1957–58 New York Rangers season

1957–58 New York Rangers
Division	2nd NHL
1957–58 record	32–25–13
Goals for	195
Goals against	188
Team information
General Manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (78)
Penalties in minutes	Lou Fontinato (152)
Wins	Gump Worsley (21)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.32)
<1956–57 1958–59>

The 1957–58 New York Rangers season was the 32nd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished the regular season with 77 points, a total that placed them second in the NHL. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost to the Boston Bruins in the semi-finals.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	250	158	+92	96
2	New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	195	188	+7	77
3	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	176	207	−31	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	199	194	+5	69
5	Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	163	202	−39	55
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	192	226	−34	53

Schedule and results

1957–58 Game Log
October: 5–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 1–0–0 2 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 1–0–1 3 13 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 1–1–1 4 16 Boston Bruins 6–2 1–2–1 5 20 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 2–2–1 6 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 3–2–1 7 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 3–3–1 8 27 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 4–3–1 9 30 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 4–4–1 10 31 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 5–4–1
November: 6–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 4–2–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 11 2 Boston Bruins 5–0 6–4–1 12 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 7–4–1 13 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 7–4–2 14 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 8–4–2 15 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 8–5–2 16 13 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 8–5–3 17 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–5–3 18 17 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 10–5–3 19 20 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 10–5–4 20 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 11–5–4 21 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 11–6–4 22 27 Boston Bruins 5–2 11–7–4 23 28 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 11–8–4 24 30 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 11–9–4
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 2–2–3) Game December Opponent Score Record 25 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 12–9–4 26 4 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 12–10–4 27 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 12–10–5 28 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 12–11–5 29 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 12–12–5 30 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 12–12–6 31 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 13–12–6 32 18 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 14–12–6 33 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 14–12–7 34 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 15–12–7 35 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 16–12–7 36 25 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 16–13–7 37 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 16–14–7 38 29 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 16–15–7
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 0–3–2; Road: 3–3–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 39 4 Boston Bruins 7–4 16–16–7 40 5 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 16–17–7 41 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 16–17–8 42 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–3 16–18–8 43 12 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 16–19–8 44 16 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 17–19–8 45 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 18–19–8 46 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–1 19–19–8 47 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 19–20–8 48 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 19–21–8 49 29 Boston Bruins 1–1 19–21–9
February: 7–2–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–1–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 50 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 20–21–9 51 2 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 20–22–9 52 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 21–22–9 53 9 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 21–23–9 54 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 22–23–9 55 16 Boston Bruins 3–2 23–23–9 56 19 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 24–23–9 57 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 24–23–10 58 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 25–23–10 59 26 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 26–23–10
March: 6–2–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 5–0–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 60 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 27–23–10 61 2 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 27–23–11 62 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 28–23–11 63 9 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 28–24–11 64 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 28–24–12 65 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 29–24–12 66 15 @ Boston Bruins 4–0 30–24–12 67 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 30–25–12 68 19 Boston Bruins 1–1 30–25–13 69 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 31–25–13 70 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 32–25–13

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1958 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 25 Boston Bruins 3–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 March 27 Boston Bruins 4–3 New York Rangers OT Series tied 1–1 3 March 29 New York Rangers 0–5 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 2–1 4 April 1 New York Rangers 5–2 Boston Bruins Series tied 2–2 5 April 3 New York Rangers 1–6 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 3–2 6 April 5 New York Rangers 2–8 Boston Bruins Boston wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 65 30 48 78 42 Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 70 32 24 56 2 Creighton, DaveDave Creighton 70 17 35 52 40 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 65 14 32 46 48 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 70 11 35 46 61 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 70 21 24 45 17 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 70 12 22 34 22 Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki 70 11 19 30 26 Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron 70 10 17 27 68 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 38 13 9 22 14 MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald 70 8 10 18 30 Evans, JackJack Evans 70 4 8 12 108 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 70 4 7 11 62 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 70 3 8 11 152 Ciesla, HankHank Ciesla 60 2 6 8 16 Foley, GerryGerry Foley 68 2 5 7 43 Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan 34 1 1 2 20 Irwin, IvanIvan Irwin 1 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 6 5 3 8 6 Creighton, DaveDave Creighton 6 3 3 6 2 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 6 2 3 5 4 Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 6 1 4 5 5 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 6 1 3 4 4 MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald 6 1 2 3 2 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 6 0 3 3 4 Ciesla, HankHank Ciesla 6 0 2 2 0 Foley, GerryGerry Foley 6 0 1 1 2 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 6 0 1 1 6 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 6 1 0 1 8 Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron 6 1 0 1 11 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 6 1 0 1 4 Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan 5 0 0 0 4 Evans, JackJack Evans 6 0 0 0 17 Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki 6 0 0 0 6 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	37	2220	21	10	6	86	2.32	1193	.928	4
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	33	1980	11	15	7	102	3.09	1118	.909	1

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	6	365	2	4	28	4.60	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;

See also

• 1957–58 NHL season

References

1. "1957–58 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
2. "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1957–58 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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