1979–80 New York Rangers season

1979–80 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	4th Clarence Campbell
1979–80 record	38-32-10
Goals for	308
Goals against	284
Team information
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Dave Maloney
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.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	13.	Doug Sulliman	(RW)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

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

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

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1979	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1979	3–5	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	1–1–0
3	W	October 18, 1979	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	2–1–0
4	L	October 20, 1979	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	2–2–0
5	W	October 21, 1979	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	3–2–0
6	W	October 24, 1979	10–2	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	4–2–0
7	L	October 25, 1979	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	4–3–0
8	L	October 27, 1979	2–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	4–4–0
13	W	November 7, 1979	8–4	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	6–6–1
14	W	November 10, 1979	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	7–6–1
15	L	November 11, 1979	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	7–7–1
16	L	November 13, 1979	5–10	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	7–8–1
17	W	November 14, 1979	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	8–8–1
18	L	November 16, 1979	2–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	8–9–1
19	W	November 18, 1979	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	9–9–1
20	L	November 21, 1979	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	9–10–1
21	L	November 24, 1979	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	9–11–1
22	L	November 25, 1979	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	9–12–1
23	T	November 28, 1979	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	9–12–2
24	L	November 29, 1979	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	9–13–2
25	W	December 1, 1979	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	10–13–2
26	T	December 3, 1979	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	10–13–3
27	T	December 5, 1979	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	10–13–4
28	W	December 7, 1979	7–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	11–13–4
29	W	December 9, 1979	5–4	New York Islanders (1979–80)	12–13–4
30	W	December 11, 1979	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	13–13–4
31	W	December 12, 1979	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	14–13–4
32	L	December 15, 1979	4–5	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	14–14–4
33	T	December 16, 1979	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	14–14–5
34	W	December 19, 1979	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	15–14–5
35	W	December 22, 1979	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	16–14–5
36	L	December 23, 1979	3–4	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	16–15–5
37	W	December 30, 1979	5–2	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	17–15–5
38	T	January 2, 1980	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	17–15–6
39	L	January 4, 1980	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	17–16–6
40	T	January 6, 1980	5–5	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	17–16–7
41	W	January 7, 1980	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	18–16–7
42	L	January 9, 1980	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	18–17–7
43	W	January 11, 1980	6–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	19–17–7
44	W	January 12, 1980	3–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	20–17–7
45	T	January 14, 1980	6–6	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	20–17–8
46	W	January 16, 1980	4–1	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	21–17–8
47	L	January 19, 1980	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	21–18–8
48	L	January 20, 1980	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	21–19–8
49	W	January 22, 1980	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	22–19–8
50	W	January 23, 1980	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	23–19–8
51	T	January 27, 1980	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	23–19–9
52	L	January 31, 1980	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	23–20–9
53	W	February 2, 1980	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	24–20–9
54	L	February 3, 1980	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	24–21–9
55	W	February 10, 1980	3–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	25–21–9
56	L	February 13, 1980	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	25–22–9
57	L	February 17, 1980	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	25–23–9
58	L	February 18, 1980	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	25–24–9
59	W	February 20, 1980	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	26–24–9
60	L	February 23, 1980	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–25–9
61	W	February 24, 1980	8–2	New York Islanders (1979–80)	27–25–9
62	W	February 27, 1980	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	28–25–9
63	W	February 28, 1980	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	29–25–9
64	W	March 2, 1980	2–1	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	30–25–9
65	W	March 5, 1980	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	31–25–9
66	L	March 8, 1980	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	31–26–9
67	W	March 9, 1980	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	32–26–9
68	W	March 12, 1980	6–0	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	33–26–9
69	W	March 15, 1980	8–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	34–26–9
70	W	March 16, 1980	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	35–26–9
71	L	March 19, 1980	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	35–27–9
72	L	March 21, 1980	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	35–28–9
73	L	March 23, 1980	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	35–29–9
74	T	March 25, 1980	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	35–29–10
75	L	March 28, 1980	2–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	35–30–10
76	W	March 29, 1980	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	36–30–10
77	W	March 31, 1980	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	37–30–10
78	L	April 2, 1980	3–7	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	37–31–10
79	L	April 5, 1980	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	37–32–10
80	W	April 6, 1980	8–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	38–32–10

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	80	34	44	78	73	-13	13	0	5
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	79	25	48	73	97	-15	6	1	3
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	80	32	39	71	21	13	7	0	4
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	75	29	33	62	38	20	12	0	2
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	61	14	45	59	98	16	5	0	4
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	76	21	37	58	103	-11	6	1	3
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	50	14	44	58	20	15	5	0	1
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	73	28	22	50	37	-6	3	3	2
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	RW	56	23	19	42	16	-11	5	1	2
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	D	77	12	25	37	186	10	3	0	0
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	76	12	25	37	36	19	4	2	2
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	78	14	21	35	60	3	0	0	3
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	79	8	23	31	142	0	1	0	1
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	RW	55	10	20	30	26	1	4	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	66	3	20	23	118	-1	1	0	1
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	RW	55	7	6	13	17	-6	0	0	3
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	LW	25	4	7	11	2	-5	0	0	0
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	RW	31	4	7	11	2	0	1	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	45	4	6	10	20	-3	0	0	2
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	9	1	7	8	8	3	1	0	0
Guevremont, JocelynJocelyn Guevremont	D	20	2	5	7	6	-12	2	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	17	0	5	5	4	-10	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	6	3	1	4	7	-1	0	0	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	7	2	2	4	10	-1	0	0	0
Connor, CamCam Connor	RW	12	0	3	3	37	3	0	0	0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	LW	23	1	1	2	43	-5	0	0	0
Markham, RayRay Markham	C	14	1	1	2	21	-3	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	41	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	D	20	0	1	1	76	-2	0	0	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lochead, BillBill Lochead	LW	7	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
Mayer, JimJim Mayer	RW	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2306	41	20	15	4	122	3.17	2
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	1391	27	9	8	6	79	3.41	1
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	435	8	5	2	0	33	4.55	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	668	12	4	7	0	44	3.95	0
Team:	4800	80	38	32	10	278	3.47	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	9	5	2	7	11	2	0	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	9	3	3	6	8	1	0	1
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	9	0	6	6	10	0	0	0
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	9	0	6	6	2	0	0	0
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	9	3	2	5	7	0	0	1
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	9	1	4	5	6	1	0	0
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	9	2	2	4	4	0	0	1
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	9	0	4	4	10	0	0	0
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	D	8	2	1	3	8	0	1	0
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	RW	5	1	2	3	9	1	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	9	1	2	3	6	0	0	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	9	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	D	7	1	0	1	42	0	0	1
Markham, RayRay Markham	C	7	1	0	1	24	0	0	0
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	RW	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	9	0	1	1	25	0	0	0
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	9	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Connor, CamCam Connor	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	541	9	4	5	21	2.33	0
Team:	541	9	4	5	21	2.33	0

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

References

• Rangers on Hockey Database

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