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1978-79 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 40-29-11 (91 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)

Captain: Dave Maloney

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 316 (4th of 17), Goals Against: 292 (13th of 17)
SRS: 0.40 (6th of 17), SOS: 0.10 (2nd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Los Angeles Kings

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	80	40	29	11	91	.569	316	292	0.40	0.10	3.95	3.65	74	306	24.18	78	311	74.92	9	12	2471	12.8	2220	.868		1
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Rangers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
21	Frank Beaton	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	200	L/-	R	April 28, 1953	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
6	Tim Bothwell	ca CA	D	23	6-3	190	L/-	R	May 6, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
32	Dan Clark	ca CA	D	21	6-1	195	L/-	R	November 3, 1957	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
30	John Davidson	ca CA	G	25	6-3	205	-/L	5	February 27, 1953	20-12-5, 3.53 GAA
23	Lucien DeBlois	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	200	R/-	1	June 21, 1957	11 G, 17 A, 28 P
2	André Doré	ca CA	D	20	6-2	200	R/-	R	February 11, 1958	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
10	Ron Duguay	ca CA	C	21	6-2	200	R/-	1	July 6, 1957	27 G, 36 A, 63 P
77	Phil Esposito	ca CA	C	36	6-1	205	L/-	15	February 20, 1942	42 G, 36 A, 78 P
3	Dave Farrish	ca CA	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	2	August 1, 1956	1 G, 19 A, 20 P
22	Nick Fotiu	us US	LW	26	6-2	210	L/-	2	May 25, 1952	3 G, 5 A, 8 P
4	Ron Greschner	ca CA	D	24	6-2	205	L/-	4	December 22, 1954	17 G, 36 A, 53 P
15	Anders Hedberg	se SE	RW	27	5-11	175	L/-	R	February 25, 1951	33 G, 45 A, 78 P
16	Pat Hickey	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	190	L/-	3	May 15, 1953	34 G, 41 A, 75 P
17	Eddie Johnstone	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	2	March 2, 1954	5 G, 3 A, 8 P
6	Mike Korney	ca CA	RW	25	6-3	195	R/-	3	September 15, 1953	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
26	Dave Maloney (C)	ca CA	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	4	July 31, 1956	11 G, 17 A, 28 P
12	Don Maloney	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	190	L/-	R	September 5, 1958	9 G, 17 A, 26 P
25	Mario Marois	ca CA	D	21	5-11	190	R/-	1	December 15, 1957	5 G, 26 A, 31 P
28	Mike McDougal	us US	RW	20	6-2	200	L/-	R	April 30, 1958	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	22	6-1	185	L/-	2	August 10, 1956	20 G, 38 A, 58 P
14	Don Murdoch	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	180	R/-	2	October 25, 1956	15 G, 22 A, 37 P
11	Ulf Nilsson	se SE	C	28	5-11	175	R/-	R	May 11, 1950	27 G, 39 A, 66 P
24	Pierre Plante	ca CA	RW	27	6-1	190	R/-	7	May 14, 1951	6 G, 25 A, 31 P
20	Greg Polis	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	195	L/-	8	August 8, 1950	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
6	Bobby Sheehan	us US	C	30	5-7	155	L/-	5	January 11, 1949	4 G, 3 A, 7 P
31	Doug Soetaert	ca CA	G	23	6-0	180	-/L	3	April 21, 1955	5-7-3, 3.81 GAA
19	Dean Talafous	us US	RW	25	6-4	180	R/-	4	August 25, 1953	13 G, 16 A, 29 P
1	Wayne Thomas	ca CA	G	31	6-2	195	-/L	5	October 9, 1947	15-10-3, 3.64 GAA
18	Walt Tkaczuk	de DE	C	31	6-0	185	L/-	11	September 29, 1947	15 G, 27 A, 42 P
6	Dean Turner	us US	D	20	6-2	215	L/-	R	June 22, 1958	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
5	Carol Vadnais	ca CA	D	33	6-1	185	L/-	12	September 25, 1945	8 G, 37 A, 45 P
8	Steve Vickers	ca CA	LW	27	6-0	180	L/-	6	April 21, 1951	13 G, 34 A, 47 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Phil Esposito	36	C	80	42	36	78	-1	37	28	14	0	7	24	12	0	215	19.5			ASnhl-6,Hart-15
2	Anders Hedberg	27	RW	80	33	45	78	20	33	27	6	0	5	28	15	2	214	15.4			ASnhl-7,Byng-11
3	Pat Hickey	25	LW	80	34	41	75	8	56	26	8	0	1	32	9	0	193	17.6			ASnhl-7
4	Ulf Nilsson	28	C	59	27	39	66	17	21	17	8	2	5	29	9	1	96	28.1			ASnhl-8
5	Ron Duguay	21	C	79	27	36	63	10	35	24	1	2	3	27	9	0	178	15.2
6	Mike McEwen	22	D	80	20	38	58	11	35	13	7	0	4	23	14	1	204	9.8			ASnhl-20
7	Ron Greschner	24	D	60	17	36	53	0	66	9	8	0	1	23	12	1	153	11.1			ASnhl-17
8	Steve Vickers	27	LW	66	13	34	47	-7	24	9	4	0	3	26	8	0	86	15.1
9	Carol Vadnais	33	D	77	8	37	45	14	86	3	4	1	1	21	13	3	149	5.4
10	Walt Tkaczuk	31	C	77	15	27	42	19	38	11	4	0	0	24	1	2	139	10.8			Selke-15
11	Don Murdoch	22	RW	40	15	22	37	-6	6	11	4	0	2	15	7	0	133	11.3
12	Pierre Plante	27	RW	70	6	25	31	10	37	6	0	0	1	20	2	3	84	7.1
13	Mario Marois	21	D	71	5	26	31	17	153	4	1	0	0	17	9	0	115	4.3
14	Dean Talafous	25	RW	68	13	16	29	6	29	9	2	2	3	13	2	1	83	15.7
15	Dave Maloney	22	D	76	11	17	28	16	151	9	0	2	1	16	1	0	83	13.3			ASnhl-15
16	Lucien DeBlois	21	RW	62	11	17	28	-10	26	11	0	0	1	12	5	0	106	10.4
17	Don Maloney	20	LW	28	9	17	26	4	39	6	3	0	0	10	7	0	39	23.1
18	Dave Farrish	22	D	71	1	19	20	-3	61	1	0	0	1	18	1	0	96	1.0
19	Eddie Johnstone	24	RW	30	5	3	8	-5	27	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	27.8
20	Nick Fotiu	26	LW	71	3	5	8	3	190	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	51	5.9
21	Greg Polis	28	LW	6	1	1	2	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0
22	Mike Korney	25	RW	18	0	1	1	4	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0.0
23	Dan Clark	21	D	4	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0
24	Frank Beaton	25	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Mike McDougal	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	André Doré	20	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Doug Soetaert	23	G	17	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		898:02
28	Wayne Thomas	31	G	31	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1665:37
29	John Davidson	25	G	39	0	0	0	0	12				0	0			0		2226:54
30	Dean Turner	20	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Tim Bothwell	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
	Team Totals			80	316			126	1200	233	74	9	40				2471	12.8

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Phil Esposito	36	C	18	8	12	20	-1	20	6	2	0	2	8	4	0	37	21.6
2	Don Maloney	20	LW	18	7	13	20	3	19	7	0	0	1	8	5	0	35	20.0
3	Mike McEwen	22	D	18	2	11	13	-5	8	0	2	0	1	6	5	0	44	4.5
4	Ron Greschner	24	D	18	7	5	12	4	16	2	4	1	3	3	1	1	40	17.5
5	Don Murdoch	22	RW	18	7	5	12	4	12	4	3	0	1	5	0	0	46	15.2
6	Carol Vadnais	33	D	18	2	9	11	17	13	2	0	0	0	7	1	1	16	12.5
7	Walt Tkaczuk	31	C	18	4	7	11	8	10	3	0	1	0	4	1	2	26	15.4
8	Ron Duguay	21	C	18	5	4	9	8	11	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	34	14.7
9	Anders Hedberg	27	RW	18	4	5	9	9	12	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	42	9.5
10	Steve Vickers	27	LW	18	5	3	8	4	13	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	22	22.7
11	Pat Hickey	25	LW	18	1	7	8	1	6	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	29	3.4
12	Dave Maloney	22	D	17	3	4	7	11	45	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	22	13.6
13	Bobby Sheehan	30	C	15	4	3	7	1	8	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	20	20.0
14	Mario Marois	21	D	18	0	6	6	4	29	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	27	0.0
15	Pierre Plante	27	RW	18	0	6	6	7	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	14	0.0
16	Eddie Johnstone	24	RW	17	5	0	5	2	10	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	21.7
17	Dave Farrish	22	D	7	0	2	2	6	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	0.0
18	Lucien DeBlois	21	C	9	2	0	2	-1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3
19	John Davidson	25	G	18	0	0	0		6				0	0			0		1103:31
20	Ulf Nilsson	28	C	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
21	Nick Fotiu	26	LW	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Totals			18	66			81	284	46	14	6	11				508	13.0

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	John Davidson	25	39	20	12	5	131	1031	900	.873	3.53	0	2226:54	108	-9.9	3.07	5.9	0	0	0	12
2	Wayne Thomas	31	31	15	10	3	101	752	651	.866	3.64	1	1665:37	114	-12.7	3.17	4.1	0	0	0	0
3	Doug Soetaert	23	17	5	7	3	57	434	377	.869	3.81	0	898:02	112	-6.0	3.34	2.0	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		80	40	29	11	289	2217	1928	.870	3.62	1	4790:33	111	-28.7	3.16	12.0	0	0	0	16

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	John Davidson	25	18	11	7	0	42	535	493	.921	2.28	1	1103:31	67	20.8	0	0	0	6
	Team Totals		18	11	7	0	42	535	493	.921	2.28	1	1103:31	67	20.8	0	0	0	6

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
								Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Phil Esposito	36	C	80	35	30	65	27.3	114	36	82	3	-1	6.0	0.8	6.7	ASnhl-6,Hart-15
2	Anders Hedberg	27	RW	80	28	38	66	25.6	122	41	72	11	20	5.3	1.4	6.7	ASnhl-7,Byng-11
3	Pat Hickey	25	LW	80	28	35	63	24.8	107	29	78	8	8	5.1	1.0	6.2	ASnhl-7
4	Ulf Nilsson	28	C	59	23	33	56	21.6	89	27	53	8	17	4.8	1.1	5.8	ASnhl-8
5	Ron Duguay	21	C	79	23	30	53	20.7	85	17	84	26	10	3.7	1.1	4.8
6	Mike McEwen	22	D	80	17	32	49	18.0	122	38	91	18	11	4.3	4.0	8.3	ASnhl-20
7	Ron Greschner	24	D	60	14	30	44	15.8	102	30	84	12	0	4.1	2.5	6.6	ASnhl-17
8	Steve Vickers	27	LW	66	11	29	40	13.9	67	17	64	7	-7	1.9	0.5	2.4
9	Carol Vadnais	33	D	77	7	31	38	12.3	116	37	111	46	14	2.4	4.0	6.4
10	Walt Tkaczuk	31	C	77	12	23	35	12.8	73	8	82	36	19	1.2	1.3	2.6	Selke-15
11	Don Murdoch	22	RW	40	12	19	31	11.7	54	19	41	0	-6	2.4	0.2	2.6
12	Pierre Plante	27	RW	70	5	21	26	8.5	53	4	64	25	10	0.0	1.0	1.0
13	Mario Marois	21	D	71	4	22	26	8.2	104	25	71	9	17	1.2	4.0	5.2
14	Dean Talafous	25	RW	68	11	13	24	9.6	45	6	51	18	6	0.4	0.9	1.3
15	Dave Maloney	22	D	76	9	14	23	8.7	82	1	108	43	16	1.4	4.1	5.5	ASnhl-15
16	Lucien DeBlois	21	RW	62	9	14	23	8.7	53	17	47	1	-10	0.5	0.3	0.8
17	Don Maloney	20	LW	28	7	14	21	7.6	36	11	22	1	4	1.5	0.4	1.9
18	Dave Farrish	22	D	71	1	16	17	4.9	80	2	105	24	-3	0.1	2.8	2.9
19	Eddie Johnstone	24	RW	30	4	3	7	3.0	11	1	19	4	-5	-0.2	0.2	-0.1
20	Nick Fotiu	26	LW	71	2	4	6	2.2	21	0	18	0	3	-2.1	0.8	-1.3
21	Greg Polis	28	LW	6	1	1	2	0.8	4	0	3	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1
22	Mike Korney	25	RW	18	0	1	1	0.3	14	2	11	3	4	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
23	Dan Clark	21	D	4	0	1	1	0.3	2	0	2	1	1	0.0	0.2	0.2
24	Frank Beaton	25	LW	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Mike McDougal	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	André Doré	20	D	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.0
27	Dean Turner	20	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Tim Bothwell	23	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	1	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0

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