| League: | NHL |
| Season: | 1961–62 |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Team: | New York Rangers |
| Divisionrank: | 4th |
| Record: | 26–32–12 |
| Goalsfor: | 195 |
| Goalsagainst: | 207 |
| Goalsleader: | Andy Bathgate (28) |
| Assistsleader: | Andy Bathgate (56) |
| Pointsleader: | Andy Bathgate (84) |
| Pimleader: | Albert Langlois (90) |
| Winsleader: | Gump Worsley (22) |
| Gaaleader: | Marcel Paille (2.80) |
The 1961–62 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 36th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the NHL with 64 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the NHL semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games.[1]
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bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 25 || 6 || Chicago Black Hawks || 8–3 || 11–8–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 26 || 7 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 11–8–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 27 || 9 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 11–8–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 28 || 10 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 11–9–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 16 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 11–10–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 30 || 17 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 11–11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 31 || 20 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–1 || 12–11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 32 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 7–3 || 13–11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 33 || 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–4 || 14–11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 34 || 27 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–0 || 14–12–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 35 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 7–4 || 14–13–8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 36 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 15–13–8|- 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Bruins || 5–3 || 17–23–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 49 || 3 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 17–24–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 50 || 4 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 18–24–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 51 || 7 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 18–24–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || 10 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 19–24–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 53 || 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 20–24–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 54 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 20–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 55 || 15 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–3 || 20–26–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 56 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 20–27–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 57 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 21–27–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || 21 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 22–27–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 59 || 24 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 22–28–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 60 || 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Key: Win Loss
| Player | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 28 | 56 | 84 | 44 | |
| 68 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 20 | |
| 70 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 18 | |
| 70 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 10 | |
| 60 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 8 | |
| 69 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 42 | |
| 65 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 17 | |
| 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 10 | |
| 69 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 71 | |
| 69 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 90 | |
| 56 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 | |
| 66 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 89 | |
| 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | |
| 40 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | |
| 43 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 85 | |
| 44 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | |
| † | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Player | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 3531 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 173 | 2.94 | 1981 | .913 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 600 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 2.80 | 318 | .912 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.14 | 19 | .895 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 26 | .885 | 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.