1970–71 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1970–71 1970 New York Rangers 49–18–11 30–2–7 19–16–4 East 2nd Emile Francis Emile Francis Bob Nevin Jim NeilsonRod GilbertVic Hadfield 259 177 Madison Square Garden Dave Balon (36) Walt Tkaczuk (49) Walt Tkaczuk (75) Ted Irvine (137) Ed Giacomin (27) Ed Giacomin (2.16) The 1970–71 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 45th season. 2 Regular season Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1970–71 regular season1970-71 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1971_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 31, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 6–2–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 2–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 10 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–1 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 14 || Buffalo Sabres || 3–0 || 1–1–0 |- | 3 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 2–1–0 |- | 4 || 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–0 || 3–1–0 |- | 5 || 21 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 4–1–0 |- | 6 || 24 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4–1 || 5–1–0 |- | 7 || 25 || California Golden Seals || 2–2 || 5–1–1 |- | 8 || 28 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 6–1–1 |- | 9 || 31 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–0 || 6–2–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 7–3–3 (home: 4–0–2; road: 3–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 1 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 7–2–1 |- | 11 || 4 || @ California Golden Seals || 3–1 || 7–3–1 |- | 12 || 7 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6–2 || 8–3–1 |- | 13 || 11 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 || 8–3–2 |- | 14 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 8–4–2 |- | 15 || 15 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 9–4–2 |- | 16 || 18 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 5–3 || 10–4–2 |- | 17 || 21 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–4 || 11–4–2 |- | 18 || 22 || Minnesota North Stars || 2–0 || 12–4–2 |- | 19 || 25 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–1 || 12–5–2 |- | 20 || 26 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 2–2 || 12–5–3 |- | 21 || 28 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 12–5–4 |- | 22 || 29 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–2 || 13–5–4 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 11–2–2 (home: 7–0–1; road: 4–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 23 || 2 || St. Louis Blues || 4–2 || 14–5–4 |- | 24 || 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 15–5–4 |- | 25 || 6 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–1 || 16–5–4 |- | 26 || 8 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4–1 || 16–6–4 |- | 27 || 9 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 2–2 || 16–6–5 |- | 28 || 11 || @ California Golden Seals || 2–1 || 17–6–5 |- | 29 || 13 || Los Angeles Kings || 4–0 || 18–6–5 |- | 30 || 16 || Buffalo Sabres || 4–0 || 19–6–5 |- | 31 || 19 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–3 || 20–6–5 |- | 32 || 20 || Vancouver Canucks || 5–1 || 21–6–5 |- | 33 || 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 7–2 || 22–6–5 |- | 34 || 23 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–1 || 23–6–5 |- | 35 || 26 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 7–4 || 23–7–5 |- | 36 || 27 || St. Louis Blues || 4–4 || 23–7–6 |- | 37 || 29 || California Golden Seals || 3–2 || 24–7–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 6–3–4 (home: 2–0–3; road: 4–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 38 || 2 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || 25–7–6 |- | 39 || 3 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–5 || 26–7–6 |- | 40 || 9 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 1–0 || 27–7–6 |- | 41 || 10 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–2 || 28–7–6 |- | 42 || 12 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4–2 || 29–7–6 |- | 43 || 15 || @ California Golden Seals || 3–1 || 29–8–6 |- | 44 || 17 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 29–9–6 |- | 45 || 20 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–3 || 29–9–7 |- | 46 || 21 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 5–5 || 29–9–8 |- | 47 || 24 || Minnesota North Stars || 6–2 || 30–9–8 |- | 48 || 27 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 30–9–9 |- | 49 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5–2 || 30–10–9 |- | 50 || 31 || Los Angeles Kings || 2–2 || 30–10–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 9–4–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 51 || 3 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 30–11–10 |- | 52 || 4 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–0 || 31–11–10 |- | 53 || 6 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5–4 || 32–11–10 |- | 54 || 9 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–3 || 32–12–10 |- | 55 || 10 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–3 || 33–12–10 |- | 56 || 13 || @ St. Louis Blues || 2–1 || 33–13–10 |- | 57 || 14 || St. Louis Blues || 2–1 || 34–13–10 |- | 58 || 17 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–0 || 34–14–10 |- | 59 || 20 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || 35–14–10 |- | 60 || 21 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 36–14–10 |- | 61 || 24 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 37–14–10 |- | 62 || 27 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–0 || 38–14–10 |- | 63 || 28 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–2 || 39–14–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 9–3–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 2–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 64 || 3 || California Golden Seals || 8–1 || 40–14–10 |- | 65 || 6 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 40–14–11 |- | 66 || 7 || Los Angeles Kings || 4–2 || 41–14–11 |- | 67 || 10 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 42–14–11 |- | 68 || 12 || Philadelphia Flyers || 7–2 || 43–14–11 |- | 69 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 44–14–11 |- | 70 || 18 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–1 || 44–15–11 |- | 71 || 20 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 44–16–11 |- | 72 || 21 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 44–17–11 |- | 73 || 23 || Buffalo Sabres || 7–2 || 45–17–11 |- | 74 || 27 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–3 || 46–17–11 |- | 75 || 28 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 47–17–11 |- | 76 || 31 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 48–17–11 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 77 || 3 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–2 || 48–18–11 |- | 78 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–0 || 49–18–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (E4) Toronto Maple Leafs – Rangers win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 7 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–5 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 8 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 1–3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || Toronto leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 4–2 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–3 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 15 || New York Rangers || 2–1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || OT || New York Rangers win series 4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (W1) Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 18 || New York Rangers || 2–1 || Chicago Black Hawks || OT || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 20 || New York Rangers || 0–3 || Chicago Black Hawks || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 22 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–4 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 25 || Chicago Black Hawks || 7–1 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 27 || New York Rangers || 2–3 || Chicago Black Hawks || OT || Chicago leads series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–3 || New York Rangers || OT || Series tied 3–3 |- | 7 || May 2 || New York Rangers || 2–4 || Chicago Black Hawks || || Chicago wins series 4–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Walt Tkaczuk 77 26 49 75 48 Jean Ratelle 78 26 46 72 14 Rod Gilbert 78 30 31 61 65 Dave Balon 78 36 24 60 34 Bob Nevin 78 21 25 46 10 Pete Stemkowski† 68 16 29 45 61 Vic Hadfield 63 22 22 44 38 Brad Park 68 7 37 44 114 Ted Irvine 76 20 18 38 137 Jim Neilson 77 8 24 32 69 Bill Fairbairn 56 7 23 30 32 Rod Seiling 68 5 22 27 34 Bruce MacGregor† 27 12 13 25 4 Tim Horton 78 2 18 20 57 Jack Egers 60 7 10 17 50 Arnie Brown‡ 48 3 12 15 24 Ron Stewart 76 5 6 11 19 Dale Rolfe† 14 0 7 7 23 Andre Dupont 7 1 2 3 21 Syl Apps Syl Apps, Jr‡ 31 1 2 3 11 Glen Sather† 31 2 0 2 52 Mike Robitaille‡ 11 1 1 2 7 Larry Brown Larry Brown (ice hockey)† 31 1 1 2 10 Jim Krulicki‡ 27 0 2 2 6 Ab DeMarco Ab DeMarco Jr. 2 0 1 1 0 Don Luce‡ 9 0 1 1 0 Don Blackburn 1 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Vic Hadfield 13 8 5 13 46 Jean Ratelle 13 2 9 11 8 Rod Gilbert 13 4 6 10 8 Bob Nevin 13 5 3 8 0 Walt Tkaczuk 13 1 5 6 14 Tim Horton 13 1 4 5 14 Pete Stemkowski 13 3 2 5 6 Dave Balon 13 3 2 5 4 Bruce MacGregor 13 0 4 4 2 Brad Park 13 0 4 4 42 Jim Neilson 13 0 3 3 30 Ted Irvine 12 1 2 3 28 Larry Brown Larry Brown (ice hockey) 11 0 1 1 0 Glen Sather 13 0 1 1 18 Dale Rolfe 13 0 1 1 14 Ron Stewart 13 1 0 1 0 Rod Seiling 13 1 0 1 12 Jack Egers 3 0 0 0 2 Bill Fairbairn 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Tie GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Ed Giacomin 45 2641 27 10 7 95 2.16 8 Gilles Villemure 34 2039 22 8 4 78 2.30 4 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Ed Giacomin 12 759 7 5 28 2.21 0 Gilles Villemure 2 80 0 1 6 4.50 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. hockeydb.com 2010-08-08 1970–71 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481971.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100905023544/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481971.html 5 September 2010 live Draft picks New York's picks at the 1970 NHL amateur draft in Montreal, Canada. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 11 Norm Gratton RW Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) 2 25 Mike Murphy RW Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA) 3 39 Wendell Bennett RW Canada Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) 4 53 Andre St. Pierre D Canada Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL) 5 67 Gary Coalter RW Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) 6 81 Duane Wylie C United States St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) 7 94 Wayne Bell G Canada Estevan Bruins (WCHL) 8 106 Pierre Brind'Amour LW Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) See also 1970–71 NHL season References 1970-71 Category:1970–71 NHL season by team Category:1970 in sports in New York City Category:1971 in sports in New York City 1970-71 New York Rangers season