# 1938–39 New York Rangers season

The 1938–39 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 13th season. New York finished second in the NHL in regular season points with 58, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.

## 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 | — |

## Schedule and results

1938–39 Game Log :
November: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–1–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
113@ Detroit Red Wings4–31–0–0
215Detroit Red Wings2–02–0–0
317@ Chicago Black Hawks1–03–0–0
420Montreal Canadiens2–14–0–0
522@ Boston Bruins4–24–1–0
624Toronto Maple Leafs6–25–1–0
727Chicago Black Hawks1–05–2–0 :
December: 7–3–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–1–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
84@ New York Americans6–16–2–0
98@ Montreal Canadiens6–57–2–0
1011Boston Bruins3–07–3–0
1115New York Americans1 – 1 OT7–3–1
1217@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–28–3–1
1318@ Chicago Black Hawks5–08–4–1
1420Detroit Red Wings6–29–4–1
1522@ Montreal Canadiens5–210–4–1
1625@ Boston Bruins1–011–4–1
1726Toronto Maple Leafs2–011–5–1
1831Boston Bruins2 – 1 OT12–5–1 :
January: 5–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 0–2–2)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
192Detroit Red Wings3–013–5–1
205@ Montreal Canadiens2 – 2 OT13–5–2
218New York Americans5–214–5–2
2210@ New York Americans1 – 0 OT14–6–2
2312Chicago Black Hawks6–015–6–2
2415@ Chicago Black Hawks1 – 1 OT15–6–3
2519@ Detroit Red Wings4–315–7–3
2622Montreal Canadiens7–316–7–3
2726New York Americans1–016–8–3
2831Chicago Black Hawks3–217–8–3 :
February: 6–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 4–1–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
292@ New York Americans7–018–8–3
304@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–219–8–3
315Toronto Maple Leafs5 – 5 OT19–8–4
329Boston Bruins4–219–9–4
3312@ Boston Bruins3–220–9–4
3416New York Americans2–121–9–4
3518@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–121–10–4
3621Detroit Red Wings7–322–10–4
3723@ Detroit Red Wings4–223–10–4
3825@ Montreal Canadiens1 – 1 OT23–10–5
3926Montreal Canadiens3–023–11–5 :
March: 3–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
402Chicago Black Hawks3–123–12–5
415@ Boston Bruins5 – 3 OT23–13–5
427Montreal Canadiens2 – 2 OT23–13–6
439@ Chicago Black Hawks8–324–13–6
4412Boston Bruins4–224–14–6
4514@ Detroit Red Wings3–224–15–6
4616@ New York Americans11–525–15–6
4718@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–125–16–6
4819Toronto Maple Leafs6–226–16–6 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1939 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Clint Smith | 48 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 2 |
| Neil Colville | 47 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 12 |
| Phil Watson | 48 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 42 |
| Bryan Hextall | 48 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 18 |
| Alex Shibicky | 48 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 24 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 48 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 22 |
| Lynn Patrick | 35 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 25 |
| Mac Colville | 48 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 26 |
| Cecil Dillon | 48 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 6 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 48 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 42 |
| Walter Pratt | 48 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
| George Allen | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 |
| Arthur Coulter | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 58 |
| Murray Patrick | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 64 |
| Joe Krol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Carse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Molyneaux | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Alex Shibicky | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Walter Pratt | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Mac Colville | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Clint Smith | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Carse | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Arthur Coulter | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Lynn Patrick | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Watson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Neil Colville | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Murray Patrick | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Wilbert Hiller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bryan Hextall | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| George Allen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cecil Dillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 48 | 2970 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 105 | 2.12 | 6 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bert Gardiner | 6 | 433 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1.66 | 0 |
| Dave Kerr | 1 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.01 | 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;