1947–48 New York Rangers season

The 1947–48 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 22nd season. During the regular season, the Rangers had a 21–26–13 record and made the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games.^[1]

1947–48 New York Rangers
League	4th NHL
1947–48 record	21–26–13
Home record	11–12–7
Road record	10–14–6
Goals for	176
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Leswick/Buddy O'Connor (24)
Assists	Buddy O'Connor (36)
Points	Buddy O'Connor (60)
Penalty minutes	Tony Leswick (76)
Wins	Jim Henry (17)
Goals against average	Jim Henry (3.19)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	182	143	+39	77
2	Detroit Red Wings	60	30	18	12	187	148	+39	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	23	24	13	167	168	−1	59
4	New York Rangers	60	21	26	13	176	201	−25	55
5	Montreal Canadiens	60	20	29	11	147	169	−22	51
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	20	34	6	195	225	−30	46

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records [3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–7–2	4–6–2	6–2–4	7–3–2	3–7–2
Chicago	7–3–2	—	2–10	4–7–1	6–4–2	1–10–1
Detroit	6–4–2	10–2	—	7–2–3	5–4–3	2–6–4
Montreal	2–6–4	7–4–1	2–7–3	—	3–7–2	6–5–1
New York	3–7–2	4–6–2	4–5–3	7–3–2	—	3–5–4
Toronto	7–3–2	10–1–1	6–2–4	5–6–1	5–3–4	—

Schedule and results

1947–48 regular season[4]
October: 1–3–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 1–0–0 2 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 1–1–0 3 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 1–2–0 4 29 Boston Bruins 3–1 1–3–0
November: 6–5–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 3–3–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 5 1 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 2–3–0 6 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 3–3–0 7 6 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 3–4–0 8 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 3–5–0 9 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–5 3–6–0 10 12 Boston Bruins 8–2 3–7–0 11 15 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 3–8–0 12 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–8–0 13 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–5 5–8–0 14 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 6–8–0 15 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 7–8–0
December: 6–3–4 (home: 3–2–3; road: 3–1–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 16 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 7–9–0 17 6 @ Boston Bruins 5–5 7–9–1 18 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 8–9–1 19 10 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 8–9–2 20 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–9–2 21 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 10–9–2 22 14 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 10–9–3 23 17 Boston Bruins 5–2 11–9–3 24 21 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 11–10–3 25 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 11–11–3 26 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 12–11–3 27 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 12–11–4 28 31 Boston Bruins 7–3 13–11–4
January: 4–5–3 (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–3–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 29 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 13–12–4 30 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 13–12–5 31 4 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 13–13–5 32 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–0 13–14–5 33 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 13–14–6 34 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 14–14–6 35 14 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 15–14–6 36 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 15–14–7 37 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 15–15–7 38 25 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 15–16–7 39 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 16–16–7 40 31 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 17–16–7
February: 2–3–5 (home: 2–2–2; road: 0–1–3) Game February Opponent Score Record 41 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 17–16–8 42 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 17–16–9 43 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 17–17–9 44 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 17–17–10 45 14 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 17–17–11 46 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 17–17–12 47 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 17–18–12 48 22 Boston Bruins 4–1 18–18–12 49 25 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 18–19–12 50 29 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 19–19–12
March: 2–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 1–4–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 51 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 20–19–12 52 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 20–20–12 53 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 20–21–12 54 7 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 20–21–13 55 10 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 20–22–13 56 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 20–23–13 57 14 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 20–24–13 58 16 Boston Bruins 6–2 20–25–13 59 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 21–25–13 60 21 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 21–26–13
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 1948 Stanley Cup playoffs

1948 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Semifinals vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 New York Rangers 1–2 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 1–0 2 March 26 New York Rangers 2–5 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 2–0 3 March 28 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 New York Rangers Detroit leads series 2–1 4 March 30 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 5 April 1 New York Rangers 1–3 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 3–2 6 April 4 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 New York Rangers Detroit wins series 4–2
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Herbert O'Connor 60 24 36 60 8 Edgar Laprade 59 13 24 47 7 Tony Leswick 60 24 16 40 76 Phil Watson 54 18 15 33 54 Don Raleigh 52 15 18 33 2 Ed Kullman 51 15 17 32 32 Grant Warwick‡ 40 17 12 29 30 Cal Gardner 58 7 18 25 71 Bryan Hextall 43 8 14 22 18 Rene Trudell 54 13 7 20 30 Frank Eddolls 58 6 13 19 16 Neil Colville 55 4 12 16 25 Bill Moe 59 1 15 16 31 Bill Juzda 60 3 9 12 70 Ed Slowinski 38 6 5 11 2 Church Russell 19 0 3 3 2 Ronnie Rowe 5 1 0 1 0 Fred Shero 19 1 0 1 2 Jean Lamirande 18 0 1 1 6 Herb Foster 1 0 0 0 0 Larry Kwong 1 0 0 0 0 Fern Perreault 2 0 0 0 0 Hub Anslow 2 0 0 0 0 Billy Taylor† 2 0 0 0 0 Winston Juckes 2 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Phil Watson 5 2 3 5 2 Tony Leswick 6 3 2 5 8 Edgar Laprade 6 1 4 5 0 Herbert O'Connor 6 1 4 5 0 Bryan Hextall 6 1 3 4 0 Don Raleigh 6 2 0 2 2 Nick Mickoski 2 0 1 1 0 Dunc Fisher 1 0 1 1 0 Fred Shero 7 0 1 1 2 Neil Colville 7 0 1 1 2 Ed Kullman 7 0 1 1 2 Jack Lancien 2 0 0 0 2 Ken Davies 1 0 0 0 0 Jean Lamirande 6 0 0 0 4 Ed Slowinski 4 0 0 0 0 Bill Juzda 6 0 0 0 9 Bill Moe 1 0 0 0 0 Frank Eddolls 2 0 0 0 0 Rene Trudell 5 0 0 0 0 Cal Gardner 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jim Henry	48	2880	17	18	13	153	3.19	2
Chuck Rayner	12	691	4	7	0	42	3.65	0
Bob DeCourcy	1	29	0	1	0	6	12.41	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Chuck Rayner	6	360	2	4	17	2.83	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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1947–48 NHL season