1957–58 New York Rangers season

The 1957–58 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 32nd season. The Rangers finished the regular season with 77 points, a total that placed them second in the NHL. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost to the Boston Bruins in the semi-finals.^[1]

1957–58 New York Rangers
Division	2nd NHL
1957–58 record	32–25–13
Goals for	195
Goals against	188
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (78)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (152)
Wins	Gump Worsley (21)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.32)
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Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

• v
• t
• e

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	250	158	+92	96
2	New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	195	188	+7	77
3	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	176	207	−31	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	199	194	+5	69
5	Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	163	202	−39	55
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	192	226	−34	53

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	7–3–4	8–5–1	3–9–2	6–5–3	3–6–5
Chicago	3–7–4	—	7–7	3–10–1	4–9–1	7–6–1
Detroit	5–8–1	7–7	—	3–7–4	4–5–5	10–2–2
Montreal	9–3–2	10–3–1	7–3–4	—	6–6–2	11–2–1
New York	5–6–3	9–4–1	5–4–5	6–6–2	—	7–5–2
Toronto	6–3–5	6–7–1	2–10–2	2–11–1	5–7–2	—

Schedule and results

1957–58 Game Log
October: 5–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 1–0–0 2 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 1–0–1 3 13 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 1–1–1 4 16 Boston Bruins 6–2 1–2–1 5 20 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 2–2–1 6 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 3–2–1 7 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 3–3–1 8 27 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 4–3–1 9 30 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 4–4–1 10 31 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 5–4–1
November: 6–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 4–2–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 11 2 Boston Bruins 5–0 6–4–1 12 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 7–4–1 13 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 7–4–2 14 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 8–4–2 15 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 8–5–2 16 13 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 8–5–3 17 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–5–3 18 17 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 10–5–3 19 20 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 10–5–4 20 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 11–5–4 21 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 11–6–4 22 27 Boston Bruins 5–2 11–7–4 23 28 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 11–8–4 24 30 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 11–9–4
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 2–2–3) Game December Opponent Score Record 25 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 12–9–4 26 4 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 12–10–4 27 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 12–10–5 28 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 12–11–5 29 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 12–12–5 30 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 12–12–6 31 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 13–12–6 32 18 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 14–12–6 33 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 14–12–7 34 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 15–12–7 35 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 16–12–7 36 25 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 16–13–7 37 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 16–14–7 38 29 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 16–15–7
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 0–3–2; Road: 3–3–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 39 4 Boston Bruins 7–4 16–16–7 40 5 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 16–17–7 41 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 16–17–8 42 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–3 16–18–8 43 12 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 16–19–8 44 16 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 17–19–8 45 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 18–19–8 46 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–1 19–19–8 47 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 19–20–8 48 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 19–21–8 49 29 Boston Bruins 1–1 19–21–9
February: 7–2–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–1–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 50 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 20–21–9 51 2 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 20–22–9 52 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 21–22–9 53 9 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 21–23–9 54 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 22–23–9 55 16 Boston Bruins 3–2 23–23–9 56 19 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 24–23–9 57 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 24–23–10 58 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 25–23–10 59 26 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 26–23–10
March: 6–2–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 5–0–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 60 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 27–23–10 61 2 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 27–23–11 62 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 28–23–11 63 9 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 28–24–11 64 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 28–24–12 65 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 29–24–12 66 15 @ Boston Bruins 4–0 30–24–12 67 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 30–25–12 68 19 Boston Bruins 1–1 30–25–13 69 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 31–25–13 70 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 32–25–13

Playoffs

Main article: 1958 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1958 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 25 Boston Bruins 3–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 March 27 Boston Bruins 4–3 New York Rangers OT Series tied 1–1 3 March 29 New York Rangers 0–5 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 2–1 4 April 1 New York Rangers 5–2 Boston Bruins Series tied 2–2 5 April 3 New York Rangers 1–6 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 3–2 6 April 5 New York Rangers 2–8 Boston Bruins Boston wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Andy Bathgate 65 30 48 78 42 Camille Henry 70 32 24 56 2 Dave Creighton 70 17 35 52 40 Bill Gadsby 65 14 32 46 48 George Sullivan 70 11 35 46 61 Andy Hebenton 70 21 24 45 17 Larry Popein 70 12 22 34 22 Danny Lewicki 70 11 19 30 26 Jean-Guy Gendron 70 10 17 27 68 Dean Prentice 38 13 9 22 14 Parker MacDonald 70 8 10 18 30 Jack Evans 70 4 8 12 108 Harry Howell 70 4 7 11 62 Lou Fontinato 70 3 8 11 152 Hank Ciesla 60 2 6 8 16 Gerry Foley 68 2 5 7 43 Larry Cahan 34 1 1 2 20 Ivan Irwin 1 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Andy Bathgate 6 5 3 8 6 Dave Creighton 6 3 3 6 2 Andy Hebenton 6 2 3 5 4 Camille Henry 6 1 4 5 5 Dean Prentice 6 1 3 4 4 Parker MacDonald 6 1 2 3 2 Bill Gadsby 6 0 3 3 4 Hank Ciesla 6 0 2 2 0 Gerry Foley 6 0 1 1 2 Lou Fontinato 6 0 1 1 6 Harry Howell 6 1 0 1 8 Jean-Guy Gendron 6 1 0 1 11 Larry Popein 6 1 0 1 4 Larry Cahan 5 0 0 0 4 Jack Evans 6 0 0 0 17 Danny Lewicki 6 0 0 0 6 George Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	37	2220	21	10	6	86	2.32	1193	.928	4
Marcel Paille	33	1980	11	15	7	102	3.09	1118	.909	1

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Worsley	6	365	2	4	28	4.60	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

• 1957–58 NHL season

References

1. "1957–58 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
2. "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "1957–58 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.