1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1950–51
Year:	1950
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	41–16–13
Goalsfor:	212
Goalsagainst:	138
Goalsleader:	Tod Sloan (31)
Assistsleader:	Ted Kennedy (43)
Pointsleader:	Max Bentley (62)
Pimleader:	Gus Mortson (142)
Winsleader:	Al Rollins (27)
Gaaleader:	Al Rollins (1.77)
Stanleycup:	yes

The 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup was famous for Bill Barilko scoring the winning goal.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 14, 1950	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	0–1–0
2	T	October 15, 1950	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	0–1–1
3	W	October 18, 1950	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	1–1–1
4	W	October 21, 1950	5–0	New York Rangers (1950–51)	2–1–1
5	W	October 22, 1950	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	3–1–1
6	W	October 25, 1950	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	4–1–1
7	W	October 28, 1950	4–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	5–1–1
8	T	October 29, 1950	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	5–1–2
9	W	November 1, 1950	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	6–1–2
10	W	November 2, 1950	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	7–1–2
11	T	November 4, 1950	2–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	7–1–3
12	W	November 8, 1950	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	8–1–3
13	L	November 11, 1950	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	8–2–3
14	W	November 12, 1950	7–0	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	9–2–3
15	L	November 16, 1950	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	9–3–3
16	W	November 18, 1950	5–4	New York Rangers (1950–51)	10–3–3
17	L	November 19, 1950	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	10–4–3
18	W	November 22, 1950	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	11–4–3
19	W	November 23, 1950	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	12–4–3
20	W	November 25, 1950	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	13–4–3
21	W	November 26, 1950	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	14–4–3
22	T	November 30, 1950	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	14–4–4
23	T	December 2, 1950	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	14–4–5
24	T	December 3, 1950	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	14–4–6
25	W	December 6, 1950	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	15–4–6
26	W	December 9, 1950	8–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	16–4–6
27	L	December 10, 1950	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	16–5–6
28	L	December 13, 1950	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	16–6–6
29	W	December 14, 1950	7–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	17–6–6
30	L	December 16, 1950	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	17–7–6
31	W	December 17, 1950	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	18–7–6
32	W	December 20, 1950	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	19–7–6
33	T	December 23, 1950	2–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	19–7–7
34	L	December 27, 1950	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	19–8–7
35	L	December 30, 1950	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	19–9–7
36	W	December 31, 1950	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	20–9–7
37	L	January 6, 1951	2–4	New York Rangers (1950–51)	20–10–7
38	T	January 9, 1951	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	20–10–8
39	T	January 13, 1951	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	20–10–9
40	L	January 14, 1951	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	20–11–9
41	W	January 18, 1951	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	21–11–9
42	W	January 20, 1951	2–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	22–11–9
43	T	January 21, 1951	0–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	22–11–10
44	W	January 24, 1951	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	23–11–10
45	W	January 27, 1951	2–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	24–11–10
46	W	January 28, 1951	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	25–11–10
47	W	February 1, 1951	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	26–11–10
48	W	February 3, 1951	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	27–11–10
49	T	February 4, 1951	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	27–11–11
50	W	February 7, 1951	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	28–11–11
51	L	February 10, 1951	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	28–12–11
52	W	February 11, 1951	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	29–12–11
53	T	February 15, 1951	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	29–12–12
54	W	February 17, 1951	2–0	New York Rangers (1950–51)	30–12–12
55	W	February 18, 1951	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	31–12–12
56	T	February 21, 1951	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	31–12–13
57	W	February 24, 1951	6–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	32–12–13
58	L	March 1, 1951	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	32–13–13
59	W	March 3, 1951	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	33–13–13
60	L	March 5, 1951	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	33–14–13
61	L	March 7, 1951	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	33–15–13
62	W	March 10, 1951	5–3	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	34–15–13
63	L	March 11, 1951	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	34–16–13
64	W	March 14, 1951	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	35–16–13
65	W	March 15, 1951	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	36–16–13
66	W	March 17, 1951	3–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	37–16–13
67	W	March 18, 1951	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	38–16–13
68	W	March 21, 1951	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	39–16–13
69	W	March 24, 1951	4–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	40–16–13
70	W	March 25, 1951	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	41–16–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	67	21	41	62	34
	63	18	43	61	32
	70	31	25	56	105
	70	30	21	51	10
	66	23	28	51	42
	68	18	19	37	18
	69	3	33	36	76
	61	16	18	34	26
	70	14	16	30	16
	70	12	13	25	40
	49	6	14	20	24
	46	6	7	13	2
	60	3	10	13	142
	58	6	6	12	96
	70	1	9	10	20
	65	0	9	9	64
	39	2	6	8	64
	13	1	3	4	4
	1	1	0	1	0
	12	0	1	1	0
	1	0	0	0	2
	2	0	0	0	0
	31	0	0	0	4
	2	0	0	0	2
	40	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	2373	40	27	5	8	70	1.77				5
	1827	31	14	11	5	68	2.23				6
Team:	4200	70	41	16	13	138	1.97				11

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	11	2	11	13	4
	11	7	3	10	0
	11	4	5	9	6
	11	4	5	9	18
	11	4	3	7	0
	11	3	2	5	31
	11	2	3	5	9
	5	1	2	3	4
	11	1	1	2	4
	11	1	1	2	14
	9	1	0	1	8
	11	0	1	1	4
	11	0	1	1	34
	11	0	1	1	2
	8	0	0	0	0
	11	0	0	0	7
	9	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	492	8	5	1		9	1.10				2
	210	4	3	1		6	1.71				0
Team:	702	10	8	2		15	1.28				2

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Every game went into overtime in this series. Bill Barilko scored the Cup-winning goal, his last goal in the NHL as he would die in a plane crash during the summer.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT
April 14	Montreal	3	Toronto	2	OT
April 17	Toronto	2	Montreal	1	OT
April 19	Toronto	3	Montreal	2	OT
April 21	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT

Toronto wins best-of-seven series four games to one.

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Database Hockey

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-27 . 1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.