# 1940–41 New York Rangers season

The 1940–41 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 15th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 50 points and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York lost to the Detroit Red Wings, two games to one.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 168 | 102 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 145 | 99 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 102 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 143 | 125 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 112 | 139 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 121 | 147 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 99 | 186 |
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

1940–41 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–2–2 | 3–0–5 | 5–2–1 | 7–0–1 | 4–2–2 | 4–2–2 |
| Chicago | 2–4–2 | — | 2–6 | 3–4–1 | 3–2–3 | 4–3–1 | 2–6 |
| Detroit | 0–3–5 | 6–2 | — | 4–3–1 | 5–1–2 | 3–2–3 | 3–5 |
| Montreal | 2–5–1 | 4–3–1 | 3–4–1 | — | 4–3–1 | 2–5–1 | 1–6–1 |
| N.Y. Americans | 0–7–1 | 2–3–3 | 1–5–2 | 3–4–1 | — | 1–6–1 | 1–4–3 |
| N.Y. Rangers | 2–4–2 | 3–4–1 | 2–3–2 | 5–2–1 | 6–1–1 | — | 3–5 |
| Toronto | 2–4–2 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 6–1–1 | 4–1–3 | 5–3 | — |

## Schedule and results

1940–41 Game Log :
November: 3–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–1–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
12@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–11–0–0
210@ Detroit Red Wings2 – 2 OT1–0–1
316Detroit Red Wings3 – 3 OT1–0–2
419New York Americans3–22–0–2
523Boston Bruins2–12–1–2
626Toronto Maple Leafs4–22–2–2
728@ New York Americans2–12–3–2
830Montreal Canadiens6–13–3–2 :
December: 4–6–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–5–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
91@ Chicago Black Hawks4–13–4–2
105@ Montreal Canadiens3–24–4–2
118Detroit Red Wings3–14–5–2
1210@ Boston Bruins6–24–6–2
1313@ Detroit Red Wings3 – 2 OT4–7–2
1415New York Americans6–35–7–2
1519Boston Bruins5–36–7–2
1622@ Chicago Black Hawks3 – 1 OT6–8–2
1725Chicago Black Hawks3 – 3 OT6–8–3
1828@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–26–9–3
1929Toronto Maple Leafs3–27–9–3
2031@ Boston Bruins2 – 2 OT7–9–4 :
January: 3–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–3–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
211Montreal Canadiens2–17–10–4
224@ Montreal Canadiens3 – 3 OT7–10–5
235@ New York Americans6–28–10–5
247Chicago Black Hawks3–28–11–5
259@ Toronto Maple Leafs3 – 2 OT8–12–5
2612New York Americans3–19–12–5
2714Detroit Red Wings3 – 3 OT9–12–6
2816Boston Bruins2 – 2 OT9–12–7
2919@ Detroit Red Wings2–110–12–7
3021@ Boston Bruins4 – 3 OT10–13–7
3126@ Chicago Black Hawks4–110–14–7 :
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
322Montreal Canadiens2–111–14–7
334@ New York Americans2 – 2 OT11–14–8
346Chicago Black Hawks6–212–14–8
359@ Chicago Black Hawks2–113–14–8
3611@ Montreal Canadiens6–213–15–8
3713Boston Bruins5–313–16–8
3815@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–313–17–8
3916Toronto Maple Leafs4–113–18–8
4018@ New York Americans5–214–18–8
4123Chicago Black Hawks4–115–18–8
4225@ Boston Bruins2–016–18–8
4327Montreal Canadiens5–217–18–8 :
March: 4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
441@ Montreal Canadiens3–118–18–8
452@ Detroit Red Wings4 – 2 OT18–19–8
464Detroit Red Wings6–019–19–8
479Toronto Maple Leafs8–520–19–8
4816New York Americans6–321–19–8 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1941 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bryan Hextall | 48 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 16 |
| Lynn Patrick | 48 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 12 |
| Neil Colville | 48 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 28 |
| Phil Watson | 40 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 49 |
| Mac Colville | 47 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 18 |
| Clint Smith | 48 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0 |
| Alex Shibicky | 40 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 14 |
| Walter Pratt | 47 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 52 |
| Alf Pike | 48 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 23 |
| Arthur Coulter | 35 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 42 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 45 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 20 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 48 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 42 |
| James MacDonald | 47 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Murray Patrick | 47 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| Stanford Smith | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Herb Foster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bill Allum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Polich | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Juzda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Walter Pratt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Mac Colville | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Phil Watson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Neil Colville | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| James MacDonald | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alf Pike | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Shibicky | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lynn Patrick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Bryan Hextall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Murray Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Coulter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Clint Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 48 | 3010 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 125 | 2.49 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 3 | 192 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1.88 | 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;