# 1947–48 New York Rangers season

The 1947–48 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 22nd season. During the regular season, the Rangers had a 21–26–13 record and made the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 |
| Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 |
| Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

1947–48 Game Log :
October: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–2–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
116@ Montreal Canadiens2–11–0–0
219@ Boston Bruins3–11–1–0
322@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–11–2–0
429Boston Bruins3–11–3–0 :
November: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
51Detroit Red Wings4–32–3–0
62Toronto Maple Leafs7–43–3–0
76@ Detroit Red Wings2–13–4–0
88@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–23–5–0
99@ Chicago Black Hawks8–53–6–0
1012Boston Bruins8–23–7–0
1115Chicago Black Hawks5–33–8–0
1216Montreal Canadiens4–24–8–0
1319@ Detroit Red Wings6–55–8–0
1422@ Montreal Canadiens5–36–8–0
1530@ Chicago Black Hawks6–27–8–0 :
December: 6–3–4 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 3–1–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
163Toronto Maple Leafs4–17–9–0
176@ Boston Bruins5–57–9–1
187Detroit Red Wings3–18–9–1
1910Montreal Canadiens4–48–9–2
2011@ Montreal Canadiens4–29–9–2
2113@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–110–9–2
2214Detroit Red Wings1–110–9–3
2317Boston Bruins5–211–9–3
2421Montreal Canadiens4–311–10–3
2523@ Chicago Black Hawks7–111–11–3
2625@ Detroit Red Wings2–012–11–3
2728Toronto Maple Leafs1–112–11–4
2831Boston Bruins7–313–11–4 :
January: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–3–2)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
291@ Boston Bruins4–113–12–4
303@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–513–12–5
314Chicago Black Hawks4–113–13–5
327@ Detroit Red Wings6–013–14–5
3310@ Montreal Canadiens1–113–14–6
3411Montreal Canadiens3–114–14–6
3514Chicago Black Hawks4–215–14–6
3618Toronto Maple Leafs2–215–14–7
3721Detroit Red Wings4–315–15–7
3825@ Boston Bruins6–415–16–7
3928@ Chicago Black Hawks3–216–16–7
4031@ Montreal Canadiens4–217–16–7 :
February: 2–3–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–1–3)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
411Chicago Black Hawks2–217–16–8
424@ Detroit Red Wings4–417–16–9
437@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–017–17–9
448@ Chicago Black Hawks2–217–17–10
4514@ Boston Bruins4–417–17–11
4615Toronto Maple Leafs4–417–17–12
4718Detroit Red Wings3–117–18–12
4822Boston Bruins4–118–18–12
4925Chicago Black Hawks7–418–19–12
5029Montreal Canadiens5–319–19–12 :
March: 2–7–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–4–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
512Toronto Maple Leafs1–020–19–12
523@ Detroit Red Wings4–220–20–12
536@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–120–21–12
547Detroit Red Wings2–220–21–13
5510@ Boston Bruins6–320–22–13
5613@ Montreal Canadiens3–220–23–13
5714Montreal Canadiens6–320–24–13
5816Boston Bruins6–220–25–13
5917@ Chicago Black Hawks5–221–25–13
6021Chicago Black Hawks4–321–26–13 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1948 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Herbert O'Connor | 60 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 8 |
| Edgar Laprade | 59 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 7 |
| Tony Leswick | 60 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 76 |
| Phil Watson | 54 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 54 |
| Don Raleigh | 52 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 2 |
| Ed Kullman | 51 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 32 |
| Grant Warwick$^‡$ | 40 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 30 |
| Cal Gardner | 58 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 71 |
| Bryan Hextall | 43 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 |
| Rene Trudell | 54 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 30 |
| Frank Eddolls | 58 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 16 |
| Neil Colville | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 25 |
| Bill Moe | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| Bill Juzda | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 70 |
| Ed Slowinski | 38 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Church Russell | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ronnie Rowe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Shero | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Lamirande | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Herb Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Kwong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fern Perreault | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hub Anslow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor$^†$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winston Juckes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Phil Watson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Tony Leswick | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Edgar Laprade | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Herbert O'Connor | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan Hextall | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Raleigh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Mickoski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dunc Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Shero | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Colville | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Kullman | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Lancien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Lamirande | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Slowinski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Juzda | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Moe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Eddolls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Trudell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Gardner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 48 | 2880 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 153 | 3.19 | 2 |
| Chuck Rayner | 12 | 691 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 3.65 | 0 |
| Bob DeCourcy | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12.41 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2.83 | 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;