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The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the 14th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, eighth as the Red Wings.
Offseason [ edit ]
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Regular season [ edit ]
Final standings [ edit ]
[1]
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.
Record vs. opponents [ edit ]
1939–40 NHL Records [2]
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MTL
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
6–1–1
5–3
6–1–1
7–1
2–4–2
5–2–1
Chicago
1–6–1
—
6–0–2
5–2–1
3–4–1
4–4
4–3–1
Detroit
3–5
0–6–2
—
5–3
5–3
2–3–2
1–6–1
Montreal
1–6–1
2–5–1
3–5
—
2–4–2
1–6–1
1–7
N.Y. Americans
1–7
4–3–1
3–5
4–2–2
—
1–6–1
2–6
N.Y. Rangers
4–2–2
4–4
3–2–2
6–1–1
6–1–1
—
4–1–3
Toronto
2–5–1
3–4–1
6–1–1
7–1
6–2
1–4–3
—
Schedule and results [ edit ]
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
Playoffs [ edit ]
(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) New York Americans [ edit ]
New York Americans vs Detroit Red Wings
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Mar 19
New York A.
1
Detroit
2 (OT)
Mar 22
Detroit
4
New York A.
5
Mar 24
New York A.
1
Detroit
3
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.
(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings [ edit ]
Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Mar 26
Detroit
1
Toronto
2
Mar 28
Toronto
3
Detroit
1
Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.
Player statistics [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Playoffs [ edit ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Tiny Thompson
300
5
2
3
12
2.40
0
Team:
300
5
2
3
12
2.40
0
[4]
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 [ edit ]
All-Star teams [ edit ]
Transactions [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Bibliography
External links [ edit ]
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