1977–78 New York Rangers season

The 1977–78 New York Rangers season was the fifty-second season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the Buffalo Sabres 2 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Rangers hired Jean-Guy Talbot as their new head coach. It would be his only season as head coach of the Rangers.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 12, 1977 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 15, 1977 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 16, 1977 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	2–1–0
4 	T 	October 19, 1977 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 22, 1977 	2–7 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 23, 1977 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 25, 1977 	5–0 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 26, 1977 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	October 29, 1977 	3–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	4–4–1
10 	L 	October 30, 1977 	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	November 2, 1977 	2–6 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	4–6–1
12 	W 	November 4, 1977 	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	5–6–1
13 	L 	November 5, 1977 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	5–7–1
14 	W 	November 9, 1977 	8–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	6–7–1
15 	L 	November 12, 1977 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	6–8–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1977 	2–5 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	6–9–1
17 	W 	November 16, 1977 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	7–9–1
18 	T 	November 19, 1977 	5–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	November 20, 1977 	0–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	7–10–2
20 	W 	November 23, 1977 	6–3 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	8–10–2
21 	L 	November 26, 1977 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	November 27, 1977 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	8–12–2
23 	W 	November 30, 1977 	4–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	9–12–2
24 	W 	December 3, 1977 	4–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	10–12–2
25 	T 	December 4, 1977 	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	10–12–3
26 	T 	December 7, 1977 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	10–12–4
27 	L 	December 8, 1977 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	10–13–4
28 	L 	December 11, 1977 	2–8 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	10–14–4
29 	T 	December 14, 1977 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	10–14–5
30 	T 	December 15, 1977 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	10–14–6
31 	L 	December 17, 1977 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	10–15–6
32 	W 	December 18, 1977 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	11–15–6
33 	T 	December 21, 1977 	5–5 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	11–15–7
34 	W 	December 23, 1977 	5–4 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	12–15–7
35 	L 	December 28, 1977 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	12–16–7
36 	T 	December 30, 1977 	3–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	12–16–8
37 	T 	December 31, 1977 	2–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	12–16–9
38 	W 	January 4, 1978 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	13–16–9
39 	L 	January 7, 1978 	1–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	13–17–9
40 	L 	January 9, 1978 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	13–18–9
41 	W 	January 10, 1978 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	14–18–9
42 	L 	January 14, 1978 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	14–19–9
43 	W 	January 17, 1978 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	15–19–9
44 	W 	January 18, 1978 	3–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	16–19–9
45 	L 	January 20, 1978 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	16–20–9
46 	L 	January 22, 1978 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	16–21–9
47 	L 	January 25, 1978 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	16–22–9
48 	L 	January 28, 1978 	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	16–23–9
49 	L 	January 29, 1978 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	16–24–9
50 	L 	February 1, 1978 	6–7 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	16–25–9
51 	T 	February 4, 1978 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	16–25–10
52 	W 	February 5, 1978 	6–3 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	17–25–10
53 	W 	February 8, 1978 	3–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	18–25–10
54 	L 	February 9, 1978 	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	18–26–10
55 	L 	February 11, 1978 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	18–27–10
56 	L 	February 12, 1978 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	18–28–10
57 	W 	February 15, 1978 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	19–28–10
58 	T 	February 19, 1978 	4–4 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	19–28–11
59 	L 	February 22, 1978 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	19–29–11
60 	W 	February 23, 1978 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	20–29–11
61 	W 	February 25, 1978 	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	21–29–11
62 	L 	February 27, 1978 	3–5 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	21–30–11
63 	W 	March 1, 1978 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	22–30–11
64 	L 	March 5, 1978 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	22–31–11
65 	W 	March 8, 1978 	6–1 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	23–31–11
66 	W 	March 12, 1978 	8–2 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	24–31–11
67 	T 	March 15, 1978 	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	24–31–12
68 	L 	March 18, 1978 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	24–32–12
69 	T 	March 19, 1978 	7–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	24–32–13
70 	W 	March 22, 1978 	6–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	25–32–13
71 	W 	March 24, 1978 	11–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	26–32–13
72 	W 	March 25, 1978 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	27–32–13
73 	W 	March 27, 1978 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	28–32–13
74 	W 	March 29, 1978 	5–1 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	29–32–13
75 	L 	April 1, 1978 	0–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	29–33–13
76 	L 	April 2, 1978 	3–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	29–34–13
77 	L 	April 5, 1978 	2–4 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	29–35–13
78 	L 	April 6, 1978 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	29–36–13
79 	L 	April 8, 1978 	2–7 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	29–37–13
80 	W 	April 9, 1978 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	30–37–13
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	38	43	81 	53 	-22	21 	0 	5
 	LW 	80	40	33	73 	47 	-19	10 	1 	3
 	D 	78	24	48	72 	100	3 	8 	1 	5
 	C 	80	26	40	66 	30 	15 	6 	1 	3
 	LW 	79	19	44	63 	30 	10 	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	66	27	28	55 	41 	-5 	10 	0 	1
 	D 	80	6 	40	46 	115	-25	3 	1 	1
 	C/RW	71	20	20	40 	43 	-17	3 	0 	1
 	C 	71	22	8 	30 	27 	-11	1 	0 	3
 	RW 	53	13	13	26 	44 	-3 	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	37	7 	16	23 	12 	-3 	0 	4 	1
 	D 	56	2 	19	21 	63 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	5 	13	18 	52 	-11	2 	0 	0
 	C 	59	5 	13	18 	15 	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	59	5 	13	18 	22 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	29	5 	10	15 	34 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	2 	8 	10 	38 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	19	2 	7 	9 	6 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	59	2 	7 	9 	105	-14	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	3 	5 	8 	62 	-13	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	18	2 	4 	6 	8 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	29	1 	4 	5 	23 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2 	1 	3 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	15 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	1 	1 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	33 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1848	34	14	13	4 	98 	3.18	1
 	2352	41	12	20	7 	141	3.60	4
 	240 	4 	2 	2 	0 	14 	3.50	0
 	360 	6 	2 	2 	2 	20 	3.33	0
Team: 	4800	80	30	37	13	273	3.41	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	3 	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	2	0	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C/RW	3 	1	1	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	2	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	122	2 	1	1	7 	3.44	0
 	60 	1 	0	1	4 	4.00	0
Team: 	182	3 	1	2	11	3.63	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Phil EspositoCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.425, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
* 1977–78 NHL season
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
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