# 1951–52 New York Rangers season

The 1951–52 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 26th season. The Rangers compiled a 23–34–13 record during the regular season, and finished with 59 points. Their fifth-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 215 | 133 | +82 | 100 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 195 | 164 | +31 | 78 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 74 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 162 | 176 | −14 | 66 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 192 | 219 | −27 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 158 | 241 | −83 | 43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1951–52 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–3–2 | 3–8–3 | 7–5–2 | 4–6–4 | 2–7–5 |
| Chicago | 3–9–2 | — | 2–12 | 1–10–3 | 5–7–2 | 6–6–2 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 12–2 | — | 9–2–3 | 9–3–2 | 6–4–4 |
| Montreal | 5–7–2 | 10–1–3 | 2–9–3 | — | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 6–4–4 | 7–5–2 | 3–9–2 | 4–9–1 | — | 3–7–4 |
| Toronto | 7–2–5 | 6–6–2 | 4–6–4 | 5–8–1 | 7–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

1951–52 Game Log :
October: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–3–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
114@ Chicago Black Hawks3–20–1–0
218@ Montreal Canadiens3–20–2–0
320@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–21–2–0
421@ Boston Bruins1–11–2–1
524Boston Bruins3–11–3–1
628Montreal Canadiens2–12–3–1
729@ Montreal Canadiens6–12–4–1 :
November: 4–5–4 (Home: 3–1–3; Road: 1–4–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
81@ Chicago Black Hawks4–22–5–1
93@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–13–5–1
104@ Detroit Red Wings4–23–6–1
117Detroit Red Wings4–43–6–2
1211Chicago Black Hawks3–24–6–2
1314Toronto Maple Leafs2–24–6–3
1417@ Montreal Canadiens3–24–7–3
1518Detroit Red Wings5–24–8–3
1621Boston Bruins3–34–8–4
1722@ Detroit Red Wings2–14–9–4
1825Montreal Canadiens2–15–9–4
1927@ Boston Bruins1–15–9–5
2028Chicago Black Hawks6–36–9–5 :
December: 5–8–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 0–6–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
211@ Toronto Maple Leafs8–26–10–5
222@ Chicago Black Hawks6–46–11–5
235Boston Bruins3–26–12–5
249Toronto Maple Leafs7–27–12–5
2511@ Boston Bruins4–27–13–5
2612Boston Bruins6–38–13–5
2715@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–18–14–5
2816Detroit Red Wings3–18–15–5
2919Montreal Canadiens4–29–15–5
3023Chicago Black Hawks3–210–15–5
3125@ Detroit Red Wings2–110–16–5
3226Detroit Red Wings1–011–16–5
3329@ Montreal Canadiens7–211–17–5
3430Toronto Maple Leafs2–211–17–6 :
January: 4–5–4 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–2–3)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
351@ Boston Bruins4–212–17–6
362Detroit Red Wings1–013–17–6
376Chicago Black Hawks3–214–17–6
389Toronto Maple Leafs2–114–18–6
3910@ Detroit Red Wings5–214–19–6
4013Montreal Canadiens2–214–19–7
4116Chicago Black Hawks6–414–20–7
4217@ Chicago Black Hawks6–614–20–8
4320@ Detroit Red Wings3–215–20–8
4422@ Boston Bruins3–315–20–9
4526@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–315–20–10
4627Montreal Canadiens5–315–21–10
4731@ Montreal Canadiens1–015–22–10 :
February: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–2–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
483@ Detroit Red Wings4–315–23–10
497@ Chicago Black Hawks3–116–23–10
509@ Boston Bruins4–217–23–10
5110Toronto Maple Leafs4–317–24–10
5213Boston Bruins6–218–24–10
5316@ Montreal Canadiens5–118–25–10
5417Montreal Canadiens3–219–25–10
5519@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–319–25–11
5620Detroit Red Wings1–119–25–12
5724Boston Bruins5–220–25–12
5827Toronto Maple Leafs3–120–26–12
5928@ Chicago Black Hawks2–220–26–13 :
March: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
601@ Montreal Canadiens3–120–27–13
612Detroit Red Wings6–420–28–13
624@ Boston Bruins4–120–29–13
636@ Chicago Black Hawks5–321–29–13
649Montreal Canadiens2–021–30–13
6512Chicago Black Hawks10–222–30–13
6615@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–222–31–13
6716Toronto Maple Leafs4–222–32–13
6819Boston Bruins6–423–32–13
6920@ Detroit Red Wings7–323–33–13
7023Chicago Black Hawks7–623–34–13 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Don Raleigh | 70 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 14 |
| Ed Slowinski | 64 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 18 |
| Paul Ronty | 65 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 16 |
| Gaye Stewart | 69 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 22 |
| Wally Hergesheimer | 68 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 6 |
| Edgar Laprade | 70 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 8 |
| Hy Buller | 68 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 96 |
| Reggie Sinclair | 69 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 33 |
| Herb Dickenson | 37 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 8 |
| Ed Kullman | 64 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 59 |
| Nick Mickoski | 43 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 20 |
| Allan Stanley | 50 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 52 |
| Steve Kraftcheck | 58 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 |
| Jim Ross | 51 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
| Frank Eddolls | 42 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| Jack Evans | 52 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 83 |
| Jack Stoddard | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Jackie McLeod | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Zellio Toppazzini | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Clare Martin$^†$ | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim Conacher$^†$ | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lloyd Ailsby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Chuck Rayner | 53 | 3180 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 159 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Emile Francis | 14 | 840 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Lorne Anderson | 3 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 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;