1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1940–41
Year:	1940
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	21–16–11
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Coach:	Jack Adams
Goalsfor:	112
Goalsagainst:	102
Goalsleader:	Syd Howe (20)
Assistsleader:	Syd Howe (24)
Pointsleader:	Syd Howe (44)
Pimleader:	Jimmy Orlando (99)
Winsleader:	Johnny Mowers (21)
Gaaleader:	Johnny Mowers (2.01)

The 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season was the 15th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, ninth as the Red Wings. The Red Wings made it 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	W	November 3, 1940	4–2	New York Americans (1940–41)	1–0–0
2	L	November 9, 1940	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	1–1–0
3	T	November 10, 1940	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–1
4	T	November 16, 1940	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–2
5	W	November 17, 1940	2–0	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	2–1–2
6	T	November 19, 1940	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	2–1–3
7	W	November 21, 1940	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	3–1–3
8	T	November 24, 1940	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	3–1–4
9	W	November 29, 1940	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	4–1–4
10	L	December 1, 1940	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	4–2–4
11	W	December 5, 1940	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	5–2–4
12	L	December 7, 1940	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	5–3–4
13	W	December 8, 1940	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	6–3–4
14	W	December 13, 1940	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	7–3–4
15	L	December 15, 1940	1–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	7–4–4
16	L	December 17, 1940	2–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–4
17	T	December 19, 1940	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–5
18	L	December 22, 1940	3–5	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	7–6–5
19	W	December 25, 1940	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–6–5
20	W	December 29, 1940	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	9–6–5
21	W	January 1, 1941	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	10–6–5
22	W	January 4, 1941	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	11–6–5
23	W	January 5, 1941	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–6–5
24	T	January 7, 1941	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	12–6–6
25	T	January 9, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	12–6–7
26	L	January 12, 1941	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	12–7–7
27	T	January 14, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–7–8
28	L	January 18, 1941	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–8–8
29	L	January 19, 1941	1–2	New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–9–8
30	W	January 24, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	13–9–8
31	L	January 26, 1941	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–10–8
32	L	January 30, 1941	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–11–8
33	T	February 6, 1941	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	13–11–9
34	T	February 9, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–11–10
35	L	February 11, 1941	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–12–10
36	W	February 14, 1941	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	14–12–10
37	W	February 16, 1941	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	15–12–10
38	L	February 22, 1941	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	15–13–10
39	W	February 23, 1941	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	16–13–10
40	L	February 27, 1941	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	16–14–10
41	W	February 28, 1941	5–4	New York Americans (1940–41)	17–14–10
42	W	March 2, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–14–10
43	L	March 4, 1941	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–15–10
44	W	March 6, 1941	6–1	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	19–15–10
45	W	March 8, 1941	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	20–15–10
46	W	March 13, 1941	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	21–15–10
47	T	March 16, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–15–11
48	L	March 18, 1941	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–16–11

Playoffs

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 20	New York R.	1	Detroit	2 (OT)
Mar 23	Detroit	1	New York R.	3
Mar 25	New York R.	2	Detroit	3

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

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 27	Chicago	1	Detroit	3
Mar 30	Detroit	2	Chicago	1 (OT)

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

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Apr 6	Detroit	2	Boston	3
Apr 8	Detroit	1	Boston	2
Apr 10	Boston	4	Detroit	2
Apr 12	Boston	3	Detroit	1

Boston wins the Stanley Cup 4–0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/LW	48	20	24	44	8
	C/LW	47	11	22	33	29
	RW	45	11	17	28	12
	D/RW	42	10	16	26	34
	C	47	13	12	25	18
	C	43	7	18	25	7
	C/D	47	5	17	22	35
	LW	33	10	10	20	0
	LW/C	45	8	7	15	14
	RW	27	5	8	13	11
	D	48	1	10	11	99
	D	47	2	6	8	56
	RW	12	1	5	6	2
	RW	19	2	1	3	2
	C	3	1	2	3	0
	C	18	1	2	3	2
	LW	10	1	2	3	2
	LW	15	2	0	2	0
	RW	11	1	1	2	2
	D	23	0	2	2	2
	LW	18	0	2	2	2
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4
Team:	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/LW	9	1	7	8	0
	LW	8	4	3	7	12
	LW/C	9	1	4	5	0
	C/LW	9	2	2	4	2
	RW	9	2	2	4	0
	C	9	1	3	4	4
	RW	9	2	1	3	2
	C	9	2	1	3	0
	D	9	1	2	3	8
	C	9	0	2	2	0
	D	9	0	2	2	31
	RW	5	1	0	1	6
	C/D	3	0	1	1	9
	RW	3	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0
	D/RW	9	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	561	9	4	5	20	2.14	0
Team:	561	9	4	5	20	2.14	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;

See also

• 1940–41 NHL season

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Web site: 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1940-41 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.