1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1939–40
Year:	1939
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Record:	25–17–6
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsfor:	134
Goalsagainst:	110
Goalsleader:	Gordie Drillon (21)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Drillon (19)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Drillon (40)
Pimleader:	Red Horner (87)
Winsleader:	Turk Broda (25)
Gaaleader:	Phil Stein (1.71)

The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series, and swept both. In the finals, they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	43	21	19	40	13
	C	27	13	17	30	5
	LW	39	11	15	26	10
	LW	48	8	18	26	56
	C	42	11	12	23	12
	LW	40	5	17	22	63
	C	39	7	14	21	2
	RW	34	11	9	20	15
	RW	42	10	9	19	15
	D	39	6	9	15	59
	C/RW	28	6	8	14	11
	LW	31	6	5	11	2
	LW	21	6	4	10	2
	C	29	4	6	10	9
	D	31	1	9	10	87
	D	27	2	7	9	11
	D	34	2	5	7	13
	D	31	1	4	5	62
	D	23	2	2	4	23
	RW	10	1	1	2	4
	G	47	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2900	47	25	17	5	108	2.23	4
	70	1	0	0	1	2	1.71	0
Team:	2970	48	25	17	6	110	2.22	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	10	5	2	7	2
	LW	10	5	1	6	4
	RW	10	3	1	4	0
	RW	10	1	3	4	23
	LW	9	1	3	4	9
	LW	9	1	3	4	4
	LW	10	0	3	3	16
	C	10	0	3	3	0
	C	9	2	0	2	2
	D	10	1	1	2	6
	D	9	0	2	2	55
	D	10	1	0	1	2
	C	2	1	0	1	0
	RW	6	0	1	1	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0
	D	10	0	0	0	0
	D	10	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	657	10	6	4	19	1.74	1
Team:	657	10	6	4	19	1.74	1

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Transactions

• May 18, 1939: Acquired Sweeney Schriner from the New York Americans for Murray Armstrong, Buzz Boll, Busher Jackson and Doc Romnes
• July 1, 1939: Charlie Conacher returned from the Detroit Red Wings after Detroit failed to renew contract
• September 1, 1939: Signed Free Agent Clarence Drouillard
• September 22, 1939: Traded Charlie Conacher to the New York Americans for Future Considerations
• October 13, 1939: Traded Chuck Shannon to the New York Americans for cash
• October 13, 1939: Traded Jack Howard to the St. Louis Flyers of the AHA for cash

See also

• 1939–40 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.