1948–49 New York Rangers season

The 1948–49 New York Rangers season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers compiled an 18–31–11 record, and finished with 47 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.[1]

1948–49 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1948–49 record	18–31–11
Goals for	133
Goals against	172
Team information
General Manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher Lynn Patrick
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Edgar Laprade (18)
Assists	Buddy O'Connor (24)
Points	Buddy O'Connor (35)
Penalty minutes	Tony Leswick (70)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (16)
Goals against average	Emile Francis (2.00)

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	60	34	19	7	195	145	+50	75
2	Boston Bruins	60	29	23	8	178	163	+15	66
3	Montreal Canadiens	60	28	23	9	152	126	+26	65
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	147	161	−14	57
5	Chicago Black Hawks	60	21	31	8	173	211	−38	50
6	New York Rangers	60	18	31	11	133	172	−39	47

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	6–5–1	5–4–3	5–6–1	8–2–2	5–6–1
Chicago	5–6–1	—	3–9	3–7–2	6–5–1	4–4–4
Detroit	4–5–3	9–3	—	7–4–1	7–4–1	7–3–2
Montreal	6–5–1	7–3–2	4–7–1	—	5–4–3	6–4–2
New York	2–8–2	5–6–1	4–7–1	4–5–3	—	3–5–4
Toronto	6–5–1	4–4–4	3–7–2	4–6–2	5–3–4	—

Schedule and results

1948–49 Game Log
October: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 0–0–1 2 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–0 0–1–1 3 24 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 0–2–1 4 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 0–3–1 5 31 Boston Bruins 2–0 1–3–1
November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game November Opponent Score Record 6 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 1–3–2 7 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 1–4–2 8 10 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 2–4–2 9 13 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 2–5–2 10 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 2–5–3 11 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 2–5–4 12 21 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 3–5–4 13 25 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–4 3–6–4 14 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 3–7–4 15 30 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 3–8–4
December: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 16 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 3–9–4 17 5 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 3–10–4 18 7 Boston Bruins 2–2 3–10–5 19 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 3–11–5 20 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 4–11–5 21 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 5–11–5 22 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 5–11–6 23 19 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 6–11–6 24 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 7–11–6 25 25 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 8–11–6 26 26 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 8–12–6 27 31 Boston Bruins 2–2 8–12–7
January: 5–5–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 28 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 8–13–7 29 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 9–13–7 30 5 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 10–13–7 31 9 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 10–13–8 32 12 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 10–14–8 33 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 10–15–8 34 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 11–15–8 35 19 Boston Bruins 5–2 11–16–8 36 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 11–17–8 37 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 11–17–9 38 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 12–17–9 39 30 Montreal Canadiens 9–0 13–17–9
February: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 40 2 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 13–18–9 41 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 13–18–10 42 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 14–18–10 43 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–0 14–19–10 44 10 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 14–20–10 45 12 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 14–21–10 46 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 14–22–10 47 16 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 15–22–10 48 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 15–23–10 49 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 16–23–10 50 23 Boston Bruins 3–2 16–24–10 51 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 17–24–10
March: 1–7–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–5–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 52 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 17–25–10 53 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 17–26–10 54 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 17–27–10 55 9 @ Boston Bruins 8–1 17–28–10 56 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 17–29–10 57 13 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 17–29–11 58 15 Boston Bruins 4–2 17–30–11 59 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–2 17–31–11 60 20 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 18–31–11

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1949 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Herbert O'Connor 46 11 24 35 0 Alex Kaleta 56 12 19 31 18 Edgar Laprade 56 18 12 30 12 Pentti Lund 59 14 16 30 16 Tony Leswick 60 13 14 27 70 Don Raleigh 41 10 16 26 8 Dunc Fisher 60 9 16 25 40 Nick Mickoski 54 13 9 22 20 Clint Albright 59 14 5 19 19 Jack Gordon 31 3 9 12 0 Allan Stanley 40 2 8 10 22 Ed Kullman 18 4 5 9 14 Fred Shero 59 3 6 9 64 Wally Stanowski 60 1 8 9 16 Bill Moe 60 0 9 9 60 Frank Eddolls 34 4 2 6 10 Neil Colville 14 0 5 5 2 Wes Trainor 17 1 2 3 6 Ed Slowinski 20 1 1 2 2 Alan Staley 1 0 1 1 0 Ray Manson 1 0 1 1 0 Elwin Morris 18 0 1 1 8 Val Delory 1 0 0 0 0 Dick Kotanen 1 0 0 0 0 Norman Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 Ralph Buchanan 2 0 0 0 0 Jack Evans 3 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Chuck Rayner	58	3480	16	31	11	168	2.90	7
Emile Francis	2	120	2	0	0	4	2.00	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.

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Note:

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1948–49 NHL season

References

1. "1948–49 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
2. "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1948–49 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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