1941–42 New York Rangers season

The 1941–42 New York Rangers season was the 16th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York led the NHL in points with 60, and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2.
==Pre-season==
The Rangers played a three game series against the New York Americans in western Canada:
*Saturday, October 25 Americans 2 Rangers 1 @ Port Arthur
*Monday, October 27 Rangers 1 Americans 1 @ Winnipeg
*Wednesday, October 29 Rangers 8 Americans 3 @ Winnipeg
The series was split with one win each and one tie.
==Regular Season==
The New York Rangers had a new goaltender as "Sugar" Jim Henry replaced the retired Dave Kerr. Henry was one of the reasons the Rangers finished first, something they would not again do for the next 50 years.
===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 	W 	November 1, 1941 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–0–0
2 	W 	November 9, 1941 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	November 15, 1941 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	November 16, 1941 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	November 18, 1941 	6–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	November 20, 1941 	1–4 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	2–4–0
7 	W 	November 22, 1941 	7–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	3–4–0
8 	L 	November 23, 1941 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	3–5–0
9 	W 	November 25, 1941 	5–4 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	4–5–0
10 	W 	November 29, 1941 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	5–5–0
11 	W 	November 30, 1941 	5–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	6–5–0
12 	W 	December 7, 1941 	5–4 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	7–5–0
13 	W 	December 11, 1941 	5–3 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	8–5–0
14 	L 	December 13, 1941 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	8–6–0
15 	W 	December 16, 1941 	3–2 OT 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	9–6–0
16 	L 	December 18, 1941 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–7–0
17 	W 	December 21, 1941 	4–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	10–7–0
18 	L 	December 23, 1941 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	10–8–0
19 	W 	December 25, 1941 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	11–8–0
20 	W 	December 27, 1941 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	12–8–0
21 	W 	December 28, 1941 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	13–8–0
22 	W 	December 31, 1941 	4–3 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	14–8–0
23 	T 	January 1, 1942 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	14–8–1
24 	W 	January 6, 1942 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	15–8–1
25 	W 	January 13, 1942 	9–2 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	16–8–1
26 	L 	January 17, 1942 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	16–9–1
27 	W 	January 18, 1942 	5–4 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	17–9–1
28 	W 	January 20, 1942 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	18–9–1
29 	W 	January 24, 1942 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	19–9–1
30 	W 	January 25, 1942 	11–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	20–9–1
31 	W 	February 1, 1942 	7–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	21–9–1
32 	W 	February 3, 1942 	3–2 OT 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	22–9–1
33 	W 	February 5, 1942 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	23–9–1
34 	L 	February 7, 1942 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	23–10–1
35 	W 	February 8, 1942 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	24–10–1
36 	L 	February 10, 1942 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	24–11–1
37 	L 	February 14, 1942 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	24–12–1
38 	L 	February 15, 1942 	1–5 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	24–13–1
39 	L 	February 17, 1942 	1–2 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 	24–14–1
40 	W 	February 22, 1942 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	25–14–1
41 	W 	February 24, 1942 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	26–14–1
42 	W 	February 26, 1942 	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	27–14–1
43 	T 	March 3, 1942 	4–4 OT 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	27–14–2
44 	L 	March 5, 1942 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	27–15–2
45 	L 	March 7, 1942 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	27–16–2
46 	W 	March 8, 1942 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	28–16–2
47 	L 	March 12, 1942 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	28–17–2
48 	W 	March 15, 1942 	5–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	29–17–2
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	48	24	32	56 	30
 	C/LW	47	32	22	54 	18
 	RW/C	48	15	37	52 	58
 	RW 	45	20	14	34 	16
 	C 	47	10	24	34 	4
 	RW 	44	16	17	33 	36
 	C/D 	48	8 	25	33 	37
 	RW/D	46	14	16	30 	26
 	D 	47	4 	24	28 	55
 	LW/C	34	8 	19	27 	16
 	LW 	31	10	11	21 	10
 	D 	47	1 	16	17 	31
 	D 	45	4 	8 	12 	29
 	D 	35	6 	5 	11 	22
 	LW 	9 	3 	5 	8 	0
 	LW 	18	2 	4 	6 	0
 	C 	11	0 	4 	4 	2
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2960	48	29	17	2	143	2.90	1
Team: 	2960	48	29	17	2	143	2.90	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	6 	3	2	5 	2
 	RW/C	6 	1	4	5 	8
 	C/D 	6 	0	5	5 	6
 	RW/D	6 	3	1	4 	0
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	24
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	4
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	2
 	C/LW	6 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW/C	6 	1	0	1 	4
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	360	6 	2	4	13	2.17	1
Team: 	360	6 	2	4	13	2.17	1
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==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: New York Rangers
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Grant Warwick
*NHL Scoring Leader: Bryan Hextall Sr.
*Bryan Hextall, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Lynn Patrick, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Frank Boucher, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star
*Phil Watson, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
41-42NYRExhWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
15Nov1941-Brimsek_save_Cain.jpg|Bruins Frank Brimsek makes a save in a 2-1 win against the Rangers while #4 Herb Cain looks, November 15, 1941.
15Nov1941-Krauts_Shewchuk_vs_NYR.jpg|The Kraut Line and #18 Jack Shewchuk in action against the Rangers, November 15, 1941.
1941-Nov15-Henry-Dumart.jpg|Jim Henry stops Woody Dumart, November 15, 1941.
1941-Nov15-Schmidt-Henry.jpg|Milt Schmidt is stopped by Jim Henry, November 15, 1941.
1941-Nov29-Henry-Pratt-McReavy.jpg|Jim Henry stops Pat McReavy as Babe Pratt defends, November 29, 1941.
1941-Brimsek-Hextall-Patrick-Crawford-Colville-Jackson.jpg|Frank Brimsek, Bryan Hextall, Lynn Patrick, Jack Crawford, Neil Colville, Art Jackson in the 1941-42 season.
==See Also==
* 1941–42 NHL season
==References==
* 1941-42 New York Rangers Statistics
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