1981–82 New York Rangers season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1981–82 1981 New York Rangers Wales 5th Patrick 2nd 39–27–14 19–15–6 20–12–8 316 306 Craig Patrick Herb Brooks Barry Beck None Madison Square Garden 17,399 Ron Duguay (40) Mike Rogers (65) Mike Rogers (103) Ed Hospodar (152) Steve Weeks (23) John Davidson/John Vanbiesbrouck (1.00) The 1981–82 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 56th season.New York Rangers Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/ 2019-06-21 During the regular season, the Rangers finished second in the Patrick Division with 92 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, three games to one, to advance to the Patrick Division Finals. There, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders in six games.1981–82 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1982.html 2009-06-15 2 Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1981–82 regular season1981–82 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1982_games.html Hockey-Reference March 31, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 3–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–4–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 9 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 8–3 || 0–2–0 |- | 3 || 10 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 7–0 || 0–3–0 |- | 4 || 14 || Vancouver Canucks || 2–1 || 1–3–0 |- | 5 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 5–4 || 1–4–0 |- | 6 || 18 || St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 2–4–0 |- | 7 || 21 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–2 || 2–5–0 |- | 8 || 24 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 3–5–0 |- | 9 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 3–6–0 |- | 10 || 28 || Edmonton Oilers || 5–3 || 3–7–0 |- | 11 || 31 || @ Boston Bruins || 7–3 || 3–8–0 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–5–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 2–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 12 || 1 || Calgary Flames || 4–2 || 4–8–0 |- | 13 || 4 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–3 || 4–9–0 |- | 14 || 5 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6–2 || 5–9–0 |- | 15 || 7 || @ Washington Capitals || 3–1 || 6–9–0 |- | 16 || 11 || Buffalo Sabres || 7–3 || 7–9–0 |- | 17 || 13 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–3 || 7–9–1 |- | 18 || 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 5–3 || 7–10–1 |- | 19 || 18 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–2 || 8–10–1 |- | 20 || 21 || @ New York Islanders || 4–3 || 8–11–1 |- | 21 || 22 || New York Islanders || 7–2 || 8–12–1 |- | 22 || 25 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 8–12–2 |- | 23 || 28 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 7–4 || 8–13–2 |- | 24 || 29 || Quebec Nordiques || 4–4 || 8–13–3 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 7–4–2 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–0–2) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 25 || 2 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4–3 || 9–13–3 |- | 26 || 5 || @ Colorado Rockies || 2–1 || 10–13–3 |- | 27 || 6 || Hartford Whalers || 5–3 || 10–14–3 |- | 28 || 9 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 10–15–3 |- | 29 || 12 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5–3 || 11–15–3 |- | 30 || 14 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–4 || 12–15–3 |- | 31 || 16 || Philadelphia Flyers || 7–3 || 12–16–3 |- | 32 || 19 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 || 12–16–4 |- | 33 || 20 || Washington Capitals || 3–2 || 12–17–4 |- | 34 || 23 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–2 || 13–17–4 |- | 35 || 26 || @ Washington Capitals || 4–4 || 13–17–5 |- | 36 || 27 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 14–17–5 |- | 37 || 30 || New York Islanders || 6–4 || 15–17–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 9–3–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–2–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 38 || 2 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–5 || 16–17–5 |- | 39 || 3 || Washington Capitals || 4–3 || 16–18–5 |- | 40 || 7 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–1 || 17–18–5 |- | 41 || 9 || Chicago Black Hawks || 7–5 || 18–18–5 |- | 42 || 11 || Minnesota North Stars || 5–3 || 19–18–5 |- | 43 || 13 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 2–0 || 20–18–5 |- | 44 || 15 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 4–4 || 20–18–6 |- | 45 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 20–19–6 |- | 46 || 20 || New York Islanders || 3–2 || 21–19–6 |- | 47 || 23 || @ New York Islanders || 6–1 || 21–20–6 |- | 48 || 24 || Washington Capitals || 4–4 || 21–20–7 |- | 49 || 27 || @ Washington Capitals || 5–4 || 22–20–7 |- | 50 || 29 || @ Colorado Rockies || 5–2 || 23–20–7 |- | 51 || 31 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6–3 || 24–20–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 6–3–3 (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–1–2) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 52 || 2 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4–3 || 25–20–7 |- | 53 || 4 || @ Calgary Flames || 4–4 || 25–20–8 |- | 54 || 7 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 8–4 || 25–21–8 |- | 55 || 10 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–3 || 25–21–9 |- | 56 || 13 || @ Hartford Whalers || 3–2 || 26–21–9 |- | 57 || 14 || Quebec Nordiques || 5–2 || 27–21–9 |- | 58 || 17 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 28–21–9 |- | 59 || 18 || Colorado Rockies || 4–4 || 28–21–10 |- | 60 || 21 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 28–22–10 |- | 61 || 24 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–4 || 29–22–10 |- | 62 || 27 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–4 || 30–22–10 |- | 63 || 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || 30–23–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 9–3–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 5–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 64 || 3 || Calgary Flames || 4–2 || 31–23–10 |- | 65 || 4 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || 31–23–11 |- | 66 || 6 || @ New York Islanders || 6–4 || 31–24–11 |- | 67 || 8 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–3 || 32–24–11 |- | 68 || 10 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–5 || 32–24–12 |- | 69 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 33–24–12 |- | 70 || 14 || Washington Capitals || 5–5 || 33–24–13 |- | 71 || 17 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–2 || 34–24–13 |- | 72 || 20 || @ Washington Capitals || 4–3 || 35–24–13 |- | 73 || 21 || St. Louis Blues || 8–5 || 36–24–13 |- | 74 || 24 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–2 || 37–24–13 |- | 75 || 26 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 8–5 || 38–24–13 |- | 76 || 28 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–1 || 38–25–13 |- | 77 || 29 || New York Islanders || 7–3 || 38–26–13 |- | 78 || 31 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 39–26–13 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 0–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–1) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 79 || 2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–5 || 39–27–13 |- | 80 || 3 || @ Hartford Whalers || 3–3 || 39–27–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs Key: #ccffcc darkgray Win #ffbbbb darkgray Loss background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division semifinals vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers – Rangers win 3–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–1 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 8 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–7 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 4–3 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 7–5 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers win series 3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division Division vs. (P1) New York Islanders – Islanders win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 15 || New York Rangers || 5–4 || New York Islanders || || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 16 || New York Rangers || 2–7 || New York Islanders || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 18 || New York Islanders || 4–3 || New York Rangers || OT || New York Islanders lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 19 || New York Islanders || 5–3 || New York Rangers || || New York Islanders lead series 3–1 |- | 5 || April 21 || New York Rangers || 4–2 || New York Islanders || || New York Islanders lead series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 23 || New York Islanders || 5–3 || New York Rangers || || New York Islanders win series 4–2 |- |- | 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 +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Mike Rogers Mike Rogers (ice hockey) 80 38 65 103 2 43 Ron Duguay 72 40 36 76 18 82 Mark Pavelich 79 33 43 76 21 67 Ed Johnstone 68 30 28 58 −5 57 Don Maloney 54 22 36 58 9 73 Reijo Ruotsalainen 78 18 38 56 18 27 Dave Maloney 64 13 36 49 2 105 Barry Beck 60 9 29 38 19 111 Dave Silk 64 15 20 35 17 39 Robbie Ftorek† 30 8 24 32 8 24 Mikko Leinonen 53 11 20 31 2 18 Pat Hickey Pat Hickey (ice hockey)†‡ 53 15 14 29 −15 32 Mike Allison 48 7 15 22 −3 74 Tom Laidlaw 79 3 18 21 7 104 Steve Vickers Steve Vickers (ice hockey) 34 9 11 20 4 13 Andre Dore 56 4 16 20 10 64 Nick Fotiu 70 8 10 18 −7 151 Ron Greschner 29 5 11 16 −11 16 Rob McClanahan‡ 22 5 9 14 7 10 Dean Talafous 29 6 7 13 −3 8 Jere Gillis‡ 26 3 9 12 −2 16 Carol Vadnais 50 5 6 11 −2 45 Ed Hospodar 41 3 8 11 −8 152 Peter Wallin 40 2 9 11 1 12 Tom Younghans† 47 3 5 8 0 17 Tim Bothwell 13 0 3 3 −5 10 Steve Weeks 49 0 3 3 0 0 Mark Morrison Mark Morrison (ice hockey b. 1963) 9 1 1 2 −5 0 Mike Backman 3 0 2 2 7 4 Anders Hedberg 4 0 1 1 −2 0 Lance Nethery‡ 5 0 0 0 −1 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Robbie Ftorek 10 7 4 11 11 Don Maloney 10 5 5 10 10 Reijo Ruotsalainen 10 4 5 9 2 Ed Johnstone 10 2 6 8 25 Rob McClanahan 10 2 5 7 2 Mikko Leinonen 7 1 6 7 20 Mike Rogers Mike Rogers (ice hockey) 9 1 6 7 2 Dave Silk 9 2 4 6 4 Barry Beck 10 1 5 6 14 Mark Pavelich 6 1 5 6 0 Ron Duguay 10 5 1 6 31 Dave Maloney 10 1 4 5 6 Cam Connor 10 4 0 4 16 Mike Allison 10 1 3 4 18 Tom Laidlaw 10 0 3 3 14 Nick Fotiu 10 0 2 2 6 Andre Dore 10 1 1 2 16 Carol Vadnais 10 1 0 1 4 Gary Burns Gary Burns (ice hockey) 4 0 0 0 4 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1955) 2 0 0 0 0 Mike Backman 1 0 0 0 2 Tom Younghans 2 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 SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Steve Weeks 49 2852 23 16 9 179 3.77 1345 .867 1 Eddie Mio 25 1500 13 6 5 89 3.56 767 .884 0 Steve Baker Steve Baker (ice hockey) 6 328 1 5 0 33 6.04 163 .798 0 John Davidson John Davidson (ice hockey) 1 60 1 0 0 1 1.00 29 .966 0 John Vanbiesbrouck 1 60 1 0 0 1 1.00 30 .967 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Eddie Mio 8 443 4 3 28 3.79 0 Steve Weeks 4 127 1 2 9 4.25 0 John Davidson John Davidson (ice hockey) 1 33 0 0 3 5.45 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 1981–82 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481982.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100723115858/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481982.html 23 July 2010 live Transactions September 8, 1981 – Rangers trade Doug Soetaert to the Winnipeg Jets for a 1983 3rd round pick. October 2, 1981 – Rangers acquire Mike Rogers from the Hartford Whalers for Chris Kotsopoulos, Doug Sulliman, and Gerry McDonald. October 16, 1981 – Rangers acquire Pat Hickey from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 1982 5th round pick. October 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire the rights to Tom Younghans from the Minnesota North Stars for cash. December 11, 1981 – Rangers acquire Eddie Mio from the Edmonton Oilers for Lance Nethery. December 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire Robbie Ftorek and a 1982 8th round pick from the Quebec Nordiques for Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous. Talafous, however, did not report to the Nordiques and an arbitrator awarded Pat Hickey to the Nordiques on March 8, 1982. February 2, 1982 – Rangers acquire Rob McClanahan from the Hartford Whalers for a 1982 10th round pick. 1981–82 New York Rangers trades NHL-Trade-Tracker http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_season_team/New_York_Rangers/1981-82/1 2014-10-06 Draft picks New York's picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.1981 NHL Entry Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1981_entry.html 2012-05-05NHL Draft History National Hockey League http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2012-05-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2001-01-28 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 9 James Patrick D Canada Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 2 30 Jan Erixon LW Sweden Skelleftea AIK (Elitserien) 3 50 Peter Sundstrom LW Sweden Bjorkloven (Elitserien) 3 51 Mark Morrison C Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL) 4 72 John Vanbiesbrouck G United States Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 6 114 Eric Magnuson C United States R.P.I. (NCAA) 7 135 Mike Guentzel D United States Greenway (Minn H.S.) 8 156 Ari Lahteenmaki RW Finland HIFK (FNL) 9 177 Paul Reifenberger C United States Anoka High School (Minnesota) 10 198 Mario Proulx G Canada Providence College (NCAA) References 1981-82 Category:1981–82 NHL season by team Category:1981 in sports in New York City Category:1982 in sports in New York City 1981-82 New York Rangers season