1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1940–41 1940 Toronto Maple Leafs 28–14–6 16–5–3 12–9–3 2nd 145 99 Conn Smythe Hap Day Syl Apps Maple Leaf Gardens Gordie Drillon (23) Syl Apps (24) Gordie Drillon (44)Syl Apps (44) Reg Hamilton (59) Turk Broda (28) Turk Broda (2.00) The 1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto franchise's 24th season of play. 2 Offseason Conn Smythe was making preparations for his eventual tour of duty in Europe. He felt that Dick Irvin would not be strong enough to deal with player issues while he was gone and Smythe convinced the Montreal Canadiens to hire Irvin.Smythe, p. 143 Smythe hired Hap Day as coach. Regular season Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1940–41 regular season1940-41 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1941_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||L||November 2, 1940||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||November 9, 1940||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||November 14, 1940||6–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||November 16, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||November 17, 1940||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||November 21, 1940||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||5–1–0 |- |7||L||November 23, 1940||0–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||November 24, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||November 26, 1940||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||7–2–0 |- |10||W||November 30, 1940||6–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||8–2–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||December 1, 1940||3–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||9–2–0 |- |12||W||December 7, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||10–2–0 |- |13||W||December 12, 1940||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||11–2–0 |- |14||W||December 14, 1940||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||12–2–0 |- |15||W||December 15, 1940||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||13–2–0 |- |16||L||December 17, 1940||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||13–3–0 |- |17||T||December 21, 1940||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||13–3–1 |- |18||L||December 22, 1940||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||13–4–1 |- |19||L||December 25, 1940||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||13–5–1 |- |20||W||December 28, 1940||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||14–5–1 |- |21||L||December 29, 1940||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||14–6–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||January 4, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||14–7–1 |- |23||W||January 7, 1941||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||15–7–1 |- |24||W||January 9, 1941||3–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||16–7–1 |- |25||W||January 11, 1941||9–0 || align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||17–7–1 |- |26||L||January 18, 1941||0–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||17–8–1 |- |27||T||January 19, 1941||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||17–8–2 |- |28||W||January 23, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||18–8–2 |- |29||T||January 25, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||18–8–3 |- |30||W||January 26, 1941||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||19–8–3 |- |31||W||January 30, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||20–8–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||February 1, 1941||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||21–8–3 |- |33||L||February 2, 1941||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||21–9–3 |- |34||L||February 8, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||21–10–3 |- |35||W||February 15, 1941||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1940–41) ||22–10–3 |- |36||W||February 16, 1941||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||23–10–3 |- |37||T||February 18, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||23–10–4 |- |38||W||February 20, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||24–10–4 |- |39||W||February 22, 1941||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||25–10–4 |- |40||L||February 23, 1941||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) ||25–11–4 |- |41||T||February 25, 1941||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1940–41) ||25–11–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||T||March 1, 1941||0–0 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||25–11–6 |- |43||L||March 6, 1941||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) ||25–12–6 |- |44||W||March 8, 1941||6–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1940–41) ||26–12–6 |- |45||L||March 9, 1941||5–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1940–41) ||26–13–6 |- |46||L||March 11, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) ||26–14–6 |- |47||W||March 15, 1941||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||27–14–6 |- |48||W||March 16, 1941||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) ||28–14–6 |- |- | 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 took on the first-place Boston Bruins in the semifinals. Boston would win the series four games to three. The Bruins would go on to win the Stanley Cup versus Detroit in four games. background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1941 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (1) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–3 Game Date Home Home goals Visitor Visitor goals OT |- |1|| March 20 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 0 || |- |2|| March 22 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 5 || |- |3|| March 25 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 7 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 2 || |- |4|| March 27 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 1 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 2 || |- |5|| March 29 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 2 || (OT) |- |6|| April 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 1 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 2 || |- |7|| April 3 || Boston Bruins || align="center"| 2 || Toronto Maple Leafs || align="center"| 1 || |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Drillon RW 42 23 21 44 2 Syl Apps C 41 20 24 44 6 Sweeney Schriner LW 48 24 14 38 6 Nick Metz LW 47 14 21 35 10 Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (ice hockey born 1919) C 47 9 26 35 15 Wally Stanowski D 47 7 14 21 35 Pete Langelle C 47 4 15 19 0 Bucko McDonald D 31 6 11 17 12 Hank Goldup LW 26 10 5 15 9 Reg Hamilton D 45 3 12 15 59 Red Heron C 35 9 5 14 12 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) RW 31 4 10 14 6 Gus Marker RW 27 4 5 9 10 Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (ice hockey) LW 37 3 6 9 39 Bingo Kampman D 39 1 4 5 53 Lex Chisholm C/RW 26 4 0 4 8 Norman Mann RW/C 15 0 3 3 2 Jack Church D 11 0 1 1 22 Turk Broda G 48 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Turk Broda 2970 48 28 14 6 99 2.00 5 Team: 2970 48 28 14 6 99 2.00 5 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Nick Metz LW 7 3 4 7 0 Syl Apps C 7 3 2 5 2 Gordie Drillon RW 7 3 2 5 2 Sweeney Schriner LW 7 2 1 3 4 Reg Hamilton D 7 1 2 3 13 Wally Stanowski D 7 0 3 3 2 Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (ice hockey born 1919) C 7 0 3 3 5 Bucko McDonald D 7 2 0 2 2 Pete Langelle C 7 1 1 2 0 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) RW 7 1 1 2 2 Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (ice hockey) LW 7 0 2 2 7 Red Heron C 7 0 2 2 0 Lex Chisholm C/RW 3 1 0 1 0 Turk Broda G 7 0 0 0 0 Jack Church D 5 0 0 0 8 Hank Goldup LW 7 0 0 0 0 Bingo Kampman D 7 0 0 0 0 Norman Mann RW/C 1 0 0 0 0 Gus Marker RW 7 0 0 0 5 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Turk Broda 438 7 3 4 15 2.05 0 Team: 438 7 3 4 15 2.05 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1940-41 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1941.html Transactions May 10, 1940: Traded Murph Chamberlain to the Montreal Canadiens for $7,500 May 10, 1940: Traded Pep Kelly to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash June 7, 1940: Acquired Frank Eddolls from the Montreal Canadiens for Joe Benoit July 1, 1940: Acquired Chuck Shannon from the New York Americans for cash October 20, 1940: Traded Chuck Shannon to the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash October 22, 1940: Traded Phil Stein to the New Haven Eagles of the AHL for cash October 31, 1940: Signed Free Agent Nick Knott January 17, 1941: Acquired Jack Howard and Loan of Peanuts O'Flaherty from the New York Americans for Clarence Drouillard References Smythe, Conn Young, Scott Conn Smythe: If you can't beat 'em in the alley 1981 McClelland and Stewart Toronto, Ontario 0-7710-9078-1 Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Toronto