# 1941–42 New York Rangers season

The 1941–42 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 16th season. In the regular season, New York led the NHL with 60 points, and compiled a 29–17–2 record. The Rangers lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 60 | 177 | 143 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 158 | 136 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 160 | 118 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 145 | 155 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 140 | 147 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 134 | 173 |
| Brooklyn Americans | 48 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 133 | 175 |
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

1941–42 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | BRK | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–4 | 3–3–2 | 4–2–2 | 6–1–1 | 4–4 | 4–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 4–4 | — | 2–6 | 3–4–1 | 3–4–1 | 2–5–1 | 2–6 |
| Chicago | 3–3–2 | 6–2 | — | 3–5 | 4–3–1 | 2–6 | 4–4 |
| Detroit | 2–4–2 | 4–3–1 | 5–3 | — | 5–3 | 1–7 | 2–5–1 |
| Montreal | 1–6–1 | 4–3–1 | 3–4–1 | 3–5 | — | 4–4 | 3–5 |
| New York | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 4–4 | — | 3–4–1 |
| Toronto | 3–4–1 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 5–3 | 4–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1941–42 Game Log :
November: 6–5–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 4–1–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
11@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–31–0–0
29@ Detroit Red Wings3–12–0–0
315Boston Bruins2–12–1–0
416@ Boston Bruins2–12–2–0
518Toronto Maple Leafs8–62–3–0
620Brooklyn Americans4–12–4–0
722@ Montreal Canadiens7–23–4–0
823Montreal Canadiens6–43–5–0
925Chicago Black Hawks5–4 OT4–5–0
1029Detroit Red Wings4–15–5–0
1130@ Chicago Black Hawks5–16–5–0 :
December: 8–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 4–3–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
127Boston Bruins5–47–5–0
1311@ Brooklyn Americans5–38–5–0
1413@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–18–6–0
1516Brooklyn Americans3–2 OT9–6–0
1618@ Chicago Black Hawks5–19–7–0
1721Montreal Canadiens4–3 OT10–7–0
1823@ Boston Bruins3–210–8–0
1925Chicago Black Hawks5–211–8–0
2027@ Montreal Canadiens4–212–8–0
2128@ Detroit Red Wings3–113–8–0
2231@ Brooklyn Americans4–314–8–0 :
January: 6–1–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 2–1–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
231Toronto Maple Leafs3–3 OT14–8–1
246Detroit Red Wings3–215–8–1
2513Brooklyn Americans9–216–8–1
2617@ Montreal Canadiens6–216–9–1
2718Montreal Canadiens5–4 OT17–9–1
2820@ Boston Bruins4–218–9–1
2924@ Detroit Red Wings3–219–9–1
3025Detroit Red Wings11–220–9–1 :
February: 7–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–2–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
311Toronto Maple Leafs7–221–9–1
323@ Brooklyn Americans3–2 OT22–9–1
335Boston Bruins4–123–9–1
347@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–423–10–1
358@ Chicago Black Hawks4–324–10–1
3610Chicago Black Hawks5–224–11–1
3714@ Montreal Canadiens5–324–12–1
3815Brooklyn Americans5–124–13–1
3917Montreal Canadiens2–1 OT24–14–1
4022Chicago Black Hawks3–225–14–1
4124@ Boston Bruins4–326–14–1
4226Detroit Red Wings7–427–14–1 :
March: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–2–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
433@ Brooklyn Americans4–4 OT27–14–2
445@ Detroit Red Wings5–227–15–2
457@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–227–16–2
468Toronto Maple Leafs2–028–16–2
4712Boston Bruins2–128–17–2
4815@ Chicago Black Hawks5–129–17–2 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1942 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bryan Hextall | 48 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 30 |
| Lynn Patrick | 47 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 18 |
| Phil Watson | 48 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 58 |
| Alex Shibicky | 45 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 16 |
| Clint Smith | 47 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 4 |
| Grant Warwick | 44 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 36 |
| Neil Colville | 48 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 37 |
| Mac Colville | 46 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 26 |
| Walter Pratt | 47 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 65 |
| Alf Pike | 34 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 16 |
| Alan Kuntz | 31 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 |
| Arthur Coulter | 47 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 31 |
| Bill Juzda | 45 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| Hubert Macey | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Norman Tustin | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Burns | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Neil Colville | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Alex Shibicky | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Phil Watson | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Walter Pratt | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
| Mac Colville | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryan Hextall | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bill Juzda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Arthur Coulter | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alan Kuntz | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alf Pike | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Grant Warwick | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lynn Patrick | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hubert Macey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 48 | 2960 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 143 | 2.90 | 1 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2.17 | 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;