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48-17-13 (109 points), Finished 2nd in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 317 goals, Allowed 192 goals, SRS: 1.49 (2nd of 14)
Coached by Emile Francis (48-17-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) to Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Montreal Canadiens
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1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 78 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 109 | .699 | 317 | 192 | 1.49 | 6.53 | 60 | 257 | 23.35 | 44 | 282 | 84.40 | 14 | 10 |
| League Average | 78 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 78 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 6.13 | 52 | 269 | 19.38 | 52 | 269 | 80.62 | 8 | 8 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Ratelle | C | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | 63 | 46 | 63 | 109 | 1.73 | 42 | 0.66 | 140 | 39 | 41 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 183 | 2.90 | 25.1 | ||
| 2 | Vic Hadfield | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | 78 | 50 | 56 | 106 | 1.36 | 42 | 0.53 | 156 | 45 | 51 | 0 | 60 | 142 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 242 | 3.10 | 20.7 | ||
| 3 | Rod Gilbert | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 30 | 73 | 43 | 54 | 97 | 1.33 | 38 | 0.52 | 147 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 51 | 64 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 238 | 3.26 | 18.1 | ||
| 4 | Brad Park | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 75 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 0.97 | 27 | 0.36 | 159 | 42 | 70 | 15 | 62 | 130 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 263 | 3.51 | 9.1 | ||
| 5 | Walt Tkaczuk | C | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 76 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 0.87 | 25 | 0.32 | 89 | 15 | 57 | 17 | 34 | 65 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 231 | 3.04 | 10.4 | ||
| 6 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | 78 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 0.76 | 22 | 0.28 | 87 | 12 | 55 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 139 | 1.78 | 15.8 | ||
| 7 | Bobby Rousseau | RW | 5-10 | 178 | 31 | 78 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 0.73 | 21 | 0.27 | 96 | 46 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 180 | 2.31 | 11.7 | ||
| 8 | Rod Seiling | D | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | 78 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 0.53 | 13 | 0.17 | 127 | 7 | 92 | 25 | 53 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 168 | 2.15 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | Bruce MacGregor | C | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 75 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 0.53 | 16 | 0.21 | 64 | 4 | 53 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 137 | 1.83 | 13.9 | ||
| 10 | Jim Neilson | D | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 0.47 | 12 | 0.16 | 131 | 18 | 97 | 22 | 38 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 2.35 | 3.8 | ||
| 11 | Ted Irvine | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 0.46 | 14 | 0.18 | 56 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 2.10 | 9.1 | ||
| 12 | Pete Stemkowski | C | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | 59 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.47 | 11 | 0.18 | 40 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 2.69 | 6.9 | ||
| 13 | Gene Carr | C | 5-11 | 185 | 20 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.11 | 37 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 1.25 | 10.8 | ||
| 14 | Dale Rolfe | D | 6-4 | 210 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.08 | 93 | 3 | 64 | 15 | 41 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 2.44 | 1.2 | ||
| 15 | Glen Sather | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | 76 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.18 | 5 | 0.07 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 21 | -2 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.68 | 9.6 | ||
| 16 | Ab DeMarco | D | 6-0 | 170 | 22 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.09 | 37 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 1.98 | 4.2 | ||
| 17 | Gary Doak | D | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | 49 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.07 | 40 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.67 | 3.0 | ||
| 18 | Dave Balon | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 3 | 0.22 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1.88 | 13.3 | ||
| 19 | Pierre Jarry | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.07 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.94 | 9.4 | ||
| 20 | Phil Goyette | C | 5-11 | 170 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.25 | 10.0 | ||
| 21 | Jack Egers | RW | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.08 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.76 | 15.4 | ||
| 22 | Ron Stewart | RW | 6-1 | 197 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.77 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Norm Gratton | LW | 5-11 | 165 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Mike McMahon | D | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 25 | Jim Lorentz | C/RW | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Jim Dorey | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 27 | Tom Williams | LW | 5-11 | 187 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 78 | 317 | 531 | 848 | 10.87 | 317 | 4.06 | 317 | 60 | 192 | 44 | 109 | 1006 | 243 | 60 | 14 | 48 | 2811 | 36.04 | 11.3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Giacomin | G | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | 44 | 2551 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 57 | .663 | 1 | 115 | 2.70 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Gilles Villemure | G | 5-8 | 185 | 31 | 37 | 2129 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 52 | .743 | 3 | 74 | 2.09 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Team Total | 78 | 4680 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 189 | 2.42 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Rousseau | RW | 5-10 | 178 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1.06 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Vic Hadfield | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.00 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Rod Gilbert | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.94 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | Pete Stemkowski | C | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.75 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.75 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Brad Park | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.69 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Walt Tkaczuk | C | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.63 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 8 | Ted Irvine | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Bruce MacGregor | C | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Dale Rolfe | D | 6-4 | 210 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.44 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Rod Seiling | D | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Phil Goyette | C | 5-11 | 170 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Gene Carr | C | 5-11 | 185 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.25 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Jim Neilson | D | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Ron Stewart | RW | 6-1 | 197 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Jean Ratelle | C | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Ab DeMarco | D | 6-0 | 170 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Glen Sather | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Steve Andrascik | RW | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Jim Dorey | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | Gary Doak | D | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 16 | 52 | 87 | 139 | 8.69 | 275 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Giacomin | G | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | 10 | 600 | 6 | 4 | 12 | .600 | 0 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Gilles Villemure | G | 5-8 | 185 | 31 | 6 | 360 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .667 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 78 | 960 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2.56 |