1983–84 New York Rangers season

The 1983–84 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 58th season. The Rangers posted a 42–29–9 record in the regular season, and their fourth-place finish in the Patrick Division earned them a berth in the NHL playoffs. In the Patrick Division semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders, three games to two.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

| 1 || 5 || New Jersey Devils || 6 – 2 || 1–0–0

| 2 || 7 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 1 || 2–0–0

| 3 || 8 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 1 || 3–0–0

| 4 || 10 || Los Angeles Kings || 2 – 1 || 4–0–0

| 5 || 13 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 3 || 5–0–0

| 6 || 15 || @ St. Louis Blues || 6 – 5 || 5–1–0

| 7 || 16 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 4 || 6–1–0

| 8 || 19 || Calgary Flames || 3 – 1 || 7–1–0

| 9 || 22 || @ New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 8–1–0

| 10 || 23 || New York Islanders || 6 – 5 OT || 9–1–0

| 11 || 26 || Winnipeg Jets || 7 – 5 || 9–2–0

| 12 || 28 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 – 3 || 9–3–0

| 13 || 30 || Edmonton Oilers || 5 – 4 OT || 9–4–0

| 14 || 2 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 3 OT || 9–4–1

| 15 || 5 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 4 OT || 9–4–2

| 16 || 8 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 1 || 10–4–2

| 17 || 9 || Calgary Flames || 4 – 3 || 11–4–2

| 18 || 12 || @ Washington Capitals || 7 – 4 || 11–5–2

| 19 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 6 – 3 || 12–5–2

| 20 || 16 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 1 || 13–5–2

| 21 || 19 || @ Boston Bruins || 6 – 6 OT || 13–5–3

| 22 || 20 || Quebec Nordiques || 6 – 5 OT || 14–5–3

| 23 || 23 || Buffalo Sabres || 6 – 4 || 14–6–3

| 24 || 25 || @ Washington Capitals || 3 – 1 || 14–7–3

| 25 || 26 || @ Hartford Whalers || 4 – 3 OT || 14–8–3

| 26 || 28 || Vancouver Canucks || 3 – 3 OT || 14–8–4

| 27 || 30 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4 – 0 || 14–9–4

| 28 || 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4 – 2 || 15–9–4

| 29 || 4 || Minnesota North Stars || 6 – 4 || 16–9–4

| 30 || 7 || Washington Capitals || 7 – 5 || 17–9–4

| 31 || 12 || New Jersey Devils || 7 – 3 || 17–10–4

| 32 || 14 || Edmonton Oilers || 9 – 4 || 17–11–4

| 33 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 7 – 1 || 17–12–4

| 34 || 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 1 || 18–12–4

| 35 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3 – 2 || 19–12–4

| 36 || 26 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 – 4 || 19–13–4

| 37 || 28 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7 – 4 || 20–13–4

| 38 || 30 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 3 || 21–13–4

| 39 || 31 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 2 || 22–13–4

| 40 || 2 || @ Washington Capitals || 2 – 2 OT || 22–13–5

| 41 || 4 || New Jersey Devils || 4 – 3 OT || 23–13–5

| 42 || 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 5 – 2 || 23–14–5

| 43 || 8 || New York Islanders || 5 – 4 || 24–14–5

| 44 || 12 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2 – 1 || 25–14–5

| 45 || 14 || @ New York Islanders || 4 – 2 || 25–15–5

| 46 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 8 – 5 || 26–15–5

| 47 || 18 || St. Louis Blues || 6 – 2 || 27–15–5

| 48 || 20 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 3 || 27–16–5

| 49 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6 – 3 || 28–16–5

| 50 || 25 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 3 || 29–16–5

| 51 || 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 4 – 2 || 29–17–5

| 52 || 29 || St. Louis Blues || 3 – 2 || 30–17–5

| 53 || 2 || @ Calgary Flames || 8 – 1 || 30–18–5

| 54 || 4 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 4 || 31–18–5

| 55 || 5 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3 – 3 OT || 31–18–6

| 56 || 8 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 3 – 1 || 32–18–6

| 57 || 9 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4 – 4 OT || 32–18–7

| 58 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6 – 6 OT || 32–18–8

| 59 || 15 || New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 33–18–8

| 60 || 18 || @ New York Islanders || 4 – 3 || 33–19–8

| 61 || 19 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 2 OT || 33–20–8

| 62 || 23 || Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 2 || 34–20–8

| 63 || 25 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7 – 4 || 34–21–8

| 64 || 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 3 OT || 35–21–8

| 65 || 28 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 3 OT || 35–21–9

| 66 || 29 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3 – 1 || 35–22–9

| 67 || 3 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 – 1 || 35–23–9

| 68 || 4 || Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 4 || 35–24–9

| 69 || 7 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 6 – 3 || 35–25–9

| 70 || 9 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6 – 5 OT || 36–25–9

| 71 || 10 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 2 || 37–25–9

| 72 || 14 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 3 || 38–25–9

| 73 || 17 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 4 || 38–26–9

| 74 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 6 – 4 || 38–27–9

| 75 || 22 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 3 || 39–27–9

| 76 || 24 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 5 || 39–28–9

| 77 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 2 || 40–28–9

| 78 || 29 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 4 || 41–28–9

| 79 || 31 || @ Hartford Whalers || 5 – 3 || 41–29–9

| 80 || 1 || Hartford Whalers || 2 – 0 || 42–29–9

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 4 || New York Rangers || 1 – 4 || New York Islanders || || New York Islanders lead series 1-0

| 2 || April 5 || New York Rangers || 3 – 0 || New York Islanders || || Series tied 1-1

| 3 || April 7 || New York Islanders || 2 – 7 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 2-1

| 4 || April 8 || New York Islanders || 4 – 1 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2-2

| 5 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 2 – 3 || New York Islanders || OT || New York Islanders win series 3-2

Legend:

Player statistics Skaters

Regular season Player 77 29 53 82 11 96 77 48 33 81 -15 22 79 32 35 67 18 16 79 24 42 66 -5 62 78 23 38 61 -24 45 74 20 39 59 17 26 77 12 44 56 5 117 73 23 28 51 1 88 77 22 22 44 3 24 72 9 27 36 12 134 68 7 26 33 11 168 75 5 25 30 14 16 28 3 23 26 4 28 42 9 14 23 -14 60 45 8 12 20 5 64 63 5 15 20 5 8 79 3 15 18 -10 62 41 6 8 14 0 21 40 7 6 13 8 115 36 5 6 11 0 31 12 1 7 8 6 2 † 14 5 2 7 -12 4 26 2 5 7 6 110 31 3 2 5 2 22 † 9 1 2 3 0 4 9 1 2 3 1 4 9 1 1 2 0 11 23 0 2 2 -10 35 6 0 1 1 0 8 8 0 1 1 -1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 4 0 0 0 -3 4 ‡ 6 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 5 2 4 6 0 5 1 4 5 0 5 1 3 4 0 5 3 1 4 2 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 2 9 5 0 2 2 4 5 2 0 2 4 5 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 6 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 6 4 1 0 1 6 5 0 1 1 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 12 5 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 2837 28 14 4 166 3.51 1674 .890 1 26 1361 10 11 2 90 3.97 757 .865 0 9 485 2 3 3 29 3.59 283 .886 0 3 180 2 1 0 10 3.33 95 .882 0

Playoffs Player 5 308 2 3 13 2.53 166 .922 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 – 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.

Draft picks New York's picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 12 Dave Gagner C Brantford Alexanders (OHL) 2 33 Randy Heath LW Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 3 49 Vesa Salo D Lukko Rauma (FNL) 3 53 Gordie Walker LW Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 4 73 Peter Andersson D Orebro IK (Sweden) 5 93 Jim Andonoff RW Belleville Bulls (OHL) 6 113 Bob Alexander D Rosemount H.S. (Minnesota) 7 133 Steve Orth C St. Cloud Tech H.S. (Minnesota) 8 153 Pete Marcov LW Welland (Ontario Jr. B) 9 173 Paul Jerrard RW Notre Dame Academy (Sask. AAA) 11 213 Bryan Walker D Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 12 233 Ulf Nilsson G Skelleftea (FNL)

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