# 1956–57 New York Rangers season

The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 31st season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 198 | 157 | +41 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 210 | 155 | +55 | 82 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 195 | 174 | +21 | 80 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 184 | 227 | −43 | 66 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 174 | 192 | −18 | 57 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 169 | 225 | −56 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1956–57 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 8–5–1 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 7–3–4 |
| Chicago | 5–8–1 | — | 2–10–2 | 3–8–3 | 1–7–6 | 5–6–3 |
| Detroit | 4–7–3 | 10–2–2 | — | 4–6–4 | 10–3–1 | 10–2–2 |
| Montreal | 4–7–3 | 8–3–3 | 6–4–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 9–4–1 |
| New York | 8–5–1 | 7–1–6 | 3–10–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 3–6–5 |
| Toronto | 3–7–4 | 6–5–3 | 2–10–2 | 4–9–1 | 6–3–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

1956–57 Game Log :
October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–3–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
112@ Chicago Black Hawks3–01–0–0
214@ Detroit Red Wings2–11–1–0
317Boston Bruins2–02–1–0
420@ Montreal Canadiens5–02–2–0
521Chicago Black Hawks4–13–2–0
624Montreal Canadiens3–24–2–0
728Toronto Maple Leafs1–14–2–1
831@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–24–3–1 :
November: 2–7–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 1–4–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
94@ Boston Bruins4–14–4–1
107Boston Bruins4–24–5–1
118@ Montreal Canadiens4–24–6–1
1210Detroit Red Wings6–44–7–1
1314Montreal Canadiens5–34–8–1
1417Boston Bruins4–44–8–2
1518@ Chicago Black Hawks2–24–8–3
1621Toronto Maple Leafs3–34–8–4
1722@ Boston Bruins4–35–8–4
1824@ Montreal Canadiens6–15–9–4
1925Montreal Canadiens1–15–9–5
2028Boston Bruins2–16–9–5
2129@ Detroit Red Wings4–16–10–5 :
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
222Toronto Maple Leafs4–27–10–5
235Chicago Black Hawks2–27–10–6
248@ Toronto Maple Leafs0–07–10–7
259Detroit Red Wings4–28–10–7
2613@ Detroit Red Wings2–18–11–7
2715@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–18–12–7
2816Montreal Canadiens4–29–12–7
2921@ Chicago Black Hawks3–210–12–7
3023Toronto Maple Leafs3–110–13–7
3125@ Detroit Red Wings8–110–14–7
3227Chicago Black Hawks3–211–14–7
3329@ Montreal Canadiens6–311–15–7
3431Detroit Red Wings1–011–16–7 :
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 4–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
351@ Boston Bruins5–311–17–7
365Chicago Black Hawks4–112–17–7
376Montreal Canadiens3–212–18–7
389Toronto Maple Leafs4–312–19–7
3911@ Chicago Black Hawks7–413–19–7
4012@ Detroit Red Wings5–414–19–7
4113Detroit Red Wings3–214–20–7
4219@ Montreal Canadiens5–014–21–7
4320@ Detroit Red Wings5–214–22–7
4423@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–414–22–8
4526@ Boston Bruins5–315–22–8
4627@ Chicago Black Hawks3–216–22–8
4730Chicago Black Hawks7–216–23–8 :
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 1–3–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
482Detroit Red Wings5–416–24–8
493@ Boston Bruins4–116–25–8
506Boston Bruins3–217–25–8
517@ Chicago Black Hawks4–417–25–9
529@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–417–25–10
5310Montreal Canadiens5–418–25–10
5414@ Detroit Red Wings3–218–26–10
5516@ Montreal Canadiens2–119–26–10
5617Toronto Maple Leafs3–220–26–10
5720Boston Bruins5–221–26–10
5823@ Montreal Canadiens4–121–27–10
5924Montreal Canadiens4–322–27–10
6027Chicago Black Hawks6–622–27–11 :
March: 4–3–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 3–1–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
612@ Boston Bruins3–223–27–11
623Detroit Red Wings1–123–27–12
637@ Chicago Black Hawks2–223–27–13
649@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–124–27–13
6510Detroit Red Wings4–125–27–13
6613Boston Bruins2–125–28–13
6716@ Toronto Maple Leafs14–125–29–13
6817Toronto Maple Leafs5–325–30–13
6923@ Boston Bruins4–226–30–13
7024Chicago Black Hawks4–426–30–14 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1957 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Andy Bathgate | 70 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 60 |
| Andy Hebenton | 70 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 10 |
| Dean Prentice | 68 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 38 |
| Bill Gadsby | 70 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 72 |
| Dave Creighton | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 42 |
| Danny Lewicki | 70 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 47 |
| Larry Popein | 67 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 20 |
| Camille Henry | 36 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 2 |
| George Sullivan | 42 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 36 |
| Ron Murphy | 33 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 |
| Gerry Foley | 69 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 48 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 70 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 |
| Parker MacDonald | 45 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| Lou Fontinato | 70 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 139 |
| Harry Howell | 65 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 70 |
| Larry Cahan | 61 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 65 |
| Jack Evans | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 110 |
| Bruce Cline | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Bronco Horvath$^‡$ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Camille Henry | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| George Sullivan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Larry Popein | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Gadsby | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Parker MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dean Prentice | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Andy Hebenton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andy Bathgate | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jack Evans | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Harry Howell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Danny Lewicki | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Cahan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Fontinato | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gerry Foley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Murphy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 68 | 4080 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 217 | 3.24 | 2341 | .907 | 3 |
| Johnny Bower | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.00 | 47 | .872 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 5 | 316 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 3.99 | 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;