1948–49 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

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)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 23rd season. 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]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
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		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 ^[3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	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

References

^ ^a ^b "1948–49 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1948–49 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.

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