1940–41 New York Americans season

The 1940–41 New York Americans season was the Americans' 16th season of play.

1940–41 New York Americans
Division	7th NHL
1940–41 record	8–29–11
Team information
Coach	Art Chapman
Captain	Charlie Conacher
Team leaders
Goals	Lorne Carr (13)
Assists	Lorne Carr (19)
Points	Lorne Carr (32)
Penalty minutes	Peter Slobodian (54)
Wins	Earl Robertson (6)
Goals against average	Andy Branigan (0.00)
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Offseason

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 ^[2]
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	—

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 3, 1940	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	0–1–0
2	W	November 7, 1940	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	1–1–0
3	T	November 14, 1940	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	1–1–1
4	L	November 17, 1940	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	1–2–1
5	L	November 19, 1940	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–3–1
6	L	November 21, 1940	1–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	1–4–1
7	L	November 23, 1940	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	1–5–1
8	W	November 24, 1940	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	2–5–1
9	W	November 28, 1940	2–1	New York Rangers (1940–41)	3–5–1
10	L	November 30, 1940	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	3–6–1
11	L	December 1, 1940	3–10	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	3–7–1
12	L	December 3, 1940	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	3–8–1
13	T	December 12, 1940	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	3–8–2
14	L	December 15, 1940	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	3–9–2
15	W	December 17, 1940	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	4–9–2
16	T	December 19, 1940	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	4–9–3
17	T	December 21, 1940	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	4–9–4
18	W	December 22, 1940	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	5–9–4
19	L	December 25, 1940	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	5–10–4
20	T	December 27, 1940	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	5–10–5
21	L	December 28, 1940	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	5–11–5
22	W	December 31, 1940	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	6–11–5
23	L	January 5, 1941	2–6	New York Rangers (1940–41)	6–12–5
24	T	January 9, 1941	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	6–12–6
25	L	January 11, 1941	0–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	6–13–6
26	L	January 12, 1941	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	6–14–6
27	T	January 19, 1941	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	6–14–7
28	L	January 23, 1941	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	6–15–7
29	L	January 24, 1941	2–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	6–16–7
30	L	January 26, 1941	1–6	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	6–17–7
31	W	January 30, 1941	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	7–17–7
32	L	February 2, 1941	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	7–18–7
33	T	February 4, 1941	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	7–18–8
34	T	February 8, 1941	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	7–18–9
35	W	February 9, 1941	6–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	8–18–9
36	L	February 16, 1941	4–5 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	8–19–9
37	L	February 18, 1941	2–5	New York Rangers (1940–41)	8–20–9
38	L	February 20, 1941	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	8–21–9
39	L	February 23, 1941	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	8–22–9
40	T	February 25, 1941	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–22–10
41	L	February 28, 1941	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	8–23–10
42	L	March 2, 1941	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	8–24–10
43	L	March 6, 1941	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	8–25–10
44	L	March 8, 1941	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–26–10
45	T	March 9, 1941	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	8–26–11
46	L	March 13, 1941	3–8	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	8–27–11
47	L	March 15, 1941	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	8–28–11
48	L	March 16, 1941	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	8–29–11

Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lorne Carr	48	13	19	32	10
Buzz Boll	47	12	14	26	16
Busher Jackson	46	8	18	26	4
Murray Armstrong	48	10	14	24	6
Charlie Conacher	46	7	16	23	32
Norm Larson	48	9	9	18	6
Tommy Anderson	35	3	12	15	8
Pat Egan	39	4	9	13	51
Wilf Field	36	5	6	11	31
Ralph Wycherley	26	4	5	9	4
Hooley Smith	41	2	7	9	4
Pete Kelly	11	3	5	8	2
John Sorrell	30	2	6	8	2
Bill Benson	22	3	4	7	4
Fred Hunt	15	2	5	7	0
Peter Slobodian	41	3	2	5	54
Peanuts O'Flaherty	10	4	0	4	0
Chuck Corrigan	16	2	2	4	2
Fred Thurier	3	2	1	3	0
Andy Branigan	6	1	0	1	5
Viv Allen	6	0	1	1	0
Lloyd Finkbeiner	2	0	0	0	0
Chuck Rayner	12	0	0	0	0
Earl Robertson	36	0	0	0	0
Jack Tomson	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	2260	36	6	22	8	142	3.77				1
Chuck Rayner	773	12	2	7	3	44	3.42				0
Andy Branigan	7	1	0	0	0	0	0.00				0
Team:	3040	48	8	29	11	186	3.67				1

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1940–41 NHL season

References

1. 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.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1940-41 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.