1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

1939–40 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th NHL
1939–40 record16–26–6
Goals for91
Goals against126
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainEbbie Goodfellow
Team leaders
GoalsSyd Howe (14)
AssistsSyd Howe (23)
PointsSyd Howe (37)
Penalty minutesJimmy Orlando (54)
WinsTiny Thompson (16)
Goals against averageTiny Thompson (2.54)

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

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67
New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56
Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52
Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 90 126 250 38
New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34
Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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1939–40 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston — 6–1–1 5–3 6–1–1 7–1 2–4–2 5–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1 — 6–0–2 5–2–1 3–4–1 4–4 4–3–1
Detroit 3–5 0–6–2 — 5–3 5–3 2–3–2 1–6–1
Montreal 1–6–1 2–5–1 3–5 — 2–4–2 1–6–1 1–7
N.Y. Americans 1–7 4–3–1 3–5 4–2–2 — 1–6–1 2–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–2 4–4 3–2–2 6–1–1 6–1–1 — 4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–1 3–4–1 6–1–1 7–1 6–2 1–4–3 —


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 2, 1939 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 0–1–0
2 T November 5, 1939 1–1 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 0–1–1
3 W November 12, 1939 2–1 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 1–1–1
4 W November 14, 1939 4–2 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 2–1–1
5 L November 18, 1939 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 2–2–1
6 L November 19, 1939 1–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 2–3–1
7 W November 23, 1939 3–2 New York Americans (1939–40) 3–3–1
8 W November 25, 1939 6–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 4–3–1
9 L November 26, 1939 2–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 4–4–1
10 L November 28, 1939 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 4–5–1
11 L December 3, 1939 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 4–6–1
12 L December 8, 1939 0–3 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 4–7–1
13 L December 10, 1939 2–3 New York Americans (1939–40) 4–8–1
14 L December 12, 1939 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 4–9–1
15 T December 14, 1939 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 4–9–2
16 T December 17, 1939 0–0 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 4–9–3
17 L December 21, 1939 0–3 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 4–10–3
18 L December 23, 1939 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 4–11–3
19 W December 25, 1939 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 5–11–3
20 L December 31, 1939 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 5–12–3
21 L January 1, 1940 0–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 5–13–3
22 W January 4, 1940 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 6–13–3
23 L January 7, 1940 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 6–14–3
24 L January 9, 1940 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 6–15–3
25 W January 12, 1940 4–2 New York Americans (1939–40) 7–15–3
26 L January 14, 1940 0–1 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 7–16–3
27 T January 18, 1940 2–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 7–16–4
28 W January 21, 1940 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 8–16–4
29 T January 26, 1940 1–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 8–16–5
30 W January 28, 1940 4–2 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 9–16–5
31 W February 1, 1940 2–0 New York Rangers (1939–40) 10–16–5
32 T February 4, 1940 1–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 10–16–6
33 W February 6, 1940 3–1 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 11–16–6
34 W February 8, 1940 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 12–16–6
35 L February 9, 1940 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 12–17–6
36 L February 11, 1940 2–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 12–18–6
37 L February 13, 1940 3–10 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 12–19–6
38 L February 15, 1940 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 12–20–6
39 W February 18, 1940 2–0 New York Rangers (1939–40) 13–20–6
40 L February 22, 1940 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 13–21–6
41 W February 25, 1940 4–1 New York Americans (1939–40) 14–21–6
42 L February 29, 1940 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 14–22–6
43 W March 3, 1940 6–3 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 15–22–6
44 L March 5, 1940 2–7 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 15–23–6
45 L March 9, 1940 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 15–24–6
46 W March 10, 1940 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 16–24–6
47 L March 15, 1940 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 16–25–6
48 L March 17, 1940 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 16–26–6

Playoffs

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(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) New York Americans

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New York Americans vs Detroit Red Wings
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 19 New York A. 1 Detroit 2 (OT)
Mar 22 Detroit 4 New York A. 5
Mar 24 New York A. 1 Detroit 3

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.[3]

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

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Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 26 Detroit 1 Toronto 2
Mar 28 Toronto 3 Detroit 1

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.[3]

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Syd Howe C/LW 46 14 23 37 17
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 43 11 17 28 31
Mud Bruneteau RW 48 10 14 24 10
Alex Motter C 37 7 12 19 28
Ken Kilrea LW 40 10 8 18 4
Cecil Dillon RW 44 7 10 17 12
Connie Brown C 36 8 3 11 2
Gus Giesebrecht C 30 4 7 11 2
Carl Liscombe LW 25 2 7 9 4
Eddie Wares D/RW 33 2 6 8 19
Butch McDonald LW/C 37 1 6 7 2
Don Deacon LW 18 5 1 6 2
Joe Fisher RW 34 2 4 6 2
Sid Abel C/LW 24 1 5 6 4
Don Grosso LW/C 29 2 3 5 11
Jimmy Orlando D 48 1 3 4 54
Jack Keating LW 10 2 0 2 2
Ralph Bowman D 11 0 2 2 4
Jack Stewart D 48 1 0 1 40
Claude Bourque G 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Hudson C 1 0 0 0 0
Buck Jones D 2 0 0 0 0
Hec Kilrea LW 12 0 0 0 0
Alfie Moore G 1 0 0 0 0
Bert Peer RW 1 0 0 0 0
Tiny Thompson G 46 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson 2830 46 16 24 6 120 2.54 3
Claude Bourque 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0
Alfie Moore 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 2950 48 16 26 6 126 2.56 3

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Mud Bruneteau RW 5 3 2 5 0
Syd Howe C/LW 5 2 2 4 2
Connie Brown C 5 2 1 3 0
Sid Abel C/LW 5 0 3 3 21
Joe Fisher RW 5 1 1 2 0
Ken Kilrea LW 5 1 1 2 0
Alex Motter C 5 1 1 2 15
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 5 0 2 2 9
Butch McDonald LW/C 5 0 2 2 10
Cecil Dillon RW 5 1 0 1 0
Don Grosso LW/C 5 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Orlando D 5 0 0 0 15
Jack Stewart D 5 0 0 0 4
Tiny Thompson G 5 0 0 0 0
Eddie Wares D/RW 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 0
Team: 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 0

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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

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Hart Trophy:
(Most valuable player)		 Ebbie Goodfellow

All-Star teams

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First Team   Position  
Ebbie Goodfellow D

Transactions

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May 17, 1939 To Detroit Red Wings
rights to Cecil Dillon 		To New York Rangers
cash 		[5]
November 7, 1939 To New York Americans
cash 		To Detroit Red Wings
Alfie Moore 		[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Diamond 2000, p. 35.
  4. ^ "1939-40 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  5. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
  6. ^ "Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com.
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