# 1948–49 New York Rangers season

The 1948–49 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 23rd season. During the regular season, the Rangers compiled an 18–31–11 record, and finished with 47 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 195 | 145 | +50 | 75 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 178 | 163 | +15 | 66 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 65 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 147 | 161 | −14 | 57 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 173 | 211 | −38 | 50 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 60 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 133 | 172 | −39 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 5–4–3 | 5–6–1 | 8–2–2 | 5–6–1 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 3–9 | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 |
| Detroit | 4–5–3 | 9–3 | — | 7–4–1 | 7–4–1 | 7–3–2 |
| Montreal | 6–5–1 | 7–3–2 | 4–7–1 | — | 5–4–3 | 6–4–2 |
| New York | 2–8–2 | 5–6–1 | 4–7–1 | 4–5–3 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

1948–49 Game Log :
October: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
114@ Montreal Canadiens1–10–0–1
217@ Detroit Red Wings7–00–1–1
324@ Boston Bruins4–10–2–1
427Detroit Red Wings3–20–3–1
531Boston Bruins2–01–3–1 :
November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 1–3–2)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
66@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–31–3–2
77@ Chicago Black Hawks4–21–4–2
810Chicago Black Hawks4–32–4–2
913Montreal Canadiens3–12–5–2
1014Toronto Maple Leafs4–42–5–3
1117@ Detroit Red Wings4–42–5–4
1221@ Boston Bruins4–13–5–4
1325@ Chicago Black Hawks6–43–6–4
1427@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–03–7–4
1530Chicago Black Hawks4–23–8–4 :
December: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–2–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
164@ Montreal Canadiens3–13–9–4
175Detroit Red Wings3–13–10–4
187Boston Bruins2–23–10–5
1911@ Detroit Red Wings5–33–11–5
2012Detroit Red Wings2–04–11–5
2115Toronto Maple Leafs3–15–11–5
2218@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–35–11–6
2319Montreal Canadiens3–26–11–6
2423@ Chicago Black Hawks3–27–11–6
2525@ Montreal Canadiens2–08–11–6
2626Chicago Black Hawks2–18–12–6
2731Boston Bruins2–28–12–7 :
January: 5–5–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
281@ Boston Bruins4–18–13–7
292Toronto Maple Leafs4–29–13–7
305Chicago Black Hawks3–110–13–7
319Montreal Canadiens1–110–13–8
3212Detroit Red Wings4–110–14–8
3315@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–110–15–8
3416Toronto Maple Leafs4–011–15–8
3519Boston Bruins5–211–16–8
3620@ Montreal Canadiens2–111–17–8
3723@ Chicago Black Hawks2–211–17–9
3826@ Detroit Red Wings5–112–17–9
3930Montreal Canadiens9–013–17–9 :
February: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
402@ Boston Bruins5–313–18–9
415@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–113–18–10
426@ Chicago Black Hawks2–014–18–10
439@ Detroit Red Wings8–014–19–10
4410Chicago Black Hawks3–114–20–10
4512@ Boston Bruins4–214–21–10
4613Toronto Maple Leafs3–014–22–10
4716Detroit Red Wings4–015–22–10
4819@ Montreal Canadiens3–115–23–10
4920Montreal Canadiens3–216–23–10
5023Boston Bruins3–216–24–10
5127Detroit Red Wings3–217–24–10 :
March: 1–7–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–5–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
522@ Chicago Black Hawks5–217–25–10
535@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–117–26–10
546Toronto Maple Leafs4–317–27–10
559@ Boston Bruins8–117–28–10
5612@ Montreal Canadiens3–017–29–10
5713Montreal Canadiens1–117–29–11
5815Boston Bruins4–217–30–11
5916@ Detroit Red Wings6–217–31–11
6020Chicago Black Hawks5–118–31–11 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Herbert O'Connor | 46 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 0 |
| Alex Kaleta | 56 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 18 |
| Edgar Laprade | 56 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 12 |
| Pentti Lund | 59 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 16 |
| Tony Leswick | 60 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 70 |
| Don Raleigh | 41 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 |
| Dunc Fisher | 60 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 40 |
| Nick Mickoski | 54 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 20 |
| Clint Albright | 59 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 19 |
| Jack Gordon | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Allan Stanley | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| Ed Kullman | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Fred Shero | 59 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 64 |
| Wally Stanowski | 60 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| Bill Moe | 60 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 60 |
| Frank Eddolls | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Neil Colville | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Wes Trainor | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Ed Slowinski | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Staley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Manson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elwin Morris | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Val Delory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Kotanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 58 | 3480 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 168 | 2.90 | 7 |
| Emile Francis | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 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;