1978–79 New York Rangers
Season record and every player who suited up
40-29-11 · 91 points · 316 goals for, 292 against · Patrick Division · 5th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 80 | 42 | 36 | 78 | -1 | 37 |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 20 | 33 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 8 | 56 |
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 59 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 17 | 21 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 79 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 10 | 35 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 80 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 11 | 35 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 60 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 0 | 66 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 66 | 13 | 34 | 47 | -7 | 24 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 77 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 86 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 77 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 19 | 38 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 40 | 15 | 22 | 37 | -6 | 6 |
| Pierre Plante | R | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 37 |
| Mario Marois | D | 71 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 17 | 153 |
| Dean Talafous | C | 68 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 29 |
| Lucien DeBlois | R | 62 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 26 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 76 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 151 |
| Don Maloney | L | 28 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 39 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 71 | 1 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 61 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 27 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 71 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 190 |
| Greg Polis | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Dan Clark | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Korney | R | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Andre Dore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McDougall | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Turner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Frank Beaton | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | G | 39 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3.53 | 0.873 | 0 | |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 31 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3.64 | 0.866 | 1 | |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3.81 | 0.869 | 0 |
Playoffs · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 18 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 20 |
| Don Maloney | L | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 19 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 8 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Bobby Sheehan | C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 45 |
| Mario Marois | D | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Pierre Plante | R | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Lucien DeBlois | R | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
Playoffs · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | G | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2.28 | 0.921 | 1 |