1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1948–49 1948 Toronto Maple Leafs 4th 22–25–13 12–8–10 10–17–3 147 161 Conn Smythe Hap Day Ted Kennedy Maple Leaf Gardens Harry Watson (26) Max Bentley and Cal Gardner (22) Harry Watson (45) Bill Ezinicki (145) Turk Broda (22) Turk Broda (2.68) yes The 1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. The Maple Leafs became the first team in NHL history to win three consecutive Stanley Cups.Numbelievable! 95 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 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; 1948–49 regular season1948-49 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1949_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 5, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 16||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 21||0–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 23||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 24||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 27||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 30||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 31||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||3–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||T||November 6||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||3–4–1 |- |9||L||November 13||3–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||3–5–1 |- |10||T||November 14||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||3–5–2 |- |11||L||November 17||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||3–6–2 |- |12||T||November 20||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||3–6–3 |- |13||T||November 21||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||3–6–4 |- |14||T||November 24||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||3–6–5 |- |15||W||November 25||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||4–6–5 |- |16||W||November 27||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||5–6–5 |- |17||L||November 28||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||5–7–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||L||December 1||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||5–8–5 |- |19||L||December 4||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||5–9–5 |- |20||W||December 5||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||6–9–5 |- |21||L||December 8||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||6–10–5 |- |22||W||December 11||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||7–10–5 |- |23||W||December 12||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||8–10–5 |- |24||L||December 15||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||8–11–5 |- |25||T||December 18||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||8–11–6 |- |26||L||December 19||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||8–12–6 |- |27||W||December 25||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||9–12–6 |- |28||L||December 30||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||9–13–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |29||W||January 1||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||10–13–6 |- |30||L||January 2||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||10–14–6 |- |31||W||January 5||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||11–14–6 |- |32||T||January 8||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||11–14–7 |- |33||T||January 9||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||11–14–8 |- |34||W||January 15||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||12–14–8 |- |35||L||January 16||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||12–15–8 |- |36||L||January 19||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||12–16–8 |- |37||T||January 22||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||12–16–9 |- |38||L||January 23||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||12–17–9 |- |39||W||January 26||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||13–17–9 |- |40||T||January 29||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||13–17–10 |- |41||L||January 30||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||13–18–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||W||February 3||4–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||14–18–10 |- |43||T||February 5||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||14–18–11 |- |44||W||February 6||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||15–18–11 |- |45||T||February 9||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||15–18–12 |- |46||W||February 12||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||16–18–12 |- |47||W||February 13||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||17–18–12 |- |48||L||February 17||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||17–19–12 |- |49||W||February 19||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||18–19–12 |- |50||W||February 20||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||19–19–12 |- |51||T||February 26||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||19–19–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||L||March 2||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||19–20–13 |- |53||W||March 5||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||20–20–13 |- |54||W||March 6||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||21–20–13 |- |55||L||March 9||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||21–21–13 |- |56||L||March 12||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||21–22–13 |- |57||W||March 13||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||22–22–13 |- |58||L||March 17||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) ||22–23–13 |- |59||L||March 19||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||22–24–13 |- |60||L||March 20||2–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||22–25–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Harry Watson Harry Watson (ice hockey, born 1923) 60 26 19 45 0 Max Bentley 60 19 22 41 18 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) 59 18 21 39 25 Cal Gardner 53 13 22 35 35 Bill Ezinicki 52 13 15 28 145 Joe Klukay 45 11 10 21 11 Jimmy Thomson Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey, born 1927) 60 4 16 20 56 Vic Lynn 52 7 9 16 36 Ray Timgren 36 3 12 15 9 Gus Mortson 60 2 13 15 85 Howie Meeker 30 7 7 14 56 Harry Taylor Harry Taylor (ice hockey) 42 4 7 11 30 Garth Boesch 59 1 10 11 43 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) 33 4 6 10 12 Bill Barilko 60 5 4 9 95 Tod Sloan Tod Sloan (ice hockey) 29 3 4 7 0 Les Costello 15 2 3 5 11 Bill Juzda 38 1 2 3 23 Frank Mathers 15 1 2 3 2 Ray Ceresino 12 1 1 2 2 Fleming MacKell Mackell, Fleming 11 1 1 2 6 Bob Dawes 5 1 0 1 0 Al Buchanan 3 0 1 1 2 Chuck Blair Chuck Blair (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Turk Broda 60 0 0 0 0 Ray Hannigan 3 0 0 0 2 Stan Kemp 1 0 0 0 2 John McCormack John McCormack (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Sid Smith Sid Smith (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Turk Broda 3600 60 22 25 13 161 2.68 5 Team: 3600 60 22 25 13 161 2.68 5 Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) 9 2 6 8 2 Sid Smith Sid Smith (ice hockey) 6 5 2 7 0 Max Bentley 9 4 3 7 2 Cal Gardner 9 2 5 7 0 Harry Watson Harry Watson (ice hockey, born 1923) 9 4 2 6 2 Ray Timgren 9 3 3 6 2 Fleming MacKell Mackell, Fleming 9 2 4 6 4 Jimmy Thomson Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey, born 1927) 9 1 5 6 10 Joe Klukay 9 2 3 5 4 Bill Ezinicki 9 1 4 5 20 Gus Mortson 9 2 1 3 8 Garth Boesch 9 0 2 2 6 Bill Juzda 9 0 2 2 8 Bill Barilko 9 0 1 1 20 Vic Lynn 8 0 1 1 2 Turk Broda 9 0 0 0 2 Bob Dawes 9 0 0 0 2 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) 3 0 0 0 0 Harry Taylor Harry Taylor (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Turk Broda 574 9 8 1 15 1.57 1 Team: 574 9 8 1 15 1.57 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-27 1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1949.html Playoffs Semifinals Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Boston Bruins0 March 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Boston Bruins 2 March 26 Boston Bruins 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 OTMarch 29 Boston Bruins 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 March 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Boston Bruins 2 Toronto won best-of-seven series 4 games to 1 Stanley Cup Finals Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 8Toronto 3 Detroit 2 OTApril 10Toronto 3 Detroit 1 April 13Detroit 1 Toronto 3 April 16Detroit 1Toronto 3 Toronto won best-of-seven series 4–0. Transactions April 20, 1948: Acquired Eldie Kobussen from the Springfield Indians of the AHL for Gordie Bell, Armand Lemieux, Leo Curick and Rod Roy April 26, 1948: Acquired Cal Gardner, Bill Juzda, Rene Trudell and Frank Mathers from the New York Rangers for Wally Stanowski and Elwyn Morris July 27, 1948: Acquired Danny Lewicki from the Providence Reds of the AHL for Future Considerations October 27, 1948: Traded Jack Hamilton and cash to the Providence Reds of the AHL to complete a previous transaction References External links Toronto Maple Leafs 1948–49 roster and statistics on Hockey Database Toronto Maple Leafs 1948–49 Game Log and Scores on Database Hockey Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Tor