1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1949–50 1949 Detroit Red Wings 1st 37–19–14 19–9–7 18–10–7 229 164 Jack Adams Tommy Ivan Sid Abel Red KellyTed Lindsay Detroit Olympia Gordie Howe (35) Ted Lindsay (55) Ted Lindsay (78) Ted Lindsay (141) Harry Lumley (33) Terry Sawchuk (2.29) Yes Yes The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Final, also in seven games. Both times the series was decided in overtime. 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; 1949–50 regular season1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1950_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 12, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 16, 1949||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 19, 1949||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 23, 1949||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 27, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 29, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||4–1–1 |- |7||L||October 30, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||4–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||W||November 2, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||5–2–1 |- |9||W||November 5, 1949||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||6–2–1 |- |10||W||November 6, 1949||7–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||7–2–1 |- |11||W||November 12, 1949||7–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||8–2–1 |- |12||T||November 13, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||8–2–2 |- |13||W||November 16, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||9–2–2 |- |14||W||November 19, 1949||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||10–2–2 |- |15||W||November 20, 1949||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||11–2–2 |- |16||W||November 23, 1949||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||12–2–2 |- |17||T||November 24, 1949||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||12–2–3 |- |18||L||November 26, 1949||2–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||12–3–3 |- |19||L||November 27, 1949||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||12–4–3 |- |20||W||November 30, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||13–4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||December 1, 1949||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||14–4–3 |- |22||W||December 3, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||15–4–3 |- |23||L||December 4, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||15–5–3 |- |24||W||December 7, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||16–5–3 |- |25||L||December 10, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||16–6–3 |- |26||L||December 11, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||16–7–3 |- |27||W||December 14, 1949||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||17–7–3 |- |28||L||December 17, 1949||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||17–8–3 |- |29||W||December 18, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||18–8–3 |- |30||W||December 21, 1949||7–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||19–8–3 |- |31||W||December 25, 1949||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||20–8–3 |- |32||T||December 28, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||20–8–4 |- |33||W||December 31, 1949||5–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||21–8–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||W||January 1, 1950||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||22–8–4 |- |35||L||January 4, 1950||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||22–9–4 |- |36||L||January 8, 1950||3–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||22–10–4 |- |37||L||January 11, 1950||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||22–11–4 |- |38||W||January 14, 1950||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||23–11–4 |- |39||W||January 15, 1950||1–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||24–11–4 |- |40||W||January 18, 1950||5–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||25–11–4 |- |41||W||January 21, 1950||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||26–11–4 |- |42||L||January 22, 1950||0–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||26–12–4 |- |43||T||January 25, 1950||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||26–12–5 |- |44||T||January 26, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||26–12–6 |- |45||T||January 28, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||26–12–7 |- |46||L||January 29, 1950||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||26–13–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |47||T||February 1, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||26–13–8 |- |48||T||February 4, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||26–13–9 |- |49||T||February 5, 1950||5–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||26–13–10 |- |50||W||February 8, 1950||9–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||27–13–10 |- |51||W||February 11, 1950||9–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||28–13–10 |- |52||L||February 12, 1950||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||28–14–10 |- |53||L||February 15, 1950||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||28–15–10 |- |54||L||February 18, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||28–16–10 |- |55||W||February 20, 1950||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||29–16–10 |- |56||T||February 23, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||29–16–11 |- |57||W||February 26, 1950||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||30–16–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |58||W||March 1, 1950||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||31–16–11 |- |59||L||March 4, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||31–17–11 |- |60||T||March 6, 1950||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||31–17–12 |- |61||W||March 8, 1950||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||32–17–12 |- |62||L||March 9, 1950||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||32–18–12 |- |63||W||March 11, 1950||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||33–18–12 |- |64||W||March 12, 1950||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||34–18–12 |- |65||W||March 15, 1950||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||35–18–12 |- |66||T||March 16, 1950||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||35–18–13 |- |67||T||March 18, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||35–18–14 |- |68||W||March 19, 1950||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||36–18–14 |- |69||W||March 22, 1950||8–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||37–18–14 |- |70||L||March 26, 1950||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||37–19–14 |- |- | 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 Pos GP G A Pts PIM Ted Lindsay LW 69 23 55 78 141 Sid Abel C/LW 69 34 35 69 46 Gordie Howe RW 70 35 33 68 69 Red Kelly D/C 70 15 25 40 9 George Gee George Gee (ice hockey) C 69 17 21 38 42 Gerry Couture RW 69 24 7 31 21 Jim McFadden C 68 14 16 30 8 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 70 14 16 30 20 Joe Carveth RW 60 13 17 30 13 Marty Pavelich LW 65 8 15 23 58 Steve Black ice hockey LW 69 7 14 21 53 Leo Reise Jr. D 70 4 17 21 46 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 65 3 11 14 86 Pete Babando LW 56 6 6 12 25 Lee Fogolin Sr. D 63 4 8 12 63 Max McNab C 65 4 4 8 8 Clare Martin Clare Martin (ice hockey) D 64 2 5 7 14 Al Dewsbury D 11 2 2 4 2 Fred Glover ice hockey C 7 0 0 0 0 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) G 63 0 0 0 10 Terry Sawchuk G 7 0 0 0 0 Enio Sclisizzi LW 4 0 0 0 2 Glen Skov C/LW 2 0 0 0 0 Johnny Wilson Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 0 Larry Wilson Larry Wilson (ice hockey) C 1 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) 3780 63 33 16 14 148 2.35 7 Terry Sawchuk 420 7 4 3 0 16 2.29 1 Team: 4200 70 37 19 14 164 2.34 8 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gerry Couture RW 14 5 4 9 2 George Gee George Gee (ice hockey) C 14 3 6 9 0 Sid Abel C/LW 14 6 2 8 6 Ted Lindsay LW 13 4 4 8 16 Marty Pavelich LW 14 4 2 6 13 Joe Carveth RW 14 2 4 6 6 Jim McFadden C 14 2 3 5 8 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 14 1 4 5 20 Pete Babando LW 8 2 2 4 2 Red Kelly D/C 14 1 3 4 2 Al Dewsbury D 4 0 3 3 8 Leo Reise Jr. D 14 2 0 2 19 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 8 0 2 2 0 Clare Martin Clare Martin (ice hockey) D 10 0 1 1 0 Marcel Pronovost D 9 0 1 1 10 Johnny Wilson Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) LW 8 0 1 1 0 Steve Black ice hockey LW 13 0 0 0 13 Lee Fogolin Sr. D 10 0 0 0 16 Gord Haidy RW 1 0 0 0 0 Gordie Howe RW 1 0 0 0 7 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) G 14 0 0 0 0 Doug McKay LW 1 0 0 0 0 Max McNab C 10 0 0 0 0 Larry Wilson Larry Wilson (ice hockey) C 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) 910 14 8 6 28 1.85 3 Team: 910 14 8 6 28 1.85 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1950.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; Playoffs Stanley Cup Final 1950 Stanley Cup Final Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers Date Away Score Home Score Notes April 11 New York 1 Detroit 4 April 13 Detroit 1 New York 3 † April 15 Detroit 4 New York 0 † April 18 New York 4 Detroit 3 OT April 20 New York 2 Detroit 1 OT April 22 New York 4 Detroit 5 April 23 New York 3 Detroit 4 2OT † Played in Toronto. Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to three Awards and records Prince of Wales Trophy Art Ross Trophy: || Ted Lindsay Sid Abel, Center, NHL First Team All-Star Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star Red Kelly, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star Leo Reise, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star See also 1950 in Michigan References Red Wings on Hockey Database Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1949 in Detroit Category:1950 in Detroit