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

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 10, 1959||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 11, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||1–0–1

|3||W||October 14, 1959||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||2–0–1

|4||W||October 15, 1959||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||3–0–1

|5||W||October 18, 1959||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||4–0–1

|6||W||October 22, 1959||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||5–0–1

|7||L||October 25, 1959||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||5–1–1

|8||T||October 28, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||5–1–2

|9||L||October 29, 1959||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||5–2–2

|10||T||October 31, 1959||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||5–2–3

|11||W||November 1, 1959||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||6–2–3

|12||L||November 5, 1959||3–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||6–3–3

|13||T||November 7, 1959||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||6–3–4

|14||T||November 8, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||6–3–5

|15||W||November 12, 1959||6–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||7–3–5

|16||W||November 14, 1959||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||8–3–5

|17||L||November 15, 1959||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||8–4–5

|18||W||November 16, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||9–4–5

|19||L||November 18, 1959||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||9–5–5

|20||T||November 21, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||9–5–6

|21||W||November 22, 1959||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||10–5–6

|22||L||November 26, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||10–6–6

|23||L||November 28, 1959||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||10–7–6

|24||L||November 29, 1959||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||10–8–6

|25||W||December 5, 1959||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||11–8–6

|26||T||December 6, 1959||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||11–8–7

|27||W||December 9, 1959||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||12–8–7

|28||W||December 12, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||13–8–7

|29||W||December 13, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||14–8–7

|30||W||December 17, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||15–8–7

|31||L||December 19, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||15–9–7

|32||W||December 20, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||16–9–7

|33||L||December 25, 1959||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||16–10–7

|34||L||December 27, 1959||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||16–11–7

|35||L||December 31, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||16–12–7

|36||T||January 1, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||16–12–8

|37||W||January 3, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||17–12–8

|38||L||January 6, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||17–13–8

|39||T||January 9, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||17–13–9

|40||L||January 10, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||17–14–9

|41||L||January 13, 1960||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||17–15–9

|42||W||January 16, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||18–15–9

|43||W||January 17, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||19–15–9

|44||W||January 21, 1960||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||20–15–9

|45||L||January 23, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||20–16–9

|46||T||January 24, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–16–10

|47||L||January 28, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||20–17–10

|48||L||January 30, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||20–18–10

|49||T||January 31, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–18–11

|50||L||February 4, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–19–11

|51||L||February 6, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||20–20–11

|52||W||February 7, 1960||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||21–20–11

|53||L||February 11, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||21–21–11

|54||L||February 13, 1960||1–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||21–22–11

|55||L||February 14, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||21–23–11

|56||T||February 18, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||21–23–12

|57||W||February 20, 1960||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||22–23–12

|58||L||February 21, 1960||3–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||22–24–12

|59||T||February 24, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||22–24–13

|60||W||February 27, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||23–24–13

|61||L||February 28, 1960||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||23–25–13

|62||W||March 1, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||24–25–13

|63||T||March 5, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||24–25–14

|64||L||March 6, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||24–26–14

|65||W||March 8, 1960||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||25–26–14

|66||L||March 12, 1960||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||25–27–14

|67||T||March 13, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||25–27–15

|68||L||March 15, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||25–28–15

|69||W||March 19, 1960||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||26–28–15

|70||L||March 20, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||26–29–15

Legend:

Playoffs

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 GPW LTGAGAA 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 GPW LGAGAA SO 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0 Team: 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0

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, Defense, NHL First All-Star Team

References