1940–41 New York Rangers season

The 1940–41 New York Rangers season was the 15th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 50 points and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York lost to the Detroit Red Wings, two games to one.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	48	27	8	13	67	168	102
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	28	14	6	62	145	99
Detroit Red Wings	48	21	16	11	53	112	102
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	50	143	125
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	25	7	39	112	139
Montreal Canadiens	48	16	26	6	38	121	147
New York Americans	48	8	29	11	27	99	186

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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

1940–41 Game Log

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

December: 4–6–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–5–1)

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

February: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–1)

March: 4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1941 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1941 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 2–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 20	New York Rangers	1–2	Detroit Red Wings	OT	Detroit leads series 1–0
2	March 22	Detroit Red Wings	1–3	New York Rangers		Series tied 1–1
3	March 24	New York Rangers	2–3	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit wins series 2–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	48	26	18	44	16
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	48	20	24	44	12
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	48	14	28	42	28
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	40	11	25	36	49
Colville, MacMac Colville	47	14	17	31	18
Smith, ClintClint Smith	48	14	11	25	0
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	40	10	14	24	14
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	47	3	17	20	52
Pike, AlfAlf Pike	48	6	13	19	23
Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter	35	5	14	19	42
Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller	45	8	10	18	20
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	48	2	16	18	42
MacDonald, JamesJames MacDonald	47	5	6	11	12
Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick	47	2	8	10	21
Smith, StanfordStanford Smith	8	2	1	3	0
Foster, HerbHerb Foster	4	1	0	1	5
Allum, BillBill Allum	1	0	1	1	0
Polich, JohnJohn Polich	2	0	1	1	0
Juzda, BillBill Juzda	5	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	3	1	1	2	6
Colville, MacMac Colville	3	1	1	2	2
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	3	0	2	2	9
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	3	1	1	2	0
MacDonald, JamesJames MacDonald	3	1	0	1	0
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	3	0	1	1	4
Pike, AlfAlf Pike	3	0	1	1	2
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	3	1	0	1	2
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	3	1	0	1	14
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	3	0	1	1	0
Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick	3	0	0	0	2
Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller	3	0	0	0	0
Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter	3	0	0	0	14
Smith, ClintClint Smith	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	48	3010	21	19	8	125	2.49	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	3	192	1	2	6	1.88	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;

References

↑ "1940–41 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
↑ 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.
↑ "1940–41 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

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 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1940–41 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal Canadiens NY Americans NY Rangers Toronto

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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