1950–51 New York Rangers season

The 1950–51 New York Rangers season was the 25th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 11, 1950 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 15, 1950 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 19, 1950 	0–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 21, 1950 	0–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 22, 1950 	0–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	1–3–1
6 	T 	October 25, 1950 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	1–3–2
10 	T 	November 4, 1950 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	1–4–5
11 	L 	November 5, 1950 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	1–5–5
12 	L 	November 8, 1950 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	1–6–5
13 	T 	November 11, 1950 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	1–6–6
14 	L 	November 12, 1950 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	1–7–6
15 	L 	November 15, 1950 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	1–8–6
16 	L 	November 18, 1950 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	1–9–6
17 	T 	November 19, 1950 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	1–9–7
18 	W 	November 22, 1950 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	2–9–7
19 	T 	November 25, 1950 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	2–9–8
20 	L 	November 26, 1950 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	2–10–8
21 	T 	November 29, 1950 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	2–10–9
22 	W 	December 2, 1950 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	3–10–9
23 	L 	December 3, 1950 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	3–11–9
24 	L 	December 6, 1950 	0–9 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	3–12–9
25 	L 	December 9, 1950 	0–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	3–13–9
26 	T 	December 10, 1950 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	3–13–10
27 	W 	December 13, 1950 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	4–13–10
28 	T 	December 16, 1950 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	4–13–11
29 	T 	December 17, 1950 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	4–13–12
30 	T 	December 20, 1950 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	4–13–13
31 	W 	December 24, 1950 	6–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	5–13–13
32 	L 	December 25, 1950 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	5–14–13
33 	W 	December 27, 1950 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	6–14–13
34 	W 	December 31, 1950 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	7–14–13
35 	L 	January 1, 1951 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	7–15–13
36 	W 	January 3, 1951 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	8–15–13
37 	W 	January 6, 1951 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	9–15–13
38 	W 	January 7, 1951 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	10–15–13
39 	L 	January 10, 1951 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	10–16–13
40 	L 	January 13, 1951 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	10–17–13
41 	W 	January 14, 1951 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	11–17–13
42 	T 	January 17, 1951 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	11–17–14
43 	T 	January 20, 1951 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	11–17–15
44 	L 	January 21, 1951 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	11–18–15
45 	W 	January 25, 1951 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	12–18–15
46 	L 	January 27, 1951 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	12–19–15
47 	W 	January 28, 1951 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	13–19–15
48 	L 	February 1, 1951 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	13–20–15
49 	T 	February 4, 1951 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	13–20–16
50 	T 	February 7, 1951 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	13–20–17
51 	W 	February 11, 1951 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	14–20–17
52 	W 	February 14, 1951 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	15–20–17
53 	W 	February 15, 1951 	7–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	16–20–17
54 	L 	February 17, 1951 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	16–21–17
55 	L 	February 18, 1951 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	16–22–17
56 	T 	February 21, 1951 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	16–22–18
57 	L 	February 24, 1951 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	16–23–18
58 	W 	February 25, 1951 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	17–23–18
59 	W 	March 1, 1951 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	18–23–18
60 	T 	March 3, 1951 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 	18–23–19
61 	T 	March 4, 1951 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	18–23–20
62 	W 	March 7, 1951 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	19–23–20
63 	L 	March 10, 1951 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	19–24–20
64 	T 	March 11, 1951 	5–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	19–24–21
65 	L 	March 14, 1951 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	19–25–21
66 	L 	March 15, 1951 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 	19–26–21
67 	L 	March 17, 1951 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	19–27–21
68 	L 	March 18, 1951 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 	19–28–21
69 	L 	March 21, 1951 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 	19–29–21
70 	W 	March 25, 1951 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 	20–29–21
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW/C	70	18	21	39 	70
 	C 	64	15	24	39 	18
 	C 	66	16	20	36 	0
 	LW 	64	20	15	35 	12
 	RW 	70	14	18	32 	88
 	RW 	69	14	18	32 	15
 	RW 	55	14	14	28 	27
 	W 	70	15	11	26 	112
 	C 	42	10	13	23 	0
 	D 	70	7 	14	21 	75
 	RW 	59	4 	16	20 	6
 	D 	70	5 	10	15 	70
 	RW 	41	5 	10	15 	2
 	D 	68	3 	8 	11 	24
 	LW 	58	3 	4 	7 	26
 	D 	49	1 	5 	6 	28
 	D 	64	2 	3 	5 	92
 	C 	1 	0 	3 	3 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	C/LW	4 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	49	1 	0 	1 	95
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	19	0 	1 	1 	8
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	66	0 	0 	0 	6
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3940	66	19	28	19	187	2.85	2
 	260 	5 	1 	1 	2 	14 	3.23	0
Team: 	4200	70	20	29	21	201	2.87	2
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Chuck Rayner, Goaltender, Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Farm Teams==
The following were junior farm teams of the Rangers:
:Guelph Biltmores
:Lethbridge Native Sons
:Prince Albert Mintos
:Quebec Citadelles
==Gallery==
8Nov1950-Smith_scores_Rayner.jpg|Leafs Sid Smith scores over sprawled Rangers Buddy O'Connor and Chuck Rayner, November 8, 1950.
50-51NHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
50-51NHLExhNYRQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
==See Also==
*1950–51 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1950–51
New York Rangers season, 1950–51
category:New York Rangers seasons