1972–73 New York Rangers season

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	+145	120
2	Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	+95	107
3	New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	+89	102
4	Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	+38	88
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	+22	86
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	−32	64
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	−106	53
8	New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	−177	30

Schedule and results

1972-73 Game Log

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

November: 9-4-1 (Home: 5-1-0; Road: 4-3-1)

December: 8-5-1 (Home: 5-3-0; Road: 3-2-1)

January: 11-1-1 (Home: 5-1-0; Road: 6-0-1)

February: 7-3-2 (Home: 4-0-2; Road: 3-3-0)

March: 6-7-1 (Home: 2-3-1; Road: 4-4-0)

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1973 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Boston Bruins - New York Rangers win series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	New York Rangers	6 - 2	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 5	New York Rangers	4 - 2	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 7	Boston Bruins	4 - 2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 8	Boston Bruins	0 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3-1
5	April 10	New York Rangers	6 - 3	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers win series 4-1

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks - Chicago wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 12	New York Rangers	4 - 1	Chicago Black Hawks		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 15	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Chicago Black Hawks		Series tied 1-1
3	April 17	Chicago Black Hawks	2 - 1	New York Rangers		Chicago leads series 2-1
4	April 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3 - 1	New York Rangers		Chicago leads series 3-1
5	April 24	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago wins series 3-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	78	41	53	94	12
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	76	25	59	84	25
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	76	27	39	66	59
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	78	30	33	63	23
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	63	28	34	62	60
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	78	22	37	59	71
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	61	30	23	53	37
Park, BradBrad Park	52	10	43	53	51
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	78	8	37	45	14
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	72	9	33	42	36
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	72	7	25	32	74
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	52	14	12	26	12
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	77	11	15	26	64
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	53	8	12	20	54
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	52	4	16	20	35
Carr, GeneGene Carr	50	9	10	19	50
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco^‡	51	4	13	17	15
Harris, RonRon Harris^†	46	3	10	13	17
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy^†	15	4	4	8	5
Legge, RandyRandy Legge	12	0	2	2	2
Heindl, BillBill Heindl	4	1	0	1	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	8	1	0	1	4
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk	8	1	0	1	0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser^†	3	0	1	1	4
Williams, TomTom Williams	10	0	1	1	0
Stewart, RonRon Stewart^‡	11	0	1	1	0
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett^‡	16	0	1	1	11
Marshall, BertBert Marshall^†	8	0	0	0	14

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	10	5	4	9	4
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	10	1	8	9	2
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	10	7	2	9	8
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	10	2	7	9	0
Park, BradBrad Park	10	2	5	7	8
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	10	4	2	6	6
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	10	5	1	6	2
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	8	0	5	5	6
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	10	2	3	5	4
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	10	0	4	4	2
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	10	1	3	4	20
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	10	2	2	4	2
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	9	2	2	4	11
Harris, RonRon Harris	10	0	3	3	2
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	6	0	1	1	8
Carr, GeneGene Carr	1	0	1	1	0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser	1	0	0	0	2
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	10	0	0	0	0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	9	0	0	0	7

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	43	2580	26	11	6	125	2.91	4
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	34	2040	20	12	2	78	2.29	3
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	10	539	5	4	23	2.56	1
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	2	61	0	1	2	1.97	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 1972 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Al Blanchard	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
1	15	Bob MacMillan	C	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2	21	Larry Sacharuk	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	31	Rene Villemure	LW	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
3	47	Gerry Teeple	C	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4	63	Doug Horbul	LW	CAN	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5	79	Marty Gateman	D	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	95	Ken Ireland	C	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
7	111	Jeff Hunt	D	Canada	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
8	127	Yvon Blais	D	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9	137	Pierre Archambault	D	Canada	Saint-Jerome Alouettes (QMJHL)

References

↑ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1972-73 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

"1972–73 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Rangers on Hockey Database

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See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft Summit Series All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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