1958–59 New York Rangers season

The 1958–59 New York Rangers season was the 33rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==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 	T 	October 8, 1958 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	0–0–1
2 	T 	October 11, 1958 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	0–0–2
3 	L 	October 12, 1958 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	0–1–2
4 	T 	October 15, 1958 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	0–1–3
5 	T 	October 18, 1958 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	0–1–4
6 	L 	October 19, 1958 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	0–2–4
7 	W 	October 25, 1958 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	1–2–4
8 	W 	October 26, 1958 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	2–2–4
9 	T 	October 29, 1958 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	2–2–5
10 	L 	October 30, 1958 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	2–3–5
11 	L 	November 1, 1958 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	2–4–5
12 	L 	November 2, 1958 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	2–5–5
13 	L 	November 4, 1958 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	2–6–5
14 	W 	November 8, 1958 	6–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	3–6–5
15 	W 	November 9, 1958 	5–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	4–6–5
16 	W 	November 15, 1958 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	5–6–5
17 	W 	November 16, 1958 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	6–6–5
18 	W 	November 19, 1958 	7–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	7–6–5
19 	T 	November 22, 1958 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	7–6–6
20 	L 	November 23, 1958 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	7–7–6
21 	W 	November 26, 1958 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	8–7–6
22 	L 	November 27, 1958 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	8–8–6
23 	L 	November 29, 1958 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	8–9–6
24 	T 	November 30, 1958 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	8–9–7
25 	W 	December 3, 1958 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	9–9–7
26 	L 	December 6, 1958 	0–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	9–10–7
27 	L 	December 7, 1958 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	9–11–7
28 	L 	December 10, 1958 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	9–12–7
29 	T 	December 13, 1958 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	9–12–8
30 	T 	December 14, 1958 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	9–12–9
31 	W 	December 18, 1958 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	10–12–9
32 	W 	December 21, 1958 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	11–12–9
33 	L 	December 25, 1958 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	11–13–9
34 	W 	December 28, 1958 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	12–13–9
35 	W 	December 31, 1958 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	13–13–9
36 	W 	January 1, 1959 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	14–13–9
37 	L 	January 3, 1959 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	14–14–9
38 	L 	January 4, 1959 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	14–15–9
39 	L 	January 7, 1959 	0–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	14–16–9
40 	T 	January 10, 1959 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	14–16–10
41 	W 	January 11, 1959 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	15–16–10
42 	W 	January 14, 1959 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–16–10
43 	L 	January 17, 1959 	1–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	16–17–10
44 	W 	January 18, 1959 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	17–17–10
45 	L 	January 24, 1959 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	17–18–10
46 	W 	January 25, 1959 	8–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	18–18–10
47 	L 	January 28, 1959 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	18–19–10
48 	W 	January 31, 1959 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	19–19–10
49 	W 	February 1, 1959 	5–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	20–19–10
50 	W 	February 5, 1959 	5–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	21–19–10
51 	L 	February 7, 1959 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	21–20–10
52 	L 	February 8, 1959 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	21–21–10
53 	L 	February 11, 1959 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	21–22–10
54 	L 	February 12, 1959 	0–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	21–23–10
55 	L 	February 15, 1959 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	21–24–10
56 	L 	February 18, 1959 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	21–25–10
57 	T 	February 21, 1959 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	21–25–11
58 	W 	February 22, 1959 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	22–25–11
59 	W 	February 25, 1959 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	23–25–11
60 	L 	February 28, 1959 	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	23–26–11
61 	T 	March 1, 1959 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	23–26–12
62 	W 	March 7, 1959 	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–26–12
63 	W 	March 8, 1959 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	25–26–12
64 	L 	March 11, 1959 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 	25–27–12
65 	L 	March 12, 1959 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	25–28–12
66 	L 	March 14, 1959 	0–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	25–29–12
67 	L 	March 15, 1959 	5–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 	25–30–12
68 	L 	March 18, 1959 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1958–59) 	25–31–12
69 	W 	March 21, 1959 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 	26–31–12
70 	L 	March 22, 1959 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 	26–32–12
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	40	48	88 	48
 	C 	70	21	42	63 	56
 	RW 	70	33	29	62 	8
 	C 	70	23	35	58 	2
 	D 	70	5 	46	51 	56
 	LW 	70	17	33	50 	11
 	C 	61	13	21	34 	28
 	LW 	67	7 	14	21 	109
 	LW 	70	11	9 	20 	118
 	C 	69	6 	14	20 	21
 	D 	70	4 	10	14 	101
 	D 	64	7 	6 	13 	149
 	RW 	69	7 	6 	13 	16
 	D 	70	1 	10	11 	83
 	RW 	22	3 	0 	3 	6
 	D 	35	1 	2 	3 	20
 	C 	35	1 	2 	3 	10
 	D 	16	1 	0 	1 	8
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	67	0 	0 	0 	10
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4001	67	26	30	11	198	2.97	2
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0 	6 	3.00	0
 	19 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	6.32	0
 	60 	1 	0 	0 	1 	4 	4.00	0
Team: 	4200	70	26	32	12	210	3.00	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==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Andy Bathgate
*Andy Bathgate, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Bill Gadsby, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==1959 Boston Bruins–New York Rangers European tour==
In 1959, the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers went on a 23 game tour of Europe, visiting England, Switzerland, France, Belgium, West Germany and Austria. The Rangers line-up was supplemented by Bobby Hull, Ed Litzenberger, Eric Nesterenko and Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Black Hawks while Andy Bathgate of the Rangers didn't participate as his wife had given birth just before the tour.
It was the first time NHL teams played in Europe since the 1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour, a nine-game affair in Paris and London that the Canadiens won, 5-3-1.
During the tour, the teams experimented with an orange puck, designed by Clair Kenney. The players didn't like it and complained it looked like a blur on the ice.The Official NHL 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book, p.139.
Bobby Hull credits the series for his later success as he was allowed to play a freewheeling style instead of a checking role, which he had during his first two years with Chicago. The Rangers won the series with a record of 11–9–3.
==See Also==
*1958–59 NHL season
==References==
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New York Rangers season, 1958–59
New York Rangers season, 1958–59
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