1930–31 New York Rangers season

1930–31 New York Rangers
1930–31 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1930–31 record	19–16–9
Goals for	106
Goals against	87
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (30)
Assists	Frank Boucher (27)
Points	Bill Cook (42)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (77)
Wins	John Ross Roach (19)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.89)
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 New York Rangers season was the franchise's fifth season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 19–16–9 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons 8–1 in a two-game, total goals series, but lost to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 goals to 0 in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1930–31 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PHI	Total
Boston	—	2–4	4–1–1	4–0–2	5–0–1	15–5–4
Chicago	4–2	—	2–3–1	4–1–1	6–0	16–6–2
Detroit	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	2–3–1	4–2	10–11–3
N.Y. Rangers	0–4–2	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	6–0	10–10–4
Philadelphia	0–5–1	0–6	2–4	0–6	—	2–21–1

Vs. Canadian Division

1930–31 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–1–1	12–6–2
Chicago	0–3–1	0–4	3–1	4–0	0–4	7–12–1
Detroit	2–2	0–3–1	0–2–2	2–2	2–1–1	6–10–4
N.Y. Rangers	2–2	2–1–1	1–0–3	3–1	1–2–1	9–6–5
Philadelphia	0–3–1	1–3	0–3–1	0–3–1	1–3	2–15–3

Schedule and results

1930–31 Game Log

November: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	11	@ Philadelphia Quakers	3–0	1–0–0
2	13	@ Detroit Falcons	1–0	1–1–0
3	16	@ Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	1–1–1
4	18	New York Americans	0 – 0 OT	1–1–2
5	23	Philadelphia Quakers	5–2	2–1–2
6	25	@ Montreal Maroons	5–2	2–2–2
7	27	Chicago Black Hawks	4–0	2–3–2
8	29	@ Philadelphia Quakers	6–3	3–3–2

December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
9	4	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–4	3–4–2
10	6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	3–5–2
11	9	Ottawa Senators	3–2	4–5–2
12	14	Detroit Falcons	3–0	5–5–2
13	18	Boston Bruins	4–2	5–6–2
14	20	@ Boston Bruins	2 – 2 OT	5–6–3
15	23	Montreal Canadiens	5–1	6–6–3
16	25	@ Ottawa Senators	4–1	7–6–3
17	28	Philadelphia Quakers	4–2	8–6–3
18	30	@ New York Americans	2 – 2 OT	8–6–4

January: 2–6–3 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 1–1–2)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
19	1	Boston Bruins	4 – 3 OT	8–7–4
20	6	Montreal Maroons	5–1	9–7–4
21	8	@ Detroit Falcons	1–0	10–7–4
22	11	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	10–8–4
23	13	@ Boston Bruins	2 – 2 OT	10–8–5
24	15	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 – 1 OT	10–8–6
25	18	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	10–9–6
26	20	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 2 OT	10–10–6
27	25	Detroit Falcons	1–0	10–11–6
28	29	Boston Bruins	4–3	10–12–6
29	31	@ Montreal Maroons	2 – 2 OT	10–12–7

February: 6–2–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–0–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
30	3	Montreal Maroons	3–0	11–12–7
31	5	@ New York Americans	2–0	12–12–7
32	8	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	12–13–7
33	10	@ Philadelphia Quakers	3–1	13–13–7
34	12	@ Detroit Falcons	1 – 1 OT	13–13–8
35	15	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	14–13–8
36	17	Ottawa Senators	5–4	14–14–8
37	22	Philadelphia Quakers	6–1	15–14–8
38	26	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	16–14–8

March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–2–0)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
39	3	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	16–15–8
40	5	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–1	17–15–8
41	7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	17–16–8
42	10	Detroit Falcons	3 – 2 OT	18–16–8
43	15	New York Americans	0 – 0 OT	18–16–9
44	17	@ Ottawa Senators	3–1	19–16–9

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1931 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – New York Rangers win series eight goals to one goal
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 24	Montreal Maroons	1–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 5 goals to 1 goal
2	March 26	New York Rangers	3–0	Montreal Maroons		New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 1 goal

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 28	New York Rangers	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago leads series 2 goals to 0 goals
2	March 30	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	New York Rangers		Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cook	44	30	12	42	39
Frank Boucher	44	12	27	39	20
Frederick Cook	44	18	17	35	72
Melville Keeling	44	13	9	22	35
Murray Murdoch	44	7	7	14	8
Paul Thompson	44	7	7	14	36
Joe Jerwa	33	4	7	11	72
Cecil Dillon	25	7	3	10	8
Ivan Johnson	44	2	6	8	77
Bud Maracle	11	1	3	4	4
Frank Waite	17	1	3	4	4
Bill Regan	42	2	1	3	49
Eddie Rodden	24	0	3	3	8
Gene Carrigan	33	2	0	2	13
Sammy McAdam	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Kenny	6	0	0	0	0
Leo Bourgeault^‡	10	0	0	0	0
Frank Peters	44	0	0	0	59

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Thompson	4	3	0	3	2
Bill Cook	4	3	0	3	4
Murray Murdoch	4	0	2	2	0
Melville Keeling	4	1	1	2	0
Frank Boucher	4	0	2	2	0
Ivan Johnson	4	1	0	1	17
Cecil Dillon	4	0	1	1	0
Frank Peters	4	0	0	0	2
Bill Regan	4	0	0	0	2
Bud Maracle	4	0	0	0	2
Joe Jerwa	4	0	0	0	4
Frederick Cook	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2760	19	16	9	87	1.89	7

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	4	240	2	2	0	4	1.00	1

^†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;

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1930-31 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.