1973–74 New York Rangers season

The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the 48th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 3rd in the East Division and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 in the Quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in the Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
On July 27, 1973, Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47-48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0 This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.
==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, 1973 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 13, 1973 	8–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	2–0–0
3 	T 	October 14, 1973 	1–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	October 17, 1973 	4–0 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	3–0–1
5 	L 	October 20, 1973 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	3–1–1
6 	L 	October 21, 1973 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 27, 1973 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 28, 1973 	2–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	3–4–1
9 	T 	October 30, 1973 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	3–4–2
10 	L 	November 1, 1973 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	November 4, 1973 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	3–6–2
12 	W 	November 7, 1973 	7–3 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	4–6–2
13 	T 	November 9, 1973 	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	4–6–3
14 	W 	November 11, 1973 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	5–6–3
15 	T 	November 14, 1973 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	5–6–4
16 	L 	November 15, 1973 	2–10 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	5–7–4
17 	W 	November 17, 1973 	6–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	6–7–4
18 	W 	November 18, 1973 	7–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	7–7–4
19 	W 	November 21, 1973 	3–0 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	8–7–4
20 	W 	November 22, 1973 	7–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	9–7–4
21 	T 	November 24, 1973 	5–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	9–7–5
22 	W 	November 25, 1973 	5–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	10–7–5
23 	T 	November 29, 1973 	2–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	10–7–6
24 	T 	December 1, 1973 	4–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	10–7–7
25 	W 	December 2, 1973 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	11–7–7
26 	W 	December 5, 1973 	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	12–7–7
27 	L 	December 6, 1973 	4–8 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	12–8–7
28 	W 	December 9, 1973 	6–3 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	13–8–7
29 	T 	December 12, 1973 	1–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	13–8–8
30 	T 	December 15, 1973 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	13–8–9
31 	L 	December 16, 1973 	1–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	13–9–9
32 	W 	December 20, 1973 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	14–9–9
33 	W 	December 22, 1973 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	15–9–9
34 	L 	December 23, 1973 	1–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	15–10–9
35 	W 	December 26, 1973 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	16–10–9
36 	L 	December 29, 1973 	1–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	16–11–9
37 	W 	December 30, 1973 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	17–11–9
38 	L 	January 3, 1974 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	17–12–9
39 	L 	January 4, 1974 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	17–13–9
40 	W 	January 6, 1974 	5–2 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	18–13–9
41 	L 	January 10, 1974 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	18–14–9
42 	W 	January 12, 1974 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	19–14–9
43 	W 	January 13, 1974 	7–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	20–14–9
44 	T 	January 16, 1974 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	20–14–10
45 	L 	January 17, 1974 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	20–15–10
46 	W 	January 19, 1974 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	21–15–10
47 	W 	January 23, 1974 	4–1 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	22–15–10
48 	W 	January 27, 1974 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	23–15–10
49 	W 	January 30, 1974 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	24–15–10
50 	W 	February 2, 1974 	3–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	25–15–10
51 	T 	February 3, 1974 	5–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	25–15–11
52 	W 	February 6, 1974 	6–0 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	26–15–11
53 	L 	February 9, 1974 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	26–16–11
54 	W 	February 10, 1974 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	27–16–11
55 	T 	February 14, 1974 	4–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	27–16–12
56 	W 	February 16, 1974 	9–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	28–16–12
57 	W 	February 21, 1974 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	29–16–12
58 	W 	February 22, 1974 	4–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	30–16–12
59 	W 	February 24, 1974 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	31–16–12
60 	W 	February 27, 1974 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	32–16–12
61 	W 	March 2, 1974 	3–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	33–16–12
62 	W 	March 3, 1974 	8–2 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	34–16–12
63 	W 	March 6, 1974 	9–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	35–16–12
64 	L 	March 9, 1974 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	35–17–12
65 	W 	March 10, 1974 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	36–17–12
66 	L 	March 14, 1974 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	36–18–12
67 	W 	March 16, 1974 	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	37–18–12
68 	L 	March 17, 1974 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	37–19–12
69 	L 	March 20, 1974 	5–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	37–20–12
70 	T 	March 21, 1974 	5–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	37–20–13
71 	L 	March 23, 1974 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	37–21–13
72 	W 	March 24, 1974 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	38–21–13
73 	L 	March 27, 1974 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	38–22–13
74 	L 	March 30, 1974 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	38–23–13
75 	T 	March 31, 1974 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	38–23–14
76 	W 	April 3, 1974 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	39–23–14
77 	L 	April 6, 1974 	3–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	39–24–14
78 	W 	April 7, 1974 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	40–24–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	78	25	57	82 	148	18 	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	75	36	41	77 	20 	11 	16 	0 	8
 	C 	78	25	45	70 	74 	3 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	68	28	39	67 	16 	5 	6 	0 	3
 	C 	71	21	42	63 	58 	15 	3 	3 	0
 	RW 	78	18	44	62 	12 	11 	4 	3 	3
 	LW 	75	34	24	58 	18 	6 	5 	0 	5
 	LW 	77	27	28	55 	75 	1 	12 	0 	4
 	RW 	72	10	41	51 	4 	2 	6 	0 	0
 	LW 	75	26	20	46 	105	2 	2 	0 	5
 	C 	66	17	27	44 	6 	-1 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	68	7 	23	30 	32 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	2 	17	19 	28 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	26	6 	10	16 	24 	7 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	48	3 	12	15 	56 	16 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	63	2 	12	14 	25 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	4 	7 	11 	38 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	23	2 	4 	6 	4 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	29	1 	5 	6 	15 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	1 	3 	4 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	3 	4 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	2 	1 	3 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	2 	3 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	2 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3286	56	30	15	10	168	3.07	5
 	1054	21	7 	7 	3 	62 	3.53	0
 	340 	6 	3 	2 	1 	18 	3.18	0
Team: 	4680	78	40	24	14	248	3.18	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	13	6	6	12 	35 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	4	8	12 	38 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	13	1	8	9 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1	8	9 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	6	2	8 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	13	4	4	8 	17 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	3	5	8 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	3	5	8 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	3	5	8 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2	4	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	13	0	5	5 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	3	0	3 	14 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	12	0	2	2 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	2	2 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	
 	G 	13	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	788	13	7	6	37	2.82	0
 	1 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0
Team: 	789	13	7	6	37	2.81	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==
*Brad Park, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
Orr-hattrick-15Nov1973.gif|Bobby Orr had a hat trick and 7 points, November 15, 1973.
Orr_goal-1st_names-4Jan1974.gif|The Bruins wore jerseys with names on the back for the first time, January 4, 1974.
==Video==
Flyers-Rangers 1974 Semi-finals Game 3, April 25, 1973.
Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers (1973 1974 NHL Season - Play-Off Semi-Final, Game 3)
Flyers-Rangers 1974 Semi-finals Game 7.
1974 NHL SCP SF G7 NY Rangers @ Philadelphia 5 5 1974
==See Also==
*1973–74 NHL season
==References==
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