# 1945–46 New York Rangers season

The 1945–46 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 20th season. During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 13–28–9 record and finished with 35 points. With a last-place finish, the Rangers did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 134 | +38 | 61 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 167 | 156 | +11 | 56 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 200 | 178 | +22 | 53 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 146 | 159 | −13 | 50 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 174 | 185 | −11 | 45 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 144 | 191 | −47 | 35 |

### Record vs. opponents

1945–46 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–6 | 4–3–3 | 4–5–1 | 6–3–1 | 6–1–3 |
| Chicago | 6–4 | — | 3–4–3 | 4–5–1 | 5–2–3 | 5–5 |
| Detroit | 3–4–3 | 4–3–3 | — | 6–3–1 | 4–4–2 | 3–6–1 |
| Montreal | 5–4–1 | 5–4–1 | 3–6–1 | — | 8–1–1 | 7–2–1 |
| New York | 3–6–1 | 2–5–3 | 4–4–2 | 1–8–1 | — | 3–5–2 |
| Toronto | 1–6–3 | 5–5 | 6–3–1 | 2–7–1 | 5–3–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

1945–46 Game Log :
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
131@ Chicago Black Hawks5–10–1–0 :
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–4–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
23@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–11–1–0
34@ Detroit Red Wings4–11–2–0
48Chicago Black Hawks5–41–3–0
510Detroit Red Wings2–02–3–0
611Boston Bruins7–12–4–0
715@ Montreal Canadiens2–02–5–0
817Montreal Canadiens7–32–6–0
918Toronto Maple Leafs3–12–7–0
1022@ Chicago Black Hawks3–32–7–1
1124@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–32–8–1
1225@ Detroit Red Wings4–13–8–1
1328@ Boston Bruins5–13–9–1 :
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 0–3–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
141@ Montreal Canadiens4–33–10–1
159Toronto Maple Leafs2–14–10–1
1613Chicago Black Hawks7–44–11–1
1716Montreal Canadiens4–24–12–1
1819@ Boston Bruins8–74–13–1
1922@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–54–13–2
2023Toronto Maple Leafs4–34–14–2
2126Detroit Red Wings3–24–15–2
2230Chicago Black Hawks3–25–15–2
2331Montreal Canadiens0–05–15–3 :
January: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–5–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
243@ Detroit Red Wings3–35–15–4
256Boston Bruins4–26–15–4
2612@ Montreal Canadiens9–36–16–4
2713Chicago Black Hawks3–27–16–4
2816@ Boston Bruins3–27–17–4
2917Boston Bruins4–27–18–4
3019@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–17–19–4
3120@ Chicago Black Hawks9–17–20–4
3226@ Montreal Canadiens5–37–21–4
3327Detroit Red Wings5–28–21–4 :
February: 2–4–5 (Home: 0–1–4; Road: 2–3–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
343Toronto Maple Leafs6–68–21–5
356@ Chicago Black Hawks6–28–22–5
367@ Detroit Red Wings4–28–23–5
3710Chicago Black Hawks2–28–23–6
3814Boston Bruins2–28–23–7
3916@ Boston Bruins6–29–23–7
4017Montreal Canadiens5–49–24–7
4121Detroit Red Wings2–29–24–8
4224@ Chicago Black Hawks2–29–24–9
4327@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–410–24–9
4428@ Detroit Red Wings4–110–25–9 :
March: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
453Toronto Maple Leafs5–210–26–9
466@ Montreal Canadiens7–310–27–9
4710Detroit Red Wings3–211–27–9
4812Boston Bruins3–211–28–9
4913@ Boston Bruins5–312–28–9
5017Montreal Canadiens8–513–28–9 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ab DeMarco | 50 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 20 |
| Grant Warwick | 45 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 19 |
| Edgar Laprade | 49 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0 |
| Phil Watson | 49 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 43 |
| Tony Leswick | 50 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 26 |
| Alf Pike | 33 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 18 |
| Alex Shibicky | 33 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 12 |
| Lynn Patrick | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| Mac Colville | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Cal Gardner | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Neil Colville | 49 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| Bill Moe | 48 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Rene Trudell | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Hank Goldup | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Church Russell | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Bill Juzda | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Harold Brown | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hal Laycoe | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Murray Patrick | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bryan Hextall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Kuntz | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 40 | 2377 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 149 | 3.76 | 1 |
| Jim Henry | 11 | 623 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 4.04 | 1 |
$^†$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;