1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

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The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the 14th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, eighth as the Red Wings.

League5th NHL
1939–40 record16–26–6
Home record11–10–3
Road record5–16–3
Quick facts Detroit Red Wings, League ...
1939–40 Detroit Red Wings
League5th NHL
1939–40 record16–26–6
Home record11–10–3
Road record5–16–3
Goals for91
Goals against126
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainEbbie Goodfellow
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsSyd Howe (14)
AssistsSyd Howe (23)
PointsSyd Howe (37)
Penalty minutesJimmy Orlando (54)
WinsTiny Thompson (16)
Goals against averageTiny Thompson (2.54)
← 1938–39
1940–41 â†’
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Regular season

Final standings

More information GP, W ...
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins48311251709833067
New York Rangers482711101367752064
Toronto Maple Leafs482517613411048556
Chicago Black Hawks482319611212035152
Detroit Red Wings48162669112625038
New York Americans481529410614023634
Montreal Canadiens48103359016733825
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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

More information NHL Records, Team ...
1939–40 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston —6–1–15–36–1–17–12–4–25–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1—6–0–25–2–13–4–14–44–3–1
Detroit 3–50–6–2—5–35–32–3–21–6–1
Montreal 1–6–12–5–13–5—2–4–21–6–11–7
N.Y. Americans 1–74–3–13–54–2–2—1–6–12–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–24–43–2–26–1–16–1–1—4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–13–4–16–1–17–16–21–4–3—
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Schedule and results

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1939–40 regular season[3]
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LNovember 2, 19392–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)0–1–0
2TNovember 5, 19391–1 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)0–1–1
3WNovember 12, 19392–1Boston Bruins (1939–40)1–1–1
4WNovember 14, 19394–2@ New York Americans (1939–40)2–1–1
5LNovember 18, 19390–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)2–2–1
6LNovember 19, 19391–7Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)2–3–1
7WNovember 23, 19393–2New York Americans (1939–40)3–3–1
8WNovember 25, 19396–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)4–3–1
9LNovember 26, 19392–4 OTChicago Black Hawks (1939–40)4–4–1
10LNovember 28, 19391–4@ New York Rangers (1939–40)4–5–1
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
11LDecember 3, 19391–3Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)4–6–1
12LDecember 8, 19390–3Boston Bruins (1939–40)4–7–1
13LDecember 10, 19392–3New York Americans (1939–40)4–8–1
14LDecember 12, 19391–3@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)4–9–1
15TDecember 14, 19392–2 OT@ New York Rangers (1939–40)4–9–2
16TDecember 17, 19390–0 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)4–9–3
17LDecember 21, 19390–3@ New York Americans (1939–40)4–10–3
18LDecember 23, 19391–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)4–11–3
19WDecember 25, 19393–1Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)5–11–3
20LDecember 31, 19392–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)5–12–3
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
21LJanuary 1, 19400–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)5–13–3
22WJanuary 4, 19403–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)6–13–3
23LJanuary 7, 19400–3@ New York Rangers (1939–40)6–14–3
24LJanuary 9, 19401–3@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)6–15–3
25WJanuary 12, 19404–2New York Americans (1939–40)7–15–3
26LJanuary 14, 19400–1@ New York Americans (1939–40)7–16–3
27TJanuary 18, 19402–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)7–16–4
28WJanuary 21, 19403–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)8–16–4
29TJanuary 26, 19401–1 OTChicago Black Hawks (1939–40)8–16–5
30WJanuary 28, 19404–2Boston Bruins (1939–40)9–16–5
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
31WFebruary 1, 19402–0New York Rangers (1939–40)10–16–5
32TFebruary 4, 19401–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)10–16–6
33WFebruary 6, 19403–1@ New York Americans (1939–40)11–16–6
34WFebruary 8, 19402–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)12–16–6
35LFebruary 9, 19400–3Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)12–17–6
36LFebruary 11, 19402–3 OTMontreal Canadiens (1939–40)12–18–6
37LFebruary 13, 19403–10@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)12–19–6
38LFebruary 15, 19401–3@ New York Rangers (1939–40)12–20–6
39WFebruary 18, 19402–0New York Rangers (1939–40)13–20–6
40LFebruary 22, 19401–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)13–21–6
41WFebruary 25, 19404–1New York Americans (1939–40)14–21–6
42LFebruary 29, 19401–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)14–22–6
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
43WMarch 3, 19406–3Boston Bruins (1939–40)15–22–6
44LMarch 5, 19402–7@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)15–23–6
45LMarch 9, 19400–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)15–24–6
46WMarch 10, 19405–2Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)16–24–6
47LMarch 15, 19403–4Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)16–25–6
48LMarch 17, 19401–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)16–26–6

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

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Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) New York Americans

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New York Americans vs Detroit Red Wings
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 19New York A.1Detroit2 (OT)
Mar 22Detroit4New York A.5
Mar 24New York A.1Detroit3
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Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.[4]

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

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Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 26Detroit1Toronto2
Mar 28Toronto3Detroit1
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Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.[4]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Syd HoweC/LW4614233717
Ebbie GoodfellowC/D4311172831
Mud BruneteauRW4810142410
Alex MotterC377121928
Ken KilreaLW40108184
Cecil DillonRW447101712
Connie BrownC3683112
Gus GiesebrechtC3047112
Carl LiscombeLW252794
Eddie WaresD/RW3326819
Butch McDonaldLW/C371672
Don DeaconLW185162
Joe FisherRW342462
Sid AbelC/LW241564
Don GrossoLW/C2923511
Jimmy OrlandoD4813454
Jack KeatingLW102022
Ralph BowmanD110224
Jack StewartD4810140
Claude BourqueG10000
Ron HudsonC10000
Buck JonesD20000
Hec KilreaLW120000
Alfie MooreG10000
Bert PeerRW10000
Tiny ThompsonG460000
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Goaltending
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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson283046162461202.543
Claude Bourque60101033.000
Alfie Moore60101033.000
Team:295048162661262.563
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Playoffs

Scoring
More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Mud BruneteauRW53250
Syd HoweC/LW52242
Connie BrownC52130
Sid AbelC/LW503321
Joe FisherRW51120
Ken KilreaLW51120
Alex MotterC511215
Ebbie GoodfellowC/D50229
Butch McDonaldLW/C502210
Cecil DillonRW51010
Don GrossoLW/C50000
Jimmy OrlandoD500015
Jack StewartD50004
Tiny ThompsonG50000
Eddie WaresD/RW50000
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Goaltending
More information Player, MIN ...
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson300523122.400
Team:300523122.400
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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Hart Trophy:
(Most valuable player)		Ebbie Goodfellow

All-Star teams

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First Team  Position  
Ebbie Goodfellow D
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Transactions

May 17, 1939 To Detroit Red Wings
rights to Cecil Dillon		 To New York Rangers
cash		 [6]
November 7, 1939 To New York Americans
cash		 To Detroit Red Wings
Alfie Moore		 [7]

See also

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