1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1939–40 1939 Detroit Red Wings 16–26–6 11–10–3 5–16–3 91 126 5th Jack Adams Jack Adams Ebbie Goodfellow Detroit Olympia Syd Howe (14) Syd Howe (23) Syd Howe (37) Jimmy Orlando (54) Tiny Thompson (16) Tiny Thompson (2.54) The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the 14th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, eighth as the Red Wings. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1939–40 regular season1939-40 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1940_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||November 2, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||November 5, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||0–1–1 |- |3||W||November 12, 1939||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||November 14, 1939||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||2–1–1 |- |5||L||November 18, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||November 19, 1939||1–7 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||2–3–1 |- |7||W||November 23, 1939||3–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||3–3–1 |- |8||W||November 25, 1939||6–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||4–3–1 |- |9||L||November 26, 1939||2–4 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||4–4–1 |- |10||L||November 28, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–5–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||December 3, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||4–6–1 |- |12||L||December 8, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||4–7–1 |- |13||L||December 10, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||4–8–1 |- |14||L||December 12, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||4–9–1 |- |15||T||December 14, 1939||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–9–2 |- |16||T||December 17, 1939||0–0 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||4–9–3 |- |17||L||December 21, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||4–10–3 |- |18||L||December 23, 1939||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||4–11–3 |- |19||W||December 25, 1939||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||5–11–3 |- |20||L||December 31, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||5–12–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||L||January 1, 1940||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||5–13–3 |- |22||W||January 4, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||6–13–3 |- |23||L||January 7, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||6–14–3 |- |24||L||January 9, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||6–15–3 |- |25||W||January 12, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||7–15–3 |- |26||L||January 14, 1940||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||7–16–3 |- |27||T||January 18, 1940||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||7–16–4 |- |28||W||January 21, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||8–16–4 |- |29||T||January 26, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||8–16–5 |- |30||W||January 28, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||9–16–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |31||W||February 1, 1940||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||10–16–5 |- |32||T||February 4, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||10–16–6 |- |33||W||February 6, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||11–16–6 |- |34||W||February 8, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||12–16–6 |- |35||L||February 9, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||12–17–6 |- |36||L||February 11, 1940||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||12–18–6 |- |37||L||February 13, 1940||3–10 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||12–19–6 |- |38||L||February 15, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||12–20–6 |- |39||W||February 18, 1940||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||13–20–6 |- |40||L||February 22, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||13–21–6 |- |41||W||February 25, 1940||4–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||14–21–6 |- |42||L||February 29, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) ||14–22–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||W||March 3, 1940||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||15–22–6 |- |44||L||March 5, 1940||2–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||15–23–6 |- |45||L||March 9, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||15–24–6 |- |46||W||March 10, 1940||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||16–24–6 |- |47||L||March 15, 1940||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||16–25–6 |- |48||L||March 17, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||16–26–6 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs (5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) New York Americans + New York Americans vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 19 New York A. 1 Detroit 2 (OT)Mar 22 Detroit 4 New York A. 5Mar 24 New York A. 1 Detroit 3 Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.Diamond 2000 35 (3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 26 Detroit 1 Toronto 2Mar 28 Toronto 3 Detroit 1 Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–0.Diamond 2000 35 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Syd Howe C/LW 46 14 23 37 17 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 43 11 17 28 31 Mud Bruneteau RW 48 10 14 24 10 Alex Motter C 37 7 12 19 28 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 40 10 8 18 4 Cecil Dillon RW 44 7 10 17 12 Connie Brown C 36 8 3 11 2 Gus Giesebrecht C 30 4 7 11 2 Carl Liscombe LW 25 2 7 9 4 Eddie Wares D/RW 33 2 6 8 19 Butch McDonald LW/C 37 1 6 7 2 Don Deacon LW 18 5 1 6 2 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 34 2 4 6 2 Sid Abel C/LW 24 1 5 6 4 Don Grosso LW/C 29 2 3 5 11 Jimmy Orlando D 48 1 3 4 54 Jack Keating LW 10 2 0 2 2 Ralph Bowman D 11 0 2 2 4 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 48 1 0 1 40 Claude Bourque G 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Hudson ice hockey C 1 0 0 0 0 Buck Jones ice hockey D 2 0 0 0 0 Hec Kilrea LW 12 0 0 0 0 Alfie Moore G 1 0 0 0 0 Bert Peer RW 1 0 0 0 0 Tiny Thompson G 46 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Tiny Thompson 2830 46 16 24 6 120 2.54 3 Claude Bourque 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 Alfie Moore 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 2950 48 16 26 6 126 2.56 3 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Mud Bruneteau RW 5 3 2 5 0 Syd Howe C/LW 5 2 2 4 2 Connie Brown C 5 2 1 3 0 Sid Abel C/LW 5 0 3 3 21 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 5 1 1 2 0 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 5 1 1 2 0 Alex Motter C 5 1 1 2 15 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 5 0 2 2 9 Butch McDonald LW/C 5 0 2 2 10 Cecil Dillon RW 5 1 0 1 0 Don Grosso LW/C 5 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Orlando D 5 0 0 0 15 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 5 0 0 0 4 Tiny Thompson G 5 0 0 0 0 Eddie Wares D/RW 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Tiny Thompson 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 0 Team: 300 5 2 3 12 2.40 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1939-40 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1940.html 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; Awards and records Hart Trophy:(Most valuable player) Ebbie Goodfellow All-Star teams First Team   Position  Ebbie Goodfellow D Transactions May 17, 1939 To Detroit Red Wingsrights to Cecil Dillon To New York Rangerscash https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dilloce01.html Transactions www.hockey-reference.com November 7, 1939 To New York Americanscash To Detroit Red WingsAlfie Moore https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mooreal01.html Transactions www.hockey-reference.com See also 1939–40 NHL season References Bibliography Total Hockey Diamond Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1939 in Detroit Category:1940 in Detroit