National Hockey League team season
The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings.
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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 [ edit ]
1938–39 NHL Records [ 2]
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MTL
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
8–0
7–1
6–2
5–2–1
5–3
5–2–1
Chicago
0–8
—
1–5–2
4–4
2–4–2
3–4–1
2–3–3
Detroit
1–7
5–1–2
—
4–3–1
3–3–2
2–6
3–4–1
Montreal
2–6
4–4
3–4–1
—
3–2–3
1–4–3
2–4–2
N.Y. Americans
2–5–1
4–2–2
3–3–2
2–3–3
—
2–5–1
4–3–1
N.Y. Rangers
3–5
4–3–1
6–2
4–1–3
5–2–1
—
4–3–1
Toronto
2–5–1
3–2–2
4–3–1
4–2–2
3–4–1
3–4–1
—
Schedule and results [ edit ]
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
L
November 6, 1938
1–4
Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
0–1–0
2
L
November 10, 1938
1–2
New York Americans (1938–39 )
0–2–0
3
L
November 13, 1938
3–4
New York Rangers (1938–39 )
0–3–0
4
L
November 15, 1938
0–2
@ New York Rangers (1938–39 )
0–4–0
5
W
November 17, 1938
7–1
@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
1–4–0
6
L
November 20, 1938
1–4
@ Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
1–5–0
7
W
November 24, 1938
4–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
2–5–0
8
L
November 26, 1938
0–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
2–6–0
9
L
November 27, 1938
2–3
Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
2–7–0
10
W
December 1, 1938
4–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
3–7–0
11
W
December 4, 1938
1–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
4–7–0
12
T
December 8, 1938
1–1 OT
New York Americans (1938–39 )
4–7–1
13
L
December 11, 1938
2–4
@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
4–8–1
14
L
December 13, 1938
1–5
@ New York Americans (1938–39 )
4–9–1
15
L
December 18, 1938
0–2
Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
4–10–1
16
L
December 20, 1938
2–6
@ New York Rangers (1938–39 )
4–11–1
17
T
December 22, 1938
3–3 OT
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
4–11–2
18
L
December 24, 1938
0–2
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
4–12–2
19
W
December 25, 1938
4–1
Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
5–12–2
20
W
December 29, 1938
4–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
6–12–2
21
L
January 1, 1939
1–4
@ Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
6–13–2
22
L
January 2, 1939
0–3
@ New York Rangers (1938–39 )
6–14–2
23
T
January 5, 1939
6–6 OT
@ New York Americans (1938–39 )
6–14–3
24
T
January 8, 1939
1–1 OT
@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
6–14–4
25
W
January 10, 1939
3–0
Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
7–14–4
26
W
January 15, 1939
1–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
8–14–4
27
W
January 19, 1939
4–3
New York Rangers (1938–39 )
9–14–4
28
L
January 22, 1939
0–5
Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
9–15–4
29
W
January 26, 1939
1–0
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
10–15–4
30
L
January 28, 1939
0–6
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
10–16–4
31
T
January 29, 1939
2–2 OT
Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
10–16–5
32
W
February 5, 1939
7–3
New York Americans (1938–39 )
11–16–5
33
L
February 9, 1939
2–4
Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
11–17–5
34
L
February 12, 1939
0–1
@ New York Americans (1938–39 )
11–18–5
35
L
February 14, 1939
1–2
@ Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
11–19–5
36
T
February 16, 1939
1–1 OT
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
11–19–6
37
W
February 19, 1939
4–1
Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
12–19–6
38
L
February 21, 1939
3–7
@ New York Rangers (1938–39 )
12–20–6
39
L
February 23, 1939
2–4
New York Rangers (1938–39 )
12–21–6
40
W
February 26, 1939
5–1
Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
13–21–6
41
W
March 2, 1939
7–3
New York Americans (1938–39 )
14–21–6
42
W
March 5, 1939
4–2
@ New York Americans (1938–39 )
15–21–6
43
L
March 7, 1939
0–3
@ Boston Bruins (1938–39 )
15–22–6
44
L
March 9, 1939
2–3
@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
15–23–6
45
L
March 11, 1939
1–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39 )
15–24–6
46
W
March 12, 1939
2–1
Montreal Canadiens (1938–39 )
16–24–6
47
W
March 14, 1939
3–2
New York Rangers (1938–39 )
17–24–6
48
W
March 19, 1939
3–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39 )
18–24–6
(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens[ edit ]
Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Mar 21
Detroit
0
Montreal C.
2
Mar 23
Montreal C.
3
Detroit
7
Mar 26
Montreal C.
0
Detroit
1 (OT)
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 28
Detroit
1
Toronto
4
Mar 30
Toronto
1
Detroit
3
Apr 1
Detroit
4
Toronto
5 (OT)
Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–1.
Scoring
Goaltending
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Tiny Thompson
374
6
3
3
15
2.41
1
Team:
374
6
3
3
15
2.41
1
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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;
Bibliography
Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey . Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X .
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