# 1939–40 New York Americans season

The 1939–40 New York Americans season was the Americans' 15th season of play.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 170 | 98 | 330 | 67 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 136 | 77 | 520 | 64 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 134 | 110 | 485 | 56 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 112 | 120 | 351 | 52 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 91 | 126 | 250 | 38 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 106 | 140 | 236 | 34 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 90 | 167 | 338 | 25 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

1939–40 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–1–1 | 5–3 | 6–1–1 | 7–1 | 2–4–2 | 5–2–1 |
| Chicago | 1–6–1 | — | 6–0–2 | 5–2–1 | 3–4–1 | 4–4 | 4–3–1 |
| Detroit | 3–5 | 0–6–2 | — | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–3–2 | 1–6–1 |
| Montreal | 1–6–1 | 2–5–1 | 3–5 | — | 2–4–2 | 1–6–1 | 1–7 |
| N.Y. Americans | 1–7 | 4–3–1 | 3–5 | 4–2–2 | — | 1–6–1 | 2–6 |
| N.Y. Rangers | 4–2–2 | 4–4 | 3–2–2 | 6–1–1 | 6–1–1 | — | 4–1–3 |
| Toronto | 2–5–1 | 3–4–1 | 6–1–1 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–4–3 | — |

### Game log

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 9, 1939 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | November 12, 1939 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | November 14, 1939 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | L | November 18, 1939 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 0–4–0 |
| 5 | L | November 23, 1939 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 0–5–0 |
| 6 | L | November 25, 1939 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 0–6–0 |
| 7 | W | November 26, 1939 | 2–1 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 1–6–0 |
| 8 | W | November 30, 1939 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 2–6–0 |
| 9 | T | December 2, 1939 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | L | December 3, 1939 | 2–6 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 2–7–1 |
| 11 | L | December 5, 1939 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 2–8–1 |
| 12 | L | December 7, 1939 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 2–9–1 |
| 13 | W | December 10, 1939 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 3–9–1 |
| 14 | W | December 12, 1939 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 4–9–1 |
| 15 | L | December 14, 1939 | 3–5 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 4–10–1 |
| 16 | L | December 16, 1939 | 1–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 4–11–1 |
| 17 | L | December 17, 1939 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 4–12–1 |
| 18 | W | December 21, 1939 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 5–12–1 |
| 19 | L | December 24, 1939 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 5–13–1 |
| 20 | W | December 27, 1939 | 4–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 6–13–1 |
| 21 | L | December 31, 1939 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 6–14–1 |
| 22 | W | January 1, 1940 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 7–14–1 |
| 23 | L | January 4, 1940 | 2–6 | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 7–15–1 |
| 24 | L | January 7, 1940 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 7–16–1 |
| 25 | L | January 9, 1940 | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 7–17–1 |
| 26 | L | January 12, 1940 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 7–18–1 |
| 27 | W | January 14, 1940 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 8–18–1 |
| 28 | L | January 20, 1940 | 1–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 8–19–1 |
| 29 | W | January 21, 1940 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 9–19–1 |
| 30 | L | January 23, 1940 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 9–20–1 |
| 31 | T | January 25, 1940 | 2–2 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 9–20–2 |
| 32 | L | January 28, 1940 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 9–21–2 |
| 33 | W | January 30, 1940 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 10–21–2 |
| 34 | W | February 1, 1940 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 11–21–2 |
| 35 | L | February 4, 1940 | 1–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 11–22–2 |
| 36 | L | February 6, 1940 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 11–23–2 |
| 37 | L | February 8, 1940 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 11–24–2 |
| 38 | L | February 11, 1940 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 11–25–2 |
| 39 | T | February 18, 1940 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 11–25–3 |
| 40 | W | February 22, 1940 | 1–0 OT | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 12–25–3 |
| 41 | L | February 25, 1940 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 12–26–3 |
| 42 | T | March 2, 1940 | 3–3 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 12–26–4 |
| 43 | W | March 3, 1940 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 13–26–4 |
| 44 | L | March 7, 1940 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 13–27–4 |
| 45 | W | March 9, 1940 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 14–27–4 |
| 46 | L | March 10, 1940 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 14–28–4 |
| 47 | L | March 16, 1940 | 6–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 14–29–4 |
| 48 | W | March 17, 1940 | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) | 15–29–4 |

## Playoffs

The Americans met the Detroit in a best-of-three series and lost the series in 2 games, or 1–2.

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Murray Armstrong | 47 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 12 |
| Tommy Anderson | 48 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 22 |
| Charlie Conacher | 47 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 41 |
| Lorne Carr | 48 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 |
| John Sorrell | 48 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 |
| Busher Jackson | 43 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 10 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 31 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| Hooley Smith | 47 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 41 |
| Buzz Boll | 47 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 18 |
| Nels Stewart | 35 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Art Chapman | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Pat Egan | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Johnny Gagnon | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Shore | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Allan Murray | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Wilf Field | 45 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| Jack Tomson | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Doc Romnes | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Beisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Robertson | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Shannon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 2960 | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 140 | 2.84 | | | | 6 |
| Team: | 2960 | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 140 | 2.84 | | | | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Hooley Smith | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Tommy Anderson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| John Sorrell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Charlie Conacher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Eddie Shore | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Art Chapman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Gagnon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Busher Jackson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Murray Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Boll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorne Carr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Egan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Allan Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Stewart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 180 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 9 | 3.00 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 180 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 9 | 3.00 | | | | 0 |

## Awards and records

No New York Americans players won any awards or were named to the All-Star teams for the 1939-40 NHL season.

## Transactions

| May 18, 1939 | To Toronto Maple LeafsSweeney Schriner | To New York Americans Murray Armstrong Buzz Boll Busher Jackson Elwyn Romnes |
| September 22, 1939 | To Toronto Maple Leafsfuture considerations$^1$ (cash) | To New York Americans Charlie Conacher |
| November 7, 1939 | To New York Americanscash | To Detroit Red WingsAlfie Moore |
| January 3, 1940 | To New York AmericansJohnny Gagnon | To Montreal Canadienscash |
| January 25, 1940 | To Boston BruinsEd Wiseman $5,000 cash | To New York AmericansEddie Shore |
* Transaction completed on May 21, 1940.