1940–41 New York Rangers season

The 1940–41 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 15th season. 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]

1940–41 New York Rangers
Division	4th NHL
1940–41 record	21–19–8
Goals for	143
Goals against	125
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Art Coulter
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bryan Hextall (26)
Assists	Neil Colville (28)
Points	Bryan Hextall/Lynn Patrick (44)
Penalty minutes	Babe Pratt (52)
Wins	Dave Kerr (21)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.49)
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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.

Record vs. opponents

1940–41 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYA	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–2–2	3–0–5	5–2–1	7–0–1	4–2–2	4–2–2
Chicago	2–4–2	—	2–6	3–4–1	3–2–3	4–3–1	2–6
Detroit	0–3–5	6–2	—	4–3–1	5–1–2	3–2–3	3–5
Montreal	2–5–1	4–3–1	3–4–1	—	4–3–1	2–5–1	1–6–1
N.Y. Americans	0–7–1	2–3–3	1–5–2	3–4–1	—	1–6–1	1–4–3
N.Y. Rangers	2–4–2	3–4–1	2–3–2	5–2–1	6–1–1	—	3–5
Toronto	2–4–2	6–2	5–3	6–1–1	4–1–3	5–3	—

Schedule and results

1940–41 Game Log
November: 3–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–1–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 1–0–0 2 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 2 – 2 OT 1–0–1 3 16 Detroit Red Wings 3 – 3 OT 1–0–2 4 19 New York Americans 3–2 2–0–2 5 23 Boston Bruins 2–1 2–1–2 6 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 2–2–2 7 28 @ New York Americans 2–1 2–3–2 8 30 Montreal Canadiens 6–1 3–3–2
December: 4–6–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–5–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 9 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 3–4–2 10 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–4–2 11 8 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 4–5–2 12 10 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 4–6–2 13 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 – 2 OT 4–7–2 14 15 New York Americans 6–3 5–7–2 15 19 Boston Bruins 5–3 6–7–2 16 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3 – 1 OT 6–8–2 17 25 Chicago Black Hawks 3 – 3 OT 6–8–3 18 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 6–9–3 19 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 7–9–3 20 31 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 7–9–4
January: 3–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 21 1 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 7–10–4 22 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 – 3 OT 7–10–5 23 5 @ New York Americans 6–2 8–10–5 24 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 8–11–5 25 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 2 OT 8–12–5 26 12 New York Americans 3–1 9–12–5 27 14 Detroit Red Wings 3 – 3 OT 9–12–6 28 16 Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 9–12–7 29 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 10–12–7 30 21 @ Boston Bruins 4 – 3 OT 10–13–7 31 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 10–14–7
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 32 2 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 11–14–7 33 4 @ New York Americans 2 – 2 OT 11–14–8 34 6 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 12–14–8 35 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 13–14–8 36 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 13–15–8 37 13 Boston Bruins 5–3 13–16–8 38 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 13–17–8 39 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 13–18–8 40 18 @ New York Americans 5–2 14–18–8 41 23 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 15–18–8 42 25 @ Boston Bruins 2–0 16–18–8 43 27 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 17–18–8
March: 4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 44 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 18–18–8 45 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 4 – 2 OT 18–19–8 46 4 Detroit Red Wings 6–0 19–19–8 47 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–5 20–19–8 48 16 New York Americans 6–3 21–19–8

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 Bryan Hextall 48 26 18 44 16 Lynn Patrick 48 20 24 44 12 Neil Colville 48 14 28 42 28 Phil Watson 40 11 25 36 49 Mac Colville 47 14 17 31 18 Clint Smith 48 14 11 25 0 Alex Shibicky 40 10 14 24 14 Walter Pratt 47 3 17 20 52 Alf Pike 48 6 13 19 23 Arthur Coulter 35 5 14 19 42 Wilbert Hiller 45 8 10 18 20 Ehrhardt Heller 48 2 16 18 42 James MacDonald 47 5 6 11 12 Murray Patrick 47 2 8 10 21 Stanford Smith 8 2 1 3 0 Herb Foster 4 1 0 1 5 Bill Allum 1 0 1 1 0 John Polich 2 0 1 1 0 Bill Juzda 5 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Walter Pratt 3 1 1 2 6 Mac Colville 3 1 1 2 2 Phil Watson 3 0 2 2 9 Neil Colville 3 1 1 2 0 James MacDonald 3 1 0 1 0 Ehrhardt Heller 3 0 1 1 4 Alf Pike 3 0 1 1 2 Alex Shibicky 3 1 0 1 2 Lynn Patrick 3 1 0 1 14 Bryan Hextall 3 0 1 1 0 Murray Patrick 3 0 0 0 2 Wilbert Hiller 3 0 0 0 0 Arthur Coulter 3 0 0 0 14 Clint Smith 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	48	3010	21	19	8	125	2.49	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dave 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;

See also

• 1940–41 NHL season

References

1. "1940–41 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
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. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "1940–41 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.