# 1950–51 New York Rangers season

The 1950–51 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 25th season. The Rangers finished with a 20–29–21 record in the regular season. They ended the season in fifth place with 61 points, and did not make the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 236 | 139 | +97 | 101 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 212 | 138 | +74 | 95 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 173 | 184 | −11 | 65 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 178 | 197 | −19 | 62 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 169 | 201 | −32 | 61 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 171 | 280 | −109 | 36 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–4–1 | 2–8–4 | 5–6–3 | 4–2–8 | 2–10–2 |
| Chicago | 4–9–1 | — | 1–13 | 4–8–2 | 2–9–3 | 2–8–4 |
| Detroit | 8–2–4 | 13–1 | — | 8–4–2 | 8–3–3 | 7–3–4 |
| Montreal | 6–5–3 | 8–4–2 | 4–8–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 2–10–2 |
| New York | 2–4–8 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 3–10–1 |
| Toronto | 10–2–2 | 8–2–4 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 10–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1950–51 Game Log :
October: 1–4–3 (Home: 0–0–2; Road: 1–4–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
111@ Detroit Red Wings3–20–1–0
215@ Chicago Black Hawks3–21–1–0
319@ Montreal Canadiens4–01–2–0
421@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–01–3–0
522@ Boston Bruins0–01–3–1
625Boston Bruins1–11–3–2
728@ Montreal Canadiens5–11–4–2
829Montreal Canadiens2–21–4–3 :
November: 1–6–6 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 0–2–4)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
92@ Detroit Red Wings2–21–4–4
104@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–21–4–5
115@ Chicago Black Hawks3–11–5–5
128Toronto Maple Leafs5–31–6–5
1311@ Montreal Canadiens1–11–6–6
1412Chicago Black Hawks4–11–7–6
1515Boston Bruins4–31–8–6
1618@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–41–9–6
1719Detroit Red Wings3–31–9–7
1822Montreal Canadiens3–22–9–7
1925@ Boston Bruins3–32–9–8
2026Toronto Maple Leafs3–22–10–8
2129Chicago Black Hawks1–12–10–9 :
December: 5–4–4 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–2–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
222@ Boston Bruins3–23–10–9
233Boston Bruins5–33–11–9
246Detroit Red Wings9–03–12–9
259@ Detroit Red Wings5–03–13–9
2610@ Chicago Black Hawks3–33–13–10
2713Montreal Canadiens3–24–13–10
2816@ Montreal Canadiens1–14–13–11
2917Detroit Red Wings3–34–13–12
3020Boston Bruins4–44–13–13
3124Chicago Black Hawks6–15–13–13
3225@ Detroit Red Wings4–15–14–13
3327Toronto Maple Leafs3–16–14–13
3431Boston Bruins3–07–14–13 :
January: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
351@ Boston Bruins3–27–15–13
363Detroit Red Wings5–38–15–13
376@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–29–15–13
387Chicago Black Hawks3–210–15–13
3910Montreal Canadiens3–010–16–13
4013@ Detroit Red Wings4–210–17–13
4114Toronto Maple Leafs2–111–17–13
4217Boston Bruins3–311–17–14
4320@ Montreal Canadiens2–211–17–15
4421@ Boston Bruins5–111–18–15
4525@ Chicago Black Hawks2–112–18–15
4627@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–112–19–15
4728Detroit Red Wings5–313–19–15 :
February: 4–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–3–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481@ Detroit Red Wings3–213–20–15
494@ Chicago Black Hawks4–413–20–16
507@ Boston Bruins2–213–20–17
5111Montreal Canadiens3–114–20–17
5214Chicago Black Hawks5–115–20–17
5315@ Chicago Black Hawks7–316–20–17
5417@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–016–21–17
5518Toronto Maple Leafs5–216–22–17
5621Boston Bruins2–216–22–18
5724@ Montreal Canadiens6–216–23–18
5825Detroit Red Wings6–217–23–18 :
March: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 1–3–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
591@ Chicago Black Hawks4–118–23–18
603@ Boston Bruins3–318–23–19
614Montreal Canadiens2–218–23–20
627Chicago Black Hawks3–119–23–20
6310@ Detroit Red Wings3–219–24–20
6411Montreal Canadiens5–519–24–21
6514Toronto Maple Leafs3–119–25–21
6615@ Montreal Canadiens5–319–26–21
6717@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–119–27–21
6818Toronto Maple Leafs4–119–28–21
6921Detroit Red Wings4–119–29–21
7025Chicago Black Hawks5–220–29–21 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Reggie Sinclair | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 70 |
| Don Raleigh | 64 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 18 |
| Herbert O'Connor | 66 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0 |
| Nick Mickoski | 64 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 12 |
| Ed Slowinski | 69 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 15 |
| Ed Kullman | 70 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 88 |
| Zellio Toppazzini$^†$ | 55 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 |
| Tony Leswick | 70 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 112 |
| Edgar Laprade | 42 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
| Allan Stanley | 70 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 75 |
| Pentti Lund | 59 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 |
| Jackie McLeod | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| Pat Egan | 70 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 70 |
| Frank Eddolls | 68 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| Alex Kaleta | 58 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| Wally Stanowski | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| Walter Kyle | 64 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 92 |
| Bill Kyle | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Vic Howe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Harrison$^†$ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Evans | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 |
| Jack Gordon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Lancien | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Dick Kotanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wylie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunc Fisher$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 66 | 3940 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 187 | 2.85 | 2 |
| Emile Francis | 5 | 260 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3.23 | 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.
    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;