1982–83 New York Rangers season

The 1982–83 New York Rangers season was the 57th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, New York compiled a 35–35–10 record and finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division. The Rangers qualified for the NHL playoffs, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-game sweep in the first round. In the Patrick Division Finals, the Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders in six games.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1982-83 Game Log

October: 6-7-0 (Home: 5-3-0; Road: 1-4-0)

November: 6-4-1 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 2-3-1)

December: 6-5-2 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 1-3-2)

January: 5-7-3 (Home: 3-4-2; Road: 2-3-1)

February: 5-4-2 (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 1-4-2)

March: 7-7-1 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 4-4-1)

April: 0-1-1 (Home: 0-0-1; Road: 0-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - New York Rangers win series 3-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 5	New York Rangers	5 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 7	New York Rangers	4 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 9	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 9	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 3-0

Division Finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Islanders win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 14	New York Rangers	1 - 4	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 1-0
2	April 15	New York Rangers	0 - 5	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 2-0
3	April 17	New York Islanders	6 - 7	New York Rangers		New York Islanders lead series 2-1
4	April 18	New York Islanders	1 - 3	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 20	New York Rangers	2 - 7	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 3-2
6	April 22	New York Islanders	5 - 2	New York Rangers		New York Islanders win series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	71	29	47	76	-10	28
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	78	37	38	75	20	52
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	78	29	40	69	-5	88
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	77	16	53	69	27	22
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	78	25	34	59	17	12
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	78	17	34	51	12	23
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	78	8	42	50	-3	132
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	78	22	26	48	12	46
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	72	19	25	44	-13	58
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	52	15	21	36	-4	27
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	66	12	22	34	22	112
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	61	12	19	31	11	41
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson	71	8	20	28	6	14
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	72	8	13	21	6	90
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky^†	35	12	8	20	-1	0
Allison, MikeMike Allison	39	11	9	20	8	37
Baker, BillBill Baker	70	4	14	18	-8	64
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	44	8	7	15	1	33
Dore, AndreAndre Dore^‡	39	3	12	15	17	39
Kleinendorst, ScotScot Kleinendorst	30	2	9	11	7	8
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	80	0	10	10	-11	75
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	10	3	5	8	0	0
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	10	2	4	6	-1	2
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw^†	26	2	2	4	2	37
Backman, MikeMike Backman	7	1	3	4	-5	6
Silk, DaveDave Silk	16	1	1	2	-3	15
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	5	0	1	1	0	4
Connor, CamCam Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolson, GraemeGraeme Nicolson	10	0	0	0	-5	9

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	9	4	8	12	4
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	9	4	5	9	12
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	9	2	5	7	12
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	7	1	6	7	10
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	9	3	3	6	6
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	9	2	4	6	8
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	9	4	2	6	6
Allison, MikeMike Allison	8	0	5	5	10
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	9	4	1	5	19
Backman, MikeMike Backman	9	2	2	4	0
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	8	2	2	4	12
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	9	2	2	4	28
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	7	1	3	4	4
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	9	0	2	2	6
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	9	1	1	2	10
Kleinendorst, ScotScot Kleinendorst	6	0	2	2	2
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	5	0	1	1	6
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	4	1	0	1	0
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	5	0	1	1	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	1	0	0	0	0
Baker, BillBill Baker	2	0	0	0	0
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson	9	0	0	0	0
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	41	2365	16	18	6	136	3.45	1295	.883	2
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon^†	21	1173	9	10	1	67	3.43	702	.894	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	18	1040	9	5	3	68	3.92	559	.862	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	3	102	0	1	0	5	2.94	49	.886	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2	120	1	1	0	5	2.50	60	.909	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	8	480	5	3	32	4.00	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	1	60	0	1	5	5.00	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.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[4]^[5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Chris Kontos	C	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
2	36	Tomas Sandstrom	RW	Sweden	Farjestads BK (Elitserien)
3	57	Corey Millen	C	United States	Cloquet H.S. (Minnesota)
4	78	Chris Jensen	RW	Canada	Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL)
6	120	Tony Granato	C	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
7	141	Sergei Kapustin	LW	Russia	Moscow Spartak (Russia)
8	160	Brian Glynn	C	United States	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NAJHL)
8	162	Jan Karlsson	D	Sweden	IFK Kiruna (Sweden)
9	183	Kelly Miller	LW	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
10	193	Simo Saarinen	D	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
10	204	Bob Lowes	C	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
11	225	Andy Otto	D	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
12	246	Dwayne Robinson	D	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)

References

↑ "1982–83 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1982-83 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1982 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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