1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

1939–40 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th NHL
1939–40 record	16–26–6
Goals for	91
Goals against	126
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Ebbie Goodfellow
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Syd Howe (14)
Assists	Syd Howe (23)
Points	Syd Howe (37)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Orlando (54)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (16)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (2.54)

The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 14th season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2 games to 0.

Pre-season

The Red Wings held their training camp in Detroit, Michigan.

Regular Season

Final Standings

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

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	46	14	23	37	17
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	43	11	17	28	31
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	48	10	14	24	10
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	37	7	12	19	28
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	40	10	8	18	4
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	44	7	10	17	12
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	36	8	3	11	2
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	30	4	7	11	2
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	25	2	7	9	4
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	33	2	6	8	19
McDonald, ButchButch McDonald	LW/C	37	1	6	7	2
Deacon, DonDon Deacon	LW	18	5	1	6	2
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	34	2	4	6	2
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	24	1	5	6	4
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	29	2	3	5	11
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	48	1	3	4	54
Keating, JackJack Keating	LW	10	2	0	2	2
Bowman, RalphRalph Bowman	D	11	0	2	2	4
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	48	1	0	1	40
Peer, BertBert Peer	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Hudson, RonRon Hudson	C	1	0	0	0	0
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	2	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	12	0	0	0	0
Bourque, ClaudeClaude Bourque	G	1	0	0	0	0
Moore, AlfieAlfie Moore	G	1	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	46	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	2830	46	16	24	6	120	2.54	3
Bourque, ClaudeClaude Bourque	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Moore, AlfieAlfie Moore	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2950	48	16	26	6	126	2.56	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	5	3	2	5	0
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	5	2	2	4	2
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	5	2	1	3	0
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	5	0	3	3	21
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	5	1	1	2	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	5	1	1	2	0
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	5	1	1	2	15
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	5	0	2	2	9
McDonald, ButchButch McDonald	LW/C	5	0	2	2	10
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	5	1	0	1	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	5	0	0	0	15
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	5	0	0	0	4
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	5	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	300	5	2	3	12	2.40	0
Team:	300	5	2	3	12	2.40	0

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

Farm Team

Indianapolis Capitals, International American Hockey League

Gallery

Connie Brown dekes Earl Robertson during Game 2 of the 1940 Quarter-finals, March 22, 1940.

Opening game

Awards and Records

• Hart Memorial Trophy: Ebbie Goodfellow
• Ebbie Goodfellow, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1939–40 NHL season

External Links

• 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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