The New York Rangers used 36 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 40-40-0 record. Phil Esposito led the team with 78 points (34 goals, 44 assists) in 80 games. John Davidson played the most games in goal (41).
| # | 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 | Phil Esposito 🇨🇦 C 38 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 0.97 | 13 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Don Maloney 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 0.92 | 6 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| 3 | Anders Hedberg 🇸🇪 RW 29 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 0.89 | 7 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 4 | Steve Vickers 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 75 | 🔥 4 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 0.83 | 12 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 5 | Barry Beck 🇨🇦 D 22 | 61 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 45 | 59 | 0.97 | 5 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 6 | Ron Greschner 🇨🇦 D 25 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 0.76 | 6 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 7 | Ulf Nilsson 🇸🇪 C 29 | 50 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 1.16 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 8 | Ron Duguay 🇨🇦 C 22 | 73 | 🔥 1 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 0.68 | 3 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 9 | Don Murdoch 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 56 | 🧊 1 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 0.75 | 5 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 10 | Walt Tkaczuk 🇩🇪 C 32 | 76 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 0.49 | 4 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 11 | Dave Maloney 🇨🇦 D 23 | 77 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 0.48 | 3 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 186 | — |
| 12 | Eddie Johnstone 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 0.45 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 13 | Mario Marois 🇨🇦 D 22 | 79 | 🧊 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 0.39 | 1 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 142 | — |
| 14 | Dean Talafous 🇺🇸 C 26 | 55 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.55 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 15 | Carol Vadnais 🇨🇦 D 34 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 0.35 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 118 | — |
| 16 | Warren Miller 🇺🇸 RW 25 | 55 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.24 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 17 | Doug Sulliman 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 31 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.35 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Claude Larose 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 25 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.44 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Tim Bothwell 🇨🇦 D 24 | 45 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.22 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 20 | Mike McEwen 🇨🇦 D 23 | 9 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.89 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 21 | Jocelyn Guevremont 🇨🇦 D 29 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.35 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 22 | Pat Conacher 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 17 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.29 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Lucien DeBlois 🇨🇦 C 22 | 6 | 🔥 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 24 | Pat Hickey 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 25 | Cam Connor 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 26 | Ray Markham 🇨🇦 C 22 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 27 | Frank Beaton 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 23 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 28 | Ed Hospodar 🇺🇸 D 21 | 20 | 🧊 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 76 | — |
| 29 | Bill Lochead 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 30 | Andre Dore 🇨🇦 D 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Jim Mayer 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Dave Silk 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 32 skaters | 80 | 308 | 517 | 825 | 10.31 | 78 | 2383 | 0 | 0 | 1328 |
| # | 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 | John Davidson 🇨🇦 G 27 | 41 | 21 | 2.98 | 0.000 | 0 | 122 | 56:03 | |
| 2 | Steve Baker 🇺🇸 G 22 | 27 | 12 | 2.93 | 0.000 | 0 | 79 | 51:26 | |
| 3 | Doug Soetaert 🇨🇦 G 24 | 8 | 5 | 4.13 | 0.000 | 0 | 33 | 54:11 | |
| 4 | Wayne Thomas 🇨🇦 G 32 | 12 | 4 | 3.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 44 | 55:17 |
78% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on United States: 14% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 75% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 28 |
|
-6 | 615 (75%) | Esposito, Maloney, Vickers, Beck +24 |
| United States | 5 |
|
+4 | 44 (5%) | Talafous, Miller, Hospodar, Silk +1 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 129 (16%) | Hedberg, Nilsson |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 37 (4%) | Tkaczuk |
Phil Esposito led the New York Rangers in scoring in 1979-80 with 78 points — 34 goals and 44 assists in 80 games. Next came Don Maloney (73) and Anders Hedberg (71).
Phil Esposito scored 34 goals for the New York Rangers in 1979-80, 13 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 36 players in 1979-80: 32 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 308 goals.
John Davidson played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in 1979-80: 41 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.98 goals against average. Steve Baker was the backup, in 27 games.
The average age was 25.2 years. Doug Sulliman was the youngest at 20, and Phil Esposito the oldest at 38.
The New York Rangers used 36 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 5 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 1 came from Germany. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 78% on this roster.