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1958–59 New York Rangers season

The 1958–59 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 33rd season. The Rangers finished with a 26–32–12 record in the regular season, and did not advance to the NHL playoffs.[1]

1958–59 New York Rangers
Division5th NHL
1958–59 record26–32–12
Goals for201
Goals against217
Team information
General managerMuzz Patrick
CoachPhil Watson
CaptainRed Sullivan
Alternate captainsAndy Bathgate
Bill Gadsby
Camille Henry
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsAndy Bathgate (40)
AssistsAndy Bathgate (48)
PointsAndy Bathgate (88)
Penalty minutesLou Fontinato (149)
WinsGump Worsley (26)
Goals against averageGump Worsley (2.97)

Regular season edit

Final standings edit

National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 39 18 13 258 158 +100 91
2 Boston Bruins 70 32 29 9 205 215 −10 73
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 197 208 −11 69
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 189 201 −12 65
5 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 201 217 −16 64
6 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 37 8 167 218 −51 58

Record vs. opponents edit

1958–59 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–7–1 8–5–1 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1 — 6–7–1 1–8–5 7–4–3 7–4–3
Detroit 5–8–1 7–6–1 — 1–9–4 6–7–1 6–7–1
Montreal 6–6–2 8–1–5 9–1–4 — 8–5–1 8–5–1
New York 5–6–3 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 — 5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–2 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results edit

1958–59 Game Log
October: 2–3–5 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 0–2–3)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 0–0–1
2 11 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 0–0–2
3 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–0 0–1–2
4 15 Boston Bruins 4–4 0–1–3
5 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 0–1–4
6 19 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 0–2–4
7 25 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 1–2–4
8 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 2–2–4
9 29 Boston Bruins 2–2 2–2–5
10 30 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 2–3–5
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–3–2)
Game November Opponent Score Record
11 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 2–4–5
12 2 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 2–5–5
13 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 2–6–5
14 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–5 3–6–5
15 9 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 4–6–5
16 15 Boston Bruins 4–2 5–6–5
17 16 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 6–6–5
18 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 7–6–5
19 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 7–6–6
20 23 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 7–7–6
21 26 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 8–7–6
22 27 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 8–8–6
23 29 Boston Bruins 3–1 8–9–6
24 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 8–9–7
December: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–2–1)
Game December Opponent Score Record
25 3 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 9–9–7
26 6 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–0 9–10–7
27 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 9–11–7
28 10 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 9–12–7
29 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 9–12–8
30 14 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 9–12–9
31 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 10–12–9
32 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 11–12–9
33 25 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 11–13–9
34 28 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 12–13–9
35 31 Boston Bruins 4–3 13–13–9
January: 6–6–1 (Home: 0–3–1; Road: 6–3–0)
Game January Opponent Score Record
36 1 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 14–13–9
37 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–1 14–14–9
38 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 14–15–9
39 7 Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 14–16–9
40 10 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 14–16–10
41 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 15–16–10
42 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 16–16–10
43 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 16–17–10
44 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 17–17–10
45 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 17–18–10
46 25 @ Boston Bruins 8–3 18–18–10
47 28 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 18–19–10
48 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 19–19–10
February: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–1)
Game February Opponent Score Record
49 1 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 20–19–10
50 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–0 21–19–10
51 7 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 21–20–10
52 8 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 21–21–10
53 11 Boston Bruins 5–3 21–22–10
54 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–0 21–23–10
55 15 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 21–24–10
56 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 21–25–10
57 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 21–25–11
58 22 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 22–25–11
59 25 Detroit Red Wings 6–3 23–25–11
60 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 23–26–11
March: 3–6–1 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 2–2–0)
Game March Opponent Score Record
61 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 23–26–12
62 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 24–26–12
63 8 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 25–26–12
64 11 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 25–27–12
65 12 @ Boston Bruins 5–4 25–28–12
66 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 25–29–12
67 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 25–30–12
68 18 Boston Bruins 5–3 25–31–12
69 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 26–31–12
70 22 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 26–32–12

Playoffs edit

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1959 Stanley Cup playoffs.[4]

Player statistics edit

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Lorne Worsley 67 4001 26 30 11 199 2.97 2141 .907 2
Bruce Gamble 2 120 0 2 0 6 3.00 66 .909 0
Marcel Paille 1 60 0 0 1 4 4.00 32 .875 0
Julian Klymkiw 1 19 0 0 0 2 6.32 9 .778 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 edit

Transactions edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1958–59 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1958–59 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  5. ^ "1958–59 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
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