1950–51 New York Rangers season

1950–51 New York Rangers
Division5th NHL
1950–51 record20–29–21
Goals for169
Goals against201
Team information
General managerFrank Boucher
CoachNeil Colville
CaptainFrank Eddolls
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsNick Mickoski (20)
AssistsDon Raleigh (24)
PointsDon Raleigh/Reg Sinclair (39)
Penalty minutesTony Leswick (112)
WinsChuck Rayner (19)
Goals against averageChuck Raynor (2.85)

The 1950–51 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 25th season. The Rangers finished with a 20–29–21 record in the regular season. They ended the season in fifth place with 61 points, and did not make the NHL playoffs.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 44 13 13 236 139 +97 101
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 212 138 +74 95
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 25 30 15 173 184 −11 65
4 Boston Bruins 70 22 30 18 178 197 −19 62
5 New York Rangers 70 20 29 21 169 201 −32 61
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 47 10 171 280 −109 36

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–4–1 2–8–4 5–6–3 4–2–8 2–10–2
Chicago 4–9–1 — 1–13 4–8–2 2–9–3 2–8–4
Detroit 8–2–4 13–1 — 8–4–2 8–3–3 7–3–4
Montreal 6–5–3 8–4–2 4–8–2 — 5–3–6 2–10–2
New York 2–4–8 9–2–3 5–7–2 3–5–6 — 3–10–1
Toronto 10–2–2 8–2–4 3–7–4 10–2–2 10–3–1 —


Schedule and results

1950–51 Game Log
October: 1–4–3 (Home: 0–0–2; Road: 1–4–1)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 0–1–0
2 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 1–1–0
3 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–0 1–2–0
4 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 1–3–0
5 22 @ Boston Bruins 0–0 1–3–1
6 25 Boston Bruins 1–1 1–3–2
7 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–1 1–4–2
8 29 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 1–4–3
November: 1–6–6 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 0–2–4)
Game November Opponent Score Record
9 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 1–4–4
10 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 1–4–5
11 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 1–5–5
12 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 1–6–5
13 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 1–6–6
14 12 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 1–7–6
15 15 Boston Bruins 4–3 1–8–6
16 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 1–9–6
17 19 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 1–9–7
18 22 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 2–9–7
19 25 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 2–9–8
20 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 2–10–8
21 29 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 2–10–9
December: 5–4–4 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–2–2)
Game December Opponent Score Record
22 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 3–10–9
23 3 Boston Bruins 5–3 3–11–9
24 6 Detroit Red Wings 9–0 3–12–9
25 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–0 3–13–9
26 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 3–13–10
27 13 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–13–10
28 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 4–13–11
29 17 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 4–13–12
30 20 Boston Bruins 4–4 4–13–13
31 24 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 5–13–13
32 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 5–14–13
33 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 6–14–13
34 31 Boston Bruins 3–0 7–14–13
January: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
35 1 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 7–15–13
36 3 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 8–15–13
37 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 9–15–13
38 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 10–15–13
39 10 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 10–16–13
40 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 10–17–13
41 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 11–17–13
42 17 Boston Bruins 3–3 11–17–14
43 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 11–17–15
44 21 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 11–18–15
45 25 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 12–18–15
46 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 12–19–15
47 28 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 13–19–15
February: 4–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–3–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
48 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 13–20–15
49 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 13–20–16
50 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 13–20–17
51 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 14–20–17
52 14 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 15–20–17
53 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–3 16–20–17
54 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 16–21–17
55 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 16–22–17
56 21 Boston Bruins 2–2 16–22–18
57 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 16–23–18
58 25 Detroit Red Wings 6–2 17–23–18
March: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 1–3–1)
Game March Opponent Score Record
59 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 18–23–18
60 3 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 18–23–19
61 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 18–23–20
62 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 19–23–20
63 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 19–24–20
64 11 Montreal Canadiens 5–5 19–24–21
65 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 19–25–21
66 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 19–26–21
67 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 19–27–21
68 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 19–28–21
69 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 19–29–21
70 25 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 20–29–21

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1951 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1]

Player statistics

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Chuck Rayner 66 3940 19 28 19 187 2.85 2
Emile Francis 5 260 1 1 2 14 3.23 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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1950–51 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1950–51 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.