# 1937–38 New York Rangers season

The 1937–38 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 12th season. New York finished second in the American Division in regular season with a record of 27–15–6, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Americans 2–1 in a best of three games series.

## Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Americans in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 142 | 89 | 67 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 149 | 96 | 60 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 97 | 139 | 37 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 99 | 133 | 35 |
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
## Schedule and results

1937–38 Game Log :
November: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–2–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
17@ Detroit Red Wings3–01–0–0
211Chicago Black Hawks3–11–1–0
314@ Boston Bruins3–21–2–0
416New York Americans1–02–2–0
520@ Montreal Maroons3–03–2–0
621Montreal Maroons3 – 3 OT3–2–1
725Toronto Maple Leafs3–13–3–1
827@ Montreal Canadiens2–13–4–1 :
December: 7–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–2–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
92@ Chicago Black Hawks2–13–5–1
105Boston Bruins4–04–5–1
1111@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–35–5–1
1212@ Detroit Red Wings5–26–5–1
1314Detroit Red Wings3–17–5–1
1416@ New York Americans2–08–5–1
1519Montreal Canadiens2 – 2 OT8–5–2
1623@ Montreal Maroons4–09–5–2
1726Chicago Black Hawks3–19–6–2
1828@ Boston Bruins3–29–7–2
1931Boston Bruins5–310–7–2 :
January: 6–2–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 3–2–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
204New York Americans5 – 5 OT10–7–3
216@ Chicago Black Hawks4–111–7–3
228@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–211–8–3
239Detroit Red Wings4–112–8–3
2413Detroit Red Wings3 – 3 OT12–8–4
2516@ New York Americans4–013–8–4
2618Montreal Canadiens3 – 1 OT14–8–4
2723Montreal Maroons8–215–8–4
2825@ Boston Bruins3–216–8–4
2927@ Montreal Canadiens4–216–9–4
3030@ Chicago Black Hawks2 – 2 OT16–9–5 :
February: 8–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–1–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
311Chicago Black Hawks6–117–9–5
326Toronto Maple Leafs2–118–9–5
3310@ Detroit Red Wings4–019–9–5
3412@ Montreal Maroons5–320–9–5
3513Montreal Maroons4–121–9–5
3617Boston Bruins3 – 2 OT21–10–5
3720@ Boston Bruins3 – 2 OT21–11–5
3822Montreal Canadiens2–121–12–5
3924Chicago Black Hawks6–322–12–5
4026@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–223–12–5
4127@ Chicago Black Hawks4–124–12–5 :
March: 3–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
423Detroit Red Wings4–325–12–5
436@ New York Americans3–125–13–5
448Toronto Maple Leafs4–326–13–5
4513Boston Bruins2–126–14–5
4617New York Americans5–327–14–5
4719@ Montreal Canadiens1 – 1 OT27–14–6
4820@ Detroit Red Wings4–327–15–6 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1938 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Cecil Dillon | 48 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 6 |
| Clint Smith | 48 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 0 |
| Neil Colville | 45 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 11 |
| Alex Shibicky | 48 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 26 |
| Lynn Patrick | 48 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 24 |
| Phil Watson | 48 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 52 |
| Mac Colville | 48 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 18 |
| Bryan Hextall | 48 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 6 |
| Walter Pratt | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 56 |
| Melville Keeling | 39 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 48 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 68 |
| Arthur Coulter | 43 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 90 |
| Bobby Kirk | 39 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Joe Cooper | 46 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
| Murray Patrick | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Boucher | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Molyneaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bryan Hextall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mac Colville | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Watson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Shibicky | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clint Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Melville Keeling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lynn Patrick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Colville | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cecil Dillon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Molyneaux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Walter Pratt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 48 | 2960 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 96 | 1.95 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 3 | 262 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1.83 | 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;