26 teams go to the nhl playoffs.
26 teams go to the nhl playoffs.
how many team go to the nhl playoffs?
26
1952–53 new york rangers season









































the 1952–53 new york rangers season was the 27th season for the team in the national hockey league (nhl). during the regular season, the rangers compiled a 17–37–16 record and finished with 50 points. the rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the nhl playoffs.









































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the rangers finished in last place in the nhl and failed to qualify for the 1953 stanley cup playoffs.









































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denotes player spent time with another team before joining rangers. stats reflect time with rangers only.









































traded mid-season. stats reflect time with rangers only.
1952–53 new york rangers season
prior to 1927 the nhl playoff champion did not receive the stanley cup. in most years the winning team was awarded the o'brien trophy but from 1915 through 1926 the nha/nhl champion would play the pcha/whl champion for the stanley cup. the results outlined here are only those between nhl teams and do not include any stanley cup finals series before 1927. for the first four years the nhl playoffs entailed the best team from the first half of the season playing a two games against the best team from the second half. the winner was the team that scored the most combined goals. there were no nhl playoffs in 1920 because ottawa had the best record in both halves and was declared the nhl champion. starting in 1921 the nhl scrapped the half-season scheme and had the teams with the top two records play for the league title. in 1926 the league introduced a two-game semifinal series for the second- and third-best teams to play for entry into the final against the regular season champion. the following year, with 10 teams in the league, the nhl expanded the playoffs to include six teams. the winners of the canadian and american divisions would earn byes into the semifinal round while the remaining four would start in the quarterfinals.
stanley cup playoffs