1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs
League3rd NHL
1939–40 record25–17–6
Home record15–3–6
Road record10–14–0
Goals for134
Goals against110
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainRed Horner
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Drillon (21)
AssistsGordie Drillon (19)
PointsGordie Drillon (40)
Penalty minutesRed Horner (87)
WinsTurk Broda (25)
Goals against averageTurk Broda (2.23)

The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Rangers.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67
New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64
48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56
Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52
Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 91 126 250 38
New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34
Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25

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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

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
2–5–1 3–4–1 6–1–1 7–1 6–2 1–4–3 —


Schedule and results

1939–40 regular season[3]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W November 4, 1939 5–0 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 1–0–0
2 T November 11, 1939 1–1 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 1–0–1
3 W November 12, 1939 1–0 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 2–0–1
4 W November 18, 1939 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 3–0–1
5 W November 19, 1939 7–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 4–0–1
6 W November 25, 1939 4–3 New York Americans (1939–40) 5–0–1
7 L November 26, 1939 1–2 OT @ New York Americans (1939–40) 5–1–1
8 L November 28, 1939 2–6 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 5–2–1
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
9 T December 2, 1939 3–3 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 5–2–2
10 W December 3, 1939 3–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 6–2–2
11 L December 7, 1939 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 6–3–2
12 W December 9, 1939 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 7–3–2
13 T December 14, 1939 1–1 OT Boston Bruins (1939–40) 7–3–3
14 W December 16, 1939 5–1 New York Americans (1939–40) 8–3–3
15 W December 17, 1939 4–1 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 9–3–3
16 L December 19, 1939 2–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 9–4–3
17 L December 21, 1939 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 9–5–3
18 W December 23, 1939 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 10–5–3
19 L December 25, 1939 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 10–6–3
20 W December 28, 1939 6–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 11–6–3
21 W December 30, 1939 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 12–6–3
22 W December 31, 1939 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 13–6–3
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 L January 4, 1940 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 13–7–3
24 W January 6, 1940 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 14–7–3
25 W January 9, 1940 3–2 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 15–7–3
26 L January 11, 1940 2–5 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 15–8–3
27 L January 13, 1940 1–4 New York Rangers (1939–40) 15–9–3
28 T January 18, 1940 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 15–9–4
29 W January 20, 1940 5–1 New York Americans (1939–40) 16–9–4
30 L January 21, 1940 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 16–10–4
31 L January 23, 1940 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 16–11–4
32 L January 25, 1940 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 16–12–4
33 W January 27, 1940 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 17–12–4
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
34 L February 3, 1940 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 17–13–4
35 L February 8, 1940 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 17–14–4
36 T February 10, 1940 4–4 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 17–14–5
37 W February 17, 1940 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 18–14–5
38 W February 18, 1940 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 19–14–5
39 L February 20, 1940 0–5 @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 19–15–5
40 W February 22, 1940 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 20–15–5
41 W February 24, 1940 3–1 Boston Bruins (1939–40) 21–15–5
42 W February 29, 1940 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 22–15–5
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
43 T March 2, 1940 1–1 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 22–15–6
44 W March 9, 1940 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 23–15–6
45 L March 10, 1940 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 23–16–6
46 W March 14, 1940 8–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 24–16–6
47 W March 16, 1940 8–6 New York Americans (1939–40) 25–16–6
48 L March 17, 1940 2–5 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 25–17–6

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

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series, and swept both. In the finals, they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Drillon RW 43 21 19 40 13
Syl Apps C 27 13 17 30 5
Sweeney Schriner LW 39 11 15 26 10
Bob Davidson LW 48 8 18 26 56
Red Heron C 42 11 12 23 12
Murph Chamberlain LW 40 5 17 22 63
Pete Langelle C 39 7 14 21 2
Pep Kelly RW 34 11 9 20 15
Gus Marker RW 42 10 9 19 15
Bingo Kampman D 39 6 9 15 59
Lex Chisholm C/RW 28 6 8 14 11
Nick Metz LW 31 6 5 11 2
Hank Goldup LW 21 6 4 10 2
Billy Taylor C 29 4 6 10 9
Red Horner D 31 1 9 10 87
Wally Stanowski D 27 2 7 9 11
Bucko McDonald D 34 2 5 7 13
Jack Church D 31 1 4 5 62
Reg Hamilton D 23 2 2 4 23
Don Metz RW 10 1 1 2 4
Turk Broda G 47 0 0 0 0
Phil Stein G 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Turk Broda 2900 47 25 17 5 108 2.23 4
Phil Stein 70 1 0 0 1 2 1.71 0
Team: 2970 48 25 17 6 110 2.22 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Syl Apps C 10 5 2 7 2
Hank Goldup LW 10 5 1 6 4
Gordie Drillon RW 10 3 1 4 0
Gus Marker RW 10 1 3 4 23
Nick Metz LW 9 1 3 4 9
Sweeney Schriner LW 9 1 3 4 4
Bob Davidson LW 10 0 3 3 16
Pete Langelle C 10 0 3 3 0
Red Heron C 9 2 0 2 2
Jack Church D 10 1 1 2 6
Red Horner D 9 0 2 2 55
Wally Stanowski D 10 1 0 1 2
Billy Taylor C 2 1 0 1 0
Pep Kelly RW 6 0 1 1 0
Turk Broda G 10 0 0 0 0
Murph Chamberlain LW 3 0 0 0 0
Reg Hamilton D 10 0 0 0 0
Bingo Kampman D 10 0 0 0 0
Bucko McDonald D 1 0 0 0 0
Don Metz RW 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Turk Broda 657 10 6 4 19 1.74 1
Team: 657 10 6 4 19 1.74 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. ^ "1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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