1930–31 New York Rangers season

The 1930–31 New York Rangers season was the fifth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 19–16–9 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons 8–1 in a two-game, total goals series, but lost to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 goals to 0 in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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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

1930–31 Game Log

November: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–1)

December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2)

January: 2–6–3 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 1–1–2)

February: 6–2–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–0–1)

March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–2–0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1931 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1931 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – New York Rangers win series eight goals to one goal
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 24	Montreal Maroons	1–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 5 goals to 1 goal
2	March 26	New York Rangers	3–0	Montreal Maroons		New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 1 goal

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 28	New York Rangers	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago leads series 2 goals to 0 goals
2	March 30	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	New York Rangers		Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cook, BillBill Cook	44	30	12	42	39
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	44	12	27	39	20
Cook, FrederickFrederick Cook	44	18	17	35	72
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	44	13	9	22	35
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	44	7	7	14	8
Thompson, PaulPaul Thompson	44	7	7	14	36
Jerwa, JoeJoe Jerwa	33	4	7	11	72
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	25	7	3	10	8
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	44	2	6	8	77
Maracle, BudBud Maracle	11	1	3	4	4
Waite, FrankFrank Waite	17	1	3	4	4
Regan, BillBill Regan	42	2	1	3	49
Rodden, EddieEddie Rodden	24	0	3	3	8
Carrigan, GeneGene Carrigan	33	2	0	2	13
McAdam, SammySammy McAdam	4	0	0	0	0
Kenny, ErnieErnie Kenny	6	0	0	0	0
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault^‡	10	0	0	0	0
Peters, FrankFrank Peters	44	0	0	0	59

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Thompson, PaulPaul Thompson	4	3	0	3	2
Cook, BillBill Cook	4	3	0	3	4
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	4	0	2	2	0
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	4	1	1	2	0
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	4	0	2	2	0
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	4	1	0	1	17
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	4	0	1	1	0
Peters, FrankFrank Peters	4	0	0	0	2
Regan, BillBill Regan	4	0	0	0	2
Maracle, BudBud Maracle	4	0	0	0	2
Jerwa, JoeJoe Jerwa	4	0	0	0	4
Cook, FrederickFrederick Cook	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roach, John RossJohn Ross Roach	44	2760	19	16	9	87	1.89	7

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roach, John RossJohn Ross Roach	4	240	2	2	0	4	1.00	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;

References

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1930-31 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

"1930–31 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
1930–31 New York Rangers Statistics
New York Rangers 1930–1931 Season

New York Rangers seasons

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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1930–31 NHL season by team

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Philadelphia

See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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