1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1938–39 1938 Toronto Maple Leafs 19–20–9 13–8–3 6–12–6 114 107 3rd Conn Smythe Dick Irvin Red Horner Maple Leaf Gardens Gordie Drillon (18) Syl Apps (25) Syl Apps (40) Red Horner (85) Turk Broda (19) Turk Broda (2.15) The 1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Boston Bruins. 2 Regular season Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1938–39 regular season1938-39 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1939_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 5, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||November 3, 1938||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||November 5, 1938||0–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||November 10, 1938||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||November 12, 1938||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||2–2–0 |- |5||T||November 15, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||2–2–1 |- |6||W||November 17, 1938||1–0 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||3–2–1 |- |7||L||November 19, 1938||1–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||3–3–1 |- |8||T||November 20, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||3–3–2 |- |9||L||November 24, 1938||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||3–4–2 |- |10||W||November 26, 1938||5–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||4–4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||December 3, 1938||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||4–5–2 |- |12||L||December 4, 1938||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||4–6–2 |- |13||W||December 10, 1938||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||5–6–2 |- |14||T||December 15, 1938||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||5–6–3 |- |15||L||December 17, 1938||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||5–7–3 |- |16||W||December 24, 1938||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||6–7–3 |- |17||W||December 26, 1938||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||7–7–3 |- |18||L||December 27, 1938||2–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||7–8–3 |- |19||L||December 31, 1938||2–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||7–9–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |20||L||January 1, 1939||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||7–10–3 |- |21||T||January 3, 1939||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||7–10–4 |- |22||W||January 7, 1939||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||8–10–4 |- |23||L||January 8, 1939||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||8–11–4 |- |24||W||January 12, 1939||9–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||9–11–4 |- |25||W||January 14, 1939||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||10–11–4 |- |26||L||January 15, 1939||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||10–12–4 |- |27||L||January 17, 1939||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||10–13–4 |- |28||W||January 21, 1939||7–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||11–13–4 |- |29||L||January 24, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||11–14–4 |- |30||W||January 28, 1939||6–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||12–14–4 |- |31||T||January 29, 1939||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||12–14–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||L||February 2, 1939||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||12–15–5 |- |33||L||February 4, 1939||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||12–16–5 |- |34||T||February 5, 1939||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||12–16–6 |- |35||L||February 7, 1939||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||12–17–6 |- |36||T||February 11, 1939||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||12–17–7 |- |37||W||February 12, 1939||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||13–17–7 |- |38||W||February 18, 1939||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||14–17–7 |- |39||W||February 19, 1939||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||15–17–7 |- |40||W||February 25, 1939||1–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||16–17–7 |- |41||L||February 26, 1939||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||16–18–7 |- |42||T||February 28, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||16–18–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||L||March 2, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||16–19–8 |- |44||T||March 4, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||16–19–9 |- |45||W||March 11, 1939||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1938–39) ||17–19–9 |- |46||W||March 14, 1939||7–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||18–19–9 |- |47||W||March 18, 1939||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||19–19–9 |- |48||L||March 19, 1939||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||19–20–9 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Maple Leafs finished in third place in the regular season, which matched them up against the New York Americans in the first round, best of three series. After sweeping the Americans in 2 games, the Leafs played the Detroit Red Wings in the next round in another best of three series, which they won 2–1. In the finals, they played the Boston Bruins, who defeated them 4–1. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Syl Apps C 44 15 25 40 4 Gordie Drillon RW 40 18 16 34 15 Busher Jackson LW 41 10 17 27 12 Murph Chamberlain LW 48 10 16 26 32 Doc Romnes LW/C 36 7 16 23 0 Pep Kelly RW 48 11 11 22 12 Nick Metz LW 47 11 10 21 15 Gus Marker RW 29 9 6 15 11 George Parsons George Parsons (ice hockey) LW 43 7 7 14 14 Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (ice hockey) LW 47 4 10 14 29 Red Horner D 48 4 10 14 85 Bingo Kampman D 41 2 8 10 52 Jimmy Fowler D 39 1 6 7 9 Reg Hamilton D 48 0 7 7 54 Bucko McDonald D 33 3 3 6 20 Bill Thoms C 12 1 4 5 4 Jack Church D 3 0 2 2 2 Pete Langelle C 2 1 0 1 0 Murray Armstrong C 3 0 1 1 0 Buzz Boll LW 11 0 0 0 0 Turk Broda G 48 0 0 0 0 Red Heron C 6 0 0 0 0 Norman Mann RW/C 16 0 0 0 2 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Turk Broda 2990 48 19 20 9 107 2.15 8 Team: 2990 48 19 20 9 107 2.15 8 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Drillon RW 10 7 6 13 4 Syl Apps C 10 2 6 8 2 Murph Chamberlain LW 10 2 5 7 4 Nick Metz LW 10 3 3 6 6 Doc Romnes LW/C 10 1 4 5 0 Gus Marker RW 10 2 2 4 0 Red Horner D 10 1 2 3 26 Pete Langelle C 11 1 2 3 2 Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (ice hockey) LW 10 1 1 2 6 Bingo Kampman D 10 1 1 2 20 Reg Hamilton D 10 0 2 2 4 Pep Kelly RW 9 1 0 1 0 Jimmy Fowler D 9 0 1 1 2 Busher Jackson LW 7 0 1 1 2 Turk Broda G 10 0 0 0 0 Jack Church D 1 0 0 0 0 Red Heron C 2 0 0 0 4 Bucko McDonald D 10 0 0 0 4 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) RW 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Turk Broda 617 10 5 5 20 1.94 2 Team: 617 10 5 5 20 1.94 2 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1938-39 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1939.html Transactions October 12, 1938: Traded Charlie Conacher to the Detroit Red Wings for $16,000 November 3, 1938: Acquired Gus Marker from the Montreal Maroons for $4,000 November 15, 1938: Acquired Norman Mann from the New York Rangers for $4,000 December 8, 1938: Acquired Doc Romnes from the Chicago Black Hawks for Bill Thoms December 19, 1938: Acquired Bucko McDonald from the Detroit Red Wings for Bill Thomson and $10,000 Farm teams Syracuse Stars See also 1938–39 NHL season References Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Toronto