1939–40 New York Americans season National Hockey League team season
The 1939–40 New York Americans season was the Americans' 15th season of play.
Offseason
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(January 2011 )
Regular season
Final standings
[ 1]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents
1939–40 NHL Records [ 2]
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MTL
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
6–1–1
5–3
6–1–1
7–1
2–4–2
5–2–1
Chicago
1–6–1
—
6–0–2
5–2–1
3–4–1
4–4
4–3–1
Detroit
3–5
0–6–2
—
5–3
5–3
2–3–2
1–6–1
Montreal
1–6–1
2–5–1
3–5
—
2–4–2
1–6–1
1–7
N.Y. Americans
1–7
4–3–1
3–5
4–2–2
—
1–6–1
2–6
N.Y. Rangers
4–2–2
4–4
3–2–2
6–1–1
6–1–1
—
4–1–3
Toronto
2–5–1
3–4–1
6–1–1
7–1
6–2
1–4–3
—
Game log
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
L
November 9, 1939
0–2
@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
0–1–0
2
L
November 12, 1939
1–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
0–2–0
3
L
November 14, 1939
2–4
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
0–3–0
4
L
November 18, 1939
1–3
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
0–4–0
5
L
November 23, 1939
2–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
0–5–0
6
L
November 25, 1939
3–4
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
0–6–0
7
W
November 26, 1939
2–1 OT
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
1–6–0
8
W
November 30, 1939
5–2
Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
2–6–0
9
T
December 2, 1939
1–1 OT
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
2–6–1
10
L
December 3, 1939
2–6
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
2–7–1
11
L
December 5, 1939
1–2
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
2–8–1
12
L
December 7, 1939
1–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
2–9–1
13
W
December 10, 1939
3–2
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
3–9–1
14
W
December 12, 1939
4–0
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
4–9–1
15
L
December 14, 1939
3–5 OT
@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
4–10–1
16
L
December 16, 1939
1–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
4–11–1
17
L
December 17, 1939
1–4
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
4–12–1
18
W
December 21, 1939
3–0
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
5–12–1
19
L
December 24, 1939
2–3
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
5–13–1
20
W
December 27, 1939
4–2 OT
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
6–13–1
21
L
December 31, 1939
2–5
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
6–14–1
22
W
January 1, 1940
1–0
Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
7–14–1
23
L
January 4, 1940
2–6
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
7–15–1
24
L
January 7, 1940
2–6
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
7–16–1
25
L
January 9, 1940
2–3
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
7–17–1
26
L
January 12, 1940
2–4
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
7–18–1
27
W
January 14, 1940
1–0
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
8–18–1
28
L
January 20, 1940
1–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
8–19–1
29
W
January 21, 1940
2–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
9–19–1
30
L
January 23, 1940
3–5
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
9–20–1
31
T
January 25, 1940
2–2 OT
@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
9–20–2
32
L
January 28, 1940
2–4
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
9–21–2
33
W
January 30, 1940
4–1
Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
10–21–2
34
W
February 1, 1940
5–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
11–21–2
35
L
February 4, 1940
1–7
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
11–22–2
36
L
February 6, 1940
1–3
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
11–23–2
37
L
February 8, 1940
2–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
11–24–2
38
L
February 11, 1940
2–4
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
11–25–2
39
T
February 18, 1940
1–1 OT
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
11–25–3
40
W
February 22, 1940
1–0 OT
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
12–25–3
41
L
February 25, 1940
1–4
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
12–26–3
42
T
March 2, 1940
3–3 OT
@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
12–26–4
43
W
March 3, 1940
3–0
Montreal Canadiens (1939–40 )
13–26–4
44
L
March 7, 1940
1–2
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
13–27–4
45
W
March 9, 1940
4–2
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
14–27–4
46
L
March 10, 1940
2–4
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
14–28–4
47
L
March 16, 1940
6–8
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
14–29–4
48
W
March 17, 1940
5–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
15–29–4
Playoffs
The Americans met the Detroit in a best-of-three series and lost the series in 2 games, or 1–2.
Player stats
Regular season
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SA
SV
SV%
SO
Earl Robertson
2960
48
15
29
4
140
2.84
6
Team:
2960
48
15
29
4
140
2.84
6
Playoffs
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SA
SV
SV%
SO
Earl Robertson
180
3
1
2
9
3.00
0
Team:
180
3
1
2
9
3.00
0
[ 3]
Awards and records
No New York Americans players won any awards or were named to the All-Star teams for the 1939-40 NHL season .
Transactions
Transaction completed on May 21, 1940.
See also
References
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