# 1938–39 New York Americans season

The 1938–39 New York Americans season was the Americans' 14th season of play.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 156 | 76 | 74 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 149 | 105 | 58 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 114 | 107 | 47 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 119 | 157 | 44 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 107 | 128 | 42 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 115 | 146 | 39 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 91 | 132 | 32 |
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

1938–39 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 8–0 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 5–2–1 | 5–3 | 5–2–1 |
| Chicago | 0–8 | — | 1–5–2 | 4–4 | 2–4–2 | 3–4–1 | 2–3–3 |
| Detroit | 1–7 | 5–1–2 | — | 4–3–1 | 3–3–2 | 2–6 | 3–4–1 |
| Montreal | 2–6 | 4–4 | 3–4–1 | — | 3–2–3 | 1–4–3 | 2–4–2 |
| N.Y. Americans | 2–5–1 | 4–2–2 | 3–3–2 | 2–3–3 | — | 2–5–1 | 4–3–1 |
| N.Y. Rangers | 3–5 | 4–3–1 | 6–2 | 4–1–3 | 5–2–1 | — | 4–3–1 |
| Toronto | 2–5–1 | 3–2–2 | 4–3–1 | 4–2–2 | 3–4–1 | 3–4–1 | — |

### Game log

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 3, 1938 | 1–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 10, 1938 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 13, 1938 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | November 17, 1938 | 0–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | W | November 19, 1938 | 2–1 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | November 22, 1938 | 7–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | T | November 24, 1938 | 2–2 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | November 26, 1938 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | L | November 27, 1938 | 2–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | L | December 4, 1938 | 1–6 | New York Rangers (1938–39) | 5–4–1 |
| 11 | T | December 8, 1938 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 5–4–2 |
| 12 | L | December 11, 1938 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 5–5–2 |
| 13 | W | December 13, 1938 | 5–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | T | December 15, 1938 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1938–39) | 6–5–3 |
| 15 | W | December 18, 1938 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 7–5–3 |
| 16 | L | December 20, 1938 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | W | December 25, 1938 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | W | December 29, 1938 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 9–6–3 |
| 19 | W | December 31, 1938 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 10–6–3 |
| 20 | W | January 1, 1939 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 11–6–3 |
| 21 | L | January 3, 1939 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 11–7–3 |
| 22 | T | January 5, 1939 | 6–6 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 11–7–4 |
| 23 | L | January 8, 1939 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1938–39) | 11–8–4 |
| 24 | W | January 10, 1939 | 1–0 OT | New York Rangers (1938–39) | 12–8–4 |
| 25 | T | January 14, 1939 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 12–8–5 |
| 26 | T | January 15, 1939 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 12–8–6 |
| 27 | L | January 21, 1939 | 2–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 12–9–6 |
| 28 | T | January 22, 1939 | 1–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 12–9–7 |
| 29 | W | January 24, 1939 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 13–9–7 |
| 30 | W | January 26, 1939 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1938–39) | 14–9–7 |
| 31 | L | January 29, 1939 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 14–10–7 |
| 32 | T | January 31, 1939 | 2–2 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 14–10–8 |
| 33 | L | February 2, 1939 | 0–7 | New York Rangers (1938–39) | 14–11–8 |
| 34 | L | February 5, 1939 | 3–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 14–12–8 |
| 35 | T | February 7, 1939 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 14–12–9 |
| 36 | L | February 9, 1939 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 14–13–9 |
| 37 | W | February 12, 1939 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 15–13–9 |
| 38 | L | February 16, 1939 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1938–39) | 15–14–9 |
| 39 | L | February 18, 1939 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 15–15–9 |
| 40 | L | February 19, 1939 | 4–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) | 15–16–9 |
| 41 | W | February 23, 1939 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 16–16–9 |
| 42 | T | February 28, 1939 | 1–1 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 16–16–10 |
| 43 | L | March 2, 1939 | 3–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 16–17–10 |
| 44 | L | March 5, 1939 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) | 16–18–10 |
| 45 | L | March 9, 1939 | 6–9 | Boston Bruins (1938–39) | 16–19–10 |
| 46 | W | March 12, 1939 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) | 17–19–10 |
| 47 | L | March 14, 1939 | 3–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) | 17–20–10 |
| 48 | L | March 16, 1939 | 5–11 | New York Rangers (1938–39) | 17–21–10 |

## Playoffs

They went against Toronto in the first round in a best of three series and got swept in 2 games, or 0–2.

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sweeney Schriner | 48 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 20 |
| Tommy Anderson | 47 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 14 |
| Lorne Carr | 46 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 16 |
| Nels Stewart | 46 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 43 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 47 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 8 |
| Art Jackson | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 15 |
| John Sorrell | 48 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 10 |
| Art Chapman | 45 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 |
| Hooley Smith | 48 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 |
| Joe Jerwa | 47 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 52 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| John Gallagher | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| Wilf Field | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| Roger Jenkins | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Red Beattie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Alfie Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Murray | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Earl Robertson | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 2850 | 46 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 136 | 2.86 | 3 |
| Roger Jenkins | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14.00 | 0 |
| Alfie Moore | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3000 | 48 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 157 | 3.14 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tommy Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorne Carr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Chapman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Field | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Gallagher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Jerwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alfie Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweeney Schriner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Hooley Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| John Sorrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Tomson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Alfie Moore | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 6 | 3.00 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 6 | 3.00 | | | | 0 |