# 1928–29 New York Rangers season

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the franchise's third season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in second place in the American Division with a 21–13–10 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the postseason, the Rangers won series against the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins 2–0.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Boston Bruins | 44 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 89 | 52 | 472 | 57 |
| New York Rangers | 44 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 72 | 65 | 384 | 52 |
| Detroit Cougars | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 72 | 63 | 381 | 47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 46 | 80 | 324 | 26 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 44 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 33 | 85 | 363 | 22 |
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
## Schedule and results

1928–29 Game Log :
November: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
115@ Detroit Cougars2–01–0–0
218@ New York Americans1 – 1 OT1–0–1
320Montreal Maroons1–01–1–1
422@ Chicago Black Hawks2–12–1–1
525Pittsburgh Pirates2–03–1–1
629Chicago Black Hawks2 – 1 OT4–1–1 :
December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
71@ Montreal Maroons3–04–2–1
84@ Boston Bruins2–04–3–1
96@ Pittsburgh Pirates0 – 0 OT4–3–2
109@ Detroit Cougars2 – 2 OT4–3–3
1111Toronto Maple Leafs3–25–3–3
1213@ Montreal Canadiens3 – 2 OT6–3–3
1316Detroit Cougars3–07–3–3
1420Ottawa Senators1–08–3–3
1525New York Americans1–08–4–3
1630Boston Bruins2–09–4–3 :
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–1–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
171@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–210–4–3
183Pittsburgh Pirates2 – 2 OT10–4–4
196@ New York Americans0 – 0 OT10–4–5
2010@ Ottawa Senators9–311–4–5
2113Detroit Cougars1–012–4–5
2215@ Boston Bruins4–112–5–5
2317Chicago Black Hawks1–013–5–5
2419@ Montreal Canadiens0 – 0 OT13–5–6
2520Montreal Canadiens1–013–6–6
2622Toronto Maple Leafs1–014–6–6
2724@ Pittsburgh Pirates3–115–6–6
2827Boston Bruins2–115–7–6
2931New York Americans2–116–7–6 :
February: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 1–3–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
303@ Chicago Black Hawks3–217–7–6
315Montreal Maroons1 – 1 OT17–7–7
327@ Ottawa Senators2–117–8–7
3310Montreal Canadiens3 – 3 OT17–8–8
3414@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–117–9–8
3517Pittsburgh Pirates2–118–9–8
3621Detroit Cougars1–018–10–8
3723@ Montreal Maroons9–118–11–8
3826Ottawa Senators2–019–11–8
3928@ Chicago Black Hawks0 – 0 OT19–11–9 :
March: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
403@ Detroit Cougars3–220–11–9
415@ Boston Bruins2–120–12–9
4210Boston Bruins3–220–13–9
4314Chicago Black Hawks1 – 1 OT20–13–10
4417@ Pittsburgh Pirates4–321–13–10 :

## Playoffs

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division.
Key: Win Loss
1929 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Boucher | 44 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 |
| Bill Cook | 43 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 41 |
| Frederick Cook | 43 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 70 |
| Paul Thompson | 44 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| Murray Murdoch | 44 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 |
| Melville Keeling | 43 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 35 |
| Leo Bourgeault | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 59 |
| Clarence Abel | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 41 |
| Melville Vail | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Russell Oatman$^†$ | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Myles Lane$^‡$ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Ivan Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Gerald Carson$^†$ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Billy Boyd | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Melville Keeling | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Thompson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Frederick Cook | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Frank Boucher | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Carson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Oatman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melville Vail | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Clarence Abel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Leo Bourgeault | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Murdoch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Cook | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Ross Roach | 44 | 2760 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 1.41 | 13 |

### Goaltenders

Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Ross Roach | 6 | 392 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.77 | 3 |
$^†$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.
    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;