1979–80 New York Rangers season

1979–80 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	4th Campbell
1979–80 record	38-32-10
Goals for	308
Goals against	284
Team information
General manager	Fred Shero
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Dave Maloney
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Esposito (34)
Assists	Don Maloney (48)
Points	Phil Esposito (78)
Penalty minutes	Dave Maloney (186)
Wins	John Davidson (20)
Goals against average	John Davidson (3.17)

The 1979–80 New York Rangers season was the 54th season and last full season under coach Fred Shero. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs but bowed out in the second round to Shero's old team, the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

Season Standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	261	293	67

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1979-80 Game Log

October: 4-4-1 (Home: 3-1-1; Road: 1-3-0)

November: 5-9-1 (Home: 4-3-1; Road: 1-6-0)

December: 8-2-3 (Home: 3-1-3; Road: 5-1-0)

January: 6-5-4 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 4-3-2)

February: 6-5-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 2-4-0)

March: 8-5-1 (Home: 6-1-1; Road: 2-4-0)

April: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 1-1-0)

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round: vs. Atlanta Flames - New York Rangers win series 3-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	Atlanta Flames	1 - 2	New York Rangers	OT	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 9	Atlanta Flames	1 - 5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 11	New York Rangers	2 - 4	Atlanta Flames		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 12	New York Rangers	5 - 2	Atlanta Flames		New York Rangers win series 3-1

Quarter-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 16	New York Rangers	1 - 2	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 1-0
2	April 17	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 2-0
3	April 19	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 0	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 3-0
4	April 20	Philadelphia Flyers	2 - 4	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 3-1
5	April 22	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Phil Esposito	80	34	44	78	-13	73
Don Maloney	79	25	48	73	-15	97
Anders Hedberg	80	32	39	71	13	21
Steve Vickers	75	29	33	62	20	38
Barry Beck^†	61	14	45	59	16	98
Ron Greschner	76	21	37	58	-11	103
Ulf Nilsson	50	14	44	58	15	20
Ron Duguay	73	28	22	50	-6	37
Don Murdoch^‡	56	23	19	42	-11	16
Walt Tkaczuk	76	12	25	37	19	36
Dave Maloney	77	12	25	37	10	186
Ed Johnstone	78	14	21	35	3	60
Mario Marois	79	8	23	31	0	142
Dean Talafous	55	10	20	30	1	26
Carol Vadnais	66	3	20	23	-1	118
Warren Miller	55	7	6	13	-6	17
Claude Larose	25	4	7	11	-5	2
Doug Sulliman	31	4	7	11	0	2
Tim Bothwell	45	4	6	10	-3	20
Mike McEwen^‡	9	1	7	8	3	8
Jocelyn Guevremont	20	2	5	7	-12	6
Pat Conacher	17	0	5	5	-10	4
Lucien DeBlois^‡	6	3	1	4	-1	7
Pat Hickey^‡	7	2	2	4	-1	10
Cam Connor^†	12	0	3	3	3	37
Ray Markham	14	1	1	2	-3	21
Frank Beaton	23	1	1	2	-5	43
Ed Hospodar	20	0	1	1	-2	76
Andre Dore	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Dave Silk	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Mayer	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Lochead	7	0	0	0	-5	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ron Duguay	9	5	2	7	11
Ulf Nilsson	9	0	6	6	2
Ron Greschner	9	0	6	6	10
Phil Esposito	9	3	3	6	8
Barry Beck	9	1	4	5	6
Anders Hedberg	9	3	2	5	7
Steve Vickers	9	2	2	4	4
Don Maloney	9	0	4	4	10
Carol Vadnais	9	1	2	3	6
Dean Talafous	5	1	2	3	9
Dave Maloney	8	2	1	3	8
Mario Marois	9	0	2	2	8
Ed Hospodar	7	1	0	1	42
Ray Markham	7	1	0	1	24
Pat Conacher	3	0	1	1	2
Warren Miller	6	1	0	1	0
Ed Johnstone	9	0	1	1	25
Walt Tkaczuk	7	0	1	1	2
Cam Connor	2	0	0	0	2
Tim Bothwell	9	0	0	0	8

Goaltenders

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Davidson	41	2306	20	15	4	122	3.17	2
Steve Baker	27	1391	9	8	6	79	3.41	1
Wayne Thomas	12	668	4	7	0	44	3.95	0
Doug Soetaert	8	435	5	2	0	33	4.55	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
John Davidson	9	541	4	5	21	2.33	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Doug Sulliman	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	34	Ed Hospodar	D	United States	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4	76	Pat Conacher	C	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	97	Dan Makuch	RW	Canada	Clarkson University (NCAA)
6	118	Stan Adams	C	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
"1979-80 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1979-80 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

1979–80 NHL season
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Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto
Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh
Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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