1951–52 New York Rangers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1951–52
Year:	1951
Team:	New York Rangers
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	23–34–13
Goalsfor:	192
Goalsagainst:	219
Goalsleader:	Wally Hergesheimer (26)
Assistsleader:	Don Raleigh (42)
Pointsleader:	Don Raleigh (61)
Pimleader:	Hy Buller (96)
Winsleader:	Chuck Rayner (18)
Gaaleader:	Emile Francis/Chuck Raynor (3.00)

The 1951–52 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 26th season. The Rangers compiled a 23–34–13 record during the regular season, and finished with 59 points. Their fifth-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1952 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player
	70	19	42	61	14
	64	21	22	43	18
	65	12	31	43	16
	69	15	25	40	22
	68	26	12	38	6
	70	9	29	38	8
	68	12	23	35	96
	69	20	10	30	33
	37	14	13	27	8
	64	11	10	21	59
	43	7	13	20	20
	50	5	14	19	52
	58	8	9	17	30
	51	2	9	11	25
	42	3	5	8	18
	52	1	6	7	83
	20	4	2	6	2
	13	2	3	5	2
	16	1	1	2	4
^†	14	0	1	1	6
^†	16	0	1	1	2
	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

53	3180	18	25	10	159	3.00	2
14	840	4	7	3	42	3.00	0
3	180	1	2	0	18	6.00	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.

^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: 1951–52 NHL Season Summary. Hockey-Reference. 2011-02-19.
Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1951–52 New York Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801203848/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481952.html. 1 August 2010 . live.