1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings.

1938–39 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th NHL
1938–39 record18–24–6
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainEbbie Goodfellow

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Boston Bruins48361021567674
New York Rangers482616614910558
Toronto Maple Leafs481920911410747
New York Americans4817211011915744
Detroit Red Wings481824610712842
Montreal Canadiens481524911514639
Chicago Black Hawks48122889113232

[1]

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

Record vs. opponents
1938–39 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston —8–07–16–25–2–15–35–2–1
Chicago 0–8—1–5–24–42–4–23–4–12–3–3
Detroit 1–75–1–2—4–3–13–3–22–63–4–1
Montreal 2–64–43–4–1—3–2–31–4–32–4–2
N.Y. Americans 2–5–14–2–23–3–22–3–3—2–5–14–3–1
N.Y. Rangers 3–54–3–16–24–1–35–2–1—4–3–1
Toronto 2–5–13–2–24–3–14–2–23–4–13–4–1—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LNovember 6, 19381–4Boston Bruins (1938–39)0–1–0
2LNovember 10, 19381–2New York Americans (1938–39)0–2–0
3LNovember 13, 19383–4New York Rangers (1938–39)0–3–0
4LNovember 15, 19380–2@ New York Rangers (1938–39)0–4–0
5WNovember 17, 19387–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)1–4–0
6LNovember 20, 19381–4@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)1–5–0
7WNovember 24, 19384–2Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)2–5–0
8LNovember 26, 19380–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)2–6–0
9LNovember 27, 19382–3Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)2–7–0
10WDecember 1, 19384–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)3–7–0
11WDecember 4, 19381–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)4–7–0
12TDecember 8, 19381–1 OTNew York Americans (1938–39)4–7–1
13LDecember 11, 19382–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)4–8–1
14LDecember 13, 19381–5@ New York Americans (1938–39)4–9–1
15LDecember 18, 19380–2Boston Bruins (1938–39)4–10–1
16LDecember 20, 19382–6@ New York Rangers (1938–39)4–11–1
17TDecember 22, 19383–3 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)4–11–2
18LDecember 24, 19380–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)4–12–2
19WDecember 25, 19384–1Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)5–12–2
20WDecember 29, 19384–1Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)6–12–2
21LJanuary 1, 19391–4@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)6–13–2
22LJanuary 2, 19390–3@ New York Rangers (1938–39)6–14–2
23TJanuary 5, 19396–6 OT@ New York Americans (1938–39)6–14–3
24TJanuary 8, 19391–1 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)6–14–4
25WJanuary 10, 19393–0Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)7–14–4
26WJanuary 15, 19391–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)8–14–4
27WJanuary 19, 19394–3New York Rangers (1938–39)9–14–4
28LJanuary 22, 19390–5Boston Bruins (1938–39)9–15–4
29WJanuary 26, 19391–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)10–15–4
30LJanuary 28, 19390–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)10–16–4
31TJanuary 29, 19392–2 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)10–16–5
32WFebruary 5, 19397–3New York Americans (1938–39)11–16–5
33LFebruary 9, 19392–4Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)11–17–5
34LFebruary 12, 19390–1@ New York Americans (1938–39)11–18–5
35LFebruary 14, 19391–2@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)11–19–5
36TFebruary 16, 19391–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)11–19–6
37WFebruary 19, 19394–1Boston Bruins (1938–39)12–19–6
38LFebruary 21, 19393–7@ New York Rangers (1938–39)12–20–6
39LFebruary 23, 19392–4New York Rangers (1938–39)12–21–6
40WFebruary 26, 19395–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)13–21–6
41WMarch 2, 19397–3New York Americans (1938–39)14–21–6
42WMarch 5, 19394–2@ New York Americans (1938–39)15–21–6
43LMarch 7, 19390–3@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)15–22–6
44LMarch 9, 19392–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)15–23–6
45LMarch 11, 19391–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)15–24–6
46WMarch 12, 19392–1Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)16–24–6
47WMarch 14, 19393–2New York Rangers (1938–39)17–24–6
48WMarch 19, 19393–2Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)18–24–6

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 21Detroit0Montreal C.2
Mar 23Montreal C.3Detroit7
Mar 26Montreal C.0Detroit1 (OT)

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.[3]

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 28Detroit1Toronto4
Mar 30Toronto1Detroit3
Apr 1Detroit4Toronto5 (OT)

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–1.[3]

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Marty BarryC481328414
Syd HoweC/LW4816203611
Carl LiscombeLW418182613
Charlie ConacherRW408152339
Gus GiesebrechtC281010202
Hec KilreaLW4889178
Ebbie GoodfellowC/D48881636
Eddie WaresD/RW28881610
Herbie LewisLW42610168
Alex MotterC445111617
Pete KellyRW3249134
Mud BruneteauRW2037100
Doug YoungD4215616
Ralph BowmanD4323526
Don DeaconLW81342
Sid AbelC/LW151120
Don GrossoLW/C11120
Dave TrottierLW1111216
Larry AurieRW11010
Connie BrownC21010
Jack KeatingLW11012
Phil BeslerRW50112
Buck JonesD110116
Charley MasonRW60110
Jack StewartD3201118
Eddie BushD80000
Ken KilreaLW10000
Bucko McDonaldD140002
John SherfLW30000
Normie SmithG40000
Harvey TenoG50000
Tiny ThompsonG390000
Bill ThomsonC/RW40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson239739161761012.534
Harvey Teno3005230153.000
Charlie Conacher3100000.000
Normie Smith2404040123.000
Team:294048182461282.614

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Charlie ConacherRW52572
Marty BarryC63140
Syd HoweC/LW63144
Don DeaconLW22130
Don GrossoLW/C31237
Hec KilreaLW61230
Herbie LewisLW61230
Sid AbelC/LW61122
Ken KilreaLW31124
Gus GiesebrechtC60220
Doug YoungD60224
Eddie WaresD/RW61018
Buck JonesD601110
Alex MotterC40110
Ralph BowmanD50000
Mud BruneteauRW60000
Ebbie GoodfellowC/D60008
Pete KellyRW40000
Carl LiscombeLW60002
John SherfLW30000
Tiny ThompsonG60000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Tiny Thompson374633152.411
Team:374633152.411

[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;

See also

References
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. Diamond 2000, p. 35.
  4. "1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
Bibliography
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
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