# 1943–44 New York Rangers season

The 1943–44 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 18th season. During the regular season, the Rangers had a 6–39–5 record and compiled 17 points, the fewest of any team in franchise history. New York finished in last place in the NHL, missing the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 234 | 109 | +125 | 83 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 214 | 177 | +37 | 58 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 214 | 174 | +40 | 50 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 178 | 187 | −9 | 49 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 223 | 268 | −45 | 43 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 162 | 310 | −148 | 17 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–5 | 1–7–2 | 3–5–2 | 7–2–1 | 3–7 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | — | 5–5 | 0–8–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Detroit | 7–1–2 | 5–5 | — | 0–9–1 | 8–1–1 | 6–2–2 |
| Montreal | 5–3–2 | 8–0–2 | 9–0–1 | — | 9–0–1 | 7–2–1 |
| New York | 2–7–1 | 1–7–2 | 1–8–1 | 0–9–1 | — | 2–8 |
| Toronto | 7–3 | 4–5–1 | 2–6–2 | 2–7–1 | 8–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

1943–44 Game Log :
October: 0–2–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–2–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
130@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–20–1–0
231@ Detroit Red Wings8–30–2–0 :
November: 0–9–1 (Home: 0–5–1; Road: 0–4–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
32@ Montreal Canadiens2–10–3–0
46Chicago Black Hawks4–30–4–0
57Toronto Maple Leafs7–40–5–0
613Boston Bruins6–20–6–0
714@ Chicago Black Hawks10–50–7–0
818Detroit Red Wings3–10–8–0
921Toronto Maple Leafs5–20–9–0
1025@ Boston Bruins6–20–10–0
1127@ Montreal Canadiens6–30–11–0
1228Montreal Canadiens2–20–11–1 :
December: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
134@ Toronto Maple Leafs11–40–12–1
145@ Chicago Black Hawks7–60–13–1
1511@ Boston Bruins9–60–14–1
1612Boston Bruins6–41–14–1
1719Detroit Red Wings6–22–14–1
1823@ Detroit Red Wings5–32–15–1
1925@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–33–15–1
2026Chicago Black Hawks7–64–15–1
2131Toronto Maple Leafs4–04–16–1 :
January: 2–9–0 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 1–4–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
222Boston Bruins13–34–17–1
236Detroit Red Wings5–04–18–1
248@ Montreal Canadiens8–24–19–1
259Montreal Canadiens6–54–20–1
2613Chicago Black Hawks5–24–21–1
2715@ Boston Bruins7–54–22–1
2816Boston Bruins8–65–22–1
2922@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–16–22–1
3023@ Detroit Red Wings15–06–23–1
3127@ Chicago Black Hawks6–46–24–1
3230Montreal Canadiens5–36–25–1 :
February: 0–8–2 (Home: 0–4–2; Road: 0–4–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
333@ Detroit Red Wings12–26–26–1
345@ Boston Bruins7–26–27–1
356Chicago Black Hawks4–46–27–2
3610Detroit Red Wings8–36–28–2
3713Toronto Maple Leafs6–36–29–2
3819@ Montreal Canadiens5–26–30–2
3920Montreal Canadiens7–26–31–2
4022Chicago Black Hawks8–46–32–2
4124Detroit Red Wings3–36–32–3
4227@ Chicago Black Hawks4–26–33–3 :
March: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 0–4–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
432@ Detroit Red Wings6–56–34–3
444@ Boston Bruins10–96–35–3
455Boston Bruins4–46–35–4
469Toronto Maple Leafs8–06–36–4
4711@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–06–37–4
4812@ Chicago Black Hawks4–46–37–5
4918@ Montreal Canadiens11–26–38–5
5019Montreal Canadiens6–16–39–5 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bryan Hextall | 50 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 41 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 50 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 15 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 50 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 29 |
| Ab DeMarco$^†$ | 36 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 |
| John Mahaffy | 28 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
| Oscar Aubuchon$^†$ | 38 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 4 |
| Fern Gauthier | 33 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 |
| John McDonald | 43 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 |
| Billy Gooden | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 15 |
| Grant Warwick | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 |
| James MacDonald | 24 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 |
| Bob Dill | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 66 |
| Frank Boucher | 15 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Wilfred McDonald$^†$ | 39 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| Bill Warwick | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Chuck Scherza$^†$ | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Don Raleigh | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Gordon Davidson | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Roger Leger | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Aldo Palazzari$^†$ | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Sands | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Dewar | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Hank D'Amore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| James Jamieson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Archie Fraser | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Mohns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Demers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Dyck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Mann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Labovitch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Art Strobel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ken McAuley | 50 | 2980 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 310 | 6.24 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley$^‡$ | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 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.
Source:
    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;

## Awards and records

* Longest losing streak to start the season (11 games)
* Longest winless streak to start the season (15 games: 14 losses, 1 tie)