1977-78 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-37-13 - 73 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 2-1
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (30-37-13)
Location: New York, New York
1977-78 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 30-37-13 - 73 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 2-1
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (30-37-13)
Location: New York, New York
1977-78 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 30 wins and 37 losses and 13 ties for 73 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Rangers potted 279 goals and allowed 280. Pat Hickey scored 40 goals for New York, while Phil Esposito netted 30 or more, too. Ron Greschner contributed 48 assists. John Davidson topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.18 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jean-Guy Talbot coached the team. The 1977-78 New York Rangers lost in the NHL preliminary round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 79 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 53 | -22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 259 | 14.7 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 40 | 33 | 73 | 47 | -19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 215 | 18.6 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 100 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 13.3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 80 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 144 | 18.1 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 79 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 113 | 16.8 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 66 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 41 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 14.4 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 80 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 115 | -25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 3.7 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 71 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 43 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 15.5 |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 71 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 27 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 111 | 19.8 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 53 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 14.0 |
| Greg Polis | L | 37 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 56 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 57 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 52 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Dan Newman | L | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 6.2 |
| Wayne Dillon | C | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 15 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Mark Heaslip | R | 29 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Don Awrey | D | 78 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 38 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 105 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Rod Gilbert | R | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 62 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3.0 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Jerry Byers | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Mario Marois | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Astrom | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benoit Gosselin | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John Davidson | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hickey | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Holst | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bud Stefanski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Keating | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1424 | 279 | 440 | 719 | 1049 | -164 | 78 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 2252 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 34 | 1848 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 3.18 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | 41 | 2352 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 141 | 3.60 | 0 | ||
| Hardy Astrom | 4 | 240 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | ||
| Doug Soetaert | 6 | 360 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 273 | 3.41 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hickey | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Greschner | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Murdoch | R | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Newman | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dillon | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Heaslip | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Awrey | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Farrish | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Marois | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.44 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.63 | 0 |
