1982–83 New York Rangers season

The 1982–83 New York Rangers season was the 57th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 4th in the Patrick Division, defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3 games to 0 in the Division Semi-finals and lost in the Division Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==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 	L 	October 6, 1982 	4–5 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1982 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 9, 1982 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 11, 1982 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 13, 1982 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	October 16, 1982 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 17, 1982 	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 20, 1982 	6–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	3–5–0
9 	L 	October 23, 1982 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	3–6–0
10 	W 	October 24, 1982 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	4–6–0
11 	W 	October 27, 1982 	7–4 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	5–6–0
12 	L 	October 30, 1982 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	5–7–0
13 	W 	October 31, 1982 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	6–7–0
14 	L 	November 5, 1982 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	6–8–0
15 	T 	November 6, 1982 	2–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	6–8–1
16 	W 	November 10, 1982 	5–4 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	November 11, 1982 	3–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	7–9–1
18 	L 	November 14, 1982 	2–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	7–10–1
19 	W 	November 17, 1982 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	8–10–1
20 	W 	November 20, 1982 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	9–10–1
21 	W 	November 21, 1982 	7–3 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	10–10–1
22 	W 	November 24, 1982 	8–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	11–10–1
23 	W 	November 27, 1982 	3–0 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	12–10–1
24 	L 	November 28, 1982 	3–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	12–11–1
25 	W 	December 1, 1982 	6–1 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	13–11–1
26 	L 	December 4, 1982 	2–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	13–12–1
27 	W 	December 5, 1982 	6–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	14–12–1
28 	L 	December 8, 1982 	2–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	14–13–1
29 	T 	December 10, 1982 	4–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	14–13–2
30 	W 	December 12, 1982 	4–0 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	15–13–2
31 	W 	December 15, 1982 	7–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	16–13–2
32 	L 	December 17, 1982 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	16–14–2
33 	T 	December 18, 1982 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	16–14–3
34 	W 	December 20, 1982 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	17–14–3
35 	L 	December 22, 1982 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	17–15–3
36 	L 	December 26, 1982 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	17–16–3
37 	W 	December 30, 1982 	5–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	18–16–3
38 	W 	January 1, 1983 	7–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	19–16–3
39 	W 	January 3, 1983 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	20–16–3
40 	T 	January 5, 1983 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	20–16–4
41 	W 	January 7, 1983 	5–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	21–16–4
42 	W 	January 9, 1983 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	22–16–4
43 	T 	January 12, 1983 	5–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	22–16–5
44 	L 	January 15, 1983 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	22–17–5
45 	L 	January 16, 1983 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	22–18–5
46 	T 	January 18, 1983 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	22–18–6
47 	L 	January 21, 1983 	1–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	22–19–6
48 	L 	January 23, 1983 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	22–20–6
49 	L 	January 24, 1983 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	22–21–6
50 	L 	January 27, 1983 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	22–22–6
51 	W 	January 29, 1983 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	23–22–6
52 	L 	January 30, 1983 	4–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	23–23–6
53 	T 	February 1, 1983 	5–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	23–23–7
54 	T 	February 5, 1983 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	23–23–8
55 	L 	February 6, 1983 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	23–24–8
56 	L 	February 10, 1983 	5–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–25–8
57 	W 	February 12, 1983 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	24–25–8
58 	W 	February 16, 1983 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	25–25–8
59 	L 	February 19, 1983 	5–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	25–26–8
60 	W 	February 20, 1983 	9–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	26–26–8
61 	W 	February 23, 1983 	11–3 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	27–26–8
62 	L 	February 26, 1983 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	27–27–8
63 	W 	February 28, 1983 	9–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	28–27–8
64 	T 	March 1, 1983 	3–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	28–27–9
65 	L 	March 3, 1983 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	28–28–9
66 	L 	March 6, 1983 	4–6 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	28–29–9
67 	L 	March 8, 1983 	3–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	28–30–9
68 	L 	March 11, 1983 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	28–31–9
69 	W 	March 12, 1983 	4–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	29–31–9
70 	W 	March 14, 1983 	8–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	30–31–9
71 	W 	March 16, 1983 	2–1 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	31–31–9
72 	L 	March 20, 1983 	0–4 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	31–32–9
73 	L 	March 21, 1983 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	31–33–9
74 	W 	March 23, 1983 	7–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	32–33–9
75 	L 	March 26, 1983 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	32–34–9
76 	W 	March 27, 1983 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	33–34–9
77 	W 	March 29, 1983 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	34–34–9
78 	W 	March 31, 1983 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	35–34–9
79 	T 	April 1, 1983 	3–3 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	35–34–10
80 	L 	April 3, 1983 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	35–35–10
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0===
===New York Islanders 3, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	71	29	47	76 	28 	-10	7 	5 	5
 	C 	78	37	38	75 	52 	20 	10 	2 	6
 	LW 	78	29	40	69 	88 	-5 	14 	1 	2
 	D 	77	16	53	69 	22 	27 	5 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	25	34	59 	12 	17 	4 	0 	5
 	C 	78	17	34	51 	23 	12 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	78	8 	42	50 	132	-3 	3 	1 	0
 	C 	78	22	26	48 	46 	12 	0 	2 	0
 	C/RW	72	19	25	44 	58 	-13	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	52	15	21	36 	27 	-4 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	66	12	22	34 	112	22 	4 	0 	1
 	C/LW	61	12	19	31 	41 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	71	8 	20	28 	14 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	72	8 	13	21 	90 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	35	12	8 	20 	0 	1 	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	39	11	9 	20 	37 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	70	4 	14	18 	64 	-8 	1 	0 	2
 	LW/C	44	8 	7 	15 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	3 	12	15 	39 	17 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	30	2 	9 	11 	8 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	80	0 	10	10 	75 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	3 	5 	8 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2 	4 	6 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D/RW	26	2 	2 	4 	37 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	3 	4 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	3 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	1 	1 	2 	15 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	9 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2365	41	16	18	6 	136	3.45	2
 	1173	21	9 	10	1 	67 	3.43	0
 	1040	18	9 	5 	3 	68 	3.92	0
 	120 	2 	1 	1 	0 	5 	2.50	0
 	102 	3 	0 	1 	0 	5 	2.94	0
Team: 	4800	80	35	35	10	281	3.51	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	9 	4	8	12 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	4	5	9 	12 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	9 	2	5	7 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1	6	7 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	4	2	6 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	9 	3	3	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	2	4	6 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	4	1	5 	19 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	5	5 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	2	2	4 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	2	2	4 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C/RW	9 	2	2	4 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	3	4 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	1	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	9 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	480	8 	5	3	32	4.00	0
 	60 	1 	0	1	5 	5.00	0
Team: 	540	9 	5	4	37	4.11	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==
*The Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1982–83 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1982–83
New York Rangers season, 1982–83
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