1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1958–59
Year:	1958
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Record:	27–32–11
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	4th
Generalmanager:	Stafford Smythe (Oct–Nov) interim Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
Coach:	Billy Reay (Oct–Nov) Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
Goalsfor:	189
Goalsagainst:	201
Goalsleader:	Dick Duff (29)
Assistsleader:	Billy Harris (30)
Pointsleader:	Dick Duff (53)
Pimleader:	Carl Brewer (125)
Winsleader:	Johnny Bower (15)
Gaaleader:	Johnny Bower (2.72)

The 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

See main article: 1959 Stanley Cup Finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	69	29	24	53	73
	70	22	30	52	29
	63	22	27	49	94
	70	10	31	41	74
	70	23	14	37	53
	59	20	16	36	37
	70	21	13	34	23
	70	5	21	26	76
	38	12	13	25	12
	32	4	21	25	2
	69	3	21	24	125
	70	1	22	23	47
	59	4	14	18	10
	40	6	8	14	17
	34	3	9	12	4
	51	1	8	9	87
	51	1	5	6	67
	5	0	3	3	2
	19	1	1	2	4
	8	1	0	1	0
	9	0	1	1	2
	39	0	0	0	2
	31	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	2
	28	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	2340	39	15	17	7	106	2.72				3
	1860	31	12	15	4	92	2.97				3
Team:	4200	70	27	32	11	198	2.83				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	12	6	7	13	8
	12	6	5	11	18
	12	4	4	8	8
	12	4	3	7	8
	12	3	4	7	16
	12	4	2	6	13
	12	3	3	6	6
	12	0	6	6	40
	12	0	4	4	10
	12	0	3	3	16
	12	0	3	3	2
	8	1	1	2	2
	10	1	0	1	0
	5	0	1	1	0
	12	0	0	0	24
	12	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	2
	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	746	12	5	7		38	3.06				0
Team:	746	12	5	7		38	3.06				0

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See also

• 1958–59 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.