1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1957–58
Year:	1957
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	29–29–12
Goalsleader:	Gordie Howe (33)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (44)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (77)
Pimleader:	Forbes Kennedy (135)
Winsleader:	Terry Sawchuk (29)
Gaaleader:	Terry Sawchuk (2.94)

The 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 32nd season. The season involved sending Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

• July 23, 1957 – The Chicago Black Hawks acquired Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Johnny Wilson, Forbes Kennedy, Hank Bassen, and Bill Preston.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1957	2–3	New York Rangers (1957–58)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1957	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1957	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1957	1–5	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	1–3–0
5	W	October 20, 1957	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	2–3–0
6	W	October 24, 1957	4–3	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	3–3–0
7	L	October 27, 1957	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	3–4–0
8	L	October 29, 1957	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	3–5–0
9	W	October 30, 1957	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	4–5–0
10	L	November 2, 1957	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	4–6–0
11	L	November 3, 1957	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	4–7–0
12	T	November 5, 1957	1–1	New York Rangers (1957–58)	4–7–1
13	L	November 7, 1957	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	4–8–1
14	T	November 9, 1957	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	4–8–2
15	L	November 10, 1957	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	4–9–2
16	W	November 16, 1957	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	5–9–2
17	L	November 17, 1957	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	5–10–2
18	T	November 20, 1957	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	5–10–3
19	W	November 23, 1957	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–10–3
20	T	November 24, 1957	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	6–10–4
21	T	November 28, 1957	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–10–5
22	W	November 30, 1957	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	7–10–5
23	L	December 1, 1957	1–5	New York Rangers (1957–58)	7–11–5
24	L	December 5, 1957	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	7–12–5
25	W	December 7, 1957	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	8–12–5
26	L	December 8, 1957	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	8–13–5
27	W	December 12, 1957	3–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	9–13–5
28	T	December 14, 1957	4–4	New York Rangers (1957–58)	9–13–6
29	L	December 15, 1957	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	9–14–6
30	W	December 19, 1957	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	10–14–6
31	W	December 21, 1957	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	11–14–6
32	W	December 22, 1957	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	12–14–6
33	L	December 25, 1957	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	12–15–6
34	L	December 28, 1957	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	12–16–6
35	T	December 29, 1957	2–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	12–16–7
36	W	December 31, 1957	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	13–16–7
37	L	January 1, 1958	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	13–17–7
38	L	January 4, 1958	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	13–18–7
39	W	January 5, 1958	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	14–18–7
40	W	January 9, 1958	6–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	15–18–7
41	W	January 11, 1958	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	16–18–7
42	W	January 12, 1958	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	17–18–7
43	W	January 16, 1958	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	18–18–7
44	L	January 18, 1958	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	18–19–7
45	L	January 19, 1958	1–6	New York Rangers (1957–58)	18–20–7
46	L	January 25, 1958	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	18–21–7
47	W	January 26, 1958	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	19–21–7
48	L	January 30, 1958	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	19–22–7
49	L	February 1, 1958	2–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	19–23–7
50	W	February 2, 1958	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	20–23–7
51	T	February 6, 1958	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	20–23–8
52	L	February 8, 1958	2–5	New York Rangers (1957–58)	20–24–8
53	W	February 9, 1958	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	21–24–8
54	L	February 13, 1958	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	21–25–8
55	W	February 15, 1958	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	22–25–8
56	W	February 16, 1958	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	23–25–8
57	W	February 22, 1958	6–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	24–25–8
58	T	February 23, 1958	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	24–25–9
59	T	March 1, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	24–25–10
60	T	March 2, 1958	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	24–25–11
61	L	March 4, 1958	1–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	24–26–11
62	L	March 8, 1958	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	24–27–11
63	W	March 9, 1958	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	25–27–11
64	T	March 11, 1958	2–2	New York Rangers (1957–58)	25–27–12
65	W	March 15, 1958	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	26–27–12
66	W	March 16, 1958	6–3	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	27–27–12
67	W	March 18, 1958	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	28–27–12
68	L	March 20, 1958	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	28–28–12
69	L	March 22, 1958	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	28–29–12
70	W	March 23, 1958	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	29–29–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	64	33	44	77	40
	C/LW	70	21	38	59	22
	C	69	23	28	51	38
	LW	70	12	27	39	14
	D/C	61	13	18	31	26
	C	70	11	16	27	135
	D	41	15	7	22	4
	LW	37	8	12	20	30
	D	62	2	18	20	52
	D	67	2	16	18	56
	C	62	7	9	16	12
	RW	35	5	10	15	29
	RW	36	6	6	12	41
	C	29	4	5	9	4
	LW	29	4	4	8	6
	D	69	1	6	7	104
	RW	22	2	4	6	2
	LW	15	1	3	4	0
	LW	18	2	1	3	4
	D	27	1	2	3	22
	W	22	1	2	3	2
	C	15	1	1	2	4
	D	14	0	2	2	28
	C	12	0	2	2	2
	LW	3	1	0	1	2
	RW	26	0	1	1	12
	C	1	0	1	1	0
	LW	4	0	1	1	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2
	C	6	0	0	0	2
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	0
	G	70	0	0	0	39
	D	45	0	0	0	24

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4200	70	29	29	12	206	2.94	3
Team:	4200	70	29	29	12	206	2.94	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	4	2	1	3	0
	RW	4	1	1	2	0
	D	4	1	1	2	0
	RW	4	1	1	2	4
	C	4	0	2	2	4
	C	4	1	0	1	12
	D	4	0	1	1	4
	C/LW	4	0	1	1	0
	D/C	4	0	1	1	2
	D	4	0	1	1	4
	RW	4	0	0	0	16
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	18
	W	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	4
	C	4	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	252	4	0	4	19	4.52	0
Team:	252	4	0	4	19	4.52	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;

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1957-58 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.