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National Hockey League team season

1938–39 New York Americans
Division4th NHL
1938–39 record17–21–10
Team information
CoachRed Dutton
CaptainSweeney Schriner
Team leaders
GoalsLorne Carr (19)
AssistsSweeney Schriner (31)
PointsSweeney Schriner (44)
Penalty minutesJoe Jerwa (52)
WinsEarl Robertson (17)
Goals against averageRoy Worters (2.86)
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The 1938–39 New York Americans season was the Americans' 14th season of play.

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Boston Bruins 48 36 10 2 156 76 74
New York Rangers 48 26 16 6 149 105 58
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 19 20 9 114 107 47
New York Americans 48 17 21 10 119 157 44
Detroit Red Wings 48 18 24 6 107 128 42
Montreal Canadiens 48 15 24 9 115 146 39
Chicago Black Hawks 48 12 28 8 91 132 32

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

1938–39 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston — 8–0 7–1 6–2 5–2–1 5–3 5–2–1
Chicago 0–8 — 1–5–2 4–4 2–4–2 3–4–1 2–3–3
Detroit 1–7 5–1–2 — 4–3–1 3–3–2 2–6 3–4–1
Montreal 2–6 4–4 3–4–1 — 3–2–3 1–4–3 2–4–2
N.Y. Americans 2–5–1 4–2–2 3–3–2 2–3–3 — 2–5–1 4–3–1
N.Y. Rangers 3–5 4–3–1 6–2 4–1–3 5–2–1 — 4–3–1
Toronto 2–5–1 3–2–2 4–3–1 4–2–2 3–4–1 3–4–1 —


Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 3, 1938 1–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 0–1–0
2 W November 10, 1938 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 1–1–0
3 W November 13, 1938 2–1 Boston Bruins (1938–39) 2–1–0
4 L November 17, 1938 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 2–2–0
5 W November 19, 1938 2–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 3–2–0
6 W November 22, 1938 7–3 Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 4–2–0
7 T November 24, 1938 2–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 4–2–1
8 W November 26, 1938 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 5–2–1
9 L November 27, 1938 2–8 @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) 5–3–1
10 L December 4, 1938 1–6 New York Rangers (1938–39) 5–4–1
11 T December 8, 1938 1–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 5–4–2
12 L December 11, 1938 0–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 5–5–2
13 W December 13, 1938 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 6–5–2
14 T December 15, 1938 1–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1938–39) 6–5–3
15 W December 18, 1938 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 7–5–3
16 L December 20, 1938 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) 7–6–3
17 W December 25, 1938 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 8–6–3
18 W December 29, 1938 4–2 Boston Bruins (1938–39) 9–6–3
19 W December 31, 1938 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 10–6–3
20 W January 1, 1939 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 11–6–3
21 L January 3, 1939 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) 11–7–3
22 T January 5, 1939 6–6 OT Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 11–7–4
23 L January 8, 1939 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1938–39) 11–8–4
24 W January 10, 1939 1–0 OT New York Rangers (1938–39) 12–8–4
25 T January 14, 1939 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 12–8–5
26 T January 15, 1939 1–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 12–8–6
27 L January 21, 1939 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 12–9–6
28 T January 22, 1939 1–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 12–9–7
29 W January 24, 1939 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 13–9–7
30 W January 26, 1939 1–0 @ New York Rangers (1938–39) 14–9–7
31 L January 29, 1939 2–3 Boston Bruins (1938–39) 14–10–7
32 T January 31, 1939 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) 14–10–8
33 L February 2, 1939 0–7 New York Rangers (1938–39) 14–11–8
34 L February 5, 1939 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 14–12–8
35 T February 7, 1939 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 14–12–9
36 L February 9, 1939 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 14–13–9
37 W February 12, 1939 1–0 Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 15–13–9
38 L February 16, 1939 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1938–39) 15–14–9
39 L February 18, 1939 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 15–15–9
40 L February 19, 1939 4–5 Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) 15–16–9
41 W February 23, 1939 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 16–16–9
42 T February 28, 1939 1–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 16–16–10
43 L March 2, 1939 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 16–17–10
44 L March 5, 1939 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) 16–18–10
45 L March 9, 1939 6–9 Boston Bruins (1938–39) 16–19–10
46 W March 12, 1939 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) 17–19–10
47 L March 14, 1939 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) 17–20–10
48 L March 16, 1939 5–11 New York Rangers (1938–39) 17–21–10

Playoffs

They went against Toronto in the first round in a best of three series and got swept in 2 games, or 0–2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sweeney Schriner 48 13 31 44 20
Tommy Anderson 47 13 27 40 14
Lorne Carr 46 19 18 37 16
Nels Stewart 46 16 19 35 43
Eddie Wiseman 47 12 21 33 8
Art Jackson 48 12 13 25 15
John Sorrell 48 13 9 22 10
Art Chapman 45 3 19 22 2
Hooley Smith 48 8 11 19 18
Joe Jerwa 47 4 12 16 52
Leroy Goldsworthy 48 3 11 14 10
John Gallagher 43 1 5 6 22
Wilf Field 47 1 3 4 37
Roger Jenkins 27 1 1 2 4
Red Beattie 17 0 0 0 5
Alfie Moore 2 0 0 0 0
Allan Murray 18 0 0 0 8
Earl Robertson 46 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Earl Robertson 2850 46 17 18 10 136 2.86 3
Roger Jenkins 30 1 0 1 0 7 14.00 0
Alfie Moore 120 2 0 2 0 14 7.00 0
Team: 3000 48 17 21 10 157 3.14 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Tommy Anderson 2 0 0 0 0
Lorne Carr 2 0 0 0 0
Art Chapman 2 0 0 0 0
Wilf Field 2 0 0 0 2
John Gallagher 2 0 0 0 0
Leroy Goldsworthy 2 0 0 0 0
Art Jackson 2 0 0 0 2
Joe Jerwa 2 0 0 0 2
Alfie Moore 2 0 0 0 0
Sweeney Schriner 2 0 0 0 30
Hooley Smith 2 0 0 0 14
John Sorrell 2 0 0 0 0
Nels Stewart 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Tomson 2 0 0 0 0
Eddie Wiseman 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Alfie Moore 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0
Team: 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

References

  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1938-39 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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