, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 7 24 32 11 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 8, 1981 Detroit Red Wings T 4 4 24 32 12 T 1
69 Tue, Mar 10, 1981 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 6 24 33 12 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 11, 1981 Colorado Rockies L 3 4 24 34 12 L 2
71 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 Hartford Whalers W 6 2 25 34 12 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 18, 1981 Boston Bruins W 3 2 26 34 12 W 2
73 Sat, Mar 21, 1981 @ Hartford Whalers W 6 4 27 34 12 W 3
74 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 Quebec Nordiques T 7 7 27 34 13 T 1
75 Wed, Mar 25, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 4 27 35 13 L 1
76 Sat, Mar 28, 1981 @ Montreal Canadiens W 6 2 28 35 13 W 1
77 Mon, Mar 30, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers T 0 0 28 35 14 T 1
78 Thu, Apr 2, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 1 2 28 36 14 L 1
79 Fri, Apr 3, 1981 Chicago Black Hawks W 3 1 29 36 14 W 1
80 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 2 0 30 36 14 W 2

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings L 4 5 1 1 0 L 1
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1981 Los Angeles Kings W 10 3 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 12, 1981 Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 3 1 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
5 Thu, Apr 16, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 6 3 2 0 L 1
6 Fri, Apr 17, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues W 6 4 4 2 0 W 1
7 Sun, Apr 19, 1981 St. Louis Blues W 6 3 5 2 0 W 2
8 Mon, Apr 20, 1981 St. Louis Blues W 4 1 6 2 0 W 3
9 Wed, Apr 22, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 4 6 3 0 L 1
10 Fri, Apr 24, 1981 St. Louis Blues W 7 4 7 3 0 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
11 Tue, Apr 28, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 2 5 7 4 0 L 1
12 Thu, Apr 30, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 3 7 7 5 0 L 2
13 Sat, May 2, 1981 New York Islanders L 1 5 7 6 0 L 3
14 Tue, May 5, 1981 New York Islanders L 2 5 7 7 0 L 4