1968–69 New York Rangers season

The 1968–69 New York Rangers season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 3rd in the East Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
==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 13, 1968 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 16, 1968 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 17, 1968 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 20, 1968 	7–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 23, 1968 	6–1 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 26, 1968 	3–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	4–2–0
7 	L 	October 27, 1968 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	4–3–0
8 	W 	October 30, 1968 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	5–3–0
9 	W 	October 31, 1968 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	6–3–0
10 	W 	November 3, 1968 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	7–3–0
11 	L 	November 6, 1968 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	7–4–0
12 	W 	November 8, 1968 	3–2 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	8–4–0
13 	W 	November 10, 1968 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	9–4–0
14 	L 	November 13, 1968 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	9–5–0
15 	W 	November 16, 1968 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	10–5–0
16 	W 	November 17, 1968 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	11–5–0
17 	W 	November 20, 1968 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	12–5–0
18 	L 	November 23, 1968 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	12–6–0
19 	W 	November 24, 1968 	3–2 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	13–6–0
20 	L 	November 27, 1968 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	13–7–0
21 	W 	November 30, 1968 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	14–7–0
22 	W 	December 1, 1968 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	15–7–0
23 	W 	December 4, 1968 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	16–7–0
24 	L 	December 5, 1968 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	16–8–0
25 	L 	December 7, 1968 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	16–9–0
26 	L 	December 8, 1968 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	16–10–0
27 	T 	December 11, 1968 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	16–10–1
28 	L 	December 14, 1968 	1–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	16–11–1
29 	L 	December 15, 1968 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	16–12–1
30 	L 	December 18, 1968 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	16–13–1
31 	T 	December 21, 1968 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	16–13–2
32 	W 	December 22, 1968 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	17–13–2
33 	T 	December 25, 1968 	2–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	17–13–3
34 	W 	December 26, 1968 	3–1 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	18–13–3
35 	L 	December 28, 1968 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	18–14–3
36 	W 	December 29, 1968 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	19–14–3
37 	L 	January 2, 1969 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	19–15–3
38 	L 	January 4, 1969 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	19–16–3
39 	W 	January 5, 1969 	5–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	20–16–3
40 	W 	January 9, 1969 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	21–16–3
41 	L 	January 11, 1969 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	21–17–3
42 	L 	January 14, 1969 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	21–18–3
43 	W 	January 17, 1969 	3–1 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	22–18–3
44 	T 	January 18, 1969 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	22–18–4
45 	W 	January 23, 1969 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	23–18–4
46 	W 	January 25, 1969 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	24–18–4
47 	W 	January 26, 1969 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	25–18–4
48 	W 	January 29, 1969 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	26–18–4
49 	W 	January 30, 1969 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	27–18–4
50 	L 	February 1, 1969 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	27–19–4
51 	W 	February 2, 1969 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	28–19–4
52 	L 	February 5, 1969 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	28–20–4
53 	W 	February 8, 1969 	2–0 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	29–20–4
54 	T 	February 9, 1969 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	29–20–5
55 	L 	February 12, 1969 	2–3 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	29–21–5
56 	L 	February 13, 1969 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	29–22–5
57 	L 	February 15, 1969 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	29–23–5
58 	W 	February 16, 1969 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	30–23–5
59 	T 	February 19, 1969 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	30–23–6
60 	W 	February 23, 1969 	9–0 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	31–23–6
61 	W 	February 26, 1969 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	32–23–6
62 	L 	March 1, 1969 	5–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	32–24–6
63 	W 	March 2, 1969 	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	33–24–6
64 	T 	March 5, 1969 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	33–24–7
65 	W 	March 6, 1969 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	34–24–7
66 	W 	March 8, 1969 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	35–24–7
67 	T 	March 9, 1969 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	35–24–8
68 	W 	March 12, 1969 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	36–24–8
69 	W 	March 16, 1969 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 	37–24–8
70 	W 	March 19, 1969 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	38–24–8
71 	L 	March 22, 1969 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	38–25–8
72 	W 	March 23, 1969 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	39–25–8
73 	L 	March 26, 1969 	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	39–26–8
74 	T 	March 27, 1969 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	39–26–9
75 	W 	March 29, 1969 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	40–26–9
76 	W 	March 30, 1969 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	41–26–9
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 0===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	April 2, 1969	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens	0–1
2 	L	April 3, 1969	2–5 	@ Montreal 	0–2
3 	L	April 5, 1969	1–4 	Montreal 	0–3
4 	L	April 6, 1969	3–4 	Montreal 	0–4
http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=NYR&yr=1968
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	75	32	46	78 	26 	8 	0 	4
 	RW 	66	28	49	77 	22 	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	73	26	40	66 	108	10 	0 	4
 	RW 	71	31	25	56 	14 	11 	0 	6
 	C 	67	13	32	45 	8 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	76	10	34	44 	95 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	74	20	19	39 	12 	7 	0 	4
 	C 	71	12	24	36 	28 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	75	10	21	31 	57 	1 	2 	3
 	RW 	75	18	11	29 	20 	1 	2 	5
 	D 	54	3 	23	26 	70 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	74	10	12	22 	48 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	73	4 	17	21 	73 	0 	0 	1
 	D/LW	72	8 	12	20 	138	2 	0 	1
 	D 	56	4 	7 	11 	36 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	75	1 	6 	7 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	4 	5 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	70	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4114	70	37	23	7	175	2.55	7
 	206 	5 	2 	2 	1	8 	2.33	0
 	240 	4 	2 	1 	1	9 	2.25	0
Team: 	4560	76	41	26	9	192	2.53	7
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	4 	2	1	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	3	3 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	3 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	180	3 	0	3	10	3.33	0
 	60 	1 	0	1	4 	4.00	0
Team: 	240	4 	0	4	14	3.50	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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==
*Eddie Giacomin, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Trivia==
*Rangers who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Phil Goyette during the 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on October 20, 1968.
==Gallery==
1Mar1969-Bruins_NYR_brawl.jpg|Bruins and Rangers brawl, March 1, 1969.
23Mar1969-Cheevers_Green_NYR.jpg|Gerry Cheevers, Ted Green and #19 Jean Ratelle, March 23, 1969.
==See Also==
*1968–69 NHL season
==References==
* 
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Category:1968 in hockey
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