# 1968–69 New York Rangers season

The 1968–69 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 43rd season. The Rangers finished in third place in the East Division with 91 points and advanced to the playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the quarter-finals.

## Regular season
### Final standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 76 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 271 | 202 | +69 | 103 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 76 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 303 | 221 | +82 | 100 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 76 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 231 | 196 | +35 | 91 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 76 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 234 | 217 | +17 | 85 |
| 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 76 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 239 | 221 | +18 | 78 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 76 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 280 | 246 | +34 | 77 |

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

1968–69 Game Log :
October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–2–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
113@ Chicago Black Hawks5–20–1–0
216Philadelphia Flyers3–11–1–0
317@ Detroit Red Wings7–21–2–0
420Los Angeles Kings7–02–2–0
523Oakland Seals6–13–2–0
626@ Minnesota North Stars3–04–2–0
727Toronto Maple Leafs5–34–3–0
830Pittsburgh Penguins7–35–3–0
931@ Philadelphia Flyers2–16–3–0 :
November: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–2–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
103Minnesota North Stars2–17–3–0
116@ Los Angeles Kings2–07–4–0
128@ Oakland Seals3–28–4–0
1310@ Chicago Black Hawks4–29–4–0
1413St. Louis Blues3–19–5–0
1516@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–110–5–0
1617Montreal Canadiens3–211–5–0
1720Los Angeles Kings4–212–5–0
1823@ Boston Bruins5–112–6–0
1924Oakland Seals3–213–6–0
2027Chicago Black Hawks4–213–7–0
2130@ Boston Bruins4–114–7–0 :
December: 5–7–3 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–4–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
221Toronto Maple Leafs3–115–7–0
234@ Montreal Canadiens4–216–7–0
245@ Detroit Red Wings4–216–8–0
257@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–216–9–0
268Detroit Red Wings5–216–10–0
2711Boston Bruins2–216–10–1
2814@ Minnesota North Stars4–116–11–1
2915Philadelphia Flyers3–116–12–1
3018Chicago Black Hawks3–116–13–1
3121@ St. Louis Blues2–216–13–2
3222Minnesota North Stars4–217–13–2
3325@ Philadelphia Flyers2–217–13–3
3426Oakland Seals3–118–13–3
3528@ Montreal Canadiens5–318–14–3
3629Montreal Canadiens3–119–14–3 :
January: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
372Boston Bruins4–219–15–3
384@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–319–16–3
395Minnesota North Stars5–120–16–3
409@ Philadelphia Flyers3–121–16–3
4111@ Detroit Red Wings3–221–17–3
4214@ Los Angeles Kings3–121–18–3
4317@ Oakland Seals3–122–18–3
4418@ St. Louis Blues2–222–18–4
4523Los Angeles Kings3–123–18–4
4625Chicago Black Hawks3–024–18–4
4726Montreal Canadiens3–225–18–4
4829Detroit Red Wings2–026–18–4
4930@ St. Louis Blues4–327–18–4 :
February: 5–5–2 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 0–5–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
501@ Montreal Canadiens6–227–19–4
512Pittsburgh Penguins7–328–19–4
525@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–228–20–4
538St. Louis Blues2–029–20–4
549Philadelphia Flyers3–329–20–5
5512@ Oakland Seals3–229–21–5
5613@ Los Angeles Kings4–129–22–5
5715@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–229–23–5
5816Toronto Maple Leafs4–230–23–5
5919Detroit Red Wings1–130–23–6
6023Boston Bruins9–031–23–6
6126Chicago Black Hawks5–332–23–6 :
March: 9–3–3 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 4–3–2)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
621@ Boston Bruins8–532–24–6
632St. Louis Blues2–133–24–6
645@ Chicago Black Hawks4–433–24–7
656@ Detroit Red Wings4–134–24–7
668@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–335–24–7
679Montreal Canadiens2–235–24–8
6812Pittsburgh Penguins4–336–24–8
6916Detroit Red Wings6–437–24–8
7019@ Minnesota North Stars4–238–24–8
7122@ Montreal Canadiens3–138–25–8
7223Boston Bruins4–239–25–8
7326@ Chicago Black Hawks6–439–26–8
7427@ Boston Bruins3–339–26–9
7529@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–240–26–9
7630Toronto Maple Leafs4–041–26–9 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1969 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jean Ratelle | 75 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 26 |
| Rod Gilbert | 66 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 22 |
| Vic Hadfield | 73 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 108 |
| Bob Nevin | 71 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 14 |
| Phil Goyette | 67 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 8 |
| Jim Neilson | 76 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 95 |
| Donnie Marshall | 74 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 12 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 71 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 28 |
| Dave Balon | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 57 |
| Ron Stewart | 75 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 20 |
| Brad Park | 54 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 70 |
| Arnie Brown | 74 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| Rod Seiling | 73 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 75 |
| Reg Fleming | 72 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 138 |
| Harry Howell | 56 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 75 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Dennis Hextall | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Trottier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Rivers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Blackburn | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hamilton | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jim Neilson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Vic Hadfield | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Brad Park | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Bob Nevin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Balon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Donnie Marshall | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reg Fleming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Phil Goyette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 70 | 4114 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 175 | 2.55 | 7 |
| Don Simmons | 5 | 206 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2.33 | 0 |
| Gilles Villemure | 4 | 240 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 |
| Gilles Villemure | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 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 pick at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 19 | Barry Buchanan | D | Canada | Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL) |