1981–82 New York Rangers season

The 1981–82 New York Rangers season was the 56th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 2nd in the Patrick Division, defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3 games to 1 in the Division Semi-finals and lost in the Division Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 2.
==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, 1981 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 9, 1981 	3–8 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 10, 1981 	0–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	0–3–0
4 	W 	October 14, 1981 	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 17, 1981 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	1–4–0
6 	W 	October 18, 1981 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 21, 1981 	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 24, 1981 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	3–5–0
9 	L 	October 25, 1981 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	3–6–0
10 	L 	October 28, 1981 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	3–7–0
11 	L 	October 31, 1981 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	3–8–0
12 	W 	November 1, 1981 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	4–8–0
13 	L 	November 4, 1981 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	4–9–0
14 	W 	November 5, 1981 	6–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	5–9–0
15 	W 	November 7, 1981 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	6–9–0
16 	W 	November 11, 1981 	7–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	7–9–0
17 	T 	November 13, 1981 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	7–9–1
18 	L 	November 15, 1981 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	7–10–1
19 	W 	November 18, 1981 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	8–10–1
20 	L 	November 21, 1981 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	8–11–1
21 	L 	November 22, 1981 	2–7 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	8–12–1
22 	T 	November 25, 1981 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	8–12–2
23 	L 	November 28, 1981 	4–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	8–13–2
24 	T 	November 29, 1981 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	8–13–3
25 	W 	December 2, 1981 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	9–13–3
26 	W 	December 5, 1981 	2–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	10–13–3
27 	L 	December 6, 1981 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	10–14–3
28 	L 	December 9, 1981 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	10–15–3
29 	W 	December 12, 1981 	5–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	11–15–3
30 	W 	December 14, 1981 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	12–15–3
31 	L 	December 16, 1981 	3–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	12–16–3
32 	T 	December 19, 1981 	3–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	12–16–4
33 	L 	December 20, 1981 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	12–17–4
34 	W 	December 23, 1981 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	13–17–4
35 	T 	December 26, 1981 	4–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	13–17–5
36 	W 	December 27, 1981 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	14–17–5
37 	W 	December 30, 1981 	6–4 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	15–17–5
38 	W 	January 2, 1982 	6–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	16–17–5
39 	L 	January 3, 1982 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	16–18–5
40 	W 	January 7, 1982 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	17–18–5
41 	W 	January 9, 1982 	7–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	18–18–5
42 	W 	January 11, 1982 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	19–18–5
43 	W 	January 13, 1982 	2–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	20–18–5
44 	T 	January 15, 1982 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	20–18–6
45 	L 	January 18, 1982 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	20–19–6
46 	W 	January 20, 1982 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	21–19–6
47 	L 	January 23, 1982 	1–6 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	21–20–6
48 	T 	January 24, 1982 	4–4 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	21–20–7
49 	W 	January 27, 1982 	5–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	22–20–7
50 	W 	January 29, 1982 	5–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	23–20–7
51 	W 	January 31, 1982 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	24–20–7
52 	W 	February 2, 1982 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	25–20–7
53 	T 	February 4, 1982 	4–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	25–20–8
54 	L 	February 7, 1982 	4–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	25–21–8
55 	T 	February 10, 1982 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	25–21–9
56 	W 	February 13, 1982 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	26–21–9
57 	W 	February 14, 1982 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	27–21–9
58 	W 	February 17, 1982 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	28–21–9
59 	T 	February 18, 1982 	4–4 	Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	28–21–10
60 	L 	February 21, 1982 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	28–22–10
61 	W 	February 24, 1982 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	29–22–10
62 	W 	February 27, 1982 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	30–22–10
63 	L 	February 28, 1982 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	30–23–10
64 	W 	March 3, 1982 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	31–23–10
65 	T 	March 4, 1982 	4–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	31–23–11
66 	L 	March 6, 1982 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	31–24–11
67 	W 	March 8, 1982 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	32–24–11
68 	T 	March 10, 1982 	5–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	32–24–12
69 	W 	March 11, 1982 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	33–24–12
70 	T 	March 14, 1982 	5–5 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	33–24–13
71 	W 	March 17, 1982 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	34–24–13
72 	W 	March 20, 1982 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	35–24–13
73 	W 	March 21, 1982 	8–5 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	36–24–13
74 	W 	March 24, 1982 	7–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	37–24–13
75 	W 	March 26, 1982 	8–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	38–24–13
76 	L 	March 28, 1982 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	38–25–13
77 	L 	March 29, 1982 	3–7 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	38–26–13
78 	W 	March 31, 1982 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	39–26–13
79 	L 	April 2, 1982 	5–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	39–27–13
80 	T 	April 3, 1982 	3–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	39–27–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1===
===New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	38	65	103	43 	2 	6 	1 	2
 	C/RW	72	40	36	76 	82 	18 	10 	1 	3
 	C 	79	33	43	76 	67 	21 	12 	3 	3
 	RW 	68	30	28	58 	57 	-5 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	54	22	36	58 	73 	9 	6 	1 	5
 	D 	78	18	38	56 	27 	18 	7 	0 	3
 	D 	64	13	36	49 	105	2 	6 	1 	3
 	D 	60	9 	29	38 	111	19 	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	64	15	20	35 	39 	17 	1 	0 	0
 	C/LW	30	8 	24	32 	24 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	53	11	20	31 	18 	2 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	53	15	14	29 	32 	-15	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	48	7 	15	22 	74 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	3 	18	21 	104	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	34	9 	11	20 	13 	4 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	56	4 	16	20 	64 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	70	8 	10	18 	151	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	29	5 	11	16 	16 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	5 	9 	14 	10 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	29	6 	7 	13 	8 	-3 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	26	3 	9 	12 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	50	5 	6 	11 	45 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	41	3 	8 	11 	152	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	40	2 	9 	11 	12 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	3 	5 	8 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	3 	3 	10 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	49	0 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	3 	0 	2 	2 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2852	49	23	16	9 	179	3.77	1
 	1500	25	13	6 	5 	89 	3.56	0
 	328 	6 	1 	5 	0 	33 	6.04	0
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1.00	0
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	39	27	14	303	3.79	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C/LW	10	7	4	11 	11 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	5	5	10 	10 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	10	4	5	9 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	2	6	8 	25 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	5	7 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	6	7 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	6	7 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	10	5	1	6 	31 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	2	4	6 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	1	5	6 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	5	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	4	5 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	4	0	4 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	1	3	4 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	3	3 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	1	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	443	8 	4	3	28	3.79	0
 	127	4 	1	2	9 	4.25	0
 	33 	1 	0	0	3 	5.45	0
Team: 	603	10	5	5	40	3.98	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==
==See Also==
*1981–82 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1981–82
New York Rangers season, 1981–82
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