1979–80 New York Rangers season

The 1979–80 New York Rangers season was the 54th season for the franchise and last full season under coach Fred Shero. The Rangers finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1 	13. 	Doug Sulliman	(RW) 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
==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 10, 1979 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1979 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 18, 1979 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 20, 1979 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 21, 1979 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 24, 1979 	10–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	4–2–0
7 	L 	October 25, 1979 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 27, 1979 	2–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	4–4–0
13 	W 	November 7, 1979 	8–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	6–6–1
14 	W 	November 10, 1979 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	7–6–1
15 	L 	November 11, 1979 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	7–7–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1979 	5–10 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	7–8–1
17 	W 	November 14, 1979 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	8–8–1
18 	L 	November 16, 1979 	2–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	8–9–1
19 	W 	November 18, 1979 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	9–9–1
20 	L 	November 21, 1979 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	9–10–1
21 	L 	November 24, 1979 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	9–11–1
22 	L 	November 25, 1979 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	9–12–1
23 	T 	November 28, 1979 	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	November 29, 1979 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	9–13–2
25 	W 	December 1, 1979 	2–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	10–13–2
26 	T 	December 3, 1979 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	10–13–3
27 	T 	December 5, 1979 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	10–13–4
28 	W 	December 7, 1979 	7–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	11–13–4
29 	W 	December 9, 1979 	5–4 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	12–13–4
30 	W 	December 11, 1979 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	13–13–4
31 	W 	December 12, 1979 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	14–13–4
32 	L 	December 15, 1979 	4–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	14–14–4
33 	T 	December 16, 1979 	1–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	14–14–5
34 	W 	December 19, 1979 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	15–14–5
35 	W 	December 22, 1979 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	16–14–5
36 	L 	December 23, 1979 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	16–15–5
37 	W 	December 30, 1979 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	17–15–5
38 	T 	January 2, 1980 	3–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	17–15–6
39 	L 	January 4, 1980 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	17–16–6
40 	T 	January 6, 1980 	5–5 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	17–16–7
41 	W 	January 7, 1980 	5–2 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	18–16–7
42 	L 	January 9, 1980 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	18–17–7
43 	W 	January 11, 1980 	6–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	19–17–7
44 	W 	January 12, 1980 	3–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	20–17–7
45 	T 	January 14, 1980 	6–6 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	20–17–8
46 	W 	January 16, 1980 	4–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	21–17–8
47 	L 	January 19, 1980 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	21–18–8
48 	L 	January 20, 1980 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	21–19–8
49 	W 	January 22, 1980 	5–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	22–19–8
50 	W 	January 23, 1980 	6–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	23–19–8
51 	T 	January 27, 1980 	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	23–19–9
52 	L 	January 31, 1980 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	23–20–9
53 	W 	February 2, 1980 	6–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	24–20–9
54 	L 	February 3, 1980 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	24–21–9
55 	W 	February 10, 1980 	3–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	25–21–9
56 	L 	February 13, 1980 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	25–22–9
57 	L 	February 17, 1980 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	25–23–9
58 	L 	February 18, 1980 	4–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	25–24–9
59 	W 	February 20, 1980 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	26–24–9
60 	L 	February 23, 1980 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–25–9
61 	W 	February 24, 1980 	8–2 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	27–25–9
62 	W 	February 27, 1980 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	28–25–9
63 	W 	February 28, 1980 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	29–25–9
64 	W 	March 2, 1980 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	30–25–9
65 	W 	March 5, 1980 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	31–25–9
66 	L 	March 8, 1980 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	31–26–9
67 	W 	March 9, 1980 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	32–26–9
68 	W 	March 12, 1980 	6–0 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	33–26–9
69 	W 	March 15, 1980 	8–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	34–26–9
70 	W 	March 16, 1980 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	35–26–9
71 	L 	March 19, 1980 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	35–27–9
72 	L 	March 21, 1980 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	35–28–9
73 	L 	March 23, 1980 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	35–29–9
74 	T 	March 25, 1980 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	35–29–10
75 	L 	March 28, 1980 	2–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	35–30–10
76 	W 	March 29, 1980 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	36–30–10
77 	W 	March 31, 1980 	7–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	37–30–10
78 	L 	April 2, 1980 	3–7 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	37–31–10
79 	L 	April 5, 1980 	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	37–32–10
80 	W 	April 6, 1980 	8–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	38–32–10
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 3, Atlanta Flames 1===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	34	44	78 	73 	-13	13 	0 	5
 	LW 	79	25	48	73 	97 	-15	6 	1 	3
 	RW 	80	32	39	71 	21 	13 	7 	0 	4
 	LW 	75	29	33	62 	38 	20 	12 	0 	2
 	D 	61	14	45	59 	98 	16 	5 	0 	4
 	D 	76	21	37	58 	103	-11	6 	1 	3
 	C 	50	14	44	58 	20 	15 	5 	0 	1
 	C/RW	73	28	22	50 	37 	-6 	3 	3 	2
 	RW 	56	23	19	42 	16 	-11	5 	1 	2
 	C 	76	12	25	37 	36 	19 	4 	2 	2
 	D 	77	12	25	37 	186	10 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	78	14	21	35 	60 	3 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	79	8 	23	31 	142	0 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	55	10	20	30 	26 	1 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	66	3 	20	23 	118	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	55	7 	6 	13 	17 	-6 	0 	0 	3
 	LW 	25	4 	7 	11 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	31	4 	7 	11 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	45	4 	6 	10 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	9 	1 	7 	8 	8 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	20	2 	5 	7 	6 	-12	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	5 	5 	4 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	3 	1 	4 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2 	2 	4 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0 	3 	3 	37 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1 	1 	2 	21 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	1 	2 	43 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	1 	1 	76 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2306	41	20	15	4 	122	3.17	2
 	1391	27	9 	8 	6 	79 	3.41	1
 	435 	8 	5 	2 	0 	33 	4.55	0
 	668 	12	4 	7 	0 	44 	3.95	0
Team: 	4800	80	38	32	10	278	3.47	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C/RW	9 	5	2	7 	11 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	3	3	6 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	0	6	6 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0	6	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3	2	5 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	1	4	5 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	2	2	4 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	9 	0	4	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	2	1	3 	8 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	2	3 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	0	1 	42 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	1	0	1 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0	1	1 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	541	9 	4	5	21	2.33	0
Team: 	541	9 	4	5	21	2.33	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==
*The Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
New York Rangers season, 1979–80
New York Rangers season, 1979–80
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