1938–39 New York Rangers season

1938–39 New York Rangers
Division	2nd NHL
1938–39 record	26–16–6
Goals for	149
Goals against	105
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Art Coulter
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Alex Shibicky (24)
Assists	Ott Heller (23)
Points	Clint Smith (41)
Penalties in minutes	Muzz Patrick (64)
Wins	Dave Kerr (26)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.12)
<1937–38 1939–40>

The 1938–39 New York Rangers season was the 13th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished second in the NHL in regular season points with 58, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	36	10	2	156	76	74
New York Rangers	48	26	16	6	149	105	58
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	19	20	9	114	107	47
New York Americans	48	17	21	10	119	157	44
Detroit Red Wings	48	18	24	6	107	128	42
Montreal Canadiens	48	15	24	9	115	146	39
Chicago Black Hawks	48	12	28	8	91	132	32

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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

1938–39 Game Log
November: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 1–0–0 2 15 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 2–0–0 3 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 3–0–0 4 20 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 4–0–0 5 22 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 4–1–0 6 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 5–1–0 7 27 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 5–2–0
December: 7–3–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 8 4 @ New York Americans 6–1 6–2–0 9 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–5 7–2–0 10 11 Boston Bruins 3–0 7–3–0 11 15 New York Americans 1 – 1 OT 7–3–1 12 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 8–3–1 13 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 8–4–1 14 20 Detroit Red Wings 6–2 9–4–1 15 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 10–4–1 16 25 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 11–4–1 17 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 11–5–1 18 31 Boston Bruins 2 – 1 OT 12–5–1
January: 5–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 0–2–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 19 2 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 13–5–1 20 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 2 – 2 OT 13–5–2 21 8 New York Americans 5–2 14–5–2 22 10 @ New York Americans 1 – 0 OT 14–6–2 23 12 Chicago Black Hawks 6–0 15–6–2 24 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 15–6–3 25 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 15–7–3 26 22 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 16–7–3 27 26 New York Americans 1–0 16–8–3 28 31 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 17–8–3
February: 6–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 4–1–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 29 2 @ New York Americans 7–0 18–8–3 30 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 19–8–3 31 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 5 OT 19–8–4 32 9 Boston Bruins 4–2 19–9–4 33 12 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 20–9–4 34 16 New York Americans 2–1 21–9–4 35 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 21–10–4 36 21 Detroit Red Wings 7–3 22–10–4 37 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 23–10–4 38 25 @ Montreal Canadiens 1 – 1 OT 23–10–5 39 26 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 23–11–5
March: 3–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 40 2 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 23–12–5 41 5 @ Boston Bruins 5 – 3 OT 23–13–5 42 7 Montreal Canadiens 2 – 2 OT 23–13–6 43 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–3 24–13–6 44 12 Boston Bruins 4–2 24–14–6 45 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 24–15–6 46 16 @ New York Americans 11–5 25–15–6 47 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 25–16–6 48 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 26–16–6

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1939 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston wins series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 21 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Rangers OT Boston leads series 1–0 2 March 23 New York Rangers 2–3 Boston Bruins OT Boston leads series 2–0 3 March 25 New York Rangers 1–4 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 3–0 4 March 28 Boston Bruins 1–2 New York Rangers Boston leads series 3–1 5 March 30 New York Rangers 2–1 Boston Bruins OT Boston leads series 3–2 6 April 1 Boston Bruins 1–3 New York Rangers Series tied 3–3 7 April 2 New York Rangers 1–2 Boston Bruins OT Boston wins series 4–3

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Smith, ClintClint Smith 48 21 20 41 2 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 47 18 19 37 12 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 48 15 22 37 42 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 48 20 15 35 18 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 48 24 9 33 24 Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller 48 10 19 29 22 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 35 8 21 29 25 Colville, MacMac Colville 48 7 21 28 26 Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon 48 12 15 27 6 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 48 0 23 23 42 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 48 2 19 21 20 Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen 19 6 6 12 10 Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter 44 4 8 12 58 Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick 48 1 10 11 64 Krol, JoeJoe Krol 1 1 1 2 0 Carse, BillBill Carse 1 0 1 1 0 Molyneaux, LarryLarry Molyneaux 43 0 1 1 18

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 7 3 1 4 2 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 7 1 2 3 9 Colville, MacMac Colville 7 1 2 3 4 Smith, ClintClint Smith 7 1 2 3 0 Carse, BillBill Carse 6 1 1 2 0 Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter 7 1 1 2 6 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 7 1 1 2 0 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 7 1 1 2 7 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 7 0 2 2 2 Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick 7 1 0 1 17 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 7 0 1 1 10 Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller 7 1 0 1 9 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 7 0 1 1 4 Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen 7 0 0 0 4 Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	48	2970	26	16	6	105	2.12	6

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	6	433	3	3	12	1.66	0
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	1	119	0	1	2	1.01	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;

See also

• 1938–39 NHL season

References

1. "1938–39 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "1938–39 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.