1988–89 New York Rangers
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division · 37-35-0, 82 pts · Playoffs 0-4
The 1988–89 New York Rangers went 37-35-0 (82 points) in the Patrick Division and played 4 playoff games (0-4). Tomas Sandstrom led the team with 88 points (32 G, 56 A). John Vanbiesbrouck had 28 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 79 | 32 | 56 | 88 | +5 | 148 | 11 | 240 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 68 | 23 | 48 | 71 | +8 | 50 | 8 | 268 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Mullen | R | 78 | 29 | 35 | 64 | +7 | 60 | 8 | 217 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Granato | R | 78 | 36 | 27 | 63 | +17 | 140 | 4 | 234 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 70 | 26 | 36 | 62 | +14 | 91 | 2 | 128 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carey Wilson | C | 41 | 21 | 34 | 55 | +1 | 45 | 10 | 108 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 |
| James Patrick | D | 68 | 11 | 36 | 47 | +3 | 41 | 6 | 147 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | R | 67 | 18 | 27 | 45 | +1 | 12 | 6 | 122 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 56 | 24 | 19 | 43 | -6 | 50 | 8 | 147 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ogrodnick | L | 60 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 149 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | R | 73 | 9 | 24 | 33 | -6 | 107 | 0 | 117 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Michel Petit | D | 69 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -15 | 154 | 5 | 132 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Lafreniere | C | 38 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -3 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Dionne | C | 37 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 20 | 4 | 74 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| David Shaw | D | 63 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +14 | 88 | 3 | 85 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Lawton | C | 30 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 39 | 3 | 58 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Erixon | L | 44 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 27 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hardy | D | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 45 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Nilan | R | 38 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 177 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | L | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +2 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +9 | 94 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm MacIver | D | 26 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Turcotte | C | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Miller | C | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Liba | L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Normand Rochefort | D | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Poeschek | R | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 199 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Paterson | L | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miloslav Horava | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Wheeldon | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Laviolette | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Bloemberg | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Janssens | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hammond | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jayson More | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Latos | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 78 | 54 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 1662 | .881 | 3.69 | 0 |
| Bob Froese | 76 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 787 | .870 | 3.78 | 1 |
| Mike Richter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Rosati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | @ CHI | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 8 | @ STL | W 4–2 | Final |
| Oct 10 | vs NJD | L 0–5 | Final |
| Oct 12 | vs HFD | L 3–4 | Final |
| Oct 16 | vs VAN | W 3–2 | Final |
| Oct 19 | vs WSH | W 5–1 | Final |
| Oct 21 | @ WSH | W 4–1 | Final |
| Oct 23 | vs QUE | W 8–2 | Final |
| Oct 26 | vs PHI | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 29 | @ PHI | W 6–5 | Final |
| Oct 30 | vs PIT | W 9–2 | Final |
| Nov 2 | @ BUF | L 4–6 | Final |
| Nov 6 | @ NJD | L 5–6 | Final |
| Nov 8 | @ NYI | L 3–4 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs PHI | W 5–3 | Final |
| Nov 11 | vs BOS | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 13 | vs DET | L 3–5 | Final |
| Nov 15 | @ PHI | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Nov 17 | @ LAK | W 6–5 | Final |
| Nov 19 | @ MNS | W 4–1 | Final |
| Nov 21 | vs MTL | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 23 | @ PIT | L 2–8 | Final |
| Nov 26 | @ NYI | W 6–4 | Final |
| Nov 27 | vs NYI | W 5–3 | Final |
| Nov 29 | @ WIN | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 1 | @ CGY | L 3–6 | Final |
| Dec 4 | @ EDM | L 6–10 | Final |
| Dec 6 | @ VAN | W 5–3 | Final |
| Dec 8 | @ HFD | L 4–5 | Final |
| Dec 10 | @ BOS | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Dec 12 | vs LAK | L 2–5 | Final |
| Dec 14 | vs NYI | W 2–1 | Final |
| Dec 17 | @ MTL | L 3–6 | Final |
| Dec 19 | vs WSH | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 21 | vs BUF | L 2–5 | Final |
| Dec 23 | @ WSH | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 26 | vs NJD | W 5–1 | Final |
| Dec 27 | @ NJD | W 7–5 | Final |
| Dec 31 | vs CHI | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs HFD | W 5–4 | Final |
| Jan 4 | vs WSH | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 7 | @ NYI | W 5–1 | Final |
| Jan 9 | vs NJD | L 4–5 | Final |
| Jan 14 | @ PIT | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 15 | vs PIT | W 6–4 | Final |
| Jan 18 | @ CHI | W 6–4 | Final |
| Jan 19 | @ STL | W 5–0 | Final |
| Jan 21 | @ VAN | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 23 | @ EDM | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 26 | @ CGY | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 28 | @ TOR | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Jan 30 | vs NYI | W 7–3 | Final |
| Feb 1 | vs WSH | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Feb 4 | @ MTL | L 5–7 | Final |
| Feb 5 | vs MNS | L 3–5 | Final |
| Feb 9 | vs WIN | W 4–3 | Final |
| Feb 12 | vs EDM | L 1–3 | Final |
| Feb 14 | @ PHI | L 1–3 | Final |
| Feb 17 | vs TOR | L 6–10 | Final |
| Feb 18 | @ PIT | W 5–3 | Final |
| Feb 20 | vs NJD | W 7–4 | Final |
| Feb 22 | vs PHI | L 4–6 | Final |
| Feb 25 | @ QUE | W 7–2 | Final |
| Feb 27 | vs LAK | W 6–4 | Final |
| Mar 1 | vs TOR | W 7–4 | Final |
| Mar 3 | @ NJD | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 5 | vs BOS | L 0–5 | Final |
| Mar 8 | vs BUF | L 0–2 | Final |
| Mar 9 | @ DET | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 11 | @ WSH | L 2–4 | Final |
| Mar 13 | vs CGY | W 4–3 | Final |
| Mar 15 | vs WIN | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 18 | @ QUE | L 3–8 | Final |
| Mar 20 | vs STL | W 7–4 | Final |
| Mar 22 | vs MNS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Mar 25 | @ PHI | L 1–6 | Final |
| Mar 26 | vs PIT | L 4–6 | Final |
| Mar 29 | @ DET | L 3–4 | Final |
| Apr 1 | @ PIT | L 2–5 | Final |
| Apr 2 | vs NYI | L 4–6 | Final |
| Apr 5 | @ PIT | L 1–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 6 | @ PIT | L 4–7 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 8 | vs PIT | L 3–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 9 | vs PIT | L 3–4 | Final · Playoffs |