1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1941–42 1941 Detroit Red Wings 19–25–4 14–7–3 5–18–1 5th 140 147 Jack Adams Jack Adams Ebbie Goodfellow Detroit Olympia Don Grosso (23) Sid Abel (31) Don Grosso (53) Jimmy Orlando (111) Johnny Mowers (19) Joe Turner (2.57) The 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season was the 16th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, tenth as the Red Wings. This season became, and still remains, infamous as the Red Wings lost the 1942 Stanley Cup Final to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games despite winning the first three of the series, which gave them the dubious distinction of not only becoming the first National Hockey League team to surrender a 3-0 lead in a series, but also becoming the first North American sports team in history to do so. 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; 1941–42 regular season1941-42 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1942_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 1, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||November 2, 1941||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||November 9, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||November 15, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||November 16, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||November 20, 1941||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||1–4–1 |- |7||W||November 22, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||2–4–1 |- |8||L||November 23, 1941||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||2–5–1 |- |9||L||November 25, 1941||1–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||2–6–1 |- |10||W||November 27, 1941||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||3–6–1 |- |11||L||November 29, 1941||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||3–7–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||W||December 4, 1941||4–3 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||4–7–1 |- |13||W||December 7, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||5–7–1 |- |14||L||December 14, 1941||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||5–8–1 |- |15||L||December 18, 1941||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||5–9–1 |- |16||T||December 21, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||5–9–2 |- |17||W||December 25, 1941||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||6–9–2 |- |18||L||December 27, 1941||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||6–10–2 |- |19||L||December 28, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||6–11–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |20||W||January 1, 1942||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||7–11–2 |- |21||L||January 3, 1942||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||7–12–2 |- |22||W||January 4, 1942||10–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||8–12–2 |- |23||L||January 6, 1942||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||8–13–2 |- |24||L||January 9, 1942||4–5 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||8–14–2 |- |25||W||January 10, 1942||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||9–14–2 |- |26||L||January 11, 1942||5–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||9–15–2 |- |27||L||January 13, 1942||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||9–16–2 |- |28||L||January 18, 1942||3–5 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||9–17–2 |- |29||W||January 22, 1942||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||10–17–2 |- |30||L||January 24, 1942||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||10–18–2 |- |31||L||January 25, 1942||2–11 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||10–19–2 |- |32||W||January 29, 1942||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||11–19–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||T||February 5, 1942||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||11–19–3 |- |34||L||February 7, 1942||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||11–20–3 |- |35||L||February 8, 1942||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||11–21–3 |- |36||L||February 12, 1942||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||11–22–3 |- |37||L||February 14, 1942||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||11–23–3 |- |38||W||February 15, 1942||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||12–23–3 |- |39||W||February 19, 1942||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||13–23–3 |- |40||W||February 22, 1942||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||14–23–3 |- |41||W||February 24, 1942||3–2 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||15–23–3 |- |42||L||February 26, 1942||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||15–24–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||T||March 1, 1942||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||15–24–4 |- |44||W||March 5, 1942||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||16–24–4 |- |45||W||March 8, 1942||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||17–24–4 |- |46||L||March 14, 1942||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||17–25–4 |- |47||W||March 15, 1942||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||18–25–4 |- |48||W||March 19, 1942||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||19–25–4 |- |- | 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) Montreal Canadiens + Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 22 Montreal C. 1 Detroit 2Mar 24 Detroit 0 Montreal C. 5Mar 26 Montreal C. 2 Detroit 6 Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.Diamond 2000 35 (3) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 29 Detroit 6 Boston 4Mar 31 Boston 1 Detroit 3 Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.Diamond 2000 35 (2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs Date Visitors Score Home ScoreApr 4 Detroit 3 Toronto 2Apr 7 Detroit 4 Toronto 2Apr 9 Toronto 2 Detroit 5Apr 12 Toronto 4 Detroit 3Apr 14 Detroit 3 Toronto 9Apr 16 Toronto 3 Detroit 0Apr 18 Detroit 1 Toronto 3 Toronto wins the Stanley Cup 4–3.Diamond 2000 35 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Don Grosso LW/C 48 23 30 53 13 Sid Abel C/LW 48 18 31 49 45 Eddie Wares D/RW 43 9 29 38 31 Syd Howe C/LW 48 16 19 35 6 Mud Bruneteau RW 48 14 19 33 8 Carl Liscombe LW 47 13 17 30 14 Gus Giesebrecht C 34 6 16 22 2 Joe Carveth RW 29 6 11 17 2 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 28 6 9 15 15 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 21 3 12 15 4 Pat McReavy C 34 5 8 13 0 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 44 4 7 11 93 Eddie Bush D 18 4 6 10 40 Gerry Brown ice hockey LW 13 4 4 8 0 Jimmy Orlando D 48 1 7 8 111 Alex Motter C 19 2 4 6 20 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 9 2 2 4 2 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings (ice hockey) RW 16 2 1 3 6 Buck Jones ice hockey D 21 2 1 3 8 Connie Brown C 9 0 3 3 4 Doug McCaig D 9 0 1 1 6 Johnny Mowers G 47 0 1 1 0 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 3 0 0 0 0 Dutch Hiller LW 7 0 0 0 0 Joe Turner ice hockey G 1 0 0 0 0 Bob Whitelaw D 9 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Johnny Mowers 2880 47 19 25 3 144 3.00 5 Joe Turner ice hockey 70 1 0 0 1 3 2.57 0 Team: 2950 48 19 25 4 147 2.99 5 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Don Grosso LW/C 12 8 6 14 29 Carl Liscombe LW 12 6 6 12 2 Syd Howe C/LW 12 3 5 8 0 Eddie Bush D 11 1 6 7 23 Mud Bruneteau RW 12 5 1 6 6 Sid Abel C/LW 12 4 2 6 8 Joe Carveth RW 9 4 0 4 0 Alex Motter C 12 1 3 4 20 Eddie Wares D/RW 12 1 3 4 22 Jimmy Orlando D 12 0 4 4 45 Gerry Brown ice hockey LW 12 2 1 3 4 Pat McReavy C 11 1 1 2 4 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 10 0 2 2 4 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 12 0 1 1 12 Joe Fisher ice hockey RW 1 0 0 0 0 Gus Giesebrecht C 2 0 0 0 0 Doug McCaig D 2 0 0 0 6 Johnny Mowers G 12 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Johnny Mowers 720 12 7 5 38 3.17 0 Team: 720 12 7 5 38 3.17 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1941-42 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1942.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 1941–42 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:1941 in Detroit Category:1942 in Detroit