1974–75 New York Rangers season

The 1974–75 New York Rangers season was the 49th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). A league realignment moved the Rangers into the new Patrick Division within the Campbell Conference, where the team finished 2nd with 88 points. They qualified for the playoffs, losing in the Preliminary round to the New York Islanders 2–1 in a best of three games series.
==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 9, 1974 	6–3 	Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1974 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	October 16, 1974 	5–5 	California Golden Seals (1974–75) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 19, 1974 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (1974–75) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 20, 1974 	0–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 23, 1974 	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	3–2–1
7 	W 	October 26, 1974 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	4–2–1
8 	W 	October 27, 1974 	4–1 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	5–2–1
9 	T 	October 30, 1974 	1–1 	New York Islanders (1974–75) 	5–2–2
10 	L 	October 31, 1974 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	5–3–2
11 	L 	November 3, 1974 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	5–4–2
12 	L 	November 5, 1974 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	5–5–2
13 	W 	November 6, 1974 	7–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	6–5–2
14 	T 	November 9, 1974 	2–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	6–5–3
15 	L 	November 13, 1974 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	6–6–3
16 	T 	November 16, 1974 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	6–6–4
17 	W 	November 17, 1974 	10–0 	California Golden Seals (1974–75) 	7–6–4
18 	W 	November 20, 1974 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	8–6–4
19 	L 	November 23, 1974 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	8–7–4
20 	W 	November 24, 1974 	7–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	9–7–4
21 	W 	November 27, 1974 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	10–7–4
22 	L 	November 29, 1974 	2–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	10–8–4
23 	T 	December 1, 1974 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	10–8–5
24 	W 	December 4, 1974 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	11–8–5
25 	W 	December 7, 1974 	7–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	12–8–5
26 	T 	December 8, 1974 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	12–8–6
27 	T 	December 12, 1974 	6–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	12–8–7
28 	L 	December 14, 1974 	2–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	12–9–7
29 	T 	December 15, 1974 	3–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	12–9–8
30 	W 	December 18, 1974 	7–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	13–9–8
31 	L 	December 19, 1974 	3–11 	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	13–10–8
32 	L 	December 22, 1974 	3–4 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	13–11–8
33 	W 	December 27, 1974 	9–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	14–11–8
34 	W 	December 29, 1974 	2–1 	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	15–11–8
35 	W 	December 30, 1974 	8–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	16–11–8
36 	W 	January 1, 1975 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	17–11–8
37 	W 	January 4, 1975 	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1974–75) 	18–11–8
38 	W 	January 5, 1975 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	19–11–8
39 	W 	January 8, 1975 	6–1 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	20–11–8
40 	W 	January 11, 1975 	5–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	21–11–8
41 	L 	January 12, 1975 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	21–12–8
42 	W 	January 15, 1975 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	22–12–8
43 	T 	January 17, 1975 	4–4 	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	22–12–9
44 	W 	January 18, 1975 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	23–12–9
45 	W 	January 23, 1975 	5–2 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	24–12–9
46 	L 	January 25, 1975 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	24–13–9
47 	W 	January 26, 1975 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	25–13–9
48 	L 	January 28, 1975 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	25–14–9
49 	L 	January 30, 1975 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	25–15–9
50 	W 	February 1, 1975 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	26–15–9
51 	T 	February 2, 1975 	5–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	26–15–10
52 	L 	February 5, 1975 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	26–16–10
53 	W 	February 6, 1975 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	27–16–10
54 	L 	February 8, 1975 	1–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	27–17–10
55 	W 	February 9, 1975 	7–3 	Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	28–17–10
56 	L 	February 11, 1975 	4–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	28–18–10
57 	W 	February 15, 1975 	9–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	29–18–10
58 	T 	February 16, 1975 	5–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	29–18–11
59 	T 	February 18, 1975 	2–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	29–18–12
60 	T 	February 19, 1975 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	29–18–13
61 	L 	February 22, 1975 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	29–19–13
62 	W 	February 23, 1975 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	30–19–13
63 	W 	February 26, 1975 	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	31–19–13
64 	L 	March 2, 1975 	6–8 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	31–20–13
65 	L 	March 5, 1975 	3–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	31–21–13
66 	W 	March 7, 1975 	5–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	32–21–13
67 	L 	March 9, 1975 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	32–22–13
68 	L 	March 11, 1975 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	32–23–13
69 	W 	March 12, 1975 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1974–75) 	33–23–13
70 	L 	March 14, 1975 	0–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	33–24–13
71 	W 	March 19, 1975 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	34–24–13
72 	L 	March 20, 1975 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	34–25–13
73 	L 	March 22, 1975 	4–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	34–26–13
74 	W 	March 23, 1975 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	35–26–13
75 	L 	March 26, 1975 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	35–27–13
76 	L 	March 29, 1975 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1974–75) 	35–28–13
77 	W 	March 30, 1975 	8–2 	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	36–28–13
78 	T 	April 3, 1975 	1–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	36–28–14
79 	W 	April 4, 1975 	3–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	37–28–14
80 	L 	April 6, 1975 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1974–75) 	37–29–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 2, New York Rangers 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	76	36	61	97 	22 	1 	11 	0 	1
 	C 	79	36	55	91 	26 	1 	15 	0 	6
 	LW 	80	41	48	89 	64 	10 	16 	0 	6
 	RW 	80	24	37	61 	10 	13 	7 	2 	3
 	C 	77	24	35	59 	63 	-3 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	65	13	44	57 	104	6 	8 	0 	2
 	C 	75	25	25	50 	106	10 	3 	2 	3
 	D 	70	8 	37	45 	93 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	76	26	15	41 	55 	3 	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	47	22	18	40 	19 	-6 	6 	0 	2
 	C 	62	11	25	36 	34 	1 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	77	4 	32	36 	69 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	79	17	17	34 	66 	-15	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	78	17	16	33 	102	-5 	1 	2 	1
 	D 	67	3 	15	18 	19 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	1 	10	11 	37 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	1 	8 	9 	30 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	34	1 	7 	8 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	5 	1 	6 	66 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	8 	2 	2 	4 	0 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	22	1 	2 	3 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2470	45	22	14	6 	130	3.16	2
 	2069	37	13	12	8 	120	3.48	1
 	81 	2 	1 	1 	0 	7 	5.19	0
 	180 	3 	1 	2 	0 	13 	4.33	0
Team: 	4800	80	37	29	14	270	3.38	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	3 	2	4	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	5	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	4	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	4	0	4 	13 	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	3	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	2	3 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	94 	2 	1	0	6 	3.83	0
 	86 	2 	0	2	4 	2.79	0
Team: 	180	3 	1	2	10	3.33	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==
*Steve Vickers, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1974–75 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
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