1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season

1958–59 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th NHL
1958–59 record	25–37–8
Goals for	167
Goals against	218
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Gordie Howe
Alternate captains	Red Kelly Alex Delvecchio Marcel Pronovost
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (28)
Assists	Gordie Howe (29)
Points	Gordie Howe (73)
Penalty minutes	Jim Morrison (62)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (24)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (2.67)

The 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 33rd season. The Red Wings finished 6th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	39	18	13	91	258	158
Boston Bruins	70	32	29	9	73	205	215
Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	69	197	208
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	65	189	201
New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	64	201	217
Detroit Red Wings	70	25	37	8	58	167	218

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 11, 1958	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1958	3–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	1–1–0
3	L	October 16, 1958	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1958	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	2–2–0
5	W	October 19, 1958	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	3–2–0
6	W	October 23, 1958	3–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	4–2–0
7	L	October 25, 1958	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	4–3–0
8	L	October 26, 1958	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	4–4–0
9	W	October 30, 1958	4–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	5–4–0
10	L	November 1, 1958	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	5–5–0
11	W	November 2, 1958	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	6–5–0
12	L	November 8, 1958	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	6–6–0
13	L	November 9, 1958	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	6–7–0
14	W	November 13, 1958	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	7–7–0
15	W	November 15, 1958	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	8–7–0
16	L	November 16, 1958	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	8–8–0
17	W	November 18, 1958	6–0	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	9–8–0
18	T	November 20, 1958	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	9–8–1
19	L	November 22, 1958	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	9–9–1
20	W	November 23, 1958	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	10–9–1
21	W	November 26, 1958	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	11–9–1
22	W	November 27, 1958	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	12–9–1
23	L	November 29, 1958	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–10–1
24	L	November 30, 1958	0–7	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–11–1
25	W	December 4, 1958	4–0	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	13–11–1
26	W	December 6, 1958	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	14–11–1
27	T	December 7, 1958	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	14–11–2
28	W	December 10, 1958	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	15–11–2
29	T	December 13, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	15–11–3
30	L	December 14, 1958	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	15–12–3
31	L	December 18, 1958	0–2	New York Rangers (1958–59)	15–13–3
32	L	December 21, 1958	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	15–14–3
33	L	December 25, 1958	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	15–15–3
34	W	December 28, 1958	5–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–15–3
35	L	December 31, 1958	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	16–16–3
36	L	January 3, 1959	2–8	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–17–3
37	T	January 4, 1959	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	16–17–4
38	L	January 7, 1959	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–18–4
39	T	January 10, 1959	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	16–18–5
40	T	January 11, 1959	6–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–18–6
41	L	January 15, 1959	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–19–6
42	L	January 17, 1959	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–20–6
43	L	January 18, 1959	2–4	New York Rangers (1958–59)	16–21–6
44	W	January 21, 1959	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	17–21–6
45	W	January 24, 1959	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	18–21–6
46	L	January 25, 1959	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	18–22–6
47	W	January 29, 1959	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	19–22–6
48	L	January 31, 1959	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	19–23–6
49	L	February 1, 1959	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	19–24–6
50	L	February 5, 1959	0–5	New York Rangers (1958–59)	19–25–6
51	L	February 7, 1959	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	19–26–6
52	L	February 8, 1959	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	19–27–6
53	W	February 12, 1959	1–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	20–27–6
54	W	February 15, 1959	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	21–27–6
55	L	February 19, 1959	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	21–28–6
56	W	February 21, 1959	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	22–28–6
57	L	February 22, 1959	1–4	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	22–29–6
58	L	February 25, 1959	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	22–30–6
59	W	February 28, 1959	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	23–30–6
60	L	March 1, 1959	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	23–31–6
61	T	March 3, 1959	2–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–31–7
62	L	March 5, 1959	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–32–7
63	L	March 7, 1959	2–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	23–33–7
64	L	March 8, 1959	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	23–34–7
65	T	March 10, 1959	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	23–34–8
66	L	March 14, 1959	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	23–35–8
67	W	March 15, 1959	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–35–8
68	W	March 17, 1959	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	25–35–8
69	L	March 21, 1959	2–5	New York Rangers (1958–59)	25–36–8
70	L	March 22, 1959	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	25–37–8

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	32	46	78	57
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	69	22	36	58	42
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	19	35	54	6
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	69	11	21	32	44
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	55	15	14	29	14
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	70	11	17	28	18
Lunde, LenLen Lunde	C	68	14	12	26	15
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	LW	66	11	15	26	20
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	67	8	13	21	34
Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns	C	70	9	11	20	32
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	67	1	11	12	109
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	69	6	4	10	44
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	54	2	5	7	32
Laforge, ClaudeClaude Laforge	LW	57	2	5	7	18
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	15	2	3	5	4
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	67	1	4	5	149
Holmes, ChuckChuck Holmes	RW	15	0	3	3	6
McNeill, StuStu McNeill	C	3	1	1	2	2
Ehman, GerryGerry Ehman	RW	6	0	1	1	4
Burton, CummyCummy Burton	RW	14	0	1	1	9
Marcon, LouLou Marcon	D	21	0	1	1	12
Mortson, GusGus Mortson	D	36	0	1	1	22
Hendrickson, JohnJohn Hendrickson	D	3	0	0	0	2
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	RW	8	0	0	0	0
Strate, GordGord Strate	D	11	0	0	0	6
Achtymichuk, GeneGene Achtymichuk	C	12	0	0	0	0
Perreault, BobBob Perreault	G	3	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	67	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	4020	67	23	36	8	207	3.09	5
Perreault, BobBob Perreault	180	3	2	1	0	9	3.00	1
Team:	4200	70	25	37	8	216	3.09	6

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

• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Alex Delvecchio, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Marcel Pronovost, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Terry Sawchuk, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Pre-season Calgary

Pre-season @ Saskatoon

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Video

Silent footage from the Bruins-Red Wings game on January 31, 1959. Over six minutes of game play and goals by Gordie Howe, Jim Morrison and Earl Reibel are shown. More silent footage from the Bruins-Red Wings game on March 14, 1959 in which the Red Wings Stu McNeill scores his only NHL goal, a goal by Don McKenney to tie the score 2-2 and two goals by John Bucyk for a 4-2 Bruins win are shown.

Detroit vs Boston

See Also

• 1958–59 NHL season

References

• 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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