1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season explained

The 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season was the 12th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, sixth as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the American Division and missed the playoffs.

On May 5 and 11, 1938, the Red Wings played post-season exhibition games against the Montreal Canadiens at Earlscourt Stadium in London, England.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 4, 1937	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	L	November 7, 1937	0–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	0–1–1
3	L	November 13, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	0–2–1
4	W	November 14, 1937	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	1–2–1
5	L	November 18, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	1–3–1
6	L	November 21, 1937	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–4–1
7	L	November 23, 1937	1–3	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	1–5–1
8	W	November 25, 1937	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	2–5–1
9	L	November 28, 1937	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	2–6–1
10	L	December 5, 1937	1–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	2–7–1
11	W	December 7, 1937	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–7–1
12	L	December 9, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–8–1
13	L	December 12, 1937	2–5	New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–9–1
14	L	December 14, 1937	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–10–1
15	L	December 16, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–11–1
16	L	December 19, 1937	2–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–12–1
17	T	December 25, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–12–2
18	L	December 26, 1937	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–13–2
19	T	December 30, 1937	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–13–3
20	L	January 2, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–14–3
21	W	January 4, 1938	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	4–14–3
22	T	January 6, 1938	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	4–14–4
23	L	January 9, 1938	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–15–4
24	L	January 11, 1938	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	4–16–4
25	T	January 13, 1938	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–16–5
26	T	January 15, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–6
27	T	January 16, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–7
28	W	January 20, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	5–16–7
29	W	January 23, 1938	3–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–16–7
30	L	January 27, 1938	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	6–17–7
31	L	January 29, 1938	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–18–7
32	T	January 30, 1938	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–18–8
33	L	February 1, 1938	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–19–8
34	W	February 3, 1938	6–1	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	7–19–8
35	W	February 6, 1938	8–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	8–19–8
36	L	February 10, 1938	0–4	New York Rangers (1937–38)	8–20–8
37	T	February 13, 1938	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	8–20–9
38	W	February 20, 1938	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	9–20–9
39	T	February 24, 1938	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–20–10
40	T	February 27, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	9–20–11
41	L	March 1, 1938	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–21–11
42	L	March 3, 1938	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	9–22–11
43	W	March 6, 1938	4–3	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	10–22–11
44	L	March 10, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	10–23–11
45	W	March 13, 1938	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	11–23–11
46	L	March 15, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	11–24–11
47	L	March 17, 1938	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	11–25–11
48	W	March 20, 1938	4–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–25–11

Playoffs

The Red Wings failed to make the playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	42	13	18	31	12
	C	48	9	20	29	34
	C/LW	48	8	19	27	14
	LW	41	14	10	24	30
	C	32	5	17	22	6
	RW	47	10	9	19	19
	LW	48	9	9	18	10
	D/RW	21	9	7	16	2
	D	47	3	7	10	14
	LW	23	3	7	10	0
	RW	24	3	6	9	16
	D	48	3	5	8	24
	C	32	5	2	7	2
	C/D	30	0	7	7	13
	RW	14	3	1	4	6
	C	12	1	3	4	4
	LW	11	1	2	3	0
	D	45	0	2	2	26
	D	6	0	1	1	6
	F	2	0	1	1	2
	C	10	0	1	1	0
	RW	9	0	1	1	2
	LW/D	2	0	1	1	0
	D	7	0	0	0	10
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	RW/C	5	0	0	0	4
	RW/D	7	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	4
	LW	6	0	0	0	2
	G	47	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2930	47	11	25	11	130	2.66	3
	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2990	48	12	25	11	133	2.67	3

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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;

European tour

See main article: 1938 Detroit Red Wings – Montreal Canadiens European tour. After failing to make the playoffs, the Red Wings embarked on a tour of Europe with the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1937-38 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.