1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1940–41 1940 Detroit Red Wings 21–16–11 14–5–5 7–11–6 3rd 112 102 Jack Adams Jack Adams Ebbie Goodfellow Detroit Olympia Syd Howe (20) Syd Howe (24) Syd Howe (44) Jimmy Orlando (99) Johnny Mowers (21) Johnny Mowers (2.01) The 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season was the 15th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, ninth as the Red Wings. The Red Wings made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Boston Bruins. 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; 1940–41 regular season1940-41 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1941_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||W||November 3, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||November 9, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||November 10, 1940||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||1–1–1 |- |4||T||November 16, 1940||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||1–1–2 |- |5||W||November 17, 1940||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||2–1–2 |- |6||T||November 19, 1940||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||2–1–3 |- |7||W||November 21, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||3–1–3 |- |8||T||November 24, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||3–1–4 |- |9||W||November 29, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||4–1–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||December 1, 1940||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||4–2–4 |- |11||W||December 5, 1940||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||5–2–4 |- |12||L||December 7, 1940||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||5–3–4 |- |13||W||December 8, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||6–3–4 |- |14||W||December 13, 1940||3–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||7–3–4 |- |15||L||December 15, 1940||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||7–4–4 |- |16||L||December 17, 1940||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||7–5–4 |- |17||T||December 19, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||7–5–5 |- |18||L||December 22, 1940||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||7–6–5 |- |19||W||December 25, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||8–6–5 |- |20||W||December 29, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||9–6–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||January 1, 1941||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||10–6–5 |- |22||W||January 4, 1941||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||11–6–5 |- |23||W||January 5, 1941||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||12–6–5 |- |24||T||January 7, 1941||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||12–6–6 |- |25||T||January 9, 1941||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||12–6–7 |- |26||L||January 12, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||12–7–7 |- |27||T||January 14, 1941||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||12–7–8 |- |28||L||January 18, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||12–8–8 |- |29||L||January 19, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||12–9–8 |- |30||W||January 24, 1941||4–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||13–9–8 |- |31||L||January 26, 1941||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||13–10–8 |- |32||L||January 30, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||13–11–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||T||February 6, 1941||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||13–11–9 |- |34||T||February 9, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||13–11–10 |- |35||L||February 11, 1941||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||13–12–10 |- |36||W||February 14, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||14–12–10 |- |37||W||February 16, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||15–12–10 |- |38||L||February 22, 1941||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||15–13–10 |- |39||W||February 23, 1941||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) ||16–13–10 |- |40||L||February 27, 1941||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||16–14–10 |- |41||W||February 28, 1941||5–4 || align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||17–14–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||W||March 2, 1941||4–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||18–14–10 |- |43||L||March 4, 1941||0–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||18–15–10 |- |44||W||March 6, 1941||6–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||19–15–10 |- |45||W||March 8, 1941||4–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||20–15–10 |- |46||W||March 13, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||21–15–10 |- |47||T||March 16, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||21–15–11 |- |48||L||March 18, 1941||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||21–16–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs (3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers + New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 20 New York R. 1 Detroit 2 (OT)Mar 23 Detroit 1 New York R. 3Mar 25 New York R. 2 Detroit 3 Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.Diamond 2000 35 (3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks + Chicago Black Hawks vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 27 Chicago 1 Detroit 3Mar 30 Detroit 2 Chicago 1 (OT) Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.Diamond 2000 35 (1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins Date Visitors Score Home ScoreApr 6 Detroit 2 Boston 3Apr 8 Detroit 1 Boston 2Apr 10 Boston 4 Detroit 2Apr 12 Boston 3 Detroit 1 Boston wins the Stanley Cup 4–0.Diamond 2000 35 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Syd Howe C/LW 48 20 24 44 8 Sid Abel C/LW 47 11 22 33 29 Mud Bruneteau RW 45 11 17 28 12 Eddie Wares D/RW 42 10 16 26 34 Alex Motter C 47 13 12 25 18 Gus Giesebrecht C 43 7 18 25 7 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 47 5 17 22 35 Carl Liscombe LW 33 10 10 20 0 Don Grosso LW/C 45 8 7 15 14 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 27 5 8 13 11 Jimmy Orlando D 48 1 10 11 99 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 47 2 6 8 56 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings (ice hockey) RW 12 1 5 6 2 Joe Carveth RW 19 2 1 3 2 Connie Brown C 3 1 2 3 0 Les Douglas C 18 1 2 3 2 Art Herchenratter LW 10 1 2 3 2 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 15 2 0 2 0 Eddie Bruneteau RW 11 1 1 2 2 Bob Whitelaw D 23 0 2 2 2 Arch Wilder LW 18 0 2 2 2 Dick Behling D 3 0 0 0 0 Harold Jackson ice hockey D 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Mowers G 48 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Johnny Mowers 3040 48 21 16 11 102 2.01 4 Team: 3040 48 21 16 11 102 2.01 4 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Syd Howe C/LW 9 1 7 8 0 Carl Liscombe LW 8 4 3 7 12 Don Grosso LW/C 9 1 4 5 0 Sid Abel C/LW 9 2 2 4 2 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings (ice hockey) RW 9 2 2 4 0 Alex Motter C 9 1 3 4 4 Mud Bruneteau RW 9 2 1 3 2 Gus Giesebrecht C 9 2 1 3 0 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 9 1 2 3 8 Connie Brown C 9 0 2 2 0 Jimmy Orlando D 9 0 2 2 31 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 5 1 0 1 6 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 3 0 1 1 9 Eddie Bruneteau RW 3 0 0 0 0 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 5 0 0 0 0 Johnny Mowers G 9 0 0 0 0 Eddie Wares D/RW 9 0 0 0 0 Bob Whitelaw D 8 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Johnny Mowers 561 9 4 5 20 2.14 0 Team: 561 9 4 5 20 2.14 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1940-41 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1941.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; See also 1940–41 NHL season References Bibliography Total Hockey Diamond Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1940 in Detroit Category:1941 in Detroit