1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season explained

The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 6, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	0–1–0
2	L	November 10, 1938	1–2	New York Americans (1938–39)	0–2–0
3	L	November 13, 1938	3–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–3–0
4	L	November 15, 1938	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–4–0
5	W	November 17, 1938	7–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	1–4–0
6	L	November 20, 1938	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	1–5–0
7	W	November 24, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	2–5–0
8	L	November 26, 1938	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	2–6–0
9	L	November 27, 1938	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	2–7–0
10	W	December 1, 1938	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	3–7–0
11	W	December 4, 1938	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–7–0
12	T	December 8, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1938–39)	4–7–1
13	L	December 11, 1938	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	4–8–1
14	L	December 13, 1938	1–5	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	4–9–1
15	L	December 18, 1938	0–2	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	4–10–1
16	L	December 20, 1938	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	4–11–1
17	T	December 22, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	4–11–2
18	L	December 24, 1938	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–12–2
19	W	December 25, 1938	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	5–12–2
20	W	December 29, 1938	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	6–12–2
21	L	January 1, 1939	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	6–13–2
22	L	January 2, 1939	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	6–14–2
23	T	January 5, 1939	6–6 OT	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	6–14–3
24	T	January 8, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	6–14–4
25	W	January 10, 1939	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	7–14–4
26	W	January 15, 1939	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	8–14–4
27	W	January 19, 1939	4–3	New York Rangers (1938–39)	9–14–4
28	L	January 22, 1939	0–5	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	9–15–4
29	W	January 26, 1939	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	10–15–4
30	L	January 28, 1939	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–4
31	T	January 29, 1939	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–5
32	W	February 5, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	11–16–5
33	L	February 9, 1939	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–17–5
34	L	February 12, 1939	0–1	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	11–18–5
35	L	February 14, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	11–19–5
36	T	February 16, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–19–6
37	W	February 19, 1939	4–1	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–19–6
38	L	February 21, 1939	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–20–6
39	L	February 23, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–21–6
40	W	February 26, 1939	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	13–21–6
41	W	March 2, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	14–21–6
42	W	March 5, 1939	4–2	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	15–21–6
43	L	March 7, 1939	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	15–22–6
44	L	March 9, 1939	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	15–23–6
45	L	March 11, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	15–24–6
46	W	March 12, 1939	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	16–24–6
47	W	March 14, 1939	3–2	New York Rangers (1938–39)	17–24–6
48	W	March 19, 1939	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	18–24–6

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 21	Detroit	0	Montreal C.	2
Mar 23	Montreal C.	3	Detroit	7
Mar 26	Montreal C.	0	Detroit	1 (OT)

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.

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

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 28	Detroit	1	Toronto	4
Mar 30	Toronto	1	Detroit	3
Apr 1	Detroit	4	Toronto	5 (OT)

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	48	13	28	41	4
	C/LW	48	16	20	36	11
	LW	41	8	18	26	13
	RW	40	8	15	23	39
	C	28	10	10	20	2
	LW	48	8	9	17	8
	C/D	48	8	8	16	36
	D/RW	28	8	8	16	10
	LW	42	6	10	16	8
	C	44	5	11	16	17
	RW	32	4	9	13	4
	RW	20	3	7	10	0
	D	42	1	5	6	16
	D	43	2	3	5	26
	LW	8	1	3	4	2
	C/LW	15	1	1	2	0
	LW/C	1	1	1	2	0
	LW	11	1	1	2	16
	RW	1	1	0	1	0
	C	2	1	0	1	0
	LW	1	1	0	1	2
	RW	5	0	1	1	2
	D	11	0	1	1	6
	RW	6	0	1	1	0
	D	32	0	1	1	18
	D	8	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0
	D	14	0	0	0	2
	LW	3	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	G	39	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2397	39	16	17	6	101	2.53	4
	300	5	2	3	0	15	3.00	0
	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
	240	4	0	4	0	12	3.00	0
Team:	2940	48	18	24	6	128	2.61	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	5	2	5	7	2
	C	6	3	1	4	0
	C/LW	6	3	1	4	4
	LW	2	2	1	3	0
	LW/C	3	1	2	3	7
	LW	6	1	2	3	0
	LW	6	1	2	3	0
	C/LW	6	1	1	2	2
	LW	3	1	1	2	4
	C	6	0	2	2	0
	D	6	0	2	2	4
	D/RW	6	1	0	1	8
	D	6	0	1	1	10
	C	4	0	1	1	0
	D	5	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	0	0	0
	C/D	6	0	0	0	8
	RW	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	6	0	0	0	2
	LW	3	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	374	6	3	3	15	2.41	1
Team:	374	6	3	3	15	2.41	1

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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;

See also

• 1938–39 NHL season

References

Bibliography

• Book: Total Hockey . Diamond . Dan . Total Sports . 2000 . 1-892129-85-X .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.