1950–51 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1950–51 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1950–51 record	20–29–21
Goals for	169
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Neil Colville
Captain	Frank Eddolls
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Mickoski (20)
Assists	Don Raleigh (24)
Points	Don Raleigh/Reg Sinclair (39)
Penalty minutes	Tony Leswick (112)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (19)
Goals against average	Chuck Raynor (2.85)
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

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]
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		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

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Reggie Sinclair	70	18	21	39	70
Don Raleigh	64	15	24	39	18
Herbert O'Connor	66	16	20	36	0
Nick Mickoski	64	20	15	35	12
Ed Slowinski	69	14	18	32	15
Ed Kullman	70	14	18	32	88
Zellio Toppazzini^†	55	14	13	27	27
Tony Leswick	70	15	11	26	112
Edgar Laprade	42	10	13	23	0
Allan Stanley	70	7	14	21	75
Pentti Lund	59	4	16	20	6
Jackie McLeod	41	5	10	15	2
Pat Egan	70	5	10	15	70
Frank Eddolls	68	3	8	11	24
Alex Kaleta	58	3	4	7	26
Wally Stanowski	49	1	5	6	28
Walter Kyle	64	2	3	5	92
Bill Kyle	1	0	3	3	0
Vic Howe	3	1	0	1	0
Ed Harrison^†	4	1	0	1	2
Jack Evans	49	1	0	1	95
Jack Gordon	4	0	1	1	0
Jack Lancien	19	0	1	1	8
Dick Kotanen	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Wylie	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Wood	1	0	0	0	0
Dunc Fisher^‡	8	0	0	0	0

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

References

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

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