1983–84 New York Rangers season explained

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.^[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 1 || 5 || New Jersey Devils || 6 – 2 || 1–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 || 7 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 1 || 2–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 || 8 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 1 || 3–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 || 10 || Los Angeles Kings || 2 – 1 || 4–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 || 13 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 3 || 5–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 6 || 15 || @ St. Louis Blues || 6 – 5 || 5–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 || 16 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 4 || 6–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 8 || 19 || Calgary Flames || 3 – 1 || 7–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 9 || 22 || @ New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 8–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 10 || 23 || New York Islanders || 6 – 5 OT || 9–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 11 || 26 || Winnipeg Jets || 7 – 5 || 9–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 12 || 28 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5 – 3 || 9–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 13 || 30 || Edmonton Oilers || 5 – 4 OT || 9–4–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 14 || 2 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 3 OT || 9–4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 15 || 5 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 4 OT || 9–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 16 || 8 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 1 || 10–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 17 || 9 || Calgary Flames || 4 – 3 || 11–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 18 || 12 || @ Washington Capitals || 7 – 4 || 11–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 6 – 3 || 12–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 20 || 16 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 1 || 13–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 19 || @ Boston Bruins || 6 – 6 OT || 13–5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 22 || 20 || Quebec Nordiques || 6 – 5 OT || 14–5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 23 || 23 || Buffalo Sabres || 6 – 4 || 14–6–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 24 || 25 || @ Washington Capitals || 3 – 1 || 14–7–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 25 || 26 || @ Hartford Whalers || 4 – 3 OT || 14–8–3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 26 || 28 || Vancouver Canucks || 3 – 3 OT || 14–8–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 27 || 30 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4 – 0 || 14–9–4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 28 || 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4 – 2 || 15–9–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 29 || 4 || Minnesota North Stars || 6 – 4 || 16–9–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 30 || 7 || Washington Capitals || 7 – 5 || 17–9–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 31 || 12 || New Jersey Devils || 7 – 3 || 17–10–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 32 || 14 || Edmonton Oilers || 9 – 4 || 17–11–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 7 – 1 || 17–12–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 34 || 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 1 || 18–12–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3 – 2 || 19–12–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 36 || 26 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 – 4 || 19–13–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 37 || 28 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7 – 4 || 20–13–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 38 || 30 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 3 || 21–13–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 39 || 31 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 2 || 22–13–4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 40 || 2 || @ Washington Capitals || 2 – 2 OT || 22–13–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 41 || 4 || New Jersey Devils || 4 – 3 OT || 23–13–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 42 || 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 5 – 2 || 23–14–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 43 || 8 || New York Islanders || 5 – 4 || 24–14–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 44 || 12 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2 – 1 || 25–14–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 45 || 14 || @ New York Islanders || 4 – 2 || 25–15–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 46 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 8 – 5 || 26–15–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 47 || 18 || St. Louis Blues || 6 – 2 || 27–15–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 48 || 20 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 3 || 27–16–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 49 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6 – 3 || 28–16–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 50 || 25 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 3 || 29–16–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 51 || 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 4 – 2 || 29–17–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || 29 || St. Louis Blues || 3 – 2 || 30–17–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 53 || 2 || @ Calgary Flames || 8 – 1 || 30–18–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 54 || 4 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 4 || 31–18–5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 55 || 5 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3 – 3 OT || 31–18–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 56 || 8 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 3 – 1 || 32–18–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 57 || 9 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4 – 4 OT || 32–18–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 58 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6 – 6 OT || 32–18–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 59 || 15 || New York Islanders || 3 – 2 || 33–18–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 60 || 18 || @ New York Islanders || 4 – 3 || 33–19–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 19 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 2 OT || 33–20–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 62 || 23 || Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 2 || 34–20–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 25 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7 – 4 || 34–21–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 64 || 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 3 OT || 35–21–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 65 || 28 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3 – 3 OT || 35–21–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 29 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3 – 1 || 35–22–9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 67 || 3 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 – 1 || 35–23–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 68 || 4 || Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 4 || 35–24–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || 7 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 6 – 3 || 35–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 70 || 9 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6 – 5 OT || 36–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 71 || 10 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 2 || 37–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 72 || 14 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 3 || 38–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 73 || 17 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 4 || 38–26–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 74 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 6 – 4 || 38–27–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 75 || 22 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 3 || 39–27–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 76 || 24 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 5 || 39–28–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 77 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 2 || 40–28–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 78 || 29 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 4 || 41–28–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 79 || 31 || @ Hartford Whalers || 5 – 3 || 41–29–9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 80 || 1 || Hartford Whalers || 2 – 0 || 42–29–9|-

Playoffs

See main article: 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	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.

^[2]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^{[3] [4]}

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	Finland	Lukko Rauma (FNL)
3	53	Gordie Walker	LW		Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	73	Peter Andersson	D	Sweden	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	Sweden	Skelleftea (FNL)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1983–84 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics. Hockey-Reference. 2010-11-20.
2. Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1983-84 New York Rangers .
3. Web site: 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Hockey-Reference. 2012-05-19.
4. Web site: NHL Draft History . National Hockey League . 2017-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html . 2001-01-28 .