1978-79 New York Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 40-29-11 - 91 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 11-7
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Preliminary - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Islanders 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)
Location: New York, New York
1978-79 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 40 wins and 29 losses and 11 ties for 91 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-7.
The Rangers netted 316 goals and allowed 292. Phil Esposito scored 42 goals for New York, while Anders Hedberg and Pat Hickey tallied 30 or more as well. Anders Hedberg accounted for 45 assists. John Davidson topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Wayne Thomas added 15 or more wins, too. John Davidson recorded a 3.52 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Fred Shero coached the team. The 1978-79 New York Rangers lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Esposito | C | 80 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 37 | -1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 215 | 19.5 |
Anders Hedberg | R | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 214 | 15.4 |
Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 193 | 17.6 |
Ulf Nilsson | C | 59 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 28.1 |
Ron Duguay | C | 79 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 15.2 |
Mike McEwen | D | 80 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 9.8 |
Ron Greschner | D | 60 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 11.1 |
Steve Vickers | L | 66 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 24 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 77 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 86 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 5.4 |
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 77 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 11.2 |
Don Murdoch | R | 40 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 6 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 11.3 |
Pierre Plante | R | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
Mario Marois | D | 71 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 153 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 4.3 |
Dean Talafous | R | 68 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 14.8 |
Lucien DeBlois | F | 62 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 26 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 10.4 |
Dave Maloney | D | 76 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 151 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 13.3 |
Don Maloney | L | 28 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 23.1 |
Dave Farrish | D | 71 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 61 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1.0 |
Eddie Johnstone | R | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27.8 |
Nick Fotiu | L | 71 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
Greg Polis | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
Dan Clark | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Mike Korney | R | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
Frank Beaton | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Bothwell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
John Davidson | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Soetaert | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Dore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Thomas | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike McDougal | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Turner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1447 | 316 | 539 | 855 | 1200 | 127 | 75 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 2471 | 12.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Davidson | 39 | 2232 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 3.52 | 0 | ||
Wayne Thomas | 31 | 1668 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3.63 | 0 | ||
Doug Soetaert | 17 | 900 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | ||
Totals | 87 | 4800 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 289 | 3.61 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Esposito | C | 18 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Anders Hedberg | R | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pat Hickey | L | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ulf Nilsson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Duguay | C | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike McEwen | D | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ron Greschner | D | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Steve Vickers | L | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Carol Vadnais | D | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Murdoch | R | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pierre Plante | R | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mario Marois | D | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lucien DeBlois | F | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Maloney | D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Maloney | L | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dave Farrish | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Johnstone | R | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Nick Fotiu | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Sheehan | C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Davidson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 323 | 66 | 102 | 168 | 284 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Davidson | 18 | 1106 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.28 | 0 | ||
Totals | 18 | 1106 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.28 | 0 |