1950–51 New York Rangers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1950–51
Year:	1950
Team:	New York Rangers
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	20–29–21
Goalsfor:	169
Goalsagainst:	201
Goalsleader:	Nick Mickoski (20)
Assistsleader:	Don Raleigh (24)
Pointsleader:	Don Raleigh/Reg Sinclair (39)
Pimleader:	Tony Leswick (112)
Winsleader:	Chuck Rayner (19)
Gaaleader:	Chuck 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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 0–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 || 15 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 1–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–0 || 1–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–0 || 1–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 5 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 0–0 || 1–3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 6 || 25 || Boston Bruins || 1–1 || 1–3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 7 || 28 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 1–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 8 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 1–4–3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 9 || 2 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 1–4–4|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 10 || 4 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 1–4–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 11 || 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 1–5–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 12 || 8 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 1–6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 13 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 1–6–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 14 || 12 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 1–7–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 15 || 15 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 1–8–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 16 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–4 || 1–9–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 17 || 19 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 1–9–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 18 || 22 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 2–9–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 19 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 2–9–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 20 || 26 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 2–10–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 2–10–9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 22 || 2 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 3–10–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 23 || 3 || Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 3–11–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 24 || 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 9–0 || 3–12–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 25 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–0 || 3–13–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 26 || 10 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–3 || 3–13–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 27 || 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 4–13–10|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 28 || 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 4–13–11|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 29 || 17 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 4–13–12|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 30 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 4–4 || 4–13–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 31 || 24 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 5–13–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 32 || 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 5–14–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 33 || 27 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 6–14–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 34 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 3–0 || 7–14–13|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 35 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 7–15–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 36 || 3 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 8–15–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 37 || 6 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 9–15–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 38 || 7 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 10–15–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 39 || 10 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–0 || 10–16–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 40 || 13 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 10–17–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 41 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 11–17–13|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 42 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 11–17–14|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 43 || 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 11–17–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 44 || 21 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 11–18–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 45 || 25 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 12–18–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || 27 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 12–19–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 47 || 28 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 13–19–15|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 48 || 1 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 13–20–15|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 49 || 4 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 13–20–16|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 50 || 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 13–20–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 51 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 14–20–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || 14 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–1 || 15–20–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 53 || 15 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–3 || 16–20–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 54 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–0 || 16–21–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 55 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 16–22–17|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 56 || 21 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 16–22–18|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 57 || 24 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 16–23–18|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || 25 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 17–23–18|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 59 || 1 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 18–23–18|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 60 || 3 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 18–23–19|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 61 || 4 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 18–23–20|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 62 || 7 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 19–23–20|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 10 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 19–24–20|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 64 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–5 || 19–24–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 65 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 19–25–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 19–26–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 67 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 19–27–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 68 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 19–28–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || 21 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 19–29–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 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
	70	18	21	39	70
	64	15	24	39	18
	66	16	20	36	0
	64	20	15	35	12
	69	14	18	32	15
	70	14	18	32	88
^†	55	14	13	27	27
	70	15	11	26	112
	42	10	13	23	0
	70	7	14	21	75
	59	4	16	20	6
	41	5	10	15	2
	70	5	10	15	70
	68	3	8	11	24
	58	3	4	7	26
	49	1	5	6	28
	64	2	3	5	92
	1	0	3	3	0
	3	1	0	1	0
^†	4	1	0	1	2
	49	1	0	1	95
	4	0	1	1	0
	19	0	1	1	8
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
^‡	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player
	66	3940	19	28	19	187	2.85	2
	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.

^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: 1950–51 NHL Season Summary. Hockey-Reference. 2011-02-12.
Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1950–51 New York Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801121556/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481951.html. 1 August 2010 . live.