# 1940–41 New York Americans season

The 1940–41 New York Americans season was the Americans' 16th season of play. The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 168 | 102 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 145 | 99 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 102 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 143 | 125 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 112 | 139 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 121 | 147 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 99 | 186 |
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

1940–41 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–2–2 | 3–0–5 | 5–2–1 | 7–0–1 | 4–2–2 | 4–2–2 |
| Chicago | 2–4–2 | — | 2–6 | 3–4–1 | 3–2–3 | 4–3–1 | 2–6 |
| Detroit | 0–3–5 | 6–2 | — | 4–3–1 | 5–1–2 | 3–2–3 | 3–5 |
| Montreal | 2–5–1 | 4–3–1 | 3–4–1 | — | 4–3–1 | 2–5–1 | 1–6–1 |
| N.Y. Americans | 0–7–1 | 2–3–3 | 1–5–2 | 3–4–1 | — | 1–6–1 | 1–4–3 |
| N.Y. Rangers | 2–4–2 | 3–4–1 | 2–3–2 | 5–2–1 | 6–1–1 | — | 3–5 |
| Toronto | 2–4–2 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 6–1–1 | 4–1–3 | 5–3 | — |

### Game log

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 3, 1940 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 7, 1940 | 1–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | T | November 14, 1940 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | November 17, 1940 | 0–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | L | November 19, 1940 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1940–41) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | November 21, 1940 | 1–2 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | L | November 23, 1940 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | W | November 24, 1940 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | W | November 28, 1940 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1940–41) | 3–5–1 |
| 10 | L | November 30, 1940 | 1–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 3–6–1 |
| 11 | L | December 1, 1940 | 3–10 | Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 3–7–1 |
| 12 | L | December 3, 1940 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 3–8–1 |
| 13 | T | December 12, 1940 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 3–8–2 |
| 14 | L | December 15, 1940 | 3–6 | @ New York Rangers (1940–41) | 3–9–2 |
| 15 | W | December 17, 1940 | 3–2 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 4–9–2 |
| 16 | T | December 19, 1940 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 4–9–3 |
| 17 | T | December 21, 1940 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 4–9–4 |
| 18 | W | December 22, 1940 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 5–9–4 |
| 19 | L | December 25, 1940 | 1–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 5–10–4 |
| 20 | T | December 27, 1940 | 3–3 OT | Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 5–10–5 |
| 21 | L | December 28, 1940 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 5–11–5 |
| 22 | W | December 31, 1940 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 6–11–5 |
| 23 | L | January 5, 1941 | 2–6 | New York Rangers (1940–41) | 6–12–5 |
| 24 | T | January 9, 1941 | 3–3 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 6–12–6 |
| 25 | L | January 11, 1941 | 0–9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 6–13–6 |
| 26 | L | January 12, 1941 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1940–41) | 6–14–6 |
| 27 | T | January 19, 1941 | 3–3 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 6–14–7 |
| 28 | L | January 23, 1941 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 6–15–7 |
| 29 | L | January 24, 1941 | 2–4 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 6–16–7 |
| 30 | L | January 26, 1941 | 1–6 | Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 6–17–7 |
| 31 | W | January 30, 1941 | 5–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 7–17–7 |
| 32 | L | February 2, 1941 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 7–18–7 |
| 33 | T | February 4, 1941 | 2–2 OT | New York Rangers (1940–41) | 7–18–8 |
| 34 | T | February 8, 1941 | 3–3 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 7–18–9 |
| 35 | W | February 9, 1941 | 6–3 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 8–18–9 |
| 36 | L | February 16, 1941 | 4–5 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 8–19–9 |
| 37 | L | February 18, 1941 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1940–41) | 8–20–9 |
| 38 | L | February 20, 1941 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 8–21–9 |
| 39 | L | February 23, 1941 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 8–22–9 |
| 40 | T | February 25, 1941 | 4–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 8–22–10 |
| 41 | L | February 28, 1941 | 4–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 8–23–10 |
| 42 | L | March 2, 1941 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 8–24–10 |
| 43 | L | March 6, 1941 | 1–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) | 8–25–10 |
| 44 | L | March 8, 1941 | 1–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) | 8–26–10 |
| 45 | T | March 9, 1941 | 2–2 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) | 8–26–11 |
| 46 | L | March 13, 1941 | 3–8 | Boston Bruins (1940–41) | 8–27–11 |
| 47 | L | March 15, 1941 | 0–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) | 8–28–11 |
| 48 | L | March 16, 1941 | 3–6 | @ New York Rangers (1940–41) | 8–29–11 |

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Lorne Carr | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 10 |
| Buzz Boll | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 16 |
| Busher Jackson | 46 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 |
| Murray Armstrong | 48 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 |
| Charlie Conacher | 46 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 32 |
| Norm Larson | 48 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| Tommy Anderson | 35 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| Pat Egan | 39 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 51 |
| Wilf Field | 36 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| Ralph Wycherley | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Hooley Smith | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Pete Kelly | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| John Sorrell | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Bill Benson | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Fred Hunt | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Peter Slobodian | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 54 |
| Peanuts O'Flaherty | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Corrigan | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Fred Thurier | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Branigan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Viv Allen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Finkbeiner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Rayner | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Robertson | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Tomson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 2260 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 142 | 3.77 | 1 |
| Chuck Rayner | 773 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 3.42 | 0 |
| Andy Branigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3040 | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 186 | 3.67 | 1 |