1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1954–55
Year:	1954
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	24–24–22
Goalsfor:	147
Goalsagainst:	135
Goalsleader:	Sid Smith (33)
Assistsleader:	Ted Kennedy (42)
Pointsleader:	Sid Smith (54)
Pimleader:	Eric Nesterenko (99)
Winsleader:	Harry Lumley (23)
Gaaleader:	Gilles Mayer (1.00)

The 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 24 wins, 24 losses, and 22 ties for 70 points. They were swept in the semi-finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–1–0
2	T	October 9	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	0–1–1
3	L	October 16	2–4	New York Rangers (1954–55)	0–2–1
4	T	October 17	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	0–2–2
5	W	October 21	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	1–2–2
6	T	October 23	3–3	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	1–2–3
7	L	October 27	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	1–3–3
8	W	October 30	3–1	New York Rangers (1954–55)	2–3–3
9	T	November 3	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	2–3–4
10	W	November 6	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	3–3–4
11	W	November 7	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	4–3–4
12	W	November 10	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	5–3–4
13	W	November 11	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	6–3–4
14	W	November 13	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	7–3–4
15	W	November 14	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	8–3–4
16	W	November 17	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	9–3–4
17	L	November 18	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	9–4–4
18	L	November 20	0–1	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	9–5–4
19	T	November 21	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	9–5–5
20	L	November 25	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	9–6–5
21	W	November 27	3–1	New York Rangers (1954–55)	10–6–5
22	T	November 28	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	10–6–6
23	W	December 1	6–0	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	11–6–6
24	W	December 4	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	12–6–6
25	W	December 5	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	13–6–6
26	W	December 8	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	14–6–6
27	L	December 9	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	14–7–6
28	L	December 11	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	14–8–6
29	T	December 12	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	14–8–7
30	W	December 15	8–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	15–8–7
31	W	December 18	3–1	New York Rangers (1954–55)	16–8–7
32	T	December 19	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	16–8–8
33	L	December 25	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	16–9–8
34	T	December 26	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	16–9–9
35	T	December 29	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	16–9–10
36	L	December 30	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	16–10–10
37	T	January 1	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	16–10–11
38	L	January 2	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	16–11–11
39	L	January 5	1–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	16–12–11
40	W	January 8	5–0	New York Rangers (1954–55)	17–12–11
41	T	January 9	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	17–12–12
42	T	January 12	0–0	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	17–12–13
43	W	January 15	4–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	18–12–13
44	W	January 16	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	19–12–13
45	T	January 19	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	19–12–14
46	L	January 20	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	19–13–14
47	W	January 22	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	20–13–14
48	L	January 23	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	20–14–14
49	T	January 26	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	20–14–15
50	L	January 29	1–3	New York Rangers (1954–55)	20–15–15
51	L	January 30	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	20–16–15
52	L	February 3	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	20–17–15
53	T	February 5	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	20–17–16
54	W	February 6	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	21–17–16
55	W	February 9	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	22–17–16
56	L	February 12	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	22–18–16
57	T	February 13	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	22–18–17
58	T	February 19	1–1	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	22–18–18
59	L	February 20	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	22–19–18
60	W	February 23	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	23–19–18
61	T	February 24	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	23–19–19
62	T	February 26	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	23–19–20
63	L	March 2	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	23–20–20
64	T	March 5	2–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	23–20–21
65	L	March 6	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	23–21–21
66	T	March 10	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	23–21–22
67	L	March 12	1–2	New York Rangers (1954–55)	23–22–22
68	L	March 13	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	23–23–22
69	W	March 19	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	24–23–22
70	L	March 20	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1954–55)	24–24–22

Playoffs

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	March 22	4-7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–1–0
2	L	March 24	1-2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–2–0
3	L	March 26	1-2	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–3–0
4	L	March 29	0-3	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–4–0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	70	33	21	54	14
	70	10	42	52	74
	62	15	15	30	99
	63	13	15	28	89
	66	10	18	28	80
	67	8	16	24	66
	69	2	19	21	55
	53	14	5	19	20
	70	5	12	17	84
	56	8	8	16	44
	70	4	12	16	63
	67	5	9	14	84
	62	8	3	11	36
	27	3	5	8	6
	32	4	2	6	52
	17	1	5	6	11
	59	0	6	6	64
	16	1	4	5	0
	14	2	1	3	8
	8	1	1	2	0
	13	0	2	2	8
	7	0	0	0	8
	3	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	8
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	69	0	0	0	9
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	4
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	4140	69	23	24	22	134	1.94				8
	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00				0
Team:	4200	70	24	24	22	135	1.93				8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	4	3	1	4	0
	4	1	3	4	0
	4	0	3	3	6
	4	1	0	1	4
	4	1	0	1	0
	4	0	1	1	4
	4	0	1	1	6
	1	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	4
	4	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	4
	3	0	0	0	10
	4	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	16

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	240	4	0	4		14	3.50				0
Team:	240	4	0	4		14	3.50				0

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See also

• 1954–55 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1954-55 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.