1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1938–39 1938 Detroit Red Wings 18–24–6 14–8–2 4–16–4 5th 107 128 Jack Adams Jack Adams Ebbie Goodfellow Detroit Olympia Syd Howe (16) Marty Barry (28) Marty Barry (41) Charlie Conacher (39) Tiny Thompson (16) Tiny Thompson (2.50) The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings. 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; 1938–39 regular season1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1939_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||L||November 6, 1938||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||November 10, 1938||1–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||November 13, 1938||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||November 15, 1938||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||0–4–0 |- |5||W||November 17, 1938||7–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||November 20, 1938||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||1–5–0 |- |7||W||November 24, 1938||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||2–5–0 |- |8||L||November 26, 1938||0–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||2–6–0 |- |9||L||November 27, 1938||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||2–7–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||December 1, 1938||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||3–7–0 |- |11||W||December 4, 1938||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||4–7–0 |- |12||T||December 8, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||4–7–1 |- |13||L||December 11, 1938||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||4–8–1 |- |14||L||December 13, 1938||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||4–9–1 |- |15||L||December 18, 1938||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||4–10–1 |- |16||L||December 20, 1938||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||4–11–1 |- |17||T||December 22, 1938||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||4–11–2 |- |18||L||December 24, 1938||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||4–12–2 |- |19||W||December 25, 1938||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||5–12–2 |- |20||W||December 29, 1938||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||6–12–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||L||January 1, 1939||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||6–13–2 |- |22||L||January 2, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||6–14–2 |- |23||T||January 5, 1939||6–6 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||6–14–3 |- |24||T||January 8, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||6–14–4 |- |25||W||January 10, 1939||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||7–14–4 |- |26||W||January 15, 1939||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||8–14–4 |- |27||W||January 19, 1939||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||9–14–4 |- |28||L||January 22, 1939||0–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||9–15–4 |- |29||W||January 26, 1939||1–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||10–15–4 |- |30||L||January 28, 1939||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||10–16–4 |- |31||T||January 29, 1939||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||10–16–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||February 5, 1939||7–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||11–16–5 |- |33||L||February 9, 1939||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||11–17–5 |- |34||L||February 12, 1939||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||11–18–5 |- |35||L||February 14, 1939||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||11–19–5 |- |36||T||February 16, 1939||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||11–19–6 |- |37||W||February 19, 1939||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||12–19–6 |- |38||L||February 21, 1939||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1938–39) ||12–20–6 |- |39||L||February 23, 1939||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||12–21–6 |- |40||W||February 26, 1939||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||13–21–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |41||W||March 2, 1939||7–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1938–39) ||14–21–6 |- |42||W||March 5, 1939||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1938–39) ||15–21–6 |- |43||L||March 7, 1939||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1938–39) ||15–22–6 |- |44||L||March 9, 1939||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||15–23–6 |- |45||L||March 11, 1939||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39) ||15–24–6 |- |46||W||March 12, 1939||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1938–39) ||16–24–6 |- |47||W||March 14, 1939||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1938–39) ||17–24–6 |- |48||W||March 19, 1939||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39) ||18–24–6 |- |- | 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 21 Detroit 0 Montreal C. 2Mar 23 Montreal C. 3 Detroit 7Mar 26 Montreal C. 0 Detroit 1 (OT) Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.Diamond 2000 35 (3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 28 Detroit 1 Toronto 4Mar 30 Toronto 1 Detroit 3Apr 1 Detroit 4 Toronto 5 (OT) Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–1.Diamond 2000 35 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Marty Barry C 48 13 28 41 4 Syd Howe C/LW 48 16 20 36 11 Carl Liscombe LW 41 8 18 26 13 Charlie Conacher RW 40 8 15 23 39 Gus Giesebrecht C 28 10 10 20 2 Hec Kilrea LW 48 8 9 17 8 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 48 8 8 16 36 Eddie Wares D/RW 28 8 8 16 10 Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (ice hockey) LW 42 6 10 16 8 Alex Motter C 44 5 11 16 17 Pete Kelly Pete Kelly (ice hockey) RW 32 4 9 13 4 Mud Bruneteau RW 20 3 7 10 0 Doug Young Doug Young (ice hockey) D 42 1 5 6 16 Ralph Bowman D 43 2 3 5 26 Don Deacon LW 8 1 3 4 2 Sid Abel C/LW 15 1 1 2 0 Don Grosso LW/C 1 1 1 2 0 Dave Trottier LW 11 1 1 2 16 Larry Aurie RW 1 1 0 1 0 Connie Brown C 2 1 0 1 0 Jack Keating LW 1 1 0 1 2 Phil Besler RW 5 0 1 1 2 Buck Jones ice hockey D 11 0 1 1 6 Charley Mason RW 6 0 1 1 0 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 32 0 1 1 18 Eddie Bush D 8 0 0 0 0 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 0 Bucko McDonald D 14 0 0 0 2 John Sherf LW 3 0 0 0 0 Normie Smith G 4 0 0 0 0 Harvey Teno G 5 0 0 0 0 Tiny Thompson G 39 0 0 0 0 Bill Thomson Bill Thomson (ice hockey) C/RW 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Tiny Thompson 2397 39 16 17 6 101 2.53 4 Harvey Teno 300 5 2 3 0 15 3.00 0 Charlie Conacher 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Normie Smith 240 4 0 4 0 12 3.00 0 Team: 2940 48 18 24 6 128 2.61 4 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Charlie Conacher RW 5 2 5 7 2 Marty Barry C 6 3 1 4 0 Syd Howe C/LW 6 3 1 4 4 Don Deacon LW 2 2 1 3 0 Don Grosso LW/C 3 1 2 3 7 Hec Kilrea LW 6 1 2 3 0 Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (ice hockey) LW 6 1 2 3 0 Sid Abel C/LW 6 1 1 2 2 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 3 1 1 2 4 Gus Giesebrecht C 6 0 2 2 0 Doug Young Doug Young (ice hockey) D 6 0 2 2 4 Eddie Wares D/RW 6 1 0 1 8 Buck Jones ice hockey D 6 0 1 1 10 Alex Motter C 4 0 1 1 0 Ralph Bowman D 5 0 0 0 0 Mud Bruneteau RW 6 0 0 0 0 Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 6 0 0 0 8 Pete Kelly Pete Kelly (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 0 Carl Liscombe LW 6 0 0 0 2 John Sherf LW 3 0 0 0 0 Tiny Thompson G 6 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Tiny Thompson 374 6 3 3 15 2.41 1 Team: 374 6 3 3 15 2.41 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1939.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 1938–39 NHL season References Bibliography Total Hockey Diamond Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1938 in Detroit Category:1939 in Detroit