1979-80 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 38-32-10 (86 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Fred Shero (38-32-10)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 308 (6th of 21), Goals Against: 284 (11th of 21)
SRS: 0.29 (7th of 21), SOS: -0.01 (15th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) over Atlanta Flames

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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	38	32	10	86	.538	308	284	0.29	-0.01	3.85	3.55	78	304	25.66	54	304	82.24	8	7	2383	12.9	2295	.876		3
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	281	281					61	280	21.83	61	280	78.17	6	6	2352	12.0	2352	.880		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
35	Steve Baker	us US	G	22	6-3	200	-/L	R	May 6, 1957
21	Frank Beaton	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	200	L/-	1	April 28, 1953
3	Barry Beck	ca CA	D	22	6-3	216	L/-	2	June 3, 1957
6	Tim Bothwell	ca CA	D	24	6-3	190	L/-	1	May 6, 1955
28	Pat Conacher	ca CA	C	20	5-8	190	L/-	R	May 1, 1959
20	Cam Connor	ca CA	RW	25	6-2	200	L/-	1	August 10, 1954
30	John Davidson	ca CA	G	26	6-3	205	-/L	6	February 27, 1953
23	Lucien DeBlois	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	200	R/-	2	June 21, 1957
27	André Doré	ca CA	D	21	6-2	200	R/-	1	February 11, 1958
10	Ron Duguay	ca CA	C	22	6-2	200	R/-	2	July 6, 1957
77	Phil Esposito	ca CA	C	37	6-1	205	L/-	16	February 20, 1942
4	Ron Greschner	ca CA	D	25	6-2	205	L/-	5	December 22, 1954
2	Jocelyn Guevremont	ca CA	D	28	6-2	200	R/-	8	March 1, 1951
15	Anders Hedberg	se SE	RW	28	5-11	175	L/-	1	February 25, 1951
16	Pat Hickey	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	190	L/-	4	May 15, 1953
23	Ed Hospodar	us US	D	20	6-2	210	R/-	R	February 9, 1959
17	Eddie Johnstone	ca CA	RW	25	5-9	175	R/-	3	March 2, 1954
20	Claude Larose	ca CA	LW	24	5-10	175	L/-	R	May 17, 1955
28	Bill Lochead	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	195	R/-	5	October 13, 1954
26	Dave Maloney (C)	ca CA	D	23	6-1	195	L/-	5	July 31, 1956
12	Don Maloney	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	190	L/-	1	September 5, 1958
29	Ray Markham	ca CA	C	22	6-3	220	R/-	R	January 23, 1958
25	Mario Marois	ca CA	D	22	5-11	190	R/-	2	December 15, 1957
34	Jim Mayer	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	190	R/-	R	October 30, 1954
27	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	23	6-1	185	L/-	3	August 10, 1956
24	Warren Miller	us US	RW	25	6-0	180	R/-	R	June 15, 1954
14	Don Murdoch	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	180	R/-	3	October 25, 1956
11	Ulf Nilsson	se SE	C	29	5-11	175	R/-	1	May 11, 1950
16	Dave Silk	us US	RW	22	5-11	190	R/-	R	January 1, 1958
31	Doug Soetaert	ca CA	G	24	6-0	180	-/L	4	April 21, 1955
9	Doug Sulliman	ca CA	RW	20	6-2	210	L/-	R	August 29, 1959
19	Dean Talafous	us US	RW	26	6-4	180	R/-	5	August 25, 1953
1	Wayne Thomas	ca CA	G	32	6-2	195	-/L	6	October 9, 1947
18	Walt Tkaczuk	de DE	C	32	6-0	185	L/-	12	September 29, 1947
5	Carol Vadnais	ca CA	D	34	6-1	185	L/-	13	September 25, 1945
8	Steve Vickers	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	180	L/-	7	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*	37	C	80	34	44	78	-14	73	21	13	0	5	29	15	0	245	13.9			5.3	0.6	6.0
2	Don Maloney	21	LW	79	25	48	73	-16	97	18	6	1	3	30	18	0	123	20.3			4.3	0.6	4.9
3	Anders Hedberg	28	RW	80	32	39	71	15	21	25	7	0	4	25	12	2	241	13.3			4.6	1.5	6.1
4	Steve Vickers	28	LW	75	29	33	62	20	38	17	12	0	2	23	10	0	98	29.6			3.9	1.6	5.5
5	Barry Beck	22	D	61	14	45	59	16	98	9	5	0	4	25	19	1	150	9.3			4.3	4.1	8.4
6	Ron Greschner	25	D	76	21	37	58	-12	103	14	6	1	3	16	20	1	187	11.2			4.5	3.2	7.7
7	Ulf Nilsson	29	C	50	14	44	58	17	20	9	5	0	1	30	13	1	72	19.4			3.5	1.1	4.6
8	Ron Duguay	22	C	73	28	22	50	-5	37	22	3	3	2	19	3	0	154	18.2			3.0	0.8	3.8
9	Don Murdoch	23	RW	56	23	19	42	-13	16	17	5	1	2	12	7	0	143	16.1			2.7	0.3	3.1
10	Dave Maloney	23	D	77	12	25	37	10	186	9	3	0	0	19	6	0	102	11.8			2.2	4.5	6.7
11	Walt Tkaczuk	32	C	76	12	25	37	18	36	6	4	2	2	20	4	1	128	9.4			0.6	1.5	2.2
12	Eddie Johnstone	25	RW	78	14	21	35	2	60	14	0	0	3	20	0	1	121	11.6			0.6	1.1	1.6
13	Mario Marois	22	D	79	8	23	31	0	142	7	1	0	1	16	7	0	158	5.1			1.3	4.1	5.4
14	Dean Talafous	26	RW	55	10	20	30	1	26	6	4	0	0	17	3	0	69	14.5			0.8	0.7	1.6
15	Carol Vadnais	34	D	66	3	20	23	2	118	3	0	0	1	15	4	1	83	3.6			0.6	3.5	4.1
16	Warren Miller	25	RW	55	7	6	13	-6	17	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	51	13.7			-0.7	0.5	-0.2
17	Claude Larose	24	LW	25	4	7	11	-4	2	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	50	8.0			0.1	0.2	0.3
18	Doug Sulliman	20	RW	31	4	7	11	1	2	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	26	15.4			-0.1	0.4	0.3
19	Tim Bothwell	24	D	45	4	6	10	-3	20	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	37	10.8			0.1	2.1	2.3
20	Mike McEwen	23	D	9	1	7	8	3	8	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	15	6.7			0.5	0.6	1.1
21	Jocelyn Guevremont	28	D	20	2	5	7	-13	6	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	41	4.9			0.3	0.3	0.5
22	Pat Conacher	20	C	17	0	5	5	-9	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	15	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.4
23	Lucien DeBlois	22	LW	6	3	1	4	0	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	18.8			0.3	0.1	0.4
24	Pat Hickey	26	LW	7	2	2	4	-1	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	40.0			0.2	0.1	0.2
25	Cam Connor	25	RW	12	0	3	3	3	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	0.0			-0.3	0.2	0.0
26	Frank Beaton	26	LW	23	1	1	2	-5	43	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	5.3			-0.7	0.2	-0.6
27	Ray Markham	22	C	14	1	1	2	-3	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	16.7			-0.3	0.1	-0.3
28	John Davidson	26	G	41	0	2	2	0	2				0	2			0		2299	56:04	0.0	0.0	7.1
29	Ed Hospodar	20	D	20	0	1	1	-1	76	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0			-0.3	1.0	0.6
30	Steve Baker	22	G	27	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		1389	51:27	0.0	0.0	3.9
31	André Doré	21	D	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Bill Lochead	25	LW	7	0	0	0	-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.3	-0.1	-0.3
33	Jim Mayer	25	RW	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
34	Dave Silk	22	RW	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
35	Doug Soetaert	24	G	8	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		434	54:11	0.0	0.0	0.5
36	Wayne Thomas	32	G	12	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		664	55:18	0.0	0.0	1.3
	Team Total			80	308	519	827	-1	1332	222	78	8	38	362	149	8	2383	12.9			40.5	35.1	88.5

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	26	41		20	15	4	122	1061	939	.885	3.18	2	2299				98	2.7	2.77	7.1
2	Steve Baker	22	27		9	8	6	79	667	588	.882	3.41	1	1389				101	-0.6	2.98	3.9
3	Doug Soetaert	24	8		5	2	0	33	214	181	.846	4.57	0	434						4.01	0.5
4	Wayne Thomas	32	12		4	7	0	44	347	303	.873	3.98	0	664				108	-3.2	3.44	1.3
	Team Total				38	32	10	278	2289	2011	.879	3.49	3	4786				103	-9.0	3.03	12.9