1939 NHL Semi-Finals
Boston Bruins defeat New York Rangers 4-3
W-L: 36-10-2, .771
SRS: 1.43 (1st of 7)
Goals: 156 (1st of 7)
Goals Against: 76 (1st of 7)
W-L: 26-16-6, .604
SRS: 0.79 (2nd of 7)
Goals: 149 (2nd of 7)
Goals Against: 105 (2nd of 7)
| Game 1, March 21 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 2 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 1 | 3OT |
| Game 2, March 23 | ||
| New York Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 3 | OT |
| Game 3, March 26 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 4 | |
| Game 4, March 28 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 1 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 2 | |
| Game 5, March 30 | ||
| New York Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 1 | OT |
| Game 6, April 1 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 1 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 3 | |
| Game 7, April 2 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 2 | 3OT |
Boston Bruins Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| Bill Cowley | C | 26 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Hill | RW | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Conacher | LW | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Woody Dumart | LW | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bauer | RW | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Getliffe | C/LW | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Pettinger | C | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flash Hollett | D | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Shore | D | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Crawford | D | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Frost | RW | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Hamill | LW | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Portland | D | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooney Weiland | C | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 14 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Boston Bruins Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 23 | 7 | 4-3-0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 553:08 | 79:01 | ||||
| Team Total | 4-3-0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 553:08 | 79:01 | |||||||
New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| Alex Shibicky | RW | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac Colville | RW/D | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Babe Pratt | D | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clint Smith | C | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Carse | C | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Coulter | D | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Patrick | C/LW | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Watson | RW/C | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Colville | C/D | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Hiller | LW | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Muzz Patrick | D | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ott Heller | D | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bryan Hextall | RW | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Allen | LW/D | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Dillon | RW | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Molyneaux | D | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 12 | 15 | 27 | 74 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||
New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Bert Gardiner | G | 25 | 6 | 3-3-0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 433:43 | 72:17 | ||||
| Dave Kerr | G | 29 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 119:25 | 119:25 | ||||
| Team Total | 3-4-0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 553:08 | 79:01 | |||||||
1938-39 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Nov 22, 1938 | ||
| New York Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 4 | |
| Sunday, Dec 11, 1938 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 3 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 0 | |
| Sunday, Dec 25, 1938 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 0 | |
| Saturday, Dec 31, 1938 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 1 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 2 | OT |
| Thursday, Feb 9, 1939 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 4 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 2 | |
| Sunday, Feb 12, 1939 | ||
| New York Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 2 | |
| Sunday, Mar 5, 1939 | ||
| New York Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Boston Bruins | 5 | OT |
| Sunday, Mar 12, 1939 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 4 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 2 | |
BOS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Bill Cowley* | 26 | C | 34 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 5.1 | |||||
| 2 | Roy Conacher* | 22 | LW | 47 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 6.4 | |||||
| 3 | Milt Schmidt* | 20 | C | 41 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 4.6 | |||||
| 4 | Bobby Bauer* | 23 | RW | 48 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.1 | |||||
| 5 | Woody Dumart* | 22 | LW | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 | |||||
| 6 | Flash Hollett | 27 | D | 44 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 8.1 | |||||
| 7 | Dit Clapper* | 31 | D | 42 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 8.2 | |||||
| 8 | Gord Pettinger | 27 | LW | 48 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.1 | |||||
| 9 | Ray Getliffe | 24 | C | 43 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | |||||
| 10 | Mel Hill | 24 | RW | 46 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | |||||
| 11 | Eddie Shore* | 36 | D | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.3 | |||||
| 12 | Cooney Weiland* | 34 | C | 45 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | |||||
| 13 | Charlie Sands | 27 | RW | 38 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | |||||
| 14 | Jack Crawford | 22 | D | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | |||||
| 15 | Jack Portland | 26 | D | 48 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | |||||
| 16 | Red Hamill | 22 | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| 17 | Frank Brimsek* | 23 | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2620 | 60:56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| 18 | Harry Frost | 24 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 19 | Pat McReavy | 21 | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| 20 | Terry Reardon | 19 | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 21 | Jack Shewchuk | 21 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||
| 22 | Tiny Thompson* | 35 | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 62:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 156 | 201 | 357 | 247 | 141 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 185 | 14 | 2 | 34.2 | 35.3 | 82.1 | ||||||||
BOS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Frank Brimsek* | 23 | 43 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 68 | 1.56 | 10 | 2620 | |||||||||
| 2 | Tiny Thompson* | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1.55 | 0 | 310 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 36 | 10 | 2 | 76 | 1.56 | 10 | 2930 | ||||||||||||
NYR Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Clint Smith* | 25 | C | 48 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 5.4 | |||||
| 2 | Neil Colville* | 24 | C | 48 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 4.6 | |||||
| 3 | Phil Watson | 24 | C | 48 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 | |||||
| 4 | Bryan Hextall* | 25 | RW | 48 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 4.6 | |||||
| 5 | Alex Shibicky | 24 | LW | 48 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 4.9 | |||||
| 6 | Lynn Patrick* | 26 | LW | 35 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 | |||||
| 7 | Dutch Hiller | 23 | LW | 48 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| 8 | Cecil Dillon | 30 | RW | 48 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| 9 | Mac Colville | 23 | RW | 48 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | |||||
| 10 | Ott Heller | 28 | D | 48 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | |||||
| 11 | Babe Pratt* | 23 | D | 48 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | |||||
| 12 | George Allen | 24 | LW | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| 13 | Art Coulter* | 29 | D | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | |||||
| 14 | Muzz Patrick | 23 | D | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |||||
| 15 | Joe Krol | 23 | LW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |||||
| 16 | Bill Carse | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| 17 | Larry Molyneaux | 26 | D | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | |||||
| 18 | Dave Kerr | 29 | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2970 | 61:53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 149 | 229 | 378 | 393 | 128 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 199 | 27 | 3 | 32.1 | 26.7 | 68.5 | ||||||||
NYR Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Dave Kerr | 29 | 48 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 104 | 2.10 | 6 | 2970 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26 | 16 | 6 | 104 | 2.10 | 6 | 2970 | ||||||||||||
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