1967–68 New York Rangers season

The 1967–68 New York Rangers season was the 42nd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 2nd in the East Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Rangers held their training camp in Kitchener, Ontario.
==Regular Season==
Walt Tkaczuk played his first of 945 games for the Rangers on January 24, 1968.
===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 11, 1967 	6–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 15, 1967 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	October 18, 1967 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 21, 1967 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	2–1–1
5 	W 	October 22, 1967 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) 	3–1–1
6 	T 	October 25, 1967 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	3–1–2
7 	T 	October 26, 1967 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	3–1–3
8 	W 	October 29, 1967 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	4–1–3
9 	W 	October 31, 1967 	6–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) 	5–1–3
10 	W 	November 1, 1967 	2–0 	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68) 	6–1–3
11 	L 	November 4, 1967 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	6–2–3
12 	L 	November 8, 1967 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	6–3–3
13 	W 	November 12, 1967 	5–3 	Oakland Seals (1967–68) 	7–3–3
14 	L 	November 16, 1967 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) 	7–4–3
15 	L 	November 18, 1967 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 19, 1967 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) 	8–5–3
17 	L 	November 22, 1967 	1–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	8–6–3
18 	L 	November 23, 1967 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	8–7–3
19 	W 	November 26, 1967 	1–0 	St. Louis Blues (1967–68) 	9–7–3
20 	L 	November 29, 1967 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	9–8–3
21 	W 	December 2, 1967 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) 	10–8–3
22 	W 	December 3, 1967 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) 	11–8–3
23 	T 	December 6, 1967 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	11–8–4
24 	L 	December 7, 1967 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	11–9–4
25 	L 	December 9, 1967 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	11–10–4
26 	W 	December 10, 1967 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	12–10–4
27 	L 	December 13, 1967 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	12–11–4
28 	L 	December 16, 1967 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	12–12–4
29 	W 	December 17, 1967 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1967–68) 	13–12–4
30 	W 	December 20, 1967 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	14–12–4
31 	L 	December 23, 1967 	0–4 	Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	14–13–4
32 	W 	December 25, 1967 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) 	15–13–4
33 	T 	December 27, 1967 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) 	15–13–5
34 	T 	December 30, 1967 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	15–13–6
35 	W 	December 31, 1967 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	16–13–6
36 	T 	January 3, 1968 	5–5 	Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	16–13–7
37 	L 	January 6, 1968 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	16–14–7
38 	W 	January 7, 1968 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	17–14–7
39 	T 	January 10, 1968 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	17–14–8
40 	W 	January 13, 1968 	3–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) 	18–14–8
41 	W 	January 17, 1968 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	19–14–8
42 	L 	January 19, 1968 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) 	19–15–8
43 	W 	January 20, 1968 	3–0 	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68) 	20–15–8
44 	W 	January 24, 1968 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	21–15–8
45 	L 	January 27, 1968 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) 	21–16–8
46 	W 	January 28, 1968 	4–2 	Oakland Seals (1967–68) 	22–16–8
47 	L 	January 31, 1968 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	22–17–8
48 	L 	February 1, 1968 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	22–18–8
49 	T 	February 3, 1968 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	22–18–9
50 	W 	February 4, 1968 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	23–18–9
51 	W 	February 8, 1968 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	24–18–9
52 	T 	February 10, 1968 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) 	24–18–10
53 	T 	February 11, 1968 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	24–18–11
54 	W 	February 15, 1968 	6–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	25–18–11
55 	W 	February 17, 1968 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	26–18–11
56 	W 	February 18, 1968 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) 	27–18–11
57 	L 	February 21, 1968 	2–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	27–19–11
58 	W 	February 24, 1968 	6–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	28–19–11
59 	W 	February 25, 1968 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	29–19–11
60 	W 	February 29, 1968 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	30–19–11
61 	W 	March 2, 1968 	4–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) 	31–19–11
62 	W 	March 3, 1968 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	32–19–11
63 	W 	March 6, 1968 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	33–19–11
64 	T 	March 9, 1968 	1–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	33–19–12
65 	L 	March 10, 1968 	3–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) 	33–20–12
66 	L 	March 13, 1968 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	33–21–12
67 	L 	March 14, 1968 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	33–22–12
68 	W 	March 17, 1968 	3–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) 	34–22–12
69 	W 	March 20, 1968 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) 	35–22–12
70 	L 	March 23, 1968 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	35–23–12
71 	W 	March 24, 1968 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) 	36–23–12
72 	W 	March 28, 1968 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68) 	37–23–12
73 	W 	March 30, 1968 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) 	38–23–12
74 	W 	March 31, 1968 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) 	39–23–12
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
19 	 	C 	74	32	46	78 	18 	10 	0 	5
7 	 	RW 	73	29	48	77 	12 	8 	0 	6
20 	 	C 	73	25	40	65 	10 	4 	0 	7
8 	 	RW 	74	28	30	58 	20 	3 	0 	4
22 	 	LW 	70	19	30	49 	2 	4 	0 	3
11 	 	LW 	59	20	19	39 	45 	7 	0 	7
25 	 	C 	73	15	20	35 	82 	2 	0 	2
15 	 	D 	67	6 	29	35 	60 	2 	0 	1
3 	 	D 	74	5 	24	29 	62 	1 	0 	2
4 	 	D 	74	1 	25	26 	83 	0 	0 	0
9 	 	D/LW	73	17	7 	24 	132	0 	1 	0
5 	 	RW 	59	5 	16	21 	11 	4 	0 	0
21 	 	C 	36	8 	12	20 	0 	1 	0 	0
16 	 	D 	71	5 	11	16 	44 	0 	0 	1
12 	 	RW 	55	7 	7 	14 	19 	0 	0 	1
10, 17	 	LW 	47	2 	4 	6 	15 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	62	0 	5 	5 	46 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	C 	19	2 	1 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	RW 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	66	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3940	66	36	20	10	160	2.44	8
 	300 	5 	2 	1 	2 	13 	2.60	0
 	200 	4 	1 	2 	0 	8 	2.40	1
Team: 	4440	74	39	23	12	181	2.45	9
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	6 	5	0	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	1	2	3 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	6 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	360	6 	2	4	18	3.00	0
Team: 	360	6 	2	4	18	3.00	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==
*Rod Gilbert, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Jim Neilson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Eddie Giacomin, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Trivia==
*Rangers who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Rod Gilbert during the 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on December 17, 1967.
**Jean Ratelle during the 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 7, 1968.
**Rod Gilbert had a four goal game during the 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on February 24, 1968.
**Bob Nevin during the 5-3 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 20, 1968.
==Gallery==
1967Sep-Espo_Giacomin.jpg|Phil Esposito beats Eddie Giacomin in a September 1967 pre-season game.
13Mar1968-Hodge_Espo_vs_NYR.jpg|Phil Esposito in action, March 13, 1968.
==See Also==
*1967–68 NHL season
==References==
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