1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season

1957–58 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd NHL
1957–58 record	29-29-12
Goals for	176
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jimmy Skinner Sid Abel
Captain	Red Kelly
Alternate captains	Gordie Howe Alex Delvecchio
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (33)
Assists	Gordie Howe (44)
Points	Gordie Howe (77)
Penalty minutes	Forbes Kennedy (135)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (29)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (2.94)

The 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 32nd season. The Red Wings finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.

Off-season

On July 23, 1957 the Red Wings traded Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Johnny Wilson, Forbes Kennedy, Hank Bassen, and Bill Preston.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	96	250	158
New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	77	195	188
Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	70	176	207
Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	69	199	194
Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	55	163	202
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	53	192	226

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1957	2–3	New York Rangers (1957–58)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1957	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1957	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1957	1–5	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	1–3–0
5	W	October 20, 1957	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	2–3–0
6	W	October 24, 1957	4–3	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	3–3–0
7	L	October 27, 1957	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	3–4–0
8	L	October 29, 1957	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	3–5–0
9	W	October 30, 1957	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	4–5–0
10	L	November 2, 1957	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	4–6–0
11	L	November 3, 1957	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	4–7–0
12	T	November 5, 1957	1–1	New York Rangers (1957–58)	4–7–1
13	L	November 7, 1957	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	4–8–1
14	T	November 9, 1957	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	4–8–2
15	L	November 10, 1957	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	4–9–2
16	W	November 16, 1957	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	5–9–2
17	L	November 17, 1957	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	5–10–2
18	T	November 20, 1957	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	5–10–3
19	W	November 23, 1957	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–10–3
20	T	November 24, 1957	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	6–10–4
21	T	November 28, 1957	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–10–5
22	W	November 30, 1957	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	7–10–5
23	L	December 1, 1957	1–5	New York Rangers (1957–58)	7–11–5
24	L	December 5, 1957	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	7–12–5
25	W	December 7, 1957	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	8–12–5
26	L	December 8, 1957	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	8–13–5
27	W	December 12, 1957	3–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	9–13–5
28	T	December 14, 1957	4–4	New York Rangers (1957–58)	9–13–6
29	L	December 15, 1957	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	9–14–6
30	W	December 19, 1957	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	10–14–6
31	W	December 21, 1957	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	11–14–6
32	W	December 22, 1957	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	12–14–6
33	L	December 25, 1957	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	12–15–6
34	L	December 28, 1957	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	12–16–6
35	T	December 29, 1957	2–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	12–16–7
36	W	December 31, 1957	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	13–16–7
37	L	January 1, 1958	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	13–17–7
38	L	January 4, 1958	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	13–18–7
39	W	January 5, 1958	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	14–18–7
40	W	January 9, 1958	6–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	15–18–7
41	W	January 11, 1958	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	16–18–7
42	W	January 12, 1958	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	17–18–7
43	W	January 16, 1958	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	18–18–7
44	L	January 18, 1958	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	18–19–7
45	L	January 19, 1958	1–6	New York Rangers (1957–58)	18–20–7
46	L	January 25, 1958	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	18–21–7
47	W	January 26, 1958	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	19–21–7
48	L	January 30, 1958	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	19–22–7
49	L	February 1, 1958	2–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	19–23–7
50	W	February 2, 1958	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	20–23–7
51	T	February 6, 1958	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	20–23–8
52	L	February 8, 1958	2–5	New York Rangers (1957–58)	20–24–8
53	W	February 9, 1958	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	21–24–8
54	L	February 13, 1958	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	21–25–8
55	W	February 15, 1958	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	22–25–8
56	W	February 16, 1958	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	23–25–8
57	W	February 22, 1958	6–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	24–25–8
58	T	February 23, 1958	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	24–25–9
59	T	March 1, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	24–25–10
60	T	March 2, 1958	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	24–25–11
61	L	March 4, 1958	1–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	24–26–11
62	L	March 8, 1958	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	24–27–11
63	W	March 9, 1958	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	25–27–11
64	T	March 11, 1958	2–2	New York Rangers (1957–58)	25–27–12
65	W	March 15, 1958	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	26–27–12
66	W	March 16, 1958	6–3	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	27–27–12
67	W	March 18, 1958	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	28–27–12
68	L	March 20, 1958	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	28–28–12
69	L	March 22, 1958	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	28–29–12
70	W	March 23, 1958	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1957–58)	29–29–12

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	64	33	44	77	40
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	21	38	59	22
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	69	23	28	51	38
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	70	12	27	39	14
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	61	13	18	31	26
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	70	11	16	27	135
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	41	15	7	22	4
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	LW	37	8	12	20	30
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	62	2	18	20	52
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	67	2	16	18	56
Poile, DonDon Poile	C	62	7	9	16	12
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	35	5	10	15	29
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	RW	36	6	6	12	41
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	29	4	5	9	4
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	29	4	4	8	6
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	69	1	6	7	104
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	22	2	4	6	2
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	15	1	3	4	0
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	18	2	1	3	4
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	22	1	2	3	2
Hollingworth, GordGord Hollingworth	D	27	1	2	3	22
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	15	1	1	2	4
Lalande, HecHec Lalande	C	12	0	2	2	2
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	14	0	2	2	28
McCreary, BillBill McCreary	LW	3	1	0	1	2
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	C	1	0	1	1	0
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	4	0	1	1	0
Burton, CummyCummy Burton	RW	26	0	1	1	12
Hendrickson, JohnJohn Hendrickson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, BrianBrian Kilrea	C	1	0	0	0	0
Amadio, DaveDave Amadio	D	2	0	0	0	2
McNeill, StuStu McNeill	C	2	0	0	0	0
Olson, DennisDennis Olson	C	4	0	0	0	0
Fielder, GuyleGuyle Fielder	C	6	0	0	0	2
Strate, GordGord Strate	D	45	0	0	0	24
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	70	0	0	0	39

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	4200	70	29	29	12	206	2.94	3
Team:	4200	70	29	29	12	206	2.94	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	4	2	1	3	0
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	4	1	1	2	0
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	4	1	1	2	0
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	4	1	1	2	4
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	4	0	2	2	4
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	4	1	0	1	12
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	4	0	1	1	4
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	4	0	1	1	0
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	4	0	1	1	2
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	4	0	1	1	4
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	RW	4	0	0	0	16
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	4	0	0	0	0
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	4	0	0	0	18
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	4	0	0	0	0
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	LW	4	0	0	0	4
Poile, DonDon Poile	C	4	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	252	4	0	4	19	4.52	0
Team:	252	4	0	4	19	4.52	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

Awards and Records

• Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Marcel Pronovost, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

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