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1981–82 New York Rangers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1981–82
year	1981
Team	New York Rangers
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	5th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	39–27–14
HomeRecord	19–15–6
RoadRecord	20–12–8
GoalsFor	316
GoalsAgainst	306
GeneralManager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Barry Beck
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	17,399
GoalsLeader	Ron Duguay (40)
AssistsLeader	Mike Rogers (65)
PointsLeader	Mike Rogers (103)
PIMLeader	Ed Hospodar (152)
WinsLeader	Steve Weeks (23)
GAALeader	John Davidson/John Vanbiesbrouck (1.00)

The 1981–82 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 56th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished second in the Patrick Division with 92 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, three games to one, to advance to the Patrick Division Finals. There, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders in six games.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 9 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 8–3 || 0–2–0 |- | 3 || 10 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 7–0 || 0–3–0 |- | 4 || 14 || Vancouver Canucks || 2–1 || 1–3–0 |- | 5 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 5–4 || 1–4–0 |- | 6 || 18 || St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 2–4–0 |- | 7 || 21 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–2 || 2–5–0 |- | 8 || 24 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 3–5–0 |- | 9 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 3–6–0 |- | 10 || 28 || Edmonton Oilers || 5–3 || 3–7–0 |- | 11 || 31 || @ Boston Bruins || 7–3 || 3–8–0

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Playoffs

Main article: 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

|- | 1 || April 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–1 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 8 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–7 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 4–3 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers lead series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 7–5 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers win series 3–1

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Player statistics

;Skaters

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
	80	38	65	103	2	43
	72	40	36	76	18	82
	79	33	43	76	21	67
	68	30	28	58	−5	57
	54	22	36	58	9	73
	78	18	38	56	18	27
	64	13	36	49	2	105
	60	9	29	38	19	111
	64	15	20	35	17	39
†	30	8	24	32	8	24
	53	11	20	31	2	18
†‡	53	15	14	29	−15	32
	48	7	15	22	−3	74
	79	3	18	21	7	104
	34	9	11	20	4	13
	56	4	16	20	10	64
	70	8	10	18	−7	151
	29	5	11	16	−11	16
‡	22	5	9	14	7	10
	29	6	7	13	−3	8
‡	26	3	9	12	−2	16
	50	5	6	11	−2	45
	41	3	8	11	−8	152
	40	2	9	11	1	12
†	47	3	5	8	0	17
	13	0	3	3	−5	10
	49	0	3	3	0	0
	9	1	1	2	−5	0
	3	0	2	2	7	4
	4	0	1	1	−2	0
‡	5	0	0	0	−1	0

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	7	4	11	11
10	5	5	10	10
10	4	5	9	2
10	2	6	8	25
10	2	5	7	2
7	1	6	7	20
9	1	6	7	2
9	2	4	6	4
10	1	5	6	14
6	1	5	6	0
10	5	1	6	31
10	1	4	5	6
10	4	0	4	16
10	1	3	4	18
10	0	3	3	14
10	0	2	2	6
10	1	1	2	16
10	1	0	1	4
4	0	0	0	4
2	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2
2	0	0	0	0

;Goaltenders

GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
49	2852	23	16	9	179	3.77	1345	.867	1
25	1500	13	6	5	89	3.56	767	.884	0
6	328	1	5	0	33	6.04	163	.798	0
1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	29	.966	0
1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	30	.967	0

GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA
8	443	4	3	28	3.79
4	127	1	2	9	4.25
1	33	0	0	3	5.45

†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.

Transactions

September 8, 1981 – Rangers trade Doug Soetaert to the Winnipeg Jets for a 1983 3rd round pick.
October 2, 1981 – Rangers acquire Mike Rogers from the Hartford Whalers for Chris Kotsopoulos, Doug Sulliman, and Gerry McDonald.
October 16, 1981 – Rangers acquire Pat Hickey from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 1982 5th round pick.
October 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire the rights to Tom Younghans from the Minnesota North Stars for cash.
December 11, 1981 – Rangers acquire Eddie Mio from the Edmonton Oilers for Lance Nethery.
December 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire Robbie Ftorek and a 1982 8th round pick from the Quebec Nordiques for Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous. Talafous, however, did not report to the Nordiques and an arbitrator awarded Pat Hickey to the Nordiques on March 8, 1982.
February 2, 1982 – Rangers acquire Rob McClanahan from the Hartford Whalers for a 1982 10th round pick.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	James Patrick	D	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
2	30	Jan Erixon	LW	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (Elitserien)
3	50	Peter Sundstrom	LW	Sweden	Bjorkloven (Elitserien)
3	51	Mark Morrison	C	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
4	72	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	United States	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	114	Eric Magnuson	C	United States	R.P.I. (NCAA)
7	135	Mike Guentzel	D	United States	Greenway (Minn H.S.)
8	156	Ari Lahteenmaki	RW	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
9	177	Paul Reifenberger	C	United States	Anoka High School (Minnesota)
10	198	Mario Proulx	G	Canada	Providence College (NCAA)

References

"New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference.
"1981–82 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.
"1981–82 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.
"1981–82 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com.
"1981–82 New York Rangers trades". NHL-Trade-Tracker.
"1981 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference.
"NHL Draft History". National Hockey League.

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GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	7	4	11	11
10	5	5	10	10
10	4	5	9	2
10	2	6	8	25
10	2	5	7	2
7	1	6	7	20
9	1	6	7	2
9	2	4	6	4
10	1	5	6	14
6	1	5	6	0
10	5	1	6	31
10	1	4	5	6
10	4	0	4	16
10	1	3	4	18
10	0	3	3	14
10	0	2	2	6
10	1	1	2	16
10	1	0	1	4
4	0	0	0	4
2	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2
2	0	0	0	0

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	7	4	11	11
10	5	5	10	10
10	4	5	9	2
10	2	6	8	25
10	2	5	7	2
7	1	6	7	20
9	1	6	7	2
9	2	4	6	4
10	1	5	6	14
6	1	5	6	0
10	5	1	6	31
10	1	4	5	6
10	4	0	4	16
10	1	3	4	18
10	0	3	3	14
10	0	2	2	6
10	1	1	2	16
10	1	0	1	4
4	0	0	0	4
2	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2
2	0	0	0	0

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	7	4	11	11
10	5	5	10	10
10	4	5	9	2
10	2	6	8	25
10	2	5	7	2
7	1	6	7	20
9	1	6	7	2
9	2	4	6	4
10	1	5	6	14
6	1	5	6	0
10	5	1	6	31
10	1	4	5	6
10	4	0	4	16
10	1	3	4	18
10	0	3	3	14
10	0	2	2	6
10	1	1	2	16
10	1	0	1	4
4	0	0	0	4
2	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2
2	0	0	0	0