1938–39_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

1938–39 Detroit Red Wings
1938–39 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th NHL
1938–39 record	18–24–6
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Ebbie Goodfellow
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1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season

The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings.

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"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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Diamond 2000, p. 35.

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"1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	36	10	2	156	76	74
New York Rangers	48	26	16	6	149	105	58
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	19	20	9	114	107	47
New York Americans	48	17	21	10	119	157	44
Detroit Red Wings	48	18	24	6	107	128	42
Montreal Canadiens	48	15	24	9	115	146	39
Chicago Black Hawks	48	12	28	8	91	132	32

1938–39 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYA	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	8–0	7–1	6–2	5–2–1	5–3	5–2–1
Chicago	0–8	—	1–5–2	4–4	2–4–2	3–4–1	2–3–3
Detroit	1–7	5–1–2	—	4–3–1	3–3–2	2–6	3–4–1
Montreal	2–6	4–4	3–4–1	—	3–2–3	1–4–3	2–4–2
N.Y. Americans	2–5–1	4–2–2	3–3–2	2–3–3	—	2–5–1	4–3–1
N.Y. Rangers	3–5	4–3–1	6–2	4–1–3	5–2–1	—	4–3–1
Toronto	2–5–1	3–2–2	4–3–1	4–2–2	3–4–1	3–4–1	—

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 6, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	0–1–0
2	L	November 10, 1938	1–2	New York Americans (1938–39)	0–2–0
3	L	November 13, 1938	3–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–3–0
4	L	November 15, 1938	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–4–0
5	W	November 17, 1938	7–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	1–4–0
6	L	November 20, 1938	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	1–5–0
7	W	November 24, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	2–5–0
8	L	November 26, 1938	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	2–6–0
9	L	November 27, 1938	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	2–7–0
10	W	December 1, 1938	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	3–7–0
11	W	December 4, 1938	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–7–0
12	T	December 8, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1938–39)	4–7–1
13	L	December 11, 1938	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	4–8–1
14	L	December 13, 1938	1–5	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	4–9–1
15	L	December 18, 1938	0–2	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	4–10–1
16	L	December 20, 1938	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	4–11–1
17	T	December 22, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	4–11–2
18	L	December 24, 1938	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–12–2
19	W	December 25, 1938	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	5–12–2
20	W	December 29, 1938	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	6–12–2
21	L	January 1, 1939	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	6–13–2
22	L	January 2, 1939	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	6–14–2
23	T	January 5, 1939	6–6 OT	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	6–14–3
24	T	January 8, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	6–14–4
25	W	January 10, 1939	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	7–14–4
26	W	January 15, 1939	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	8–14–4
27	W	January 19, 1939	4–3	New York Rangers (1938–39)	9–14–4
28	L	January 22, 1939	0–5	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	9–15–4
29	W	January 26, 1939	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	10–15–4
30	L	January 28, 1939	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–4
31	T	January 29, 1939	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–5
32	W	February 5, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	11–16–5
33	L	February 9, 1939	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–17–5
34	L	February 12, 1939	0–1	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	11–18–5
35	L	February 14, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	11–19–5
36	T	February 16, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–19–6
37	W	February 19, 1939	4–1	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–19–6
38	L	February 21, 1939	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–20–6
39	L	February 23, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–21–6
40	W	February 26, 1939	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	13–21–6
41	W	March 2, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	14–21–6
42	W	March 5, 1939	4–2	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	15–21–6
43	L	March 7, 1939	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	15–22–6
44	L	March 9, 1939	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	15–23–6
45	L	March 11, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	15–24–6
46	W	March 12, 1939	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	16–24–6
47	W	March 14, 1939	3–2	New York Rangers (1938–39)	17–24–6
48	W	March 19, 1939	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	18–24–6

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 21	Detroit	0	Montreal C.	2
Mar 23	Montreal C.	3	Detroit	7
Mar 26	Montreal C.	0	Detroit	1 (OT)

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 28	Detroit	1	Toronto	4
Mar 30	Toronto	1	Detroit	3
Apr 1	Detroit	4	Toronto	5 (OT)

1938–39_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

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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	LW	42	6	10	16	8
Alex Motter	C	44	5	11	16	17
Pete Kelly	RW	32	4	9	13	4
Mud Bruneteau	RW	20	3	7	10	0
Doug Young	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	D	11	0	1	1	6
Charley Mason	RW	6	0	1	1	0
Jack Stewart	D	32	0	1	1	18
Eddie Bush	D	8	0	0	0	0
Ken Kilrea	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	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	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