1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1939–40
Year:	1939
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	16–26–6
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	5th
Coach:	Jack Adams
Goalsfor:	91
Goalsagainst:	126
Goalsleader:	Syd Howe (14)
Assistsleader:	Syd Howe (23)
Pointsleader:	Syd Howe (37)
Pimleader:	Jimmy Orlando (54)
Winsleader:	Tiny Thompson (16)
Gaaleader:	Tiny Thompson (2.54)

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 2, 1939	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	0–1–0
2	T	November 5, 1939	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	0–1–1
3	W	November 12, 1939	2–1	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	1–1–1
4	W	November 14, 1939	4–2	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	2–1–1
5	L	November 18, 1939	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	2–2–1
6	L	November 19, 1939	1–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	2–3–1
7	W	November 23, 1939	3–2	New York Americans (1939–40)	3–3–1
8	W	November 25, 1939	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	4–3–1
9	L	November 26, 1939	2–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	4–4–1
10	L	November 28, 1939	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	4–5–1
11	L	December 3, 1939	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	4–6–1
12	L	December 8, 1939	0–3	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	4–7–1
13	L	December 10, 1939	2–3	New York Americans (1939–40)	4–8–1
14	L	December 12, 1939	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	4–9–1
15	T	December 14, 1939	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	4–9–2
16	T	December 17, 1939	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	4–9–3
17	L	December 21, 1939	0–3	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	4–10–3
18	L	December 23, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–11–3
19	W	December 25, 1939	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	5–11–3
20	L	December 31, 1939	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	5–12–3
21	L	January 1, 1940	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	5–13–3
22	W	January 4, 1940	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	6–13–3
23	L	January 7, 1940	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	6–14–3
24	L	January 9, 1940	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	6–15–3
25	W	January 12, 1940	4–2	New York Americans (1939–40)	7–15–3
26	L	January 14, 1940	0–1	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	7–16–3
27	T	January 18, 1940	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–16–4
28	W	January 21, 1940	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	8–16–4
29	T	January 26, 1940	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–16–5
30	W	January 28, 1940	4–2	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	9–16–5
31	W	February 1, 1940	2–0	New York Rangers (1939–40)	10–16–5
32	T	February 4, 1940	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	10–16–6
33	W	February 6, 1940	3–1	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	11–16–6
34	W	February 8, 1940	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	12–16–6
35	L	February 9, 1940	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	12–17–6
36	L	February 11, 1940	2–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	12–18–6
37	L	February 13, 1940	3–10	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	12–19–6
38	L	February 15, 1940	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	12–20–6
39	W	February 18, 1940	2–0	New York Rangers (1939–40)	13–20–6
40	L	February 22, 1940	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	13–21–6
41	W	February 25, 1940	4–1	New York Americans (1939–40)	14–21–6
42	L	February 29, 1940	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	14–22–6
43	W	March 3, 1940	6–3	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	15–22–6
44	L	March 5, 1940	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	15–23–6
45	L	March 9, 1940	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	15–24–6
46	W	March 10, 1940	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	16–24–6
47	L	March 15, 1940	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	16–25–6
48	L	March 17, 1940	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	16–26–6

Playoffs

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

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 19	New York A.	1	Detroit	2 (OT)
Mar 22	Detroit	4	New York A.	5
Mar 24	New York A.	1	Detroit	3

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.

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

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 26	Detroit	1	Toronto	2
Mar 28	Toronto	3	Detroit	1

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/LW	46	14	23	37	17
	C/D	43	11	17	28	31
	RW	48	10	14	24	10
	C	37	7	12	19	28
	LW	40	10	8	18	4
	RW	44	7	10	17	12
	C	36	8	3	11	2
	C	30	4	7	11	2
	LW	25	2	7	9	4
	D/RW	33	2	6	8	19
	LW/C	37	1	6	7	2
	LW	18	5	1	6	2
	RW	34	2	4	6	2
	C/LW	24	1	5	6	4
	LW/C	29	2	3	5	11
	D	48	1	3	4	54
	LW	10	2	0	2	2
	D	11	0	2	2	4
	D	48	1	0	1	40
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	12	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	G	46	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2830	46	16	24	6	120	2.54	3
	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2950	48	16	26	6	126	2.56	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	5	3	2	5	0
	C/LW	5	2	2	4	2
	C	5	2	1	3	0
	C/LW	5	0	3	3	21
	RW	5	1	1	2	0
	LW	5	1	1	2	0
	C	5	1	1	2	15
	C/D	5	0	2	2	9
	LW/C	5	0	2	2	10
	RW	5	1	0	1	0
	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	15
	D	5	0	0	0	4
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	D/RW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	300	5	2	3	12	2.40	0
Team:	300	5	2	3	12	2.40	0

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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

Transactions

May 17, 1939	To Detroit Red Wings rights to Cecil Dillon	To New York Rangers cash	^[2]
November 7, 1939	To New York Americans cash	To Detroit Red Wings Alfie Moore	^[3]

See also

• 1939–40 NHL season

References

Bibliography

• Book: Total Hockey . Diamond . Dan . Total Sports . 2000 . 1-892129-85-X .

External links

• Web site: 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1939-40 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
3. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.