1988-89 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-35-8 - 82 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Coach: Michel Bergeron (37-33-8)
Coach: Phil Esposito (0-2)
Location: New York, New York
1988-89 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 37-35-8 - 82 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Coach: Michel Bergeron (37-33-8)
Coach: Phil Esposito (0-2)
Location: New York, New York
1988-89 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses and 8 ties for 82 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Rangers scored 310 goals and conceded 307. Tony Granato netted 36 goals for New York, and Tomas Sandstrom tallied 30 or more also. Tomas Sandstrom accounted for 56 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.69 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Michel Bergeron and Phil Esposito coached the team. The 1988-89 New York Rangers lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 79 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 148 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 13.3 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 68 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 268 | 8.6 |
| Brian Mullen | L | 78 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 60 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 217 | 13.4 |
| Tony Granato | R | 78 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 140 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 15.4 |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 70 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 20.3 |
| Carey Wilson | C | 41 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 19.4 |
| James Patrick | D | 68 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 147 | 7.5 |
| Guy Lafleur | R | 67 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 14.8 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 56 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 50 | -6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 16.3 |
| John Ogrodnick | L | 60 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 8.7 |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 73 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 107 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 7.7 |
| Michel Petit | D | 69 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 154 | -15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 6.1 |
| Jason Lafreniere | C | 38 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | -3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 19.0 |
| Marcel Dionne | C | 37 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 20 | -6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 9.5 |
| Brian Lawton | L | 30 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 39 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12.1 |
| David Shaw | D | 63 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 88 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 7.1 |
| Jan Erixon | R | 44 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Chris Nilan | R | 38 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 177 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 |
| Mark Hardy | D | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 45 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Don Maloney | L | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 94 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| Darren Turcotte | C | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 14.3 |
| Norm Maciver | D | 26 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Miller | R | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Igor Liba | L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Normand Rochefort | D | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 56 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Poeschek | D | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 199 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Miloslav Horava | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bob Froese | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Paterson | L | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Simon Wheeldon | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Janssens | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jay More | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Latos | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Laviolette | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ken Hammond | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Bloemberg | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1515 | 310 | 543 | 853 | 1877 | -3 | 85 | 153 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 6 | 2721 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 56 | 3207 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 197 | 3.69 | 1666 | 1469 | .882 |
| Bob Froese | 30 | 1621 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 3.78 | 791 | 689 | .871 |
| Totals | 86 | 4828 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 299 | 3.72 | 2756 | 2457 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 | |
| Brian Leetch | D | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Brian Mullen | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Granato | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Carey Wilson | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| James Patrick | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Guy Lafleur | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| John Ogrodnick | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Michel Petit | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Lafreniere | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| David Shaw | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Jan Erixon | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Nilan | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Hardy | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Greschner | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Darren Turcotte | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Ruff | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Froese | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Richter | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 214 | -43 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 7.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 2 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.36 | 55 | 49 | .891 |
| Bob Froese | 2 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.67 | 51 | 43 | .843 |
| Mike Richter | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.14 | 30 | 26 | .867 |
| Totals | 5 | 237 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.56 | 154 | 136 | .883 |
