National Hockey League team season
The 1938–39 New York Americans season was the Americans' 14th season of play.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings [ 1]
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 [ 2]
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
Goaltending
Playoffs Scoring
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
[ 3]
Awards and records
Transactions
See also
References