1978-79 New York Rangers Schedule and Results

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

Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)

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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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1978-10-12		Philadelphia Flyers	3	3	T	0	0	1	T 1
2	1978-10-15		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	1	0	1	W 1
3	1978-10-18		Detroit Red Wings	3	3	T	1	0	2	T 1
4	1978-10-19	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	2	T	1	0	3	T 2
5	1978-10-21	@	New York Islanders	3	5	L	1	1	3	L 1
6	1978-10-22		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	2	W	2	1	3	W 1
7	1978-10-25		Vancouver Canucks	6	2	W	3	1	3	W 2
8	1978-10-28	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	1	W	4	1	3	W 3
9	1978-10-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	2	W	5	1	3	W 4
10	1978-11-02	@	Colorado Rockies	3	0	W	6	1	3	W 5
11	1978-11-04	@	Los Angeles Kings	7	3	W	7	1	3	W 6
12	1978-11-05	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W	8	1	3	W 7
13	1978-11-08		Minnesota North Stars	3	5	L	8	2	3	L 1
14	1978-11-11	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	1	W	9	2	3	W 1
15	1978-11-12		New York Islanders	3	5	L	9	3	3	L 1
16	1978-11-15		Chicago Black Hawks	8	1	W	10	3	3	W 1
17	1978-11-18	@	Minnesota North Stars	7	2	W	11	3	3	W 2
18	1978-11-19		Atlanta Flames	1	3	L	11	4	3	L 1
19	1978-11-22		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	3	T	11	4	4	T 1
20	1978-11-26		Washington Capitals	9	4	W	12	4	4	W 1
21	1978-11-29	@	Atlanta Flames	5	3	W	13	4	4	W 2
22	1978-12-02	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	5	L	13	5	4	L 1
23	1978-12-03		Boston Bruins	2	3	L	13	6	4	L 2
24	1978-12-06		St. Louis Blues	7	4	W	14	6	4	W 1
25	1978-12-07	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	2	W	15	6	4	W 2
26	1978-12-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	5	L	15	7	4	L 1
27	1978-12-10		Philadelphia Flyers	0	4	L	15	8	4	L 2
28	1978-12-13		Los Angeles Kings	8	7	W	16	8	4	W 1
29	1978-12-16	@	Boston Bruins	1	4	L	16	9	4	L 1
30	1978-12-17		Boston Bruins	1	4	L	16	10	4	L 2
31	1978-12-20		Buffalo Sabres	6	3	W	17	10	4	W 1
32	1978-12-22		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	18	10	4	W 2
33	1978-12-23	@	New York Islanders	4	9	L	18	11	4	L 1
34	1978-12-26	@	Atlanta Flames	5	3	W	19	11	4	W 1
35	1978-12-28	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	6	L	19	12	4	L 1
36	1978-12-30	@	Chicago Black Hawks	5	4	W	20	12	4	W 1
37	1978-12-31		Atlanta Flames	5	6	L	20	13	4	L 1
38	1979-01-03		Montreal Canadiens	6	2	W	21	13	4	W 1
39	1979-01-05		Vancouver Canucks	6	4	W	22	13	4	W 2
40	1979-01-09	@	St. Louis Blues	5	3	W	23	13	4	W 3
41	1979-01-10	@	Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	24	13	4	W 4
42	1979-01-14	@	Atlanta Flames	6	4	W	25	13	4	W 5
43	1979-01-15		Minnesota North Stars	1	8	L	25	14	4	L 1
44	1979-01-17		New York Islanders	5	3	W	26	14	4	W 1
45	1979-01-20	@	St. Louis Blues	2	3	L	26	15	4	L 1
46	1979-01-21		Philadelphia Flyers	5	5	T	26	15	5	T 1
47	1979-01-24	@	Washington Capitals	1	5	L	26	16	5	L 1
48	1979-01-25	@	Buffalo Sabres	5	4	W	27	16	5	W 1
49	1979-01-27	@	New York Islanders	7	2	W	28	16	5	W 2
50	1979-01-30	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W	29	16	5	W 3
51	1979-01-31	@	Colorado Rockies	4	5	L	29	17	5	L 1
52	1979-02-03	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L	29	18	5	L 2
53	1979-02-14		Boston Bruins	5	1	W	30	18	5	W 1
54	1979-02-15	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	4	L	30	19	5	L 1
55	1979-02-17	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W	31	19	5	W 1
56	1979-02-18		Washington Capitals	6	6	T	31	19	6	T 1
57	1979-02-21		St. Louis Blues	7	3	W	32	19	6	W 1
58	1979-02-24	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	W	33	19	6	W 2
59	1979-02-25		New York Islanders	3	2	W	34	19	6	W 3
60	1979-02-27	@	St. Louis Blues	1	4	L	34	20	6	L 1
61	1979-02-28	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	4	T	34	20	7	T 1
62	1979-03-03		Buffalo Sabres	2	2	T	34	20	8	T 2
63	1979-03-04		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	4	L	34	21	8	L 1
64	1979-03-07		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	35	21	8	W 1
65	1979-03-10	@	Montreal Canadiens	6	3	W	36	21	8	W 2
66	1979-03-11		Chicago Black Hawks	5	2	W	37	21	8	W 3
67	1979-03-14		Atlanta Flames	4	6	L	37	22	8	L 1
68	1979-03-15	@	Boston Bruins	7	4	W	38	22	8	W 1
69	1979-03-17	@	New York Islanders	2	5	L	38	23	8	L 1
70	1979-03-18		Pittsburgh Penguins	1	5	L	38	24	8	L 2
71	1979-03-20	@	Washington Capitals	2	2	T	38	24	9	T 1
72	1979-03-21	@	Chicago Black Hawks	7	6	W	39	24	9	W 1
73	1979-03-25		Montreal Canadiens	0	1	L	39	25	9	L 1
74	1979-03-27		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	39	25	10	T 1
75	1979-03-28	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	7	L	39	26	10	L 1
76	1979-04-01	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	7	L	39	27	10	L 2
77	1979-04-02		Los Angeles Kings	5	4	W	40	27	10	W 1
78	1979-04-04		Atlanta Flames	3	3	T	40	27	11	T 1
79	1979-04-06	@	Atlanta Flames	2	9	L	40	28	11	L 1
80	1979-04-08		New York Islanders	2	5	L	40	29	11	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1979-04-10		Los Angeles Kings	7	1	W		1	0	W 1
2	1979-04-12	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	1	W	OT	2	0	W 2
3	1979-04-16	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	OT	2	1	L 1
4	1979-04-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	7	1	W		3	1	W 1
5	1979-04-20		Philadelphia Flyers	5	1	W		4	1	W 2
6	1979-04-22		Philadelphia Flyers	6	0	W		5	1	W 3
7	1979-04-24	@	Philadelphia Flyers	8	3	W		6	1	W 4
8	1979-04-26	@	New York Islanders	4	1	W		7	1	W 5
9	1979-04-28	@	New York Islanders	3	4	L	OT	7	2	L 1
10	1979-05-01		New York Islanders	3	1	W		8	2	W 1
11	1979-05-03		New York Islanders	2	3	L	OT	8	3	L 1
12	1979-05-05	@	New York Islanders	4	3	W		9	3	W 1
13	1979-05-08		New York Islanders	2	1	W		10	3	W 2
14	1979-05-13	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	1	W		11	3	W 3
15	1979-05-15	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	6	L		11	4	L 1
16	1979-05-17		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L		11	5	L 2
17	1979-05-19		Montreal Canadiens	3	4	L	OT	11	6	L 3
18	1979-05-21	@	Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L		11	7	L 4

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