The 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 23rd season.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 13, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||1–0–0
|2||W||October 17, 1948||7–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||2–0–0
|3||T||October 23, 1948||0–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||2–0–1
|4||W||October 24, 1948||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||3–0–1
|5||W||October 27, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||4–0–1
|6||L||October 30, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||4–1–1
|7||W||October 31, 1948||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||5–1–1
|8||L||November 6, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||5–2–1
|9||W||November 7, 1948||7–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||6–2–1
|10||L||November 11, 1948||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||6–3–1
|11||W||November 14, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–3–1
|12||T||November 17, 1948||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||7–3–2
|13||L||November 21, 1948||0–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||7–4–2
|14||L||November 24, 1948||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||7–5–2
|15||L||November 27, 1948||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–6–2
|16||W||November 28, 1948||9–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||8–6–2
|17||W||December 1, 1948||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||9–6–2
|18||W||December 4, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||10–6–2
|19||W||December 5, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||11–6–2
|20||W||December 8, 1948||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||12–6–2
|21||W||December 11, 1948||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||13–6–2
|22||L||December 12, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||13–7–2
|23||L||December 15, 1948||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||13–8–2
|24||L||December 18, 1948||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||13–9–2
|25||W||December 19, 1948||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||14–9–2
|26||L||December 22, 1948||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||14–10–2
|27||L||December 25, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||14–11–2
|28||W||December 26, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||15–11–2
|29||W||December 29, 1948||10–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||16–11–2
|30||L||January 1, 1949||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||16–12–2
|31||W||January 2, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||17–12–2
|32||L||January 6, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||17–13–2
|33||W||January 8, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||18–13–2
|34||T||January 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||18–13–3
|35||W||January 12, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||19–13–3
|36||W||January 16, 1949||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||20–13–3
|37||W||January 19, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||21–13–3
|38||T||January 22, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||21–13–4
|39||W||January 23, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||22–13–4
|40||L||January 26, 1949||1–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||22–14–4
|41||W||January 29, 1949||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||23–14–4
|42||W||January 30, 1949||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||24–14–4
|43||W||February 2, 1949||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||25–14–4
|44||W||February 3, 1949||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||26–14–4
|45||W||February 6, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||27–14–4
|46||W||February 9, 1949||8–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||28–14–4
|47||L||February 12, 1949||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||28–15–4
|48||T||February 13, 1949||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||28–15–5
|49||L||February 16, 1949||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||28–16–5
|50||T||February 21, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||28–16–6
|51||L||February 26, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||28–17–6
|52||L||February 27, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||28–18–6
|53||T||March 2, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||28–18–7
|54||W||March 5, 1949||6–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||29–18–7
|55||W||March 6, 1949||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||30–18–7
|56||W||March 9, 1949||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||31–18–7
|57||L||March 13, 1949||2–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||31–19–7
|58||W||March 16, 1949||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||32–19–7
|59||W||March 19, 1949||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||33–19–7
|60||W||March 20, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||34–19–7
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM C/LW 60 28 26 54 49 LW 50 26 28 54 97 RW 56 21 21 42 6 RW 40 12 25 37 57 C 55 12 20 32 10 LW 60 14 16 30 46 RW 51 19 10 29 6 LW 60 10 16 26 40 C 51 10 13 23 14 D 60 6 17 23 0 C 47 7 12 19 27 LW 50 9 8 17 24 D/C 59 5 11 16 10 D 60 4 11 15 96 D 59 3 7 10 60 C 15 4 3 7 4 RW 41 3 2 5 2 D 43 1 2 3 59 C 4 1 0 1 2 C 13 0 1 1 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 0 G 60 0 0 0 12 LW 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3600 60 34 19 7 145 2.42 6 Team: 3600 60 34 19 7 145 2.42 6
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 11 8 3 11 19 LW 11 2 6 8 31 C/LW 11 3 3 6 6 C 10 1 3 4 22 RW 10 2 0 2 2 LW 11 1 1 2 10 D/C 11 1 1 2 10 D 11 1 1 2 0 D 11 1 1 2 32 C 10 1 0 1 2 D 11 1 0 1 4 C 8 0 1 1 6 LW 9 0 1 1 8 RW 10 0 1 1 2 D 9 0 0 0 4 C 2 0 0 0 0 G 11 0 0 0 2 C 4 0 0 0 0 LW 7 0 0 0 4 C 2 0 0 0 2 LW 6 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 726 11 4 7 26 2.15 0 Team: 726 11 4 7 26 2.15 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;
See also 1948–49 NHL season
References