1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1941–42
Year:	1941
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	19–25–4
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	5th
Coach:	Jack Adams
Goalsfor:	140
Goalsagainst:	147
Goalsleader:	Don Grosso (23)
Assistsleader:	Sid Abel (31)
Pointsleader:	Don Grosso (53)
Pimleader:	Jimmy Orlando (111)
Winsleader:	Johnny Mowers (19)
Gaaleader:	Joe Turners (2.57)

The 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season was the 16th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, tenth as the Red Wings.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 1, 1941	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	1–0–0
2	T	November 2, 1941	3–3 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	1–0–1
3	L	November 9, 1941	1–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	1–1–1
4	L	November 15, 1941	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–2–1
5	L	November 16, 1941	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	1–3–1
6	L	November 20, 1941	3–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–4–1
7	W	November 22, 1941	2–1	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	2–4–1
8	L	November 23, 1941	2–4	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	2–5–1
9	L	November 25, 1941	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	2–6–1
10	W	November 27, 1941	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	3–6–1
11	L	November 29, 1941	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	3–7–1
12	W	December 4, 1941	4–3	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	4–7–1
13	W	December 7, 1941	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	5–7–1
14	L	December 14, 1941	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	5–8–1
15	L	December 18, 1941	3–4 OT	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	5–9–1
16	T	December 21, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	5–9–2
17	W	December 25, 1941	3–2 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	6–9–2
18	L	December 27, 1941	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	6–10–2
19	L	December 28, 1941	1–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	6–11–2
20	W	January 1, 1942	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	7–11–2
21	L	January 3, 1942	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	7–12–2
22	W	January 4, 1942	10–0	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	8–12–2
23	L	January 6, 1942	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	8–13–2
24	L	January 9, 1942	4–5	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	8–14–2
25	W	January 10, 1942	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	9–14–2
26	L	January 11, 1942	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–15–2
27	L	January 13, 1942	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	9–16–2
28	L	January 18, 1942	3–5	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	9–17–2
29	W	January 22, 1942	4–3	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	10–17–2
30	L	January 24, 1942	2–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	10–18–2
31	L	January 25, 1942	2–11	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	10–19–2
32	W	January 29, 1942	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	11–19–2
33	T	February 5, 1942	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	11–19–3
34	L	February 7, 1942	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	11–20–3
35	L	February 8, 1942	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	11–21–3
36	L	February 12, 1942	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	11–22–3
37	L	February 14, 1942	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	11–23–3
38	W	February 15, 1942	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	12–23–3
39	W	February 19, 1942	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	13–23–3
40	W	February 22, 1942	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	14–23–3
41	W	February 24, 1942	3–2	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	15–23–3
42	L	February 26, 1942	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	15–24–3
43	T	March 1, 1942	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	15–24–4
44	W	March 5, 1942	5–2	New York Rangers (1941–42)	16–24–4
45	W	March 8, 1942	3–1	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	17–24–4
46	L	March 14, 1942	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	17–25–4
47	W	March 15, 1942	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	18–25–4
48	W	March 19, 1942	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	19–25–4

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 22	Montreal C.	1	Detroit	2
Mar 24	Detroit	0	Montreal C.	5
Mar 26	Montreal C.	2	Detroit	6

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

(3) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 29	Detroit	6	Boston	4
Mar 31	Boston	1	Detroit	3

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

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

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Apr 4	Detroit	3	Toronto	2
Apr 7	Detroit	4	Toronto	2
Apr 9	Toronto	2	Detroit	5
Apr 12	Toronto	4	Detroit	3
Apr 14	Detroit	3	Toronto	9
Apr 16	Toronto	3	Detroit	0
Apr 18	Detroit	1	Toronto	3

Toronto wins the Stanley Cup 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW/C	48	23	30	53	13
	C/LW	48	18	31	49	45
	D/RW	43	9	29	38	31
	C/LW	48	16	19	35	6
	RW	48	14	19	33	8
	LW	47	13	17	30	14
	C	34	6	16	22	2
	RW	29	6	11	17	2
	LW	28	6	9	15	15
	LW	21	3	12	15	4
	C	34	5	8	13	0
	D	44	4	7	11	93
	D	18	4	6	10	40
	LW	13	4	4	8	0
	D	48	1	7	8	111
	C	19	2	4	6	20
	C/D	9	2	2	4	2
	RW	16	2	1	3	6
	D	21	2	1	3	8
	C	9	0	3	3	4
	D	9	0	1	1	6
	G	47	0	1	1	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0
	LW	7	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	9	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2880	47	19	25	3	144	3.00	5
	70	1	0	0	1	3	2.57	0
Team:	2950	48	19	25	4	147	2.99	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW/C	12	8	6	14	29
	LW	12	6	6	12	2
	C/LW	12	3	5	8	0
	D	11	1	6	7	23
	RW	12	5	1	6	6
	C/LW	12	4	2	6	8
	RW	9	4	0	4	0
	C	12	1	3	4	20
	D/RW	12	1	3	4	22
	D	12	0	4	4	45
	LW	12	2	1	3	4
	C	11	1	1	2	4
	LW	10	0	2	2	4
	D	12	0	1	1	12
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	6
	G	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	720	12	7	5	38	3.17	0
Team:	720	12	7	5	38	3.17	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

• 1941–42 NHL season

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Web site: 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1941-42 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.