1978-79 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 40-29-11 (91 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 316 (4th of 17), Goals Against: 292 (13th of 17)
SRS: 0.40 (6th of 17), SOS: 0.10 (2nd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (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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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	80	40	29	11	91	.569	316	292	0.40	0.10	3.95	3.65	74	306	24.18	78	311	74.92	9	12	2471	12.8	2220	.868		1
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Rangers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
21	Frank Beaton	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	200	L/-	R	April 28, 1953
6	Tim Bothwell	ca CA	D	23	6-3	190	L/-	R	May 6, 1955
32	Dan Clark	ca CA	D	21	6-1	195	L/-	R	November 3, 1957
30	John Davidson	ca CA	G	25	6-3	205	-/L	5	February 27, 1953
23	Lucien DeBlois	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	200	R/-	1	June 21, 1957
2	André Doré	ca CA	D	20	6-2	200	R/-	R	February 11, 1958
10	Ron Duguay	ca CA	C	21	6-2	200	R/-	1	July 6, 1957
77	Phil Esposito	ca CA	C	36	6-1	205	L/-	15	February 20, 1942
3	Dave Farrish	ca CA	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	2	August 1, 1956
22	Nick Fotiu	us US	LW	26	6-2	210	L/-	2	May 25, 1952
4	Ron Greschner	ca CA	D	24	6-2	205	L/-	4	December 22, 1954
15	Anders Hedberg	se SE	RW	27	5-11	175	L/-	R	February 25, 1951
16	Pat Hickey	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	190	L/-	3	May 15, 1953
17	Eddie Johnstone	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	2	March 2, 1954
6	Mike Korney	ca CA	RW	25	6-3	195	R/-	3	September 15, 1953
26	Dave Maloney (C)	ca CA	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	4	July 31, 1956
12	Don Maloney	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	190	L/-	R	September 5, 1958
25	Mario Marois	ca CA	D	21	5-11	190	R/-	1	December 15, 1957
28	Mike McDougal	us US	RW	20	6-2	200	L/-	R	April 30, 1958
27	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	22	6-1	185	L/-	2	August 10, 1956
14	Don Murdoch	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	180	R/-	2	October 25, 1956
11	Ulf Nilsson	se SE	C	28	5-11	175	R/-	R	May 11, 1950
24	Pierre Plante	ca CA	RW	27	6-1	190	R/-	7	May 14, 1951
20	Greg Polis	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	195	L/-	8	August 8, 1950
6	Bobby Sheehan	us US	C	30	5-7	155	L/-	5	January 11, 1949
31	Doug Soetaert	ca CA	G	23	6-0	180	-/L	3	April 21, 1955
19	Dean Talafous	us US	RW	25	6-4	180	R/-	4	August 25, 1953
1	Wayne Thomas	ca CA	G	31	6-2	195	-/L	5	October 9, 1947
18	Walt Tkaczuk	de DE	C	31	6-0	185	L/-	11	September 29, 1947
6	Dean Turner	us US	D	20	6-2	215	L/-	R	June 22, 1958
5	Carol Vadnais	ca CA	D	33	6-1	185	L/-	12	September 25, 1945
8	Steve Vickers	ca CA	LW	27	6-0	180	L/-	6	April 21, 1951

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Phil Esposito*	36	C	80	42	36	78	-1	37	28	14	0	7	24	12	0	215	19.5			6.0	0.8	6.7
2	Anders Hedberg	27	RW	80	33	45	78	20	33	27	6	0	5	28	15	2	214	15.4			5.3	1.4	6.7
3	Pat Hickey	25	LW	80	34	41	75	8	56	26	8	0	1	32	9	0	193	17.6			5.1	1.0	6.2
4	Ulf Nilsson	28	C	59	27	39	66	17	21	17	8	2	5	29	9	1	96	28.1			4.8	1.1	5.8
5	Ron Duguay	21	C	79	27	36	63	10	35	24	1	2	3	27	9	0	178	15.2			3.7	1.1	4.8
6	Mike McEwen	22	D	80	20	38	58	11	35	13	7	0	4	23	14	1	204	9.8			4.3	4.0	8.3
7	Ron Greschner	24	D	60	17	36	53	0	66	9	8	0	1	23	12	1	153	11.1			4.1	2.5	6.6
8	Steve Vickers	27	LW	66	13	34	47	-7	24	9	4	0	3	26	8	0	86	15.1			1.9	0.5	2.4
9	Carol Vadnais	33	D	77	8	37	45	14	86	3	4	1	1	21	13	3	149	5.4			2.4	4.0	6.4
10	Walt Tkaczuk	31	C	77	15	27	42	19	38	11	4	0	0	24	1	2	139	10.8			1.2	1.3	2.6
11	Don Murdoch	22	RW	40	15	22	37	-6	6	11	4	0	2	15	7	0	133	11.3			2.4	0.2	2.6
12	Pierre Plante	27	RW	70	6	25	31	10	37	6	0	0	1	20	2	3	84	7.1			0.0	1.0	1.0
13	Mario Marois	21	D	71	5	26	31	17	153	4	1	0	0	17	9	0	115	4.3			1.2	4.0	5.2
14	Dean Talafous	25	RW	68	13	16	29	6	29	9	2	2	3	13	2	1	83	15.7			0.4	0.9	1.3
15	Lucien DeBlois	21	RW	62	11	17	28	-10	26	11	0	0	1	12	5	0	106	10.4			0.5	0.3	0.8
16	Dave Maloney	22	D	76	11	17	28	16	151	9	0	2	1	16	1	0	83	13.3			1.4	4.1	5.5
17	Don Maloney	20	LW	28	9	17	26	4	39	6	3	0	0	10	7	0	39	23.1			1.5	0.4	1.9
18	Dave Farrish	22	D	71	1	19	20	-3	61	1	0	0	1	18	1	0	96	1.0			0.1	2.8	2.9
19	Eddie Johnstone	24	RW	30	5	3	8	-5	27	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	27.8			-0.2	0.2	-0.1
20	Nick Fotiu	26	LW	71	3	5	8	3	190	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	51	5.9			-2.1	0.8	-1.3
21	Greg Polis	28	LW	6	1	1	2	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
22	Dan Clark	21	D	4	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
23	Mike Korney	25	RW	18	0	1	1	4	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0.0			-0.7	0.3	-0.4
24	Frank Beaton	25	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Tim Bothwell	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
26	John Davidson	25	G	39	0	0	0	0	12				0	0			0		2227	57:06	0.0	0.0	5.9
27	André Doré	20	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Mike McDougal	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Doug Soetaert	23	G	17	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		898	52:50	0.0	0.0	2.0
30	Wayne Thomas	31	G	31	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1666	53:44	0.0	0.0	4.1
31	Dean Turner	20	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			80	316	539	855	126	1200	233	74	9	40	389	136	14	2471	12.8			43.1	32.9	88.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	John Davidson	25	39		20	12	5	131	1031	900	.873	3.53	0	2227				108	-9.9	3.07	5.9
2	Wayne Thomas	31	31		15	10	3	101	752	651	.866	3.64	1	1666				114	-12.7	3.17	4.1
3	Doug Soetaert	23	17		5	7	3	57	434	377	.869	3.81	0	898				112	-6.0	3.34	2.0
	Team Total				40	29	11	289	2217	1928	.870	3.62	1	4791				111	-28.7	3.16	12.0