1941–42 New York Rangers season

1941–42 New York Rangers
NHL Division Champions
Division	1st NHL
1941–42 record	29–17–2
Goals for	177
Goals against	143
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Art Coulter
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Lynn Patrick (32)
Assists	Phil Watson (37)
Points	Bryan Hextall (56)
Penalties in minutes	Phil Watson (58)
Wins	Jim Henry (29)
Goals against average	Jim Henry (2.90)
<1940–41	1942–43>

The 1941–42 New York Rangers season was the 16th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, New York led the NHL in points with 60, and compiled a 29–17–2 record. The Rangers lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two.^[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
New York Rangers	48	29	17	2	60	177	143
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	27	18	3	57	158	136
Boston Bruins	48	25	17	6	56	160	118
Chicago Black Hawks	48	22	23	3	47	145	155
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	25	4	42	140	147
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	27	3	39	134	173
Brooklyn Americans	48	16	29	3	35	133	175

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

Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and Results

1941-42 Game Log
November: 6-5-0 (Home: 2-4-0; Road: 4-1-0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 1-0-0 2 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 - 1 2-0-0 3 15 Boston Bruins 2 - 1 2-1-0 4 16 @ Boston Bruins 2 - 1 2-2-0 5 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 8 - 6 2-3-0 6 20 Brooklyn Americans 4 - 1 2-4-0 7 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 7 - 2 3-4-0 8 23 Montreal Canadiens 6 - 4 3-5-0 9 25 Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 4 OT 4-5-0 10 29 Detroit Red Wings 4 - 1 5-5-0 11 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 1 6-5-0
December: 8-3-0 (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 4-3-0) Game December Opponent Score Record 12 7 Boston Bruins 5 - 4 7-5-0 13 11 @ Brooklyn Americans 5 - 3 8-5-0 14 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2 - 1 8-6-0 15 16 Brooklyn Americans 3 - 2 OT 9-6-0 16 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 1 9-7-0 17 21 Montreal Canadiens 4 - 3 OT 10-7-0 18 23 @ Boston Bruins 3 - 2 10-8-0 19 25 Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 2 11-8-0 20 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 4 - 2 12-8-0 21 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 - 1 13-8-0 22 31 @ Brooklyn Americans 4 - 3 14-8-0
January: 6-1-1 (Home: 4-0-1; Road: 2-1-0) Game January Opponent Score Record 23 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 - 3 OT 14-8-1 24 6 Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 15-8-1 25 13 Brooklyn Americans 9 - 2 16-8-1 26 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 6 - 2 16-9-1 27 18 Montreal Canadiens 5 - 4 OT 17-9-1 28 20 @ Boston Bruins 4 - 2 18-9-1 29 24 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 19-9-1 30 25 Detroit Red Wings 11 - 2 20-9-1
February: 7-5-0 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 3-2-0) Game February Opponent Score Record 31 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 - 2 21-9-1 32 3 @ Brooklyn Americans 3 - 2 OT 22-9-1 33 5 Boston Bruins 4 - 1 23-9-1 34 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6 - 4 23-10-1 35 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4 - 3 24-10-1 36 10 Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 2 24-11-1 37 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 5 - 3 24-12-1 38 15 Brooklyn Americans 5 - 1 24-13-1 39 17 Montreal Canadiens 2 - 1 OT 24-14-1 40 22 Chicago Black Hawks 3 - 2 25-14-1 41 24 @ Boston Bruins 4 - 3 26-14-1 42 26 Detroit Red Wings 7 - 4 27-14-1
March: 2-3-1 (Home: 1-1-0; Road: 1-2-1) Game March Opponent Score Record 43 3 @ Brooklyn Americans 4 - 4 OT 27-14-2 44 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 - 2 27-15-2 45 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 2 27-16-2 46 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 - 0 28-16-2 47 12 Boston Bruins 2 - 1 28-17-2 48 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5 - 1 29-17-2

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1942 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs - Toronto wins series 4-2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 21 New York Rangers 1 - 3 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto leads series 1-0 2 March 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 2 New York Rangers Toronto leads series 2-0 3 March 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 - 3 New York Rangers Toronto leads series 2-1 4 March 28 New York Rangers 1 - 2 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Toronto leads series 3-1 5 March 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 - 3 New York Rangers Toronto leads series 3-2 6 March 31 New York Rangers 2 - 3 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto wins series 4-2

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts PIM Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 48 24 32 56 30 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 47 32 22 54 18 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 48 15 37 52 58 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 45 20 14 34 16 Smith, ClintClint Smith 47 10 24 34 4 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 44 16 17 33 36 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 48 8 25 33 37 Colville, MacMac Colville 46 14 16 30 26 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 47 4 24 28 65 Pike, AlfAlf Pike 34 8 19 27 16 Kuntz, AlanAlan Kuntz 31 10 11 21 10 Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter 47 1 16 17 31 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 45 4 8 12 29 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 35 6 5 11 22 Macey, HubertHubert Macey 9 3 5 8 0 Tustin, NormanNorman Tustin 18 2 4 6 0 Burns, NormNorm Burns 11 0 4 4 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Colville, NeilNeil Colville 6 0 6 6 6 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 6 3 2 5 2 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 6 1 4 5 8 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 6 1 3 4 34 Colville, MacMac Colville 6 3 1 4 0 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 6 1 1 2 4 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 6 0 1 1 4 Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter 6 0 1 1 4 Kuntz, AlanAlan Kuntz 6 1 0 1 2 Pike, AlfAlf Pike 6 1 0 1 4 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 6 0 1 1 2 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 6 1 0 1 0 Macey, HubertHubert Macey 1 0 0 0 0 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 6 0 0 0 0 Smith, ClintClint Smith 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L T GA GAA SO Henry, JimJim Henry 48 2960 29 17 2 143 2.90 1

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SO Henry, JimJim Henry 6 360 2 4 13 2.17 1

^†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;

See also

• 1941–42 NHL season

References

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