The New York Rangers used 36 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 34-46-0 record. Anders Hedberg led the team with 70 points (30 goals, 40 assists) in 80 games. Doug Soetaert played the most games in goal (39).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Greschner 🇨🇦 D 26 | 74 | 🧊 4 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 0.92 | 6 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 112 | — |
| 2 | Dave Maloney 🇨🇦 D 24 | 79 | 🧊 2 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 0.59 | 3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 132 | — |
| 3 | Barry Beck 🇨🇦 D 23 | 75 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.45 | 6 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 231 | — |
| 4 | Tom Laidlaw 🇨🇦 D 22 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 0.36 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 5 | Carol Vadnais 🇨🇦 D 35 | 74 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 0.31 | 1 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 6 | Ed Hospodar 🇺🇸 D 22 | 61 | 🧊 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0.31 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 214 | — |
| 7 | Chris Kotsopoulos 🇨🇦 D 22 | 54 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.30 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 153 | — |
| 8 | Andre Dore 🇨🇦 D 23 | 15 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 9 | Mario Marois 🇨🇦 D 23 | 8 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 10 | Jeff Bandura 🇨🇦 D 24 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Tim Bothwell 🇨🇦 D 25 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 80 | 69 | 176 | 245 | 3.06 | 17 | 915 | 0 | 0 | 1094 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ▲ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Weeks 🇨🇦 G 22 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 58:57 | |
| 2 | Wayne Thomas 🇨🇦 G 33 | 10 | 4 | 3.40 | 0.000 | 0 | 34 | 59:40 | |
| 3 | Steve Baker 🇺🇸 G 23 | 21 | 10 | 3.48 | 0.000 | 0 | 73 | 59:49 | |
| 4 | Doug Soetaert 🇨🇦 G 25 | 39 | 18 | 3.90 | 0.000 | 0 | 152 | 59:23 | |
| 5 | John Davidson 🇨🇦 G 28 | 10 | 2 | 4.80 | 0.000 | 0 | 48 | 55:44 |
67% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on United States: 22% of its players, against 11% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 69% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
-15 | 562 (69%) | Johnstone, Greschner, Allison, Vickers +20 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+11 | 110 (13%) | Talafous, Silk, Gillis, Hospodar +4 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+5 | 115 (14%) | Hedberg, Nilsson, Wallin |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 28 (3%) | Tkaczuk |
Anders Hedberg led the New York Rangers in scoring in 1980-81 with 70 points — 30 goals and 40 assists in 80 games. Next came Eddie Johnstone (68) and Ron Greschner (68).
Anders Hedberg scored 30 goals for the New York Rangers in 1980-81, 7 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 36 players in 1980-81: 31 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 312 goals.
Doug Soetaert played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in 1980-81: 39 games, 18 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.90 goals against average. Steve Baker was the backup, in 21 games.
The average age was 25.5 years. Mike Allison was the youngest at 20, and Phil Esposito the oldest at 39.
The New York Rangers used 36 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 3 in Sweden. The other 1 came from Germany. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 67% on this roster.