1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1938–39
Year:	1938
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Record:	19–20–9
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsleader:	Gordie Drillon (18)
Assistsleader:	Syl Apps (25)
Pointsleader:	Syl Apps (40)
Pimleader:	Red Horner (85)
Winsleader:	Turk Broda (19)
Gaaleader:	Turk Broda (2.15)

The 1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Boston Bruins.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 3, 1938	2–3	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	0–1–0
2	L	November 5, 1938	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	0–2–0
3	W	November 10, 1938	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	1–2–0
4	W	November 12, 1938	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	2–2–0
5	T	November 15, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	2–2–1
6	W	November 17, 1938	1–0	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	3–2–1
7	L	November 19, 1938	1–2 OT	New York Americans (1938–39)	3–3–1
8	T	November 20, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	3–3–2
9	L	November 24, 1938	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	3–4–2
10	W	November 26, 1938	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	4–4–2
11	L	December 3, 1938	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	4–5–2
12	L	December 4, 1938	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	4–6–2
13	W	December 10, 1938	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	5–6–2
14	T	December 15, 1938	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	5–6–3
15	L	December 17, 1938	2–3	New York Rangers (1938–39)	5–7–3
16	W	December 24, 1938	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	6–7–3
17	W	December 26, 1938	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	7–7–3
18	L	December 27, 1938	2–8	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	7–8–3
19	L	December 31, 1938	2–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	7–9–3
20	L	January 1, 1939	1–5	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	7–10–3
21	T	January 3, 1939	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	7–10–4
22	W	January 7, 1939	2–0	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	8–10–4
23	L	January 8, 1939	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	8–11–4
24	W	January 12, 1939	9–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	9–11–4
25	W	January 14, 1939	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	10–11–4
26	L	January 15, 1939	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	10–12–4
27	L	January 17, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	10–13–4
28	W	January 21, 1939	7–2	New York Americans (1938–39)	11–13–4
29	L	January 24, 1939	1–4	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	11–14–4
30	W	January 28, 1939	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	12–14–4
31	T	January 29, 1939	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	12–14–5
32	L	February 2, 1939	1–2	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–15–5
33	L	February 4, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–16–5
34	T	February 5, 1939	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–16–6
35	L	February 7, 1939	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–17–6
36	T	February 11, 1939	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	12–17–7
37	W	February 12, 1939	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	13–17–7
38	W	February 18, 1939	2–1	New York Rangers (1938–39)	14–17–7
39	W	February 19, 1939	4–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	15–17–7
40	W	February 25, 1939	1–0	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	16–17–7
41	L	February 26, 1939	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	16–18–7
42	T	February 28, 1939	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	16–18–8
43	L	March 2, 1939	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	16–19–8
44	T	March 4, 1939	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	16–19–9
45	W	March 11, 1939	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	17–19–9
46	W	March 14, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	18–19–9
47	W	March 18, 1939	2–1	New York Rangers (1938–39)	19–19–9
48	L	March 19, 1939	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	19–20–9

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs finished in third place in the regular season, which matched them up against the New York Americans in the first round, best of three series. After sweeping the Americans in 2 games, the Leafs played the Detroit Red Wings in the next round in another best of three series, which they won 2–1. In the finals, they played the Boston Bruins, who defeated them 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	44	15	25	40	4
	RW	40	18	16	34	15
	LW	41	10	17	27	12
	LW	48	10	16	26	32
	LW/C	36	7	16	23	0
	RW	48	11	11	22	12
	LW	47	11	10	21	15
	RW	29	9	6	15	11
	LW	43	7	7	14	14
	LW	47	4	10	14	29
	D	48	4	10	14	85
	D	41	2	8	10	52
	D	39	1	6	7	9
	D	48	0	7	7	54
	D	33	3	3	6	20
	C	12	1	4	5	4
	D	3	0	2	2	2
	C	2	1	0	1	0
	C	3	0	1	1	0
	LW	11	0	0	0	0
	G	48	0	0	0	0
	C	6	0	0	0	0
	RW/C	16	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2990	48	19	20	9	107	2.15	8
Team:	2990	48	19	20	9	107	2.15	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	10	7	6	13	4
	C	10	2	6	8	2
	LW	10	2	5	7	4
	LW	10	3	3	6	6
	LW/C	10	1	4	5	0
	RW	10	2	2	4	0
	D	10	1	2	3	26
	C	11	1	2	3	2
	LW	10	1	1	2	6
	D	10	1	1	2	20
	D	10	0	2	2	4
	RW	9	1	0	1	0
	D	9	0	1	1	2
	LW	7	0	1	1	2
	G	10	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	4
	D	10	0	0	0	4
	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	617	10	5	5	20	1.94	2
Team:	617	10	5	5	20	1.94	2

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Transactions

• October 12, 1938: Traded Charlie Conacher to the Detroit Red Wings for $16,000
• November 3, 1938: Acquired Gus Marker from the Montreal Maroons for $4,000
• November 15, 1938: Acquired Norman Mann from the New York Rangers for $4,000
• December 8, 1938: Acquired Doc Romnes from the Chicago Black Hawks for Bill Thoms
• December 19, 1938: Acquired Bucko McDonald from the Detroit Red Wings for Bill Thomson and $10,000

Farm teams

• Syracuse Stars

See also

• 1938–39 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1938-39 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.