1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1939–40 1939 Toronto Maple Leafs 25–17–6 15–3–6 10–14–0 3rd 134 110 Conn Smythe Dick Irvin Red Horner Maple Leaf Gardens Gordie Drillon (21) Gordie Drillon (19) Gordie Drillon (40) Red Horner (87) Turk Broda (25) Turk 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. 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; 1939–40 regular season1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1940_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||W||November 4, 1939||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||November 11, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||November 12, 1939||1–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||November 18, 1939||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||3–0–1 |- |5||W||November 19, 1939||7–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||4–0–1 |- |6||W||November 25, 1939||4–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||5–0–1 |- |7||L||November 26, 1939||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||5–1–1 |- |8||L||November 28, 1939||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||5–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||T||December 2, 1939||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||5–2–2 |- |10||W||December 3, 1939||3–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||6–2–2 |- |11||L||December 7, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||6–3–2 |- |12||W||December 9, 1939||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||7–3–2 |- |13||T||December 14, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||7–3–3 |- |14||W||December 16, 1939||5–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||8–3–3 |- |15||W||December 17, 1939||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||9–3–3 |- |16||L||December 19, 1939||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||9–4–3 |- |17||L||December 21, 1939||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||9–5–3 |- |18||W||December 23, 1939||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||10–5–3 |- |19||L||December 25, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||10–6–3 |- |20||W||December 28, 1939||6–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||11–6–3 |- |21||W||December 30, 1939||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||12–6–3 |- |22||W||December 31, 1939||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||13–6–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||L||January 4, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||13–7–3 |- |24||W||January 6, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||14–7–3 |- |25||W||January 9, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||15–7–3 |- |26||L||January 11, 1940||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||15–8–3 |- |27||L||January 13, 1940||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||15–9–3 |- |28||T||January 18, 1940||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||15–9–4 |- |29||W||January 20, 1940||5–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||16–9–4 |- |30||L||January 21, 1940||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||16–10–4 |- |31||L||January 23, 1940||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||16–11–4 |- |32||L||January 25, 1940||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||16–12–4 |- |33||W||January 27, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||17–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||L||February 3, 1940||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||17–13–4 |- |35||L||February 8, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1939–40) ||17–14–4 |- |36||T||February 10, 1940||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||17–14–5 |- |37||W||February 17, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||18–14–5 |- |38||W||February 18, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||19–14–5 |- |39||L||February 20, 1940||0–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||19–15–5 |- |40||W||February 22, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||20–15–5 |- |41||W||February 24, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1939–40) ||21–15–5 |- |42||W||February 29, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) ||22–15–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||T||March 2, 1940||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1939–40) ||22–15–6 |- |44||W||March 9, 1940||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||23–15–6 |- |45||L||March 10, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) ||23–16–6 |- |46||W||March 14, 1940||8–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) ||24–16–6 |- |47||W||March 16, 1940||8–6 || align="left"| New York Americans (1939–40) ||25–16–6 |- |48||L||March 17, 1940||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1939–40) ||25–17–6 |- |- | 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 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 Bob Davidson (ice hockey) 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 Billy Taylor (ice hockey born 1919) 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 Don Metz (ice hockey) RW 10 1 1 2 4 Turk Broda G 47 0 0 0 0 Phil Stein G 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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 Bob Davidson (ice hockey) 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 Billy Taylor (ice hockey born 1919) 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 Don Metz (ice hockey) RW 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Turk Broda 657 10 6 4 19 1.74 1 Team: 657 10 6 4 19 1.74 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1940.html 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 See also 1939–40 NHL season References Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Toronto