1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th NHL
1958–59 record27–32–11
Goals for189
Goals against201
Team information
General managerStafford Smythe (Oct–Nov) interim
Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
CoachBilly Reay (Oct–Nov)
Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Team leaders
GoalsDick Duff (29)
AssistsBilly Harris (30)
PointsDick Duff (53)
Penalty minutesCarl Brewer (125)
WinsJohnny Bower (15)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.72)

The 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 39 18 13 258 158 +100 91
2 Boston Bruins 70 32 29 9 205 215 −10 73
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 197 208 −11 69
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 189 201 −12 65
5 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 201 217 −16 64
6 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 37 8 167 218 −51 58

Record vs. opponents

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1958–59 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–7–1 8–5–1 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1 — 6–7–1 1–8–5 7–4–3 7–4–3
Detroit 5–8–1 7–6–1 — 1–9–4 6–7–1 6–7–1
Montreal 6–6–2 8–1–5 9–1–4 — 8–5–1 8–5–1
New York 5–6–3 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 — 5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–2 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1958 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 0–1–0
2 L October 12, 1958 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 0–2–0
3 L October 16, 1958 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 0–3–0
4 W October 18, 1958 3–2 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 1–3–0
5 L October 19, 1958 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 1–4–0
6 W October 25, 1958 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 2–4–0
7 L October 26, 1958 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 2–5–0
8 L October 29, 1958 0–5 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 2–6–0
9 W November 1, 1958 4–3 New York Rangers (1958–59) 3–6–0
10 L November 2, 1958 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 3–7–0
11 W November 8, 1958 5–3 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 4–7–0
12 W November 9, 1958 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 5–7–0
13 L November 12, 1958 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 5–8–0
14 L November 15, 1958 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 5–9–0
15 T November 16, 1958 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 5–9–1
16 L November 19, 1958 4–7 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 5–10–1
17 T November 22, 1958 2–2 New York Rangers (1958–59) 5–10–2
18 T November 23, 1958 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 5–10–3
19 L November 26, 1958 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 5–11–3
20 L November 27, 1958 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 5–12–3
21 L November 29, 1958 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 5–13–3
22 W November 30, 1958 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 6–13–3
23 T December 4, 1958 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 6–13–4
24 W December 6, 1958 4–1 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 7–13–4
25 W December 7, 1958 2–0 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 8–13–4
26 T December 10, 1958 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 8–13–5
27 T December 13, 1958 4–4 New York Rangers (1958–59) 8–13–6
28 L December 14, 1958 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 8–14–6
29 L December 18, 1958 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 8–15–6
30 T December 20, 1958 2–2 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 8–15–7
31 L December 21, 1958 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 8–16–7
32 W December 25, 1958 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 9–16–7
33 T December 27, 1958 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 9–16–8
34 L December 28, 1958 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 9–17–8
35 W December 31, 1958 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 10–17–8
36 L January 3, 1959 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 10–18–8
37 W January 4, 1959 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 11–18–8
38 W January 7, 1959 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 12–18–8
39 L January 8, 1959 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 12–19–8
40 W January 10, 1959 4–1 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 13–19–8
41 T January 11, 1959 6–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 13–19–9
42 L January 14, 1959 2–3 New York Rangers (1958–59) 13–20–9
43 W January 17, 1959 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 14–20–9
44 L January 18, 1959 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 14–21–9
45 W January 21, 1959 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 15–21–9
46 L January 24, 1959 1–3 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 15–22–9
47 W January 25, 1959 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 16–22–9
48 L January 31, 1959 2–5 New York Rangers (1958–59) 16–23–9
49 L February 1, 1959 4–6 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 16–24–9
50 W February 5, 1959 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 17–24–9
51 W February 7, 1959 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 18–24–9
52 L February 8, 1959 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 18–25–9
53 L February 11, 1959 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 18–26–9
54 W February 14, 1959 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 19–26–9
55 L February 15, 1959 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 19–27–9
56 T February 21, 1959 1–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 19–27–10
57 L February 22, 1959 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 19–28–10
58 W February 25, 1959 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 20–28–10
59 L February 28, 1959 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 20–29–10
60 T March 1, 1959 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 20–29–11
61 W March 4, 1959 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 21–29–11
62 L March 5, 1959 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 21–30–11
63 W March 7, 1959 4–1 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 22–30–11
64 L March 8, 1959 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 22–31–11
65 L March 11, 1959 2–6 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 22–32–11
66 W March 14, 1959 5–0 New York Rangers (1958–59) 23–32–11
67 W March 15, 1959 6–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 24–32–11
68 W March 19, 1959 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 25–32–11
69 W March 21, 1959 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 26–32–11
70 W March 22, 1959 6–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 27–32–11

Playoffs

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(2) Boston Bruins vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

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March 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 07:50 – Jerry Toppazzini (1)
Gerry Ehman (1) – 06:07 Second period 10:53 – Leo Labine (1)
11:53 – Vic Stasiuk (1)
18:45 – sh – Larry Leach (1)
No scoring Third period 06:18 – Don McKenney (1)
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Dick Duff (1) – 15:45 First period 10:00 – Fleming MacKell (1)
12:14 – pp – Fleming MacKell (2)
Ron Stewart (1) – 08:09 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:59 – Jean-Guy Gendron (1)
19:15 – Leo Labine (2)
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 28 Boston Bruins 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Vic Stasiuk (2) – pp – 02:43 First period 16:21 – Bob Pulford (1)
Vic Stasiuk (3) – 17:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:08 – Gerry Ehman (2)
No scoring First overtime period 05:02 – Gerry Ehman (3)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
March 31 Boston Bruins 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 06:58 – pp – Gerry Ehman (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jerry Toppazzini (2) – 02:02
Bronco Horvath (1) – 07:20 		Third period 02:46 – Brian Cullen (1)
No scoring First overtime period 11:21 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (1)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Bert Olmstead (1) – pp – 09:26 First period No scoring
Dick Duff (2) – 06:37 Second period No scoring
Frank Mahovlich (2) – 00:19
Bob Pulford (2) – sh – 09:02 		Third period 11:25 – Jerry Toppazzini (3)
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Harry Lumley
April 4 Boston Bruins 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Jerry Toppazzini (4) – pp – 07:28
Don McKenney (2) – 09:34 		First period 15:13 – pp – Bert Olmstead (2)
Johnny Bucyk (1) – 09:57
Johnny Bucyk (2) – 17:19 		Second period 03:50 – Frank Mahovlich (3)
Bronco Horvath (2) – 12:56 Third period 02:55 – Gerry Ehman (5)
07:37 – sh – Frank Mahovlich (4)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Larry Regan (1) – pp – 05:33 First period 01:11 – pp – Vic Stasiuk (4)
No scoring Second period 14:33 – Leo Boivin (1)
Bob Pulford (3) – 08:36
Gerry Ehman (6) – 17:27 		Third period No scoring
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Harry Lumley
Toronto won series 4–3


Stanley Cup Finals

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Main article: 1959 Stanley Cup Finals


April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Dick Duff (3) – sh – 04:53
Billy Harris (1) – 06:24 		First period 00:36 – Henri Richard (3)
15:41 – Ralph Backstrom (1)
Ron Stewart (2) – 18:26 Second period 16:28 – Andre Pronovost (2)
No scoring Third period 11:59 – Marcel Bonin (8)
15:02 – pp – Dickie Moore (4)
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Jacques Plante
April 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 05:12 – pp – Tom Johnson (1)
Ron Stewart (3) – 11:41 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:02 – Claude Provost (5)
18:33 – Claude Provost (6)
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Jacques Plante
April 14 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Marcel Bonin (9) – pp – 17:31 First period 16:29 – Billy Harris (2)
No scoring Second period 17:11 – Bert Olmstead (3)
Dickie Moore (5) – 01:30 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 10:06 – Dick Duff (4)
Jacques Plante Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ab McDonald (1) – 09:54
Ralph Backstrom (2) – 13:01
Bernie Geoffrion (3) – 15:56 		Third period 03:45 – Billy Harris (3)
18:36 – Frank Mahovlich (5)
Jacques Plante Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 04:13 – pp – Ralph Backstrom (3)
13:42 – Bernie Geoffrion (4)
16:26 – Tom Johnson (2)
Bob Pulford (4) – pp – 04:27 Second period 09:55 – Marcel Bonin (10)
19:25 – pp – Bernie Geoffrion (5)
Frank Mahovlich (6) – 12:07
Bert Olmstead (4) – 16:19 		Third period No scoring
Johnny Bower Goalie stats Jacques Plante
Montreal won series 4–1


Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Dick Duff 69 29 24 53 73
Billy Harris 70 22 30 52 29
Frank Mahovlich 63 22 27 49 94
Bert Olmstead 70 10 31 41 74
Bob Pulford 70 23 14 37 53
George Armstrong 59 20 16 36 37
Ron Stewart 70 21 13 34 23
Tim Horton 70 5 21 26 76
Gerry Ehman 38 12 13 25 12
Larry Regan 32 4 21 25 2
Carl Brewer 69 3 21 24 125
Allan Stanley 70 1 22 23 47
Brian Cullen 59 4 14 18 10
Barry Cullen 40 6 8 14 17
Dave Creighton 34 3 9 12 4
Bob Baun 51 1 8 9 87
Marc Reaume 51 1 5 6 67
Gary Aldcorn 5 0 3 3 2
Rudy Migay 19 1 1 2 4
Stephen Kraftcheck 8 1 0 1 0
Willie Marshall 9 0 1 1 2
Johnny Bower 39 0 0 0 2
Ed Chadwick 31 0 0 0 0
Bob Nevin 2 0 0 0 2
Noel Price 28 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 2340 39 15 17 7 106 2.72 3
Ed Chadwick 1860 31 12 15 4 92 2.97 3
Team: 4200 70 27 32 11 198 2.83 6

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Gerry Ehman 12 6 7 13 8
Frank Mahovlich 12 6 5 11 18
Bob Pulford 12 4 4 8 8
Dick Duff 12 4 3 7 8
Billy Harris 12 3 4 7 16
Bert Olmstead 12 4 2 6 13
Ron Stewart 12 3 3 6 6
Carl Brewer 12 0 6 6 40
George Armstrong 12 0 4 4 10
Tim Horton 12 0 3 3 16
Allan Stanley 12 0 3 3 2
Larry Regan 8 1 1 2 2
Brian Cullen 10 1 0 1 0
Dave Creighton 5 0 1 1 0
Bob Baun 12 0 0 0 24
Johnny Bower 12 0 0 0 0
Gary Collins 2 0 0 0 0
Barry Cullen 2 0 0 0 0
Rudy Migay 2 0 0 0 0
Noel Price 5 0 0 0 2
Marc Reaume 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 746 12 5 7 38 3.06 0
Team: 746 12 5 7 38 3.06 0

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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