1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1958–59
Year:	1958
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	25–37–8
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	6th
Goalsfor:	167
Goalsagainst:	218
Goalsleader:	Gordie Howe (32)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (46)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (78)
Pimleader:	Pete Goegan (109)
Winsleader:	Terry Sawchuk (23)
Gaaleader:	Bob Perreault (3.00)

The 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 33rd season.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1958	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1958	3–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	1–1–0
3	L	October 16, 1958	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1958	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	2–2–0
5	W	October 19, 1958	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	3–2–0
6	W	October 23, 1958	3–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	4–2–0
7	L	October 25, 1958	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	4–3–0
8	L	October 26, 1958	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	4–4–0
9	W	October 30, 1958	4–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	5–4–0
10	L	November 1, 1958	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	5–5–0
11	W	November 2, 1958	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	6–5–0
12	L	November 8, 1958	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	6–6–0
13	L	November 9, 1958	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	6–7–0
14	W	November 13, 1958	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	7–7–0
15	W	November 15, 1958	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	8–7–0
16	L	November 16, 1958	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	8–8–0
17	W	November 18, 1958	6–0	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	9–8–0
18	T	November 20, 1958	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	9–8–1
19	L	November 22, 1958	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	9–9–1
20	W	November 23, 1958	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	10–9–1
21	W	November 26, 1958	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	11–9–1
22	W	November 27, 1958	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	12–9–1
23	L	November 29, 1958	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–10–1
24	L	November 30, 1958	0–7	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–11–1
25	W	December 4, 1958	4–0	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	13–11–1
26	W	December 6, 1958	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	14–11–1
27	T	December 7, 1958	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	14–11–2
28	W	December 10, 1958	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	15–11–2
29	T	December 13, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	15–11–3
30	L	December 14, 1958	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	15–12–3
31	L	December 18, 1958	0–2	New York Rangers (1958–59)	15–13–3
32	L	December 21, 1958	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	15–14–3
33	L	December 25, 1958	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	15–15–3
34	W	December 28, 1958	5–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–15–3
35	L	December 31, 1958	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	16–16–3
36	L	January 3, 1959	2–8	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–17–3
37	T	January 4, 1959	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	16–17–4
38	L	January 7, 1959	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–18–4
39	T	January 10, 1959	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	16–18–5
40	T	January 11, 1959	6–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–18–6
41	L	January 15, 1959	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–19–6
42	L	January 17, 1959	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–20–6
43	L	January 18, 1959	2–4	New York Rangers (1958–59)	16–21–6
44	W	January 21, 1959	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	17–21–6
45	W	January 24, 1959	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	18–21–6
46	L	January 25, 1959	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	18–22–6
47	W	January 29, 1959	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	19–22–6
48	L	January 31, 1959	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	19–23–6
49	L	February 1, 1959	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	19–24–6
50	L	February 5, 1959	0–5	New York Rangers (1958–59)	19–25–6
51	L	February 7, 1959	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	19–26–6
52	L	February 8, 1959	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	19–27–6
53	W	February 12, 1959	1–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	20–27–6
54	W	February 15, 1959	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	21–27–6
55	L	February 19, 1959	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	21–28–6
56	W	February 21, 1959	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	22–28–6
57	L	February 22, 1959	1–4	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	22–29–6
58	L	February 25, 1959	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	22–30–6
59	W	February 28, 1959	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	23–30–6
60	L	March 1, 1959	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	23–31–6
61	T	March 3, 1959	2–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–31–7
62	L	March 5, 1959	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–32–7
63	L	March 7, 1959	2–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	23–33–7
64	L	March 8, 1959	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	23–34–7
65	T	March 10, 1959	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	23–34–8
66	L	March 14, 1959	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–35–8
67	W	March 15, 1959	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–35–8
68	W	March 17, 1959	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	25–35–8
69	L	March 21, 1959	2–5	New York Rangers (1958–59)	25–36–8
70	L	March 22, 1959	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	25–37–8

Playoffs

They failed to make the playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	70	32	46	78	57
	C	69	22	36	58	42
	C/LW	70	19	35	54	6
	D	69	11	21	32	44
	RW	55	15	14	29	14
	LW	70	11	17	28	18
	C	68	14	12	26	15
	LW	66	11	15	26	20
	D/C	67	8	13	21	34
	C	70	9	11	20	32
	D	67	1	11	12	109
	D	69	6	4	10	44
	LW	57	2	5	7	18
	RW	54	2	5	7	32
	LW	15	2	3	5	4
	C	67	1	4	5	149
	RW	15	0	3	3	6
	C	3	1	1	2	2
	RW	14	0	1	1	9
	RW	6	0	1	1	4
	D	21	0	1	1	12
	D	36	0	1	1	22
	C	12	0	0	0	0
	RW	8	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	G	67	0	0	0	12
	D	11	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4020	67	23	36	8	207	3.09	5
	180	3	2	1	0	9	3.00	1
Team:	4200	70	25	37	8	216	3.09	6

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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

• 1958–59 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1958-59 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.