# 1942–43 New York Rangers season

The 1942–43 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 17th season. During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–31–8 record and finished with 30 points. The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 169 | 124 | +45 | 61 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 195 | 176 | +19 | 57 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 198 | 159 | +39 | 53 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 181 | 191 | −10 | 50 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 179 | 180 | −1 | 49 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 161 | 253 | −92 | 30 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–4–3 | 4–4–2 | 5–4–1 | 8–2 | 4–3–3 |
| Chicago | 4–3–3 | — | 2–4–4 | 1–4–5 | 4–4–2 | 6–3–1 |
| Detroit | 4–4–2 | 4–2–4 | — | 5–3–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Montreal | 4–5–1 | 4–1–5 | 3–5–2 | — | 6–2–2 | 2–6–2 |
| New York | 2–8 | 4–4–2 | 1–7–2 | 2–6–2 | — | 2–6–2 |
| Toronto | 3–4–3 | 3–6–1 | 4–5–1 | 6–2–2 | 6–2–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

1942–43 Game Log :
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
131@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–20–1–0 :
November: 4–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
25@ Detroit Red Wings12–50–2–0
37Montreal Canadiens4 – 3 OT1–2–0
48@ Montreal Canadiens10–41–3–0
510Chicago Black Hawks5 – 3 OT2–3–0
614@ Boston Bruins5–32–4–0
715Boston Bruins4–32–5–0
819Toronto Maple Leafs7–32–6–0
922Detroit Red Wings4–42–6–1
1026@ Chicago Black Hawks2–13–6–1
1128@ Toronto Maple Leafs8–63–7–1
1229Boston Bruins3–24–7–1 :
December: 3–6–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–2–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
133@ Chicago Black Hawks3–14–8–1
146@ Boston Bruins5–44–9–1
1513Montreal Canadiens7–34–10–1
1617Boston Bruins7–34–11–1
1719@ Montreal Canadiens1–14–11–2
1820Toronto Maple Leafs8–24–12–2
1925@ Detroit Red Wings3–15–12–2
2027Toronto Maple Leafs3–16–12–2
2129@ Boston Bruins5–37–12–2
2231Detroit Red Wings2–07–13–2 :
January: 0–9–3 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 0–5–2)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
231@ Chicago Black Hawks6–57–14–2
243Chicago Black Hawks3–37–14–3
257@ Detroit Red Wings2–27–14–4
2610Montreal Canadiens7–47–15–4
2714Detroit Red Wings4–17–16–4
2816@ Boston Bruins7–57–17–4
2917Boston Bruins6–37–18–4
3021@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–47–19–4
3123@ Montreal Canadiens5–57–19–5
3224@ Detroit Red Wings7–07–20–5
3328@ Chicago Black Hawks10–17–21–5
3431Boston Bruins7–27–22–5 :
February: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–4–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
354Chicago Black Hawks1–17–22–6
366@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–27–23–6
377@ Chicago Black Hawks8–47–24–6
3814Toronto Maple Leafs4–47–24–7
3918Detroit Red Wings5–47–25–7
4020@ Montreal Canadiens6–17–26–7
4121Montreal Canadiens6–18–26–7
4225Chicago Black Hawks7–49–26–7
4327@ Detroit Red Wings7–19–27–7
4428Detroit Red Wings5–19–28–7 :
March: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
452@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–010–28–7
464Montreal Canadiens7–210–29–7
477Toronto Maple Leafs5–510–29–8
4814Chicago Black Hawks7–511–29–8
4916@ Boston Bruins11–511–30–8
5018@ Montreal Canadiens6–311–31–8 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Lynn Patrick | 50 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 28 |
| Bryan Hextall | 50 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 28 |
| Phil Watson | 46 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 44 |
| Grant Warwick | 50 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 31 |
| Clint Smith | 47 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 4 |
| Hank Goldup$^†$ | 36 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 33 |
| Bob Kirkpatrick | 49 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 6 |
| Alf Pike | 41 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 48 |
| Scotty Cameron | 35 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 45 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| Vic Myles | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 57 |
| Gus Mancuso | 21 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
| Joe Shack | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Joe Bell | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Hubert Macey | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Gordon Davidson | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Linthwaite Bend | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Billy Gooden | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dudley Garrett | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Walter Pratt$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bill Warwick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Spence Tatchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jimmy Franks | 23 | 1380 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 103 | 4.48 | 0 |
| Bill Beveridge | 17 | 1020 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 89 | 5.24 | 1 |
| Steve Buzinski | 9 | 560 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 5.89 | 0 |
| Lionel Bouvrette | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 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;