1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the NHL with a record of 30 wins, 29 losses, and 11 ties. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games in the Semi-finals before losing a seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Final standings

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||W||October 10, 1963||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 13, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||2–0–0

|3||L||October 16, 1963||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 19, 1963||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||2–2–0

|5||W||October 20, 1963||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||3–2–0

|6||T||October 24, 1963||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||3–2–1

|7||L||October 27, 1963||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||3–3–1

|8||L||October 29, 1963||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||3–4–1

|9||W||October 31, 1963||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||4–4–1

|10||L||November 2, 1963||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||4–5–1

|11||L||November 3, 1963||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||4–6–1

|12||W||November 7, 1963||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||5–6–1

|13||W||November 10, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||6–6–1

|14||T||November 16, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||6–6–2

|15||L||November 17, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||6–7–2

|16||L||November 20, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||6–8–2

|17||L||November 27, 1963||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||6–9–2

|18||L||November 28, 1963||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||6–10–2

|19||T||November 30, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||6–10–3

|20||L||December 1, 1963||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||6–11–3

|21||W||December 5, 1963||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||7–11–3

|22||L||December 7, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||7–12–3

|23||L||December 8, 1963||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||7–13–3

|24||W||December 11, 1963||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||8–13–3

|25||W||December 14, 1963||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||9–13–3

|26||T||December 15, 1963||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||9–13–4

|27||T||December 18, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||9–13–5

|28||W||December 19, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||10–13–5

|29||L||December 21, 1963||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||10–14–5

|30||L||December 22, 1963||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||10–15–5

|31||W||December 25, 1963||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||11–15–5

|32||T||December 28, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||11–15–6

|33||W||December 29, 1963||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||12–15–6

|34||L||December 31, 1963||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||12–16–6

|35||L||January 4, 1964||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||12–17–6

|36||T||January 5, 1964||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||12–17–7

|37||W||January 7, 1964||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||13–17–7

|38||W||January 9, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||14–17–7

|39||L||January 11, 1964||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||14–18–7

|40||W||January 12, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||15–18–7

|41||L||January 16, 1964||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||15–19–7

|42||W||January 18, 1964||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||16–19–7

|43||L||January 19, 1964||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||16–20–7

|44||W||January 25, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–20–7

|45||L||January 26, 1964||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||17–21–7

|46||T||January 29, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–21–8

|47||L||February 1, 1964||3–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||17–22–8

|48||T||February 2, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||17–22–9

|49||L||February 5, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–23–9

|50||W||February 6, 1964||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||18–23–9

|51||W||February 8, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||19–23–9

|52||W||February 9, 1964||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||20–23–9

|53||W||February 13, 1964||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||21–23–9

|54||W||February 15, 1964||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–23–9

|55||L||February 16, 1964||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–24–9

|56||T||February 19, 1964||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||22–24–10

|57||W||February 22, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||23–24–10

|58||W||February 23, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||24–24–10

|59||L||February 27, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||24–25–10

|60||L||February 29, 1964||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||24–26–10

|61||T||March 1, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||24–26–11

|62||W||March 3, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||25–26–11

|63||W||March 5, 1964||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||26–26–11

|64||L||March 7, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||26–27–11

|65||W||March 8, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||27–27–11

|66||W||March 12, 1964||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||28–27–11

|67||W||March 15, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||29–27–11

|68||W||March 19, 1964||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||30–27–11

|69||L||March 21, 1964||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||30–28–11

|70||L||March 22, 1964||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||30–29–11

Legend:

Playoffs

|1||L||March 26, 1964||1–4 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 0–1

|2||W||March 29, 1964||5–4 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 1–1

|3||W||March 31, 1964||3–0 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–1

|4||L||April 2, 1964||2–3 || OT || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–2

|5||L||April 5, 1964||2–3 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–3

|6||W||April 7, 1964||7–2 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 3–3

|7||W||April 9, 1964||4–2 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 4–3

|1||L||April 11, 1964||2–3 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 0–1

|2||W||April 14, 1964||4–3 || OT || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 1–1

|3||W||April 16, 1964||4–3 || || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 2–1

|4||L||April 18, 1964||2–4 || || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 2–2

|5||W||April 21, 1964||2–1 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–2

|6||L||April 23, 1964||3–4 || OT || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–3

|7||L||April 25, 1964||0–4 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–4

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 69 26 47 73 70 C/LW 70 23 30 53 11 C 61 21 30 51 55 C 68 21 25 46 25 D 67 11 21 32 115 C 63 11 21 32 15 RW 52 18 13 31 22 LW 58 10 18 28 87 LW 70 7 16 23 54 C 50 9 12 21 28 D 67 3 17 20 42 D 64 2 16 18 80 C 47 10 7 17 6 C 30 5 7 12 9 D 50 3 6 9 50 D 17 1 6 7 13 RW 32 3 3 6 14 LW 17 2 3 5 4 LW 10 1 4 5 0 D 25 3 0 3 8 RW 20 0 3 3 6 C/LW 5 0 3 3 2 RW 15 1 1 2 2 D 42 0 2 2 30 C 7 0 1 1 0 D 3 0 1 1 2 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 15 0 0 0 0 D 5 0 0 0 4 D 4 0 0 0 2 D 12 0 0 0 8 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 7 C 3 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 53 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3140 53 25 20 7 138 2.64 5 900 15 5 6 4 51 3.40 2 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 40 1 0 1 0 5 7.50 0 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4200 70 30 29 11 202 2.89 7

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 14 9 10 19 16 C 14 7 10 17 6 C/LW 14 3 8 11 0 C 14 5 2 7 12 LW 14 4 3 7 26 RW 14 4 3 7 4 LW 14 1 6 7 28 C 14 3 3 6 2 RW 14 2 3 5 6 C 14 2 3 5 10 C 14 1 4 5 14 D 14 0 5 5 33 D 14 0 4 4 22 D 14 0 2 2 14 RW 4 0 1 1 2 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 C 4 0 0 0 0 D 14 0 0 0 12 D 3 0 0 0 2 G 13 0 0 0 2 D 11 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 677 13 6 5 31 2.75 1 55 1 1 0 4 4.36 0 126 3 0 2 5 2.38 0 Team: 858 14 7 7 40 2.80 1

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Draft picks Detroit's draft picks at the 1963 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)12 Peter Mahovlich St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)28 Bill Cosburn Bick's Pickles Midgets (OAAAMHL)

References Red Wings on Hockey Database Red Wings on Hockey Reference