# 1967–68 New York Rangers season

The 1967–68 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 42nd season.
The season was significant for its move from the third Madison Square Garden to the fourth. The Rangers played their last game in the old Garden on Sunday afternoon, February 11 (the day of the official opening of the fourth Garden) when they tied the Detroit Red Wings 3-3. The next Sunday, February 18, the Rangers played their first game at the new Garden, a 3–0 win against the expansion Philadelphia Flyers. In all the Rangers played fourteen of their forty home games at the new Garden, including three playoff games against the Chicago Black Hawks. The Rangers became the first Original Six team to leave their old arena for a modern arena; it would be another eleven years before another of the original six (the Detroit Red Wings) would move to a modern arena.

## Regular season
### Final standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |

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

1967–68 Game Log :
October: 5–1–3 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 3–1–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
111@ Chicago Black Hawks6–31–0–0
215@ Detroit Red Wings3–21–1–0
318Montreal Canadiens2–21–1–1
421@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–32–1–1
522Pittsburgh Penguins6–43–1–1
625Chicago Black Hawks2–23–1–2
726@ Montreal Canadiens1–13–1–3
829Toronto Maple Leafs3–24–1–3
931@ Los Angeles Kings6–15–1–3 :
November: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
101@ Oakland Seals2–06–1–3
114@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–26–2–3
128Boston Bruins6–36–3–3
1312Oakland Seals5–37–3–3
1416@ Philadelphia Flyers3–27–4–3
1518@ Boston Bruins3–17–5–3
1619Minnesota North Stars5–28–5–3
1722Chicago Black Hawks7–18–6–3
1823@ Boston Bruins4–28–7–3
1926St. Louis Blues1–09–7–3
2029Detroit Red Wings3–19–8–3 :
December: 7–5–3 (Home: 5–1–3; Road: 2–4–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
212@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–110–8–3
223Los Angeles Kings4–211–8–3
236Detroit Red Wings3–311–8–4
247@ Boston Bruins3–111–9–4
259@ Detroit Red Wings3–211–10–4
2610Montreal Canadiens3–212–10–4
2713@ Chicago Black Hawks5–212–11–4
2816@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–212–12–4
2917St. Louis Blues5–313–12–4
3020Detroit Red Wings2–014–12–4
3123Boston Bruins4–014–13–4
3225@ Philadelphia Flyers3–115–13–4
3327Minnesota North Stars3–315–13–5
3430Chicago Black Hawks3–315–13–6
3531Toronto Maple Leafs4–016–13–6 :
January: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 3–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
363Boston Bruins5–516–13–7
376@ Montreal Canadiens5–216–14–7
387Toronto Maple Leafs6–217–14–7
3910@ Chicago Black Hawks3–317–14–8
4013@ St. Louis Blues3–118–14–8
4117@ Chicago Black Hawks4–219–14–8
4219@ Los Angeles Kings5–219–15–8
4320@ Oakland Seals3–020–15–8
4424Boston Bruins2–121–15–8
4527@ St. Louis Blues4–321–16–8
4628Oakland Seals4–222–16–8
4731Chicago Black Hawks3–222–17–8 :
February: 8–2–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 5–1–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481@ Montreal Canadiens5–222–18–8
493@ Boston Bruins3–322–18–9
504Montreal Canadiens3–023–18–9
518@ Detroit Red Wings3–224–18–9
5210@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–224–18–10
5311Detroit Red Wings3–324–18–11
5415@ Minnesota North Stars6–225–18–11
5517@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–226–18–11
5618Philadelphia Flyers3–127–18–11
5721Montreal Canadiens7–227–19–11
5824@ Montreal Canadiens6–128–19–11
5925Toronto Maple Leafs3–129–19–11
6029@ Detroit Red Wings4–230–19–11 :
March: 9–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 3–2–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
612Philadelphia Flyers4–031–19–11
623Chicago Black Hawks4–032–19–11
636Detroit Red Wings6–133–19–11
649@ Minnesota North Stars1–133–19–12
6510Los Angeles Kings4–333–20–12
6613Boston Bruins2–133–21–12
6714@ Montreal Canadiens3–133–22–12
6817Pittsburgh Penguins3–034–22–12
6920@ Chicago Black Hawks5–335–22–12
7023@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–135–23–12
7124Toronto Maple Leafs4–236–23–12
7228@ Boston Bruins5–437–23–12
7330@ Detroit Red Wings3–138–23–12
7431Montreal Canadiens4–239–23–12 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1968 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jean Ratelle | 74 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 18 |
| Rod Gilbert | 73 | 29 | 48 | 77 | 12 |
| Phil Goyette | 73 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 10 |
| Bob Nevin | 74 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 20 |
| Donnie Marshall | 70 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 59 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 45 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 73 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 82 |
| Jim Neilson | 67 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 60 |
| Harry Howell | 74 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 62 |
| Arnie Brown | 74 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 83 |
| Reg Fleming | 73 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 132 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 59 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 11 |
| Camille Henry | 36 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 71 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| Ron Stewart$^†$ | 55 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 47 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Wayne Hillman | 62 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46 |
| Gordon Berenson$^‡$ | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Larry Mickey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Attwell$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Rod Gilbert | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Donnie Marshall | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Nevin | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Reg Fleming | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Jim Neilson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arnie Brown | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Harry Howell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Phil Goyette | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dennis Hextall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Hillman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camille Henry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 66 | 3940 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 160 | 2.44 | 8 |
| Don Simmons | 5 | 300 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 |
| Gilles Villemure | 4 | 200 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.40 | 1 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 3.00 | 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 1967 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 6 | Bob Dickson | LW | Canada | Chatham (Junior B) |
| 2 | 15 | Brian Tosh | D | Canada | Smiths Falls Bears (CJAHL) |