1970–71 New York Rangers season

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	399	207	+192	121
2	New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	259	177	+82	109
3	Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	291	216	+75	97
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	248	211	+37	82
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	217	291	−74	63
6	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	229	296	−67	56
7	Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	209	308	−99	55

Schedule and results

1970-71 Game Log

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

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

December: 11-2-2 (Home: 7-0-1; Road: 4-2-1)

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

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

March: 9-3-1 (Home: 7-1-0; Road: 2-2-1)

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	4 - 5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 8	Toronto Maple Leafs	4 - 1	New York Rangers		Series tied 1-1
3	April 10	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Toronto Maple Leafs		Toronto leads series 2-1
4	April 11	New York Rangers	4 - 2	Toronto Maple Leafs		Series tied 2-2
5	April 13	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 - 3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 15	New York Rangers	2 - 1	Toronto Maple Leafs	OT	New York Rangers win series 4-2

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks - Chicago wins series 4-3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 18	New York Rangers	2 - 1	Chicago Black Hawks	OT	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 20	New York Rangers	0 - 3	Chicago Black Hawks		Series tied 1-1
3	April 22	Chicago Black Hawks	1 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 25	Chicago Black Hawks	7 - 1	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 27	New York Rangers	2 - 3	Chicago Black Hawks	OT	Chicago leads series 3-2
6	April 29	Chicago Black Hawks	2 - 3	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 3-3
7	May 2	New York Rangers	2 - 4	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago wins series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	77	26	49	75	48
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	78	26	46	72	14
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	78	30	31	61	65
Balon, DaveDave Balon	78	36	24	60	34
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	78	21	25	46	10
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski^†	68	16	29	45	61
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	63	22	22	44	38
Park, BradBrad Park	68	7	37	44	114
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	76	20	18	38	137
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	77	8	24	32	69
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	56	7	23	30	32
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	68	5	22	27	34
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor^†	27	12	13	25	4
Horton, TimTim Horton	78	2	18	20	57
Egers, JackJack Egers	60	7	10	17	50
Brown, ArnieArnie Brown^‡	48	3	12	15	24
Stewart, RonRon Stewart	76	5	6	11	19
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe^†	14	0	7	7	23
Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	7	1	2	3	21
Apps, SylSyl Apps^‡	31	1	2	3	11
Sather, GlenGlen Sather^†	31	2	0	2	52
Robitaille, MikeMike Robitaille^‡	11	1	1	2	7
Brown, LarryLarry Brown^†	31	1	1	2	10
Krulicki, JimJim Krulicki^‡	27	0	2	2	6
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	2	0	1	1	0
Luce, DonDon Luce^‡	9	0	1	1	0
Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn	1	0	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	13	8	5	13	46
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	13	2	9	11	8
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	13	4	6	10	8
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	13	5	3	8	0
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	13	1	5	6	14
Horton, TimTim Horton	13	1	4	5	14
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	13	3	2	5	6
Balon, DaveDave Balon	13	3	2	5	4
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	13	0	4	4	2
Park, BradBrad Park	13	0	4	4	42
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	13	0	3	3	30
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	12	1	2	3	28
Brown, LarryLarry Brown	11	0	1	1	0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	13	0	1	1	18
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	13	0	1	1	14
Stewart, RonRon Stewart	13	1	0	1	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	13	1	0	1	12
Egers, JackJack Egers	3	0	0	0	2
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	45	2641	27	10	7	95	2.16	8
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	34	2039	22	8	4	78	2.30	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	12	759	7	5	28	2.21	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	2	80	0	1	6	4.50	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;

Roster

1970–1971 New York Rangers Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Ed Giacomin
30 – Gilles Villemure

Defensemen

2 – Brad Park
3 – Tim Horton
4 – Arnie Brown
4 – Larry Brown
5 – Dale Rolfe
15 – Jim Neilson
16 – Rod Seiling
24 – Ab DeMarco
25 – André Dupont
25 – Mike Robitaille

Wingers

6 – Glen Sather
7 – Rod Gilbert
8 – Bob Nevin –C
10 – Bill Fairbairn
11 – Vic Hadfield
12 – Ron Stewart
14 – Bruce MacGregor
17 – Dave Balon
20 – Jack Egers
22 – Jim Krulicki
23 – Don Blackburn
27 – Ted Irvine

Centers

6 – Syl Apps
14 – Don Luce
18 – Walt Tkaczuk
19 – Jean Ratelle
21 – Pete Stemkowski
GM/Coach:
Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Norm Gratton	RW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
2	25	Mike Murphy	RW	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
3	39	Wendell Bennett	RW	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
4	53	Andre St. Pierre	D	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
5	67	Gary Coalter	RW	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	81	Duane Wylie	C	USA	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
7	94	Wayne Bell	G	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
8	106	Pierre Brind'Amour	LW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

References

↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1970-71 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

"1970–71 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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