1978-79 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-29-11 - 91 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)
1978-79 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 40-29-11 - 91 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The club netted 316 goals and allowed 292. Phil Esposito scored 42 goals for the squad, while Anders Hedberg and Pat Hickey tallied 30 or more as well. Anders Hedberg accounted for 45 assists. John Davidson topped the team 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 League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 80 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 37 | -1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 215 | 19.5 |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 214 | 15.4 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 193 | 17.6 |
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 59 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 28.1 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 79 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 15.2 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 80 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 9.8 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 60 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 11.1 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 66 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 24 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 77 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 86 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 5.4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 77 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 11.2 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 40 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 6 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 11.3 |
| Pierre Plante | R | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Mario Marois | D | 71 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 153 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 4.3 |
| Dean Talafous | R | 68 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 14.8 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 76 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 151 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 13.3 |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 62 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 26 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 10.4 |
| Don Maloney | L | 28 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 23.1 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 71 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 61 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1.0 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27.8 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 71 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Greg Polis | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mike Korney | R | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Dan Clark | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Andre Dore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Davidson | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Turner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McDougal | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Frank Beaton | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1447 | 316 | 539 | 855 | 1200 | 127 | 75 | 9 | 40 | 11 | 2471 | 12.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Soetaert | 17 | 900 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 3.80 | |||
| John Davidson | 39 | 2232 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 3.52 | |||
| Wayne Thomas | 31 | 1668 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3.63 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4800 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 289 | 3.61 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 18 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | R | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hickey | L | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McEwen | D | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Greschner | D | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Murdoch | R | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Plante | R | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Marois | D | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Maloney | L | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Farrish | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sheehan | C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 323 | 66 | 102 | 168 | 284 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 18 | 1106 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.28 | 579 | 537 | .927 |
| Totals | 18 | 1106 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.28 | 579 | 537 | .927 |
