# 1984–85 New York Rangers season

The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 59th season. In the regular season, New York had a 26–44–10 record and finished fourth in the Patrick Division. The Rangers made the NHL playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, three games to none.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 53 | 20 | 7 | 348 | 241 | 113 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 322 | 240 | 101 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 345 | 312 | 86 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 295 | 345 | 62 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 22 | 48 | 10 | 264 | 346 | 54 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 276 | 385 | 53 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Patrick Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
New Jersey
—3−2−22−52−55−22−4−114−18−3
N.Y. Islanders
2−3−2—4−33−3−15−23−417−15−3
N.Y. Rangers
5−23−4—0−74−32−514−21−0
Philadelphia
5−23−3−17−0—5−25−1−125−8−2
Pittsburgh
2−52−53−42–5—0−6−19−25−1
Washington
4−2−14−35−21–5−16−0–1—20−13−2
Vs. Adams Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
New Jersey
0−30−30−31−1−11−1−12−11−2
N.Y. Islanders
1−22−11−1−11−20−35−9−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−1−21−1−10−1−20−2−11−22−7−6
Philadelphia
2−11−1−12−0−11−21−1−17−5−3
Pittsburgh
1−20−2−11−21−20−33−11−1
Washington
2−11−21−21−1−12−17−7−1
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
New Jersey
0−31−1−11−1−10−2−13−05−7−3
N.Y. Islanders
3−02−11−1−13−02−111−3−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−31−21−22−0−12−0−16−7−2
Philadelphia
2−12−0−13−03−02−112−2−1
Pittsburgh
1−21−1−11−21−22−16−8−1
Washington
3−02−12−0−12−0−12−0−111−1−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
New Jersey
0−2−11−20−30−30−2−11−12−2
N.Y. Islanders
1−20−2−12−12−12−17−7−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−2−11−1−11−22−10−34−9−2
Philadelphia
2−13−01−1−13−00−39−5−1
Pittsburgh
2−0−11−1−10−32−11−26−7−2
Washington
2−10−1−22−13−01−28−5−2 :

## Schedule and results

1984-85 Game Log :
October: 4-4-1 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 3-2-0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
111Hartford Whalers4 – 4 OT0–0–1
213@ Minnesota North Stars3 – 10–1–1
314Minnesota North Stars3 – 10–2–1
420@ Washington Capitals6 – 51–2–1
521New York Islanders6 – 52–2–1
625@ New Jersey Devils11 – 23–2–1
727@ Quebec Nordiques5 – 24–2–1
828Boston Bruins6 – 44–3–1
930@ New York Islanders7 – 34–4–1 :
November: 4-7-1 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-3-0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
103@ Pittsburgh Penguins7 – 55–4–1
117Washington Capitals4 – 36–4–1
129New York Islanders5 – 4 OT7–4–1
1311Los Angeles Kings4 – 27–5–1
1414@ Chicago Black Hawks6 – 47–6–1
1517@ New York Islanders10 – 47–7–1
1618New Jersey Devils6 – 07–8–1
1721Buffalo Sabres3 – 28–8–1
1824@ Quebec Nordiques8 – 38–9–1
1925Quebec Nordiques3 – 2 OT8–10–1
2028Washington Capitals2 – 18–11–1
2130Toronto Maple Leafs3 – 3 OT8–11–2 :
December: 4-8-3 (Home: 2-4-3; Road: 2-4-0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
221@ Toronto Maple Leafs4 – 19–11–2
233Philadelphia Flyers6 – 29–12–2
245Calgary Flames4 – 4 OT9–12–3
257Pittsburgh Penguins4 – 3 OT9–13–3
268@ Philadelphia Flyers4 – 29–14–3
2710Los Angeles Kings4 – 210–14–3
2812Boston Bruins3 – 3 OT10–14–4
2915@ Washington Capitals4 – 210–15–4
3016Washington Capitals6 – 310–16–4
3119Winnipeg Jets5 – 410–17–4
3222@ New Jersey Devils5 – 311–17–4
3323Montreal Canadiens3 – 3 OT11–17–5
3426@ Detroit Red Wings5 – 211–18–5
3529@ Montreal Canadiens7 – 311–19–5
3630St. Louis Blues6 – 212–19–5 :
January: 5-6-3 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 1-5-2)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
372Vancouver Canucks6 – 013–19–5
385@ Boston Bruins3 – 3 OT13–19–6
396New Jersey Devils5 – 4 OT14–19–6
409@ Winnipeg Jets6 – 5 OT14–20–6
4112@ St. Louis Blues4 – 4 OT14–20–7
4214New Jersey Devils2 – 114–21–7
4316Buffalo Sabres2 – 2 OT14–21–8
4418@ New Jersey Devils9 – 615–21–8
4519@ Washington Capitals7 – 115–22–8
4622@ Buffalo Sabres3 – 215–23–8
4724Detroit Red Wings3 – 116–23–8
4826@ Montreal Canadiens3 – 216–24–8
4927Minnesota North Stars3 – 217–24–8
5031@ Calgary Flames7 – 217–25–8 :
February: 3-8-1 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-5-1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
512@ Edmonton Oilers5 – 117–26–8
523@ Vancouver Canucks4 – 117–27–8
535@ Los Angeles Kings7 – 517–28–8
547@ New York Islanders7 – 517–29–8
559@ Hartford Whalers2 – 2 OT17–29–9
5610@ Philadelphia Flyers3 – 217–30–9
5715Edmonton Oilers8 – 718–30–9
5817New York Islanders9 – 319–30–9
5921Hartford Whalers4 – 3 OT19–31–9
6022@ Pittsburgh Penguins8 – 320–31–9
6125Winnipeg Jets12 – 520–32–9
6228Washington Capitals5 – 420–33–9 :
March: 5-9-1 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 1-6-1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
632@ Pittsburgh Penguins5 – 420–34–9
643Pittsburgh Penguins7 – 321–34–9
656@ Vancouver Canucks6 – 322–34–9
667@ Calgary Flames11 – 522–35–9
679@ Edmonton Oilers3 – 3 OT22–35–10
6811Chicago Black Hawks4 – 3 OT22–36–10
6913Philadelphia Flyers5 – 222–37–10
7016@ Pittsburgh Penguins5 – 022–38–10
7117New Jersey Devils7 – 323–38–10
7221@ Philadelphia Flyers8 – 423–39–10
7322@ Detroit Red Wings5 – 323–40–10
7424New York Islanders5 – 223–41–10
7526Pittsburgh Penguins5 – 424–41–10
7630@ Philadelphia Flyers3 – 024–42–10
7731Toronto Maple Leafs7 – 525–42–10 :
April: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 1-1-0)
GameAprilOpponentScoreRecord
782Philadelphia Flyers2 – 125–43–10
794@ St. Louis Blues5 – 426–43–10
807@ Chicago Black Hawks3 – 126–44–10 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1985 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 80 | 28 | 45 | 73 | -27 | 32 |
| Mike Rogers | 78 | 26 | 38 | 64 | -25 | 24 |
| Pierre Larouche | 65 | 24 | 36 | 60 | -17 | 8 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 74 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 3 | 51 |
| Anders Hedberg | 64 | 20 | 31 | 51 | -15 | 10 |
| Ron Greschner | 48 | 16 | 29 | 45 | -19 | 42 |
| Mark Pavelich | 48 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 1 | 29 |
| Peter Sundstrom | 76 | 18 | 26 | 44 | -26 | 34 |
| James Patrick | 75 | 8 | 28 | 36 | -17 | 71 |
| Steve Patrick$^†$ | 43 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -5 | 63 |
| Jan Erixon | 66 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -11 | 33 |
| George McPhee | 49 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -9 | 139 |
| Don Maloney | 37 | 11 | 16 | 27 | -9 | 32 |
| Barry Beck | 56 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -11 | 65 |
| Mike Allison | 31 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 17 |
| Grant Ledyard | 42 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 48 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 35 |
| Bob Brooke | 72 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -18 | 79 |
| Willie Huber | 49 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -20 | 55 |
| Dave Gagner | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 16 |
| Chris Kontos | 28 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 24 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 61 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -12 | 52 |
| Nick Fotiu | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 54 |
| Mark Osborne | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 33 |
| Jim Wiemer$^†$ | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 30 |
| Andre Dore | 25 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 35 |
| Randy Heath | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| Steve Richmond | 34 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -16 | 90 |
| Dave Maloney$^‡$ | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Kelly Miller | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Mike Blaisdell | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 11 |
| Larry Patey | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 12 |
| Simo Saarinen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Don Maloney | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Mike Rogers | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mark Pavelich | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Anders Hedberg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Grant Ledyard | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Willie Huber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| George McPhee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Larry Patey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Wiemer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Osborne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Brooke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jan Erixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Sundstrom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Glen Hanlon | 44 | 2510 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 175 | 4.18 | 1614 | .878 | 0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 42 | 2358 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 166 | 4.22 | 1512 | .877 | 1 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Glen Hanlon | 3 | 168 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5.00 | 99 | .859 | 0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 1.000 | 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 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 14 | Terry Carkner | D | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 2 | 35 | Raimo Helminen | C | Finland | Ilves Tampere (FNL) |
| 4 | 77 | Paul Broten | C | United States | Roseau H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 5 | 98 | Clark Donatelli | LW | United States | Stratford Jr. A (OHA) |
| 6 | 119 | Kjell Samuelsson | D | Sweden | Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) |
| 7 | 140 | Thomas Hussey | LW | Canada | St. Andrew's College (Ontario) |
| 8 | 161 | Brian Nelson | C | United States | Willmar H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 9 | 182 | Ville Kentala | LW | Finland | HIFK (FNL) |
| 9 | 188 | Heinz Ehlers | C | Denmark | Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) |
| 10 | 202 | Kevin Miller | C | United States | Redford Royals (NAJHL) |
| 11 | 223 | Tom Lorentz | C | United States | Brady H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 12 | 243 | Scott Brower | G | Canada | Lloydminster Lancers (SJHL) |

## Farm teams

* New Haven Nighthawks – American Hockey League