1940–41_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

1940–41 Detroit Red Wings
1940–41 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd NHL
1940–41 record	21–16–11
Goals for	112
Goals against	102
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Ebbie Goodfellow
Team leaders
Goals	Syd Howe (20)
Assists	Syd Howe (24)
Points	Syd Howe (44)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Orlando (99)
Wins	Johnny Mowers (21)
Goals against average	Johnny Mowers (2.01)
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1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

The 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season was the 15th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, ninth as the Red Wings. The Red Wings made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Boston Bruins.

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Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

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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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"1940-41 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	48	27	8	13	67	168	102
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	28	14	6	62	145	99
Detroit Red Wings	48	21	16	11	53	112	102
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	50	143	125
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	25	7	39	112	139
Montreal Canadiens	48	16	26	6	38	121	147
New York Americans	48	8	29	11	27	99	186

1940–41 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYA	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–2–2	3–0–5	5–2–1	7–0–1	4–2–2	4–2–2
Chicago	2–4–2	—	2–6	3–4–1	3–2–3	4–3–1	2–6
Detroit	0–3–5	6–2	—	4–3–1	5–1–2	3–2–3	3–5
Montreal	2–5–1	4–3–1	3–4–1	—	4–3–1	2–5–1	1–6–1
N.Y. Americans	0–7–1	2–3–3	1–5–2	3–4–1	—	1–6–1	1–4–3
N.Y. Rangers	2–4–2	3–4–1	2–3–2	5–2–1	6–1–1	—	3–5
Toronto	2–4–2	6–2	5–3	6–1–1	4–1–3	5–3	—

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 3, 1940	4–2	New York Americans (1940–41)	1–0–0
2	L	November 9, 1940	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	1–1–0
3	T	November 10, 1940	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–1
4	T	November 16, 1940	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–2
5	W	November 17, 1940	2–0	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	2–1–2
6	T	November 19, 1940	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	2–1–3
7	W	November 21, 1940	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	3–1–3
8	T	November 24, 1940	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	3–1–4
9	W	November 29, 1940	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	4–1–4
10	L	December 1, 1940	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	4–2–4
11	W	December 5, 1940	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	5–2–4
12	L	December 7, 1940	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	5–3–4
13	W	December 8, 1940	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	6–3–4
14	W	December 13, 1940	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	7–3–4
15	L	December 15, 1940	1–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	7–4–4
16	L	December 17, 1940	2–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–4
17	T	December 19, 1940	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–5
18	L	December 22, 1940	3–5	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	7–6–5
19	W	December 25, 1940	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–6–5
20	W	December 29, 1940	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	9–6–5
21	W	January 1, 1941	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	10–6–5
22	W	January 4, 1941	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	11–6–5
23	W	January 5, 1941	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–6–5
24	T	January 7, 1941	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	12–6–6
25	T	January 9, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	12–6–7
26	L	January 12, 1941	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	12–7–7
27	T	January 14, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–7–8
28	L	January 18, 1941	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–8–8
29	L	January 19, 1941	1–2	New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–9–8
30	W	January 24, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	13–9–8
31	L	January 26, 1941	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–10–8
32	L	January 30, 1941	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–11–8
33	T	February 6, 1941	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	13–11–9
34	T	February 9, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–11–10
35	L	February 11, 1941	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–12–10
36	W	February 14, 1941	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	14–12–10
37	W	February 16, 1941	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	15–12–10
38	L	February 22, 1941	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	15–13–10
39	W	February 23, 1941	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	16–13–10
40	L	February 27, 1941	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	16–14–10
41	W	February 28, 1941	5–4	New York Americans (1940–41)	17–14–10
42	W	March 2, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–14–10
43	L	March 4, 1941	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–15–10
44	W	March 6, 1941	6–1	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	19–15–10
45	W	March 8, 1941	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	20–15–10
46	W	March 13, 1941	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	21–15–10
47	T	March 16, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–15–11
48	L	March 18, 1941	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–16–11

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 20	New York R.	1	Detroit	2 (OT)
Mar 23	Detroit	1	New York R.	3
Mar 25	New York R.	2	Detroit	3

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 27	Chicago	1	Detroit	3
Mar 30	Detroit	2	Chicago	1 (OT)

1940–41_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

External links

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Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Apr 6	Detroit	2	Boston	3
Apr 8	Detroit	1	Boston	2
Apr 10	Boston	4	Detroit	2
Apr 12	Boston	3	Detroit	1

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Syd Howe	C/LW	48	20	24	44	8
Sid Abel	C/LW	47	11	22	33	29
Mud Bruneteau	RW	45	11	17	28	12
Eddie Wares	D/RW	42	10	16	26	34
Alex Motter	C	47	13	12	25	18
Gus Giesebrecht	C	43	7	18	25	7
Ebbie Goodfellow	C/D	47	5	17	22	35
Carl Liscombe	LW	33	10	10	20	0
Don Grosso	LW/C	45	8	7	15	14
Joe Fisher	RW	27	5	8	13	11
Jimmy Orlando	D	48	1	10	11	99
Jack Stewart	D	47	2	6	8	56
Bill Jennings	RW	12	1	5	6	2
Joe Carveth	RW	19	2	1	3	2
Connie Brown	C	3	1	2	3	0
Les Douglas	C	18	1	2	3	2
Art Herchenratter	LW	10	1	2	3	2
Ken Kilrea	LW	15	2	0	2	0
Eddie Bruneteau	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Bob Whitelaw	D	23	0	2	2	2
Arch Wilder	LW	18	0	2	2	2
Dick Behling	D	3	0	0	0	0
Harold Jackson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mowers	G	48	0	0	0	0

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny Mowers	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4
Team:	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4