# 1955–56 New York Rangers season

The 1955–56 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 30th season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third overall in the league with a 32–28–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 in a best of seven games series.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 222 | 131 | +91 | 100 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 183 | 148 | +35 | 76 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 204 | 203 | +1 | 74 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 153 | 181 | −28 | 61 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 147 | 185 | −38 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 155 | 216 | −61 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–8–3 | 3–8–3 | 5–8–1 | 7–5–2 | 5–5–4 |
| Chicago | 8–3–3 | — | 2–8–4 | 1–12–1 | 3–10–1 | 5–6–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 8–2–4 | — | 4–8–2 | 5–6–3 | 5–5–4 |
| Montreal | 8–5–1 | 12–1–1 | 8–4–2 | — | 8–2–4 | 9–3–2 |
| New York | 5–7–2 | 10–3–1 | 6–5–3 | 2–8–4 | — | 9–5 |
| Toronto | 5–5–4 | 6–5–3 | 5–5–4 | 3–9–2 | 5–9 | — |

## Schedule and results

1955–56 Game Log :
October: 5–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–3–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
17@ Chicago Black Hawks7–41–0–0
29@ Detroit Red Wings3–22–0–0
315@ Montreal Canadiens4–12–1–0
416@ Boston Bruins4–12–2–0
519Toronto Maple Leafs6–23–2–0
622@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–23–3–0
723Chicago Black Hawks5–44–3–0
826Detroit Red Wings6–25–3–0
929Boston Bruins1–05–4–0 :
November: 6–2–5 (Home: 3–0–4; Road: 3–2–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
103@ Detroit Red Wings1–15–4–1
115@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–06–4–1
126@ Chicago Black Hawks4–27–4–1
139Montreal Canadiens1–17–4–2
1410@ Boston Bruins5–17–5–2
1513Toronto Maple Leafs4–18–5–2
1616Detroit Red Wings3–38–5–3
1719@ Montreal Canadiens6–18–6–3
1820Montreal Canadiens1–18–6–4
1923Boston Bruins4–09–6–4
2024@ Boston Bruins5–010–6–4
2127Montreal Canadiens3–310–6–5
2230Chicago Black Hawks6–111–6–5 :
December: 6–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 1–3–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
232@ Chicago Black Hawks2–112–6–5
244Detroit Red Wings7–313–6–5
257Toronto Maple Leafs3–114–6–5
2610@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–114–7–5
2711@ Detroit Red Wings2–014–8–5
2814Chicago Black Hawks4–114–9–5
2915@ Montreal Canadiens2–014–10–5
3018Toronto Maple Leafs4–115–10–5
3121Boston Bruins3–315–10–6
3225Montreal Canadiens5–116–10–6
3329Chicago Black Hawks4–216–11–6
3431Boston Bruins6–217–11–6 :
January: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 5–4–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
351@ Boston Bruins4–218–11–6
364Detroit Red Wings5–419–11–6
378Chicago Black Hawks5–319–12–6
3811Montreal Canadiens6–120–12–6
3912@ Detroit Red Wings6–020–13–6
4014@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–521–13–6
4115@ Chicago Black Hawks2–022–13–6
4217@ Chicago Black Hawks2–222–13–7
4321@ Montreal Canadiens3–122–14–7
4422@ Boston Bruins3–122–15–7
4526@ Detroit Red Wings3–222–16–7
4628@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–123–16–7
4729@ Chicago Black Hawks6–224–16–7 :
February: 5–8–2 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–6–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481Toronto Maple Leafs5–225–16–7
494@ Boston Bruins7–125–17–7
505Montreal Canadiens3–325–17–8
518Boston Bruins3–325–17–9
5211@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–025–18–9
5312Detroit Red Wings2–126–18–9
5414@ Detroit Red Wings5–326–19–9
5515Chicago Black Hawks6–127–19–9
5618@ Montreal Canadiens9–427–20–9
5719Boston Bruins3–027–21–9
5822Toronto Maple Leafs4–227–22–9
5923@ Montreal Canadiens5–227–23–9
6026Detroit Red Wings3–228–23–9
6128@ Detroit Red Wings4–128–24–9
6229Boston Bruins4–229–24–9 :
March: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–3–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
633@ Boston Bruins5–229–25–9
644Chicago Black Hawks3–230–25–9
658@ Chicago Black Hawks6–431–25–9
6610@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–231–26–9
6711Toronto Maple Leafs4–232–26–9
6815Detroit Red Wings2–232–26–10
6917@ Montreal Canadiens7–232–27–10
7018Montreal Canadiens3–132–28–10 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1956 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Andy Bathgate | 70 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 59 |
| Dave Creighton | 70 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 43 |
| Bill Gadsby | 70 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 84 |
| Danny Lewicki | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 26 |
| Ron Murphy | 66 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 71 |
| Dean Prentice | 70 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 44 |
| Wally Hergesheimer | 70 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 26 |
| Larry Popein | 64 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 37 |
| Andy Hebenton | 70 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 8 |
| Bronco Horvath | 66 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 40 |
| Pete Conacher | 41 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10 |
| Harry Howell | 70 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 77 |
| Lou Fontinato | 70 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 202 |
| Don Raleigh | 29 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 63 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| Jack Evans | 70 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 104 |
| Aldo Guidolin | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Bartlett | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Ivan Irwin | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Ron Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bill Gadsby | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bronco Horvath | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Danny Lewicki | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Bathgate | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Jack Evans | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Harry Howell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Andy Hebenton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Popein | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wally Hergesheimer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Prentice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Murphy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Irwin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lou Fontinato | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pete Conacher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 70 | 4200 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 199 | 2.84 | 2542 | .922 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.50 | 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;