# 1946–47 New York Rangers season

The 1946–47 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 21st season. The Rangers compiled a 22–32–6 record in the regular season and finished with 50 points. The team's fifth-place finish caused it to miss the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 189 | 138 | +51 | 78 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 209 | 172 | +37 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 190 | 175 | +15 | 63 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 190 | 193 | −3 | 55 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 60 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 167 | 186 | −19 | 50 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 193 | 274 | −81 | 42 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946–47 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 6–3–3 | 1–9–2 | 7–3–2 | 5–5–2 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 4–7–1 | 3–8–1 | 4–8 | 3–8–1 |
| Detroit | 3–6–3 | 7–4–1 | — | 4–6–2 | 6–3–3 | 2–8–2 |
| Montreal | 9–1–2 | 8–3–1 | 6–4–2 | — | 6–5–1 | 5–3–4 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 8–4 | 3–6–3 | 5–6–1 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 5–5–2 | 8–3–1 | 8–2–2 | 3–5–4 | 8–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

1946–47 Game Log :
October: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 2–2–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
117@ Montreal Canadiens3–00–1–0
220@ Detroit Red Wings3–11–1–0
323@ Montreal Canadiens4–12–1–0
426@ Boston Bruins3–12–2–0
530Boston Bruins3–32–2–1 :
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–5–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
62Detroit Red Wings7–43–2–1
73@ Detroit Red Wings3–13–3–1
86@ Chicago Black Hawks6–23–4–1
99@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–23–5–1
1010Boston Bruins4–03–6–1
1113Montreal Canadiens4–43–6–2
1216Chicago Black Hawks6–23–7–2
1317Toronto Maple Leafs5–43–8–2
1421@ Detroit Red Wings3–13–9–2
1523@ Montreal Canadiens3–24–9–2
1624@ Chicago Black Hawks5–15–9–2
1727@ Boston Bruins5–25–10–2 :
December: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–2–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
181@ Chicago Black Hawks2–16–10–2
194Montreal Canadiens2–17–10–2
208@ Boston Bruins6–48–10–2
2111Detroit Red Wings1–18–10–3
2214@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–28–11–3
2315Montreal Canadiens5–38–12–3
2418@ Boston Bruins3–28–13–3
2522Toronto Maple Leafs3–18–14–3
2625Montreal Canadiens2–09–14–3
2728@ Detroit Red Wings2–29–14–4
2829Boston Bruins2–29–14–5
2931Detroit Red Wings5–49–15–5 :
January: 7–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
301@ Boston Bruins3–19–16–5
312Toronto Maple Leafs5–49–17–5
324@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–010–17–5
335Chicago Black Hawks9–011–17–5
348Boston Bruins3–111–18–5
3512Toronto Maple Leafs3–212–18–5
3615Detroit Red Wings4–313–18–5
3718@ Montreal Canadiens6–213–19–5
3819Chicago Black Hawks5–314–19–5
3922@ Chicago Black Hawks4–215–19–5
4025@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–016–19–5 :
February: 4–5–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–4–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
411@ Montreal Canadiens2–116–20–5
422Montreal Canadiens7–117–20–5
435@ Chicago Black Hawks3–218–20–5
449@ Detroit Red Wings5–218–21–5
4512@ Boston Bruins10–118–22–5
4616Toronto Maple Leafs6–219–22–5
4719Boston Bruins6–020–22–5
4822@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–020–23–5
4923Detroit Red Wings2–220–23–6
5026Chicago Black Hawks9–720–24–6 :
March: 2–8–0 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 1–3–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
512Boston Bruins3–220–25–6
523Chicago Black Hawks9–420–26–6
535@ Chicago Black Hawks3–121–26–6
549Toronto Maple Leafs4–221–27–6
5512Detroit Red Wings4–221–28–6
5615@ Montreal Canadiens1–021–29–6
5716Montreal Canadiens4–321–30–6
5819@ Detroit Red Wings2–021–31–6
5922@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–321–32–6
6023Chicago Black Hawks4–322–32–6 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tony Leswick | 59 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 51 |
| Grant Warwick | 54 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 24 |
| Edgar Laprade | 58 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 9 |
| Bryan Hextall | 60 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 18 |
| Cal Gardner | 52 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 |
| Church Russell | 54 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 8 |
| Rene Trudell | 59 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 38 |
| Neil Colville | 60 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
| Ab DeMarco | 44 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 |
| Alf Pike | 31 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 |
| Phil Watson | 48 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 17 |
| Bill Moe | 59 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 44 |
| Hal Laycoe | 58 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Joe Bell | 47 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Joe Cooper | 59 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| Bill Juzda | 45 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 60 |
| Joe Levandoski | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jean Lamirande | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Harry Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jean-Paul Denis | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Lancien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Larson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Read | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mac Colville | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 58 | 3480 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 177 | 3.05 | 5 |
| Jim Henry | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 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;