1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division1st Canadian
1937–38 record24–15–9
Home record13–6–5
Road record11–9–4
Goals for151
Goals against127
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainCharlie Conacher
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Drillon (26)
AssistsSyl Apps (29)
PointsGordie Drillon (52)
Penalty minutesRed Horner (82)
WinsTurk Broda (24)
Goals against averageTurk Broda (2.56)

The 1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 21st season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made another Stanley Cup Finals appearance, losing to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
48 24 15 9 151 127 57
New York Americans 48 19 18 11 110 111 49
Montreal Canadiens 48 18 17 13 123 128 49
Montreal Maroons 48 12 30 6 101 149 30

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


Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1937–38 regular season[3]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T November 4, 1937 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 0–0–1
2 W November 6, 1937 6–3 New York Americans (1937–38) 1–0–1
3 W November 13, 1937 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 2–0–1
4 T November 14, 1937 3–3 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 2–0–2
5 T November 18, 1937 6–6 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 2–0–3
6 L November 20, 1937 2–3 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 2–1–3
7 W November 21, 1937 5–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 3–1–3
8 L November 23, 1937 1–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 3–2–3
9 W November 25, 1937 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 4–2–3
10 W November 27, 1937 4–0 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 5–2–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 T December 4, 1937 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 5–2–4
12 L December 11, 1937 3–6 New York Rangers (1937–38) 5–3–4
13 L December 14, 1937 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 5–4–4
14 W December 16, 1937 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 6–4–4
15 W December 18, 1937 3–2 New York Americans (1937–38) 7–4–4
16 T December 25, 1937 1–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 7–4–5
17 W December 26, 1937 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 8–4–5
18 W December 28, 1937 3–0 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 9–4–5
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
19 W January 1, 1938 6–4 Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 10–4–5
20 L January 4, 1938 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 10–5–5
21 L January 6, 1938 3–6 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 10–6–5
22 W January 8, 1938 3–2 New York Rangers (1937–38) 11–6–5
23 W January 13, 1938 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 12–6–5
24 T January 15, 1938 4–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 12–6–6
25 W January 16, 1938 7–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 13–6–6
26 T January 20, 1938 1–1 OT @ New York Americans (1937–38) 13–6–7
27 L January 22, 1938 1–9 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 13–7–7
28 W January 29, 1938 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 14–7–7
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
29 L February 1, 1938 1–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 14–8–7
30 W February 3, 1938 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 15–8–7
31 W February 5, 1938 3–1 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 16–8–7
32 L February 6, 1938 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 16–9–7
33 W February 10, 1938 3–0 OT Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 17–9–7
34 L February 12, 1938 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 17–10–7
35 T February 13, 1938 1–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 17–10–8
36 W February 17, 1938 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 18–10–8
37 L February 19, 1938 0–4 New York Americans (1937–38) 18–11–8
38 W February 20, 1938 3–2 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 19–11–8
39 L February 22, 1938 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 19–12–8
40 L February 26, 1938 2–4 New York Rangers (1937–38) 19–13–8
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
41 W March 1, 1938 5–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 20–13–8
42 W March 5, 1938 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 21–13–8
43 W March 6, 1938 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 22–13–8
44 L March 8, 1938 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 22–14–8
45 T March 12, 1938 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 22–14–9
46 W March 17, 1938 7–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 23–14–9
47 W March 19, 1938 8–5 New York Americans (1937–38) 24–14–9
48 L March 20, 1938 2–4 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 24–15–9

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs swept the Boston Bruins in their second round, best of five series. In the finals, they lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in a best of five series 3–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Drillon RW 48 26 26 52 4
Syl Apps C 47 21 29 50 9
Bill Thoms C 48 14 24 38 14
Busher Jackson LW 48 17 17 34 18
Buzz Boll LW 44 14 11 25 18
Red Horner D 47 4 20 24 82
Nick Metz LW 48 15 7 22 12
Jimmy Fowler D 48 10 12 22 8
Bob Davidson LW 48 3 17 20 52
Pep Kelly RW 43 9 10 19 25
Charlie Conacher RW 19 7 9 16 6
Murph Chamberlain LW 43 4 12 16 51
George Parsons LW 30 5 6 11 6
Reg Hamilton D 45 1 4 5 43
Bingo Kampman D 32 1 2 3 56
Murray Armstrong C 9 0 0 0 0
Turk Broda G 48 0 0 0 0
Chuck Corrigan RW 3 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Turk Broda 2980 48 24 15 9 127 2.56 6
Team: 2980 48 24 15 9 127 2.56 6

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Drillon RW 7 7 1 8 2
George Parsons LW 7 3 2 5 11
Syl Apps C 7 1 4 5 0
Pep Kelly RW 7 2 2 4 2
Bob Davidson LW 4 0 2 2 7
Jimmy Fowler D 7 0 2 2 0
Nick Metz LW 7 0 2 2 0
Busher Jackson LW 6 1 0 1 8
Reg Hamilton D 7 0 1 1 2
Red Horner D 7 0 1 1 14
Bingo Kampman D 7 0 1 1 6
Bill Thoms C 7 0 1 1 0
Murray Armstrong C 3 0 0 0 0
Buzz Boll LW 7 0 0 0 2
Turk Broda G 7 0 0 0 0
Murph Chamberlain LW 5 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Turk Broda 452 7 4 3 13 1.73 1
Team: 452 7 4 3 13 1.73 1

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

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. ^ "1937-38 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "1937-38 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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