1958–59 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1958–59 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1958–59 record	26–32–12
Goals for	201
Goals against	217
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Red Sullivan
Alternate captains	Andy Bathgate Bill Gadsby Camille Henry
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (40)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (88)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (149)
Wins	Gump Worsley (26)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.97)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

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]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
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		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

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

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

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andy Bathgate	70	40	48	88	48
George Sullivan	70	21	42	63	56
Andy Hebenton	70	33	29	62	8
Camille Henry	70	23	35	58	2
Bill Gadsby	70	5	46	51	56
Dean Prentice	70	17	33	50	11
Larry Popein	61	13	21	34	28
Eddie Shack	67	7	14	21	109
Jim Bartlett	70	11	9	20	118
Hank Ciesla	69	6	14	20	21
Harry Howell	70	4	10	14	101
Lou Fontinato	64	7	6	13	149
Les Colwill	69	7	6	13	16
John Hanna	70	1	10	11	83
Wally Hergesheimer	22	3	0	3	6
Jack Bownass	35	1	2	3	20
Earl Ingarfield	35	1	2	3	10
Larry Cahan	16	1	0	1	8

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

Transactions

References

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

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