1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1959–60
Year:	1959
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	26–29–15
Goalsfor:	186
Goalsagainst:	197
Goalsleader:	Gordie Howe (28)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (29)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (73)
Pimleader:	Jim Morrison (62)
Winsleader:	Terry Sawchuk (24)
Gaaleader:	Terry Sawchuk (2.67)

The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 26 wins, 29 losses, and 15 ties for 67 points. They lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1959	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	0–0–1
2	W	October 11, 1959	4–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	1–0–1
3	W	October 14, 1959	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	2–0–1
4	W	October 15, 1959	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	3–0–1
5	W	October 18, 1959	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	4–0–1
6	W	October 22, 1959	4–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	5–0–1
7	L	October 25, 1959	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	5–1–1
8	T	October 28, 1959	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	5–1–2
9	L	October 29, 1959	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	5–2–2
10	T	October 31, 1959	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	5–2–3
11	W	November 1, 1959	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	6–2–3
12	L	November 5, 1959	3–8	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	6–3–3
13	T	November 7, 1959	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	6–3–4
14	T	November 8, 1959	3–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	6–3–5
15	W	November 12, 1959	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	7–3–5
16	W	November 14, 1959	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	8–3–5
17	L	November 15, 1959	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	8–4–5
18	W	November 16, 1959	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	9–4–5
19	L	November 18, 1959	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	9–5–5
20	T	November 21, 1959	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	9–5–6
21	W	November 22, 1959	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	10–5–6
22	L	November 26, 1959	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	10–6–6
23	L	November 28, 1959	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	10–7–6
24	L	November 29, 1959	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	10–8–6
25	W	December 5, 1959	4–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	11–8–6
26	T	December 6, 1959	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	11–8–7
27	W	December 9, 1959	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	12–8–7
28	W	December 12, 1959	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	13–8–7
29	W	December 13, 1959	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	14–8–7
30	W	December 17, 1959	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	15–8–7
31	L	December 19, 1959	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	15–9–7
32	W	December 20, 1959	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	16–9–7
33	L	December 25, 1959	2–5	New York Rangers (1959–60)	16–10–7
34	L	December 27, 1959	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	16–11–7
35	L	December 31, 1959	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	16–12–7
36	T	January 1, 1960	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	16–12–8
37	W	January 3, 1960	4–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	17–12–8
38	L	January 6, 1960	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	17–13–8
39	T	January 9, 1960	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	17–13–9
40	L	January 10, 1960	3–4	New York Rangers (1959–60)	17–14–9
41	L	January 13, 1960	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	17–15–9
42	W	January 16, 1960	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	18–15–9
43	W	January 17, 1960	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	19–15–9
44	W	January 21, 1960	5–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	20–15–9
45	L	January 23, 1960	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	20–16–9
46	T	January 24, 1960	2–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–16–10
47	L	January 28, 1960	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	20–17–10
48	L	January 30, 1960	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	20–18–10
49	T	January 31, 1960	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–18–11
50	L	February 4, 1960	1–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–19–11
51	L	February 6, 1960	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	20–20–11
52	W	February 7, 1960	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	21–20–11
53	L	February 11, 1960	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	21–21–11
54	L	February 13, 1960	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	21–22–11
55	L	February 14, 1960	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	21–23–11
56	T	February 18, 1960	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	21–23–12
57	W	February 20, 1960	4–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	22–23–12
58	L	February 21, 1960	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	22–24–12
59	T	February 24, 1960	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	22–24–13
60	W	February 27, 1960	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	23–24–13
61	L	February 28, 1960	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	23–25–13
62	W	March 1, 1960	3–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	24–25–13
63	T	March 5, 1960	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	24–25–14
64	L	March 6, 1960	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	24–26–14
65	W	March 8, 1960	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	25–26–14
66	L	March 12, 1960	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	25–27–14
67	T	March 13, 1960	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	25–27–15
68	L	March 15, 1960	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	25–28–15
69	W	March 19, 1960	6–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	26–28–15
70	L	March 20, 1960	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	26–29–15

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	70	28	45	73	46
	C	70	24	34	58	46
	LW	70	22	29	51	32
	C/LW	70	19	28	47	8
	C	54	20	19	39	16
	D	70	3	23	26	62
	D	69	7	17	24	38
	C	66	6	17	23	10
	C	63	10	10	20	12
	RW	59	8	12	20	50
	D/C	50	6	12	18	10
	RW	47	5	13	18	33
	D	49	8	7	15	6
	D	69	5	9	14	60
	RW	55	4	9	13	23
	LW	69	4	7	11	2
	LW	31	2	5	7	2
	D	21	3	0	3	6
	RW	27	1	2	3	12
	C	17	1	2	3	8
	D	38	0	3	3	30
	D	9	0	1	1	2
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	2
	C	5	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0
	G	58	0	0	0	22
	W	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3480	58	24	20	14	155	2.67	5
	540	9	2	6	1	30	3.33	1
	180	3	0	3	0	9	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	26	29	15	194	2.77	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/LW	6	2	6	8	0
	RW	6	1	5	6	4
	C	6	2	2	4	0
	RW	6	1	3	4	6
	LW	6	0	4	4	0
	C	6	3	0	3	0
	LW	6	1	2	3	4
	C	6	1	2	3	0
	D	6	1	1	2	0
	D	6	1	1	2	2
	D	6	0	2	2	0
	D	6	1	0	1	10
	D	6	1	0	1	13
	C	6	1	0	1	4
	RW	4	0	0	0	2
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	405	6	2	4	20	2.96	0
Team:	405	6	2	4	20	2.96	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;

Awards and records

• Gordie Howe, Hart Memorial Trophy
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
• Marcel Pronovost, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.