# 1969–70 New York Rangers season

The 1969–70 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 44th season. The Rangers compiled 92 points during the regular season and advanced to the playoffs, where they lost in the quarter-finals to the Boston Bruins.

## Regular season
### Final standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 76 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 250 | 170 | +80 | 99 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 76 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 277 | 216 | +61 | 99 |
| 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 76 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 246 | 199 | +47 | 95 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 76 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 246 | 189 | +57 | 92 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 76 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 244 | 201 | +43 | 92 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 76 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 222 | 242 | −20 | 71 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

1969–70 Game Log :
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
112@ Boston Bruins2–10–1–0
215Minnesota North Stars4–31–1–0
318@ Montreal Canadiens7–31–2–0
419Toronto Maple Leafs1–02–2–0
522Chicago Black Hawks1–12–2–1
625@ Detroit Red Wings4–13–2–1
726Montreal Canadiens8–33–3–1
829@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–14–3–1
930@ Philadelphia Flyers3–34–3–2 :
November: 10–1–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 5–1–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
101@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–25–3–2
112St. Louis Blues6–46–3–2
125@ Chicago Black Hawks3–16–4–2
137@ Oakland Seals8–17–4–2
148@ Los Angeles Kings4–18–4–2
1512Detroit Red Wings4–29–4–2
1615@ Boston Bruins6–510–4–2
1716St. Louis Blues4–211–4–2
1819@ Chicago Black Hawks1–111–4–3
1922@ St. Louis Blues5–012–4–3
2023Oakland Seals5–213–4–3
2126Boston Bruins3–014–4–3
2229Philadelphia Flyers2–214–4–4
2330Minnesota North Stars2–214–4–5 :
December: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3; Road: 2–1–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
243Chicago Black Hawks3–314–4–6
257Montreal Canadiens6–315–4–6
2610Boston Bruins5–216–4–6
2711@ Boston Bruins2–116–5–6
2813@ Minnesota North Stars5–217–5–6
2914Toronto Maple Leafs3–117–6–6
3017Philadelphia Flyers2–217–6–7
3120@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–218–6–7
3221Oakland Seals3–119–6–7
3326Pittsburgh Penguins3–219–7–7
3428Los Angeles Kings3–319–7–8
3531Chicago Black Hawks2–120–7–8 :
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 4–3–2)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
363@ Minnesota North Stars3–320–7–9
374Oakland Seals5–221–7–9
387@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–322–7–9
3911@ Montreal Canadiens4–122–8–9
4014@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–123–8–9
4115@ Philadelphia Flyers4–423–8–10
4217@ Minnesota North Stars3–124–8–10
4322@ St. Louis Blues4–324–9–10
4424Boston Bruins8–125–9–10
4525Los Angeles Kings3–226–9–10
4628@ Los Angeles Kings5–426–10–10
4730@ Oakland Seals2–127–10–10 :
February: 7–3–3 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 1–3–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481Pittsburgh Penguins6–028–10–10
494Detroit Red Wings5–129–10–10
508Los Angeles Kings5–130–10–10
5111@ Los Angeles Kings6–231–10–10
5213@ Oakland Seals4–231–11–10
5315Montreal Canadiens2–032–11–10
5418Philadelphia Flyers3–332–11–11
5519@ Detroit Red Wings3–332–11–12
5621@ Chicago Black Hawks4–232–12–12
5722Toronto Maple Leafs5–333–12–12
5825St. Louis Blues2–134–12–12
5926@ Boston Bruins5–334–13–12
6028@ Detroit Red Wings3–334–13–13 :
March: 2–8–3 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 1–3–2)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
611Chicago Black Hawks3–134–14–13
624Detroit Red Wings2–034–15–13
636@ St. Louis Blues3–134–16–13
648Pittsburgh Penguins0–034–16–14
6511@ Montreal Canadiens5–334–17–14
6614@ Chicago Black Hawks7–434–18–14
6715Minnesota North Stars4–234–19–14
6818@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–035–19–14
6919@ Philadelphia Flyers2–235–19–15
7022Toronto Maple Leafs5–235–20–15
7125Boston Bruins3–135–21–15
7228@ Montreal Canadiens1–135–21–16
7329Montreal Canadiens4–136–21–16 :
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
GameAprilOpponentScoreRecord
741@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–137–21–16
754@ Detroit Red Wings6–237–22–16
765Detroit Red Wings9–538–22–16 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1970 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 76 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 38 |
| Jean Ratelle | 75 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 28 |
| Dave Balon | 76 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 100 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 76 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 23 |
| Vic Hadfield | 71 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 69 |
| Rod Gilbert | 72 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 22 |
| Bob Nevin | 68 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 8 |
| Brad Park | 60 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 98 |
| Arnie Brown | 73 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 78 |
| Rod Seiling | 76 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 68 |
| Ron Stewart | 76 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 14 |
| Donnie Marshall | 57 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 |
| Jim Neilson | 62 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 75 |
| Juha Widing$^‡$ | 44 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 53 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| Real Lemieux$^†$ | 55 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 51 |
| Tim Horton$^†$ | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Al Hamilton | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 54 |
| Jack Egers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Larry Brown | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Ted Irvine$^†$ | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Don Blackburn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab DeMarco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Robitaille | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Rod Gilbert | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Egers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Jean Ratelle | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Brad Park | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Tim Horton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Bob Nevin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Balon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Don Luce | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jim Neilson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Ab DeMarco | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hamilton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donnie Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 70 | 4148 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 163 | 2.36 | 6 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 8 | 412 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2.91 | 1 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 5 | 280 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4.07 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 3 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.50 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 8 | Andre Dupont | D | Canada | Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) |
| 1 | 12 | Pierre Jarry | LW | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHA) |
| 2 | 23 | Bert Wilson | LW | Canada | London Knights (OHA) |
| 3 | 35 | Kevin Morrison | LW | Canada | Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 47 | Bruce Hellemond | LW | Canada | Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL) |
| 5 | 59 | Gord Smith | D | Canada | Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) |