# 1929–30 New York Rangers season

The 1929–30 New York Rangers season was the franchise's fourth season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 17–17–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Ottawa Senators 6–3 in a two-game, total-goals series, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens 2–0 in the semi-finals.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 44 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 179 | 98 | 77 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 44 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 117 | 111 | 47 |
| New York Rangers | 44 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 136 | 143 | 44 |
| Detroit Cougars | 44 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 117 | 133 | 34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 102 | 185 | 13 |
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

1929–30 Game Log :
November: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
114@ Montreal Maroons2–11–0–0
217Detroit Cougars5 – 5 OT1–0–1
319@ Boston Bruins3–21–1–1
421Montreal Maroons2–12–1–1
523@ Pittsburgh Pirates5–33–1–1
626Toronto Maple Leafs4–33–2–1
728@ Chicago Black Hawks3–24–2–1 :
December: 5–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 1–3–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
81@ Detroit Cougars4–34–3–1
98Pittsburgh Pirates5–15–3–1
1012Montreal Canadiens8–36–3–1
1114@ Toronto Maple Leafs7 – 6 OT6–4–1
1217New York Americans6–27–4–1
1319@ Montreal Canadiens7–27–5–1
1422Chicago Black Hawks3–18–5–1
1526Boston Bruins4–28–6–1
1628@ Ottawa Senators3–19–6–1
1731Ottawa Senators1 – 1 OT9–6–2 :
January: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
182@ New York Americans7–19–7–2
195Pittsburgh Pirates8–310–7–2
207@ Boston Bruins3–010–8–2
219Montreal Maroons5–410–9–2
2212@ Chicago Black Hawks2–110–10–2
2314Detroit Cougars3–011–10–2
2418@ Pittsburgh Pirates6–512–10–2
2519Chicago Black Hawks4–113–10–2
2623Ottawa Senators6–314–10–2
2726@ Detroit Cougars7–314–11–2
2828New York Americans4 – 3 OT15–11–2 :
February: 1–4–4 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 0–2–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
292Boston Bruins3 – 3 OT15–11–3
304@ New York Americans5–315–12–3
316Detroit Cougars1 – 1 OT15–12–4
328@ Ottawa Senators2 – 2 OT15–12–5
3311@ Montreal Maroons5–215–13–5
3413Pittsburgh Pirates4–116–13–5
3518Toronto Maple Leafs5–116–14–5
3623Boston Bruins3–216–15–5
3727Chicago Black Hawks1 – 1 OT16–15–6 :
March: 1–2–4 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–2–3)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
381@ Toronto Maple Leafs3 – 3 OT16–15–7
392@ Detroit Cougars2 – 2 OT16–15–8
404@ Chicago Black Hawks2 – 2 OT16–15–9
418@ Montreal Canadiens6–016–16–9
4211Montreal Canadiens3 – 3 OT16–16–10
4315@ Pittsburgh Pirates4 – 3 OT17–16–10
4418@ Boston Bruins9–217–17–10 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1930 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Boucher | 42 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 16 |
| Bill Cook | 44 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 56 |
| Frederick Cook | 43 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 55 |
| Melville Keeling | 44 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 34 |
| Murray Murdoch | 44 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 22 |
| Paul Thompson | 44 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 36 |
| Leo Bourgeault | 44 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 54 |
| Ivan Johnson | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 82 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | 44 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| Leo Quenneville | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Ralph Taylor$^†$ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Melville Vail | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Orville Heximer | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Leo Reise$^†$ | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bill Regan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Foster | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Murray Murdoch | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Melville Keeling | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Leo Bourgeault | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Frederick Cook | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Boucher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Cook | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Bill Regan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Reise | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Melville Vail | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Leo Quenneville | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Paul Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Ross Roach | 44 | 2770 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 143 | 3.10 | 1 |

### Goaltenders

Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Ross Roach | 4 | 309 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1.36 | 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;