# 1982–83 New York Rangers season

The 1982–83 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 57th season. During the regular season, New York compiled a 35–35–10 record and finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division. The Rangers qualified for the NHL playoffs, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-game sweep in the first round. In the Patrick Division Finals, the Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders in six games.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 326 | 240 | 106 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 302 | 226 | 96 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 306 | 283 | 94 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 306 | 287 | 80 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 230 | 338 | 48 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 250 | 394 | 45 |
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
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
New Jersey
—0−73−3−12−53−1−30−6−18−22−5
N.Y. Islanders
7−0—4−31−4−25−24−2−121−11−3
N.Y. Rangers
3−3−13−4—3−45−1−13−3−117−15−3
Philadelphia
5−24−1−24−3—5−1−13−421−11−3
Pittsburgh
1−3−32−51−5−11–5–1—1−5−16−23−6
Washington
6−0−12−4−13−3−14–35–1–1—20−11−4
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
New Jersey
0−1−20−2−11−21−21−23−9−3
N.Y. Islanders
0−2−11−22−11−0−21−1−15−6−4
N.Y. Rangers
0−30−2−12−11−21−24−10−1
Philadelphia
0−2−11−22−11−23−07−7−1
Pittsburgh
1−21−1−13−01−20−36−8−1
Washington
3−00−32−0−10−1−21−1−16−5−4
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
New Jersey
0−31−1−10−30−2−11−0−22−9−4
N.Y. Islanders
1−1−10−2−10−2−12−12−15−7−3
N.Y. Rangers
0−32−0−12−12−0−13−09−4−2
Philadelphia
1−1−13−01−1−13−02−0−110−2−3
Pittsburgh
0−30−2−10−2−10−31−21−12−2
Washington
2−0−12−11−1−11−1−12−18−4−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
New Jersey
1−20−31−21−0−21−24−9−2
N.Y. Islanders
2−0−13−03−02−11−1−111−2−2
N.Y. Rangers
2−0−10−31−1−11−1−11−1−15−6−4
Philadelphia
3−02−12−11−1−13−011−3−1
Pittsburgh
0−31−22−11−21−25−10−0
Washington
2−10−2−11−1−11−1−11−0−25−5−5 :

## Schedule and results

1982–83 Game Log :
October: 6–7–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
16Washington Capitals5–40–1–0
28@ New Jersey Devils3–20–2–0
39@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–31–2–0
411New York Islanders4–31–3–0
513Philadelphia Flyers5–22–3–0
616@ Montreal Canadiens8–22–4–0
717Los Angeles Kings5–32–5–0
820Vancouver Canucks6–53–5–0
923@ New York Islanders5–23–6–0
1024Minnesota North Stars4–24–6–0
1127Calgary Flames7–45–6–0
1230@ Quebec Nordiques5–45–7–0
1331Pittsburgh Penguins6–26–7–0 :
November: 6–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–3–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
145@ Edmonton Oilers5–16–8–0
156@ Calgary Flames2–26–8–1
1610St. Louis Blues5–47–8–1
1711@ Philadelphia Flyers7–37–9–1
1814Edmonton Oilers7–27–10–1
1917Toronto Maple Leafs6–18–10–1
2020@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–39–10–1
2121New York Islanders7–310–10–1
2224Minnesota North Stars8–511–10–1
2327@ New York Islanders3–012–10–1
2428@ Buffalo Sabres7–312–11–1 :
December: 6–5–2 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–3–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
251Hartford Whalers6–113–11–1
264@ Hartford Whalers5–213–12–1
275Toronto Maple Leafs6–514–12–1
288@ Chicago Black Hawks7–214–13–1
2910@ Washington Capitals4–414–13–2
3012New Jersey Devils4–015–13–2
3115Los Angeles Kings7–116–13–2
3217New York Islanders5–216–14–2
3318@ Detroit Red Wings3–316–14–3
3420Pittsburgh Penguins6–317–14–3
3522Buffalo Sabres3–117–15–3
3626@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–317–16–3
3730@ New Jersey Devils5–218–16–3 :
January: 5–7–3 (Home: 3–4–2; Road: 2–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
381@ Washington Capitals7–219–16–3
393Detroit Red Wings6–220–16–3
405Buffalo Sabres3–320–16–4
417Quebec Nordiques5–121–16–4
429New Jersey Devils4–322–16–4
4312Winnipeg Jets5–522–16–5
4415@ Boston Bruins2–022–17–5
4516Philadelphia Flyers4–022–18–5
4618@ Vancouver Canucks3–322–18–6
4721@ Winnipeg Jets4–122–19–6
4823@ Philadelphia Flyers3–122–20–6
4924Boston Bruins3–122–21–6
5027Montreal Canadiens4–122–22–6
5129@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–123–22–6
5230Chicago Black Hawks5–423–23–6 :
February: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–4–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
531@ Los Angeles Kings5–523–23–7
545@ St. Louis Blues2–223–23–8
556@ Chicago Black Hawks4–123–24–8
5610@ Minnesota North Stars7–523–25–8
5712@ Montreal Canadiens3–224–25–8
5816Washington Capitals5–425–25–8
5919@ Philadelphia Flyers8–525–26–8
6020Winnipeg Jets9–426–26–8
6123Hartford Whalers11–327–26–8
6226@ Quebec Nordiques6–327–27–8
6328Pittsburgh Penguins9–328–27–8 :
March: 7–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–4–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
641@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–328–27–9
653Washington Capitals4–328–28–9
666New Jersey Devils6–428–29–9
678@ Vancouver Canucks7–328–30–9
6811@ Edmonton Oilers3–128–31–9
6912@ Calgary Flames4–129–31–9
7014Philadelphia Flyers8–230–31–9
7116New York Islanders2–131–31–9
7220Boston Bruins4–031–32–9
7321@ New Jersey Devils4–231–33–9
7423@ Detroit Red Wings7–132–33–9
7526@ New York Islanders3–232–34–9
7627Washington Capitals5–433–34–9
7729@ St. Louis Blues4–334–34–9
7831@ Philadelphia Flyers4–235–34–9 :
April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 0–1–0)
GameAprilOpponentScoreRecord
791New Jersey Devils3–335–34–10
803@ Washington Capitals3–035–35–10 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1983 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Mike Rogers | 71 | 29 | 47 | 76 | −10 | 28 |
| Mark Pavelich | 78 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 20 | 52 |
| Don Maloney | 78 | 29 | 40 | 69 | −5 | 88 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 77 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 27 | 22 |
| Anders Hedberg | 78 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 17 | 12 |
| Mikko Leinonen | 78 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 12 | 23 |
| Dave Maloney | 78 | 8 | 42 | 50 | −3 | 132 |
| Rob McClanahan | 78 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 46 |
| Ron Duguay | 72 | 19 | 25 | 44 | −13 | 58 |
| Ed Johnstone | 52 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −4 | 27 |
| Barry Beck | 66 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 112 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 61 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 41 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 71 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 14 |
| Nick Fotiu | 72 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 90 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky$^†$ | 35 | 12 | 8 | 20 | −1 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 39 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| Bill Baker | 70 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −8 | 64 |
| Chris Kontos | 44 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| Andre Dore$^‡$ | 39 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 39 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 80 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −11 | 75 |
| Ron Greschner | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw$^†$ | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| Mike Backman | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 6 |
| Dave Silk | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 15 |
| Pat Conacher | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cam Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Nicolson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 9 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Anders Hedberg | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Mark Pavelich | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| Rob McClanahan | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Dave Maloney | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| George McPhee | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Barry Beck | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Mike Allison | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Ed Johnstone | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| Mike Backman | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Ron Duguay | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| Mikko Leinonen | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Rick Chartraw | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Fotiu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Conacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Eddie Mio | 41 | 2365 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 136 | 3.45 | 1295 | .883 | 2 |
| Glen Hanlon$^†$ | 21 | 1173 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 3.43 | 702 | .894 | 0 |
| Steve Weeks | 18 | 1040 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 3.92 | 559 | .862 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 3 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.94 | 49 | .886 | 0 |
| John Davidson | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 60 | .909 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Eddie Mio | 8 | 480 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 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 1982 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 15 | Chris Kontos | C | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OHL) |
| 2 | 36 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | Sweden | Farjestad BK (Elitserien) |
| 3 | 57 | Corey Millen | C | United States | Cloquet H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 4 | 78 | Chris Jensen | RW | Canada | Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL) |
| 6 | 120 | Tony Granato | C | United States | Northwood H.S. (New York) |
| 7 | 141 | Sergei Kapustin | LW | Soviet Union | Moscow Spartak (Russia) |
| 8 | 160 | Brian Glynn | C | United States | Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NAJHL) |
| 8 | 162 | Janne Karlsson | D | Sweden | IFK Kiruna (Sweden) |
| 9 | 183 | Kelly Miller | LW | United States | Michigan State University (NCAA) |
| 10 | 193 | Simo Saarinen | D | Finland | HIFK (FNL) |
| 10 | 204 | Bob Lowes | C | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) |
| 11 | 225 | Andy Otto | D | United States | Northwood H.S. (New York) |
| 12 | 246 | Dwayne Robinson | D | Canada | University of New Hampshire (NCAA) |