1941–42 New York Rangers 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]

1941–42 New York Rangers
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
1941–42 record	29–17–2
Home record	15–8–1
Road record	14–9–1
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

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

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

1941–42 regular season[5]
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
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 1942 Stanley Cup playoffs

1942 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Semifinals vs. (2) Toronto Maple Leafs – Toronto wins 4–2 Game 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
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Regular Season

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

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;

See also

• 1941–42 NHL season