1941–42_New_York_Rangers_season

1941–42 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

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

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1941–42 New York Rangers
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
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)
Penalty minutes	Phil Watson (58)
Wins	Jim Henry (29)
Goals against average	Jim Henry (2.90)
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Regular season

Final standings

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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.

Record vs. opponents

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1941–42 NHL Records ^[4]
Team	BOS	BRK	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–4	3–3–2	4–2–2	6–1–1	4–4	4–3–1
Brooklyn	4–4	—	2–6	3–4–1	3–4–1	2–5–1	2–6
Chicago	3–3–2	6–2	—	3–5	4–3–1	2–6	4–4
Detroit	2–4–2	4–3–1	5–3	—	5–3	1–7	2–5–1
Montreal	1–6–1	4–3–1	3–4–1	3–5	—	4–4	3–5
New York	4–4	5–2–1	6–2	7–1	4–4	—	3–4–1
Toronto	3–4–1	6–2	4–4	5–2–1	5–3	4–3–1	—

Schedule and results

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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

Main article: 1942 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

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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 statistics

Skaters

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Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bryan Hextall	48	24	32	56	30
Lynn Patrick	47	32	22	54	18
Phil Watson	48	15	37	52	58
Alex Shibicky	45	20	14	34	16
Clint Smith	47	10	24	34	4
Grant Warwick	44	16	17	33	36
Neil Colville	48	8	25	33	37
Mac Colville	46	14	16	30	26
Walter Pratt	47	4	24	28	65
Alf Pike	34	8	19	27	16
Alan Kuntz	31	10	11	21	10
Arthur Coulter	47	1	16	17	31
Bill Juzda	45	4	8	12	29
Ehrhardt Heller	35	6	5	11	22
Hubert Macey	9	3	5	8	0
Norman Tustin	18	2	4	6	0
Norm Burns	11	0	4	4	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Neil Colville	6	0	6	6	6
Alex Shibicky	6	3	2	5	2
Phil Watson	6	1	4	5	8
Walter Pratt	6	1	3	4	34
Mac Colville	6	3	1	4	0
Bryan Hextall	6	1	1	2	4
Bill Juzda	6	0	1	1	4
Arthur Coulter	6	0	1	1	4
Alan Kuntz	6	1	0	1	2
Alf Pike	6	1	0	1	4
Grant Warwick	6	0	1	1	2
Lynn Patrick	6	1	0	1	0
Hubert Macey	1	0	0	0	0
Ehrhardt Heller	6	0	0	0	0
Clint Smith	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

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Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jim Henry	48	2960	29	17	2	143	2.90	1

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Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Jim 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;

References

[1]
"New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
[2]
"1941–42 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
[3]
Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
[4]
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
[5]
"1941–42 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.

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Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

See also

References

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