1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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 Final, losing to the New York Rangers.

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
Toronto Maple Leafs	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	90	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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	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
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
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
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
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

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
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	43	21	19	40	13
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	27	13	17	30	5
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	39	11	15	26	10
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	48	8	18	26	56
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	42	11	12	23	12
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	40	5	17	22	63
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	39	7	14	21	2
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	34	11	9	20	15
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	42	10	9	19	15
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	39	6	9	15	59
Chisholm, LexLex Chisholm	C/RW	28	6	8	14	11
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	31	6	5	11	2
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	LW	21	6	4	10	2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	29	4	6	10	9
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	31	1	9	10	87
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	D	27	2	7	9	11
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	34	2	5	7	13
Church, JackJack Church	D	31	1	4	5	62
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	23	2	2	4	23
Metz, DonDon Metz	RW	10	1	1	2	4
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	47	0	0	0	0
Stein, PhilPhil Stein	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	2900	47	25	17	5	108	2.23	4
Stein, PhilPhil 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
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	10	5	2	7	2
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	LW	10	5	1	6	4
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	10	3	1	4	0
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	10	1	3	4	23
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	9	1	3	4	9
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	9	1	3	4	4
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	10	0	3	3	16
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	10	0	3	3	0
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	9	2	0	2	2
Church, JackJack Church	D	10	1	1	2	6
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	9	0	2	2	55
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	D	10	1	0	1	2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	2	1	0	1	0
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	6	0	1	1	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	10	0	0	0	0
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	10	0	0	0	0
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	10	0	0	0	0
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	1	0	0	0	0
Metz, DonDon Metz	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk 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;

Transactions

May 18, 1939: Acquired Sweeney Schriner from the New York Americans for Murray Armstrong, Buzz Boll, Busher Jackson and Doc Romnes
July 1, 1939: Charlie Conacher returned from the Detroit Red Wings after Detroit failed to renew contract
September 1, 1939: Signed Free Agent Clarence Drouillard
September 22, 1939: Traded Charlie Conacher to the New York Americans for Future Considerations
October 13, 1939: Traded Chuck Shannon to the New York Americans for cash
October 13, 1939: Traded Jack Howard to the St. Louis Flyers of the AHA for cash

References

↑ 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.
↑ "1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

External links

"1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

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Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

1910s	1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1939–40 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal Canadiens NY Americans NY Rangers Toronto

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

See also

References

External links