1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

The 1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 30	5–2	New York Rangers (1943–44)	1–0–0
2	W	October 31	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	2–0–0
3	T	November 4	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	2–0–1
4	L	November 6	2–5	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	2–1–1
5	W	November 7	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	3–1–1
6	T	November 11	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	3–1–2
7	L	November 13	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	3–2–2
8	L	November 18	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	3–3–2
9	L	November 20	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	3–4–2
10	W	November 21	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	4–4–2
11	L	November 23	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	4–5–2
12	W	November 27	7–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	5–5–2
13	L	November 28	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	5–6–2
14	W	December 2	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	6–6–2
15	W	December 4	11–4	New York Rangers (1943–44)	7–6–2
16	W	December 11	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	8–6–2
17	L	December 12	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	8–7–2
18	L	December 16	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	8–8–2
19	W	December 18	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	9–8–2
20	W	December 19	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	10–8–2
21	L	December 21	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	10–9–2
22	L	December 25	3–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	10–10–2
23	W	December 31	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	11–10–2
24	W	January 1	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	12–10–2
25	L	January 4	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	12–11–2
26	W	January 6	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	13–11–2
27	W	January 8	12–3	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	14–11–2
28	W	January 11	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	15–11–2
29	L	January 15	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	15–12–2
30	L	January 16	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	15–13–2
31	W	January 18	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	16–13–2
32	L	January 22	1–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	16–14–2
33	L	January 23	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–15–2
34	T	January 27	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	16–15–3
35	L	January 29	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–16–3
36	W	February 5	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	17–16–3
37	L	February 6	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	17–17–3
38	L	February 12	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	17–18–3
39	W	February 13	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	18–18–3
40	W	February 19	10–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	19–18–3
41	T	February 20	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	19–18–4
42	L	February 24	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	19–19–4
43	L	February 26	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	19–20–4
44	W	February 29	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	20–20–4
45	L	March 4	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	20–21–4
46	L	March 5	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	20–22–4
47	W	March 9	8–0	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	21–22–4
48	W	March 11	5–0	New York Rangers (1943–44)	22–22–4
49	L	March 12	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	22–23–4
50	W	March 18	10–2	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	23–23–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	50	36	38	74	9
	C	50	22	40	62	18
	D	50	17	40	57	30
	C	49	26	23	49	2
	LW	47	19	28	47	21
	C	49	20	17	37	4
	C/D	49	16	18	34	14
	D	50	12	21	33	22
	RW	17	9	10	19	6
	C/RW	32	3	15	18	30
	D	39	4	12	16	32
	RW	33	8	7	15	29
	RW	11	6	8	14	9
	LW	27	7	6	13	28
	D	9	2	4	6	8
	RW/D	21	5	0	5	15
	D	18	2	0	2	6
	LW	5	0	1	1	2
	W	15	0	1	1	2
	G	29	0	0	0	0
	G	20	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1740	29	13	14	2	87	3.00	5
	1200	20	9	9	2	83	4.15	0
	60	1	1	0	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	3000	50	23	23	4	174	3.48	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/D	5	2	1	3	2
	D	5	1	2	3	2
	D	5	0	3	3	4
	C	5	1	1	2	4
	C	5	1	0	1	0
	D	5	1	0	1	8
	RW	5	0	1	1	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	4
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	3	0	0	0	6
	RW	4	0	0	0	6
	LW	5	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	300	5	1	4	23	4.60	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	23	4.60	0

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Transactions

• September 11, 1943: Acquired Garth Boesch from the Brooklyn Americans in Dispersal Draw
• November 1, 1943: Acquired Red Garrett, Gordon Bell and cash from the New York Rangers for Bucko McDonald
• November 18, 1943: Called up Jean Marois from the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the OHA
• November 27, 1943: Loaned George Abbott to the Boston Bruins for one game
• December 22, 1943: Loaned Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens for remainder of the 1943–44 season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1943-44 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.