1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the 14th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, eighth as the Red Wings.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||November 2, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||0–1–0

|2||T||November 5, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||0–1–1

|3||W||November 12, 1939||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||1–1–1

|4||W||November 14, 1939||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||2–1–1

|5||L||November 18, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||2–2–1

|6||L||November 19, 1939||1–7 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||2–3–1

|7||W||November 23, 1939||3–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||3–3–1

|8||W||November 25, 1939||6–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||4–3–1

|9||L||November 26, 1939||2–4 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||4–4–1

|10||L||November 28, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–5–1

|11||L||December 3, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||4–6–1

|12||L||December 8, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||4–7–1

|13||L||December 10, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||4–8–1

|14||L||December 12, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||4–9–1

|15||T||December 14, 1939||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–9–2

|16||T||December 17, 1939||0–0 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–9–3

|17||L||December 21, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||4–10–3

|18||L||December 23, 1939||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||4–11–3

|19||W||December 25, 1939||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||5–11–3

|20||L||December 31, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||5–12–3

|21||L||January 1, 1940||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||5–13–3

|22||W||January 4, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||6–13–3

|23||L||January 7, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||6–14–3

|24||L||January 9, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||6–15–3

|25||W||January 12, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||7–15–3

|26||L||January 14, 1940||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||7–16–3

|27||T||January 18, 1940||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||7–16–4

|28||W||January 21, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||8–16–4

|29||T||January 26, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||8–16–5

|30||W||January 28, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||9–16–5

|31||W||February 1, 1940||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||10–16–5

|32||T||February 4, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||10–16–6

|33||W||February 6, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||11–16–6

|34||W||February 8, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||12–16–6

|35||L||February 9, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||12–17–6

|36||L||February 11, 1940||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||12–18–6

|37||L||February 13, 1940||3–10 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||12–19–6

|38||L||February 15, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||12–20–6

|39||W||February 18, 1940||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||13–20–6

|40||L||February 22, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||13–21–6

|41||W||February 25, 1940||4–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||14–21–6

|42||L||February 29, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||14–22–6

|43||W||March 3, 1940||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||15–22–6

|44||L||March 5, 1940||2–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||15–23–6

|45||L||March 9, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||15–24–6

|46||W||March 10, 1940||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||16–24–6

|47||L||March 15, 1940||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||16–25–6

|48||L||March 17, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||16–26–6

Legend:

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) New York Americans + New York Americans vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 19 New York A. 1 Detroit 2 (OT)Mar 22 Detroit 4 New York A. 5Mar 24 New York A. 1 Detroit 3 Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 26 Detroit 1 Toronto 2Mar 28 Toronto 3 Detroit 1 Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM C/LW 46 14 23 37 17 C/D 43 11 17 28 31 RW 48 10 14 24 10 C 37 7 12 19 28 LW 40 10 8 18 4 RW 44 7 10 17 12 C 36 8 3 11 2 C 30 4 7 11 2 LW 25 2 7 9 4 D/RW 33 2 6 8 19 LW/C 37 1 6 7 2 LW 18 5 1 6 2 RW 34 2 4 6 2 C/LW 24 1 5 6 4 LW/C 29 2 3 5 11 D 48 1 3 4 54 LW 10 2 0 2 2 D 11 0 2 2 4 D 48 1 0 1 40 G 1 0 0 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 LW 12 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 G 46 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2830 46 16 24 6 120 2.54 3 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 2950 48 16 26 6 126 2.56 3

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 5 3 2 5 0 C/LW 5 2 2 4 2 C 5 2 1 3 0 C/LW 5 0 3 3 21 RW 5 1 1 2 0 LW 5 1 1 2 0 C 5 1 1 2 15 C/D 5 0 2 2 9 LW/C 5 0 2 2 10 RW 5 1 0 1 0 LW/C 5 0 0 0 0 D 5 0 0 0 15 D 5 0 0 0 4 G 5 0 0 0 0 D/RW 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 0 Team: 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 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

Hart Trophy:(Most valuable player) Ebbie Goodfellow

All-Star teams First Team   Position  Ebbie Goodfellow D

Transactions

May 17, 1939 To Detroit Red Wingsrights to Cecil Dillon To New York Rangerscash November 7, 1939 To New York Americanscash To Detroit Red WingsAlfie Moore

See also 1939–40 NHL season

References

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