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1939–40 New York Americans
League6th NHL
1939–40 record15–29–4
Home record12–11–1
Road record3–18–3
Goals for106
Goals against140
Team information
CoachRed Dutton
CaptainCharlie Conacher
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsMurray Armstrong (16)
AssistsMurray Armstrong (20)
PointsMurray Armstrong (36)
Penalty minutesCharlie Conacher
Hooley Smith (41)
WinsEarl Robertson (15)
Goals against averageEarl Robertson (2.84)

The 1939–40 New York Americans season was the Americans' 15th season of play.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67
New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56
Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52
Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 91 126 250 38
New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34
Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25

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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

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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 —


Schedule and results

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1939–40 regular season[3]
November
Game Result 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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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The Americans met the Detroit in a best-of-three series and lost the series in 2 games, or 1–2.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Murray Armstrong 47 16 20 36 12
Tommy Anderson 48 12 19 31 22
Charlie Conacher 47 10 18 28 41
Lorne Carr 48 8 17 25 17
John Sorrell 48 8 16 24 4
Busher Jackson 43 12 8 20 10
Eddie Wiseman 31 5 13 18 8
Hooley Smith 47 7 8 15 41
Buzz Boll 47 5 10 15 18
Nels Stewart 35 6 7 13 6
Art Chapman 26 4 6 10 2
Pat Egan 10 4 3 7 6
Johnny Gagnon 24 4 3 7 0
Eddie Shore 10 2 3 5 9
Allan Murray 36 1 4 5 10
Wilf Field 45 1 3 4 28
Jack Tomson 12 1 1 2 0
Doc Romnes 15 0 1 1 0
Frank Beisler 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Robertson 48 0 0 0 0
Chuck Shannon 4 0 0 0 2
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

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Hooley Smith 3 3 1 4 2
Tommy Anderson 3 1 3 4 0
John Sorrell 3 0 3 3 2
Charlie Conacher 3 1 1 2 8
Eddie Shore 3 0 2 2 2
Art Chapman 3 1 0 1 0
Johnny Gagnon 1 1 0 1 0
Busher Jackson 3 0 1 1 2
Murray Armstrong 3 0 0 0 0
Buzz Boll 1 0 0 0 0
Lorne Carr 3 0 0 0 0
Pat Egan 2 0 0 0 4
Allan Murray 3 0 0 0 2
Earl Robertson 3 0 0 0 0
Nels Stewart 3 0 0 0 0
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

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Awards and records

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No New York Americans players won any awards or were named to the All-Star teams for the 1939-40 NHL season.

Transactions

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May 18, 1939 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Sweeney Schriner 		To New York Americans
Murray Armstrong
Buzz Boll
Busher Jackson
Elwyn Romnes 		[5]
September 22, 1939 To Toronto Maple Leafs
future considerations1 (cash) 		To New York Americans
Charlie Conacher 		[6]
November 7, 1939 To New York Americans
cash 		To Detroit Red Wings
Alfie Moore 		[7]
January 3, 1940 To New York Americans
Johnny Gagnon 		To Montreal Canadiens
cash 		[8]
January 25, 1940 To Boston Bruins
Ed Wiseman
$5,000 cash 		To New York Americans
Eddie Shore 		[9]
  1. Transaction completed on May 21, 1940.

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "1939-40 New York Americans Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  4. ^ "1939-40 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  5. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
  6. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
  7. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
  8. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
  9. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
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