1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the New York Rangers.

1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd NHL
1939–40 record25–17–6
Goals for134
Goals against110
Team information
General ManagerConn Smythe
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainRed Horner
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Drillon (21)
AssistsGordie Drillon (19)
PointsGordie Drillon (40)
Penalty minutesRed Horner (87)
WinsTurk Broda (25)
Goals against averagePhil Stein (1.71)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins48311251709833067
New York Rangers482711101367752064
Toronto Maple Leafs482517613411048556
Chicago Black Hawks482319611212035152
Detroit Red Wings48162669012625038
New York Americans481529410614023634
Montreal Canadiens48103359016733825

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents
1939-40 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYA NYR TOR
Boston —6–1–15–36–1–17–12–4–25–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1—6–0–25–2–13–4–14–44–3–1
Detroit 3–50–6–2—5–35–32–3–21–6–1
Montreal 1–6–12–5–13–5—2–4–21–6–11–7
N.Y. Americans 1–74–3–13–54–2–2—1–6–12–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–24–43–2–26–1–16–1–1—4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–13–4–16–1–17–16–21–4–3—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 4, 19395–0Boston Bruins (1939–40)1–0–0
2TNovember 11, 19391–1 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)1–0–1
3WNovember 12, 19391–0@ New York Rangers (1939–40)2–0–1
4WNovember 18, 19393–0Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)3–0–1
5WNovember 19, 19397–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)4–0–1
6WNovember 25, 19394–3New York Americans (1939–40)5–0–1
7LNovember 26, 19391–2 OT@ New York Americans (1939–40)5–1–1
8LNovember 28, 19392–6@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)5–2–1
9TDecember 2, 19393–3 OTChicago Black Hawks (1939–40)5–2–2
10WDecember 3, 19393–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)6–2–2
11LDecember 7, 19391–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)6–3–2
12WDecember 9, 19393–0Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)7–3–2
13TDecember 14, 19391–1 OTBoston Bruins (1939–40)7–3–3
14WDecember 16, 19395–1New York Americans (1939–40)8–3–3
15WDecember 17, 19394–1@ New York Americans (1939–40)9–3–3
16LDecember 19, 19392–3 OT@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)9–4–3
17LDecember 21, 19391–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)9–5–3
18WDecember 23, 19395–1Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)10–5–3
19LDecember 25, 19391–4@ New York Rangers (1939–40)10–6–3
20WDecember 28, 19396–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)11–6–3
21WDecember 30, 19394–2Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)12–6–3
22WDecember 31, 19393–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)13–6–3
23LJanuary 4, 19401–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)13–7–3
24WJanuary 6, 19403–1Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)14–7–3
25WJanuary 9, 19403–2@ New York Americans (1939–40)15–7–3
26LJanuary 11, 19402–5Boston Bruins (1939–40)15–8–3
27LJanuary 13, 19401–4New York Rangers (1939–40)15–9–3
28TJanuary 18, 19402–2 OTDetroit Red Wings (1939–40)15–9–4
29WJanuary 20, 19405–1New York Americans (1939–40)16–9–4
30LJanuary 21, 19402–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)16–10–4
31LJanuary 23, 19401–4@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)16–11–4
32LJanuary 25, 19400–3@ New York Rangers (1939–40)16–12–4
33WJanuary 27, 19403–1Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)17–12–4
34LFebruary 3, 19402–3Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)17–13–4
35LFebruary 8, 19401–2@ New York Rangers (1939–40)17–14–4
36TFebruary 10, 19404–4 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)17–14–5
37WFebruary 17, 19403–1Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)18–14–5
38WFebruary 18, 19402–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)19–14–5
39LFebruary 20, 19400–5@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)19–15–5
40WFebruary 22, 19402–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)20–15–5
41WFebruary 24, 19403–1Boston Bruins (1939–40)21–15–5
42WFebruary 29, 19403–1Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)22–15–5
43TMarch 2, 19401–1 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)22–15–6
44WMarch 9, 19405–2Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)23–15–6
45LMarch 10, 19401–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)23–16–6
46WMarch 14, 19408–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)24–16–6
47WMarch 16, 19408–6New York Americans (1939–40)25–16–6
48LMarch 17, 19402–5@ New York Americans (1939–40)25–17–6

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series, and swept both. In the finals, they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie DrillonRW4321194013
Syl AppsC271317305
Sweeney SchrinerLW3911152610
Bob DavidsonLW488182656
Red HeronC4211122312
Murph ChamberlainLW405172263
Pete LangelleC39714212
Pep KellyRW341192015
Gus MarkerRW421091915
Bingo KampmanD39691559
Lex ChisholmC/RW28681411
Nick MetzLW3165112
Hank GoldupLW2164102
Billy TaylorC2946109
Red HornerD31191087
Wally StanowskiD2727911
Bucko McDonaldD3425713
Jack ChurchD3114562
Reg HamiltonD2322423
Don MetzRW101124
Turk BrodaG470000
Phil SteinG10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Turk Broda290047251751082.234
Phil Stein70100121.710
Team:297048251761102.224

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Syl AppsC105272
Hank GoldupLW105164
Gordie DrillonRW103140
Gus MarkerRW1013423
Nick MetzLW91349
Sweeney SchrinerLW91344
Bob DavidsonLW1003316
Pete LangelleC100330
Red HeronC92022
Jack ChurchD101126
Red HornerD902255
Wally StanowskiD101012
Billy TaylorC21010
Pep KellyRW60110
Turk BrodaG100000
Murph ChamberlainLW30000
Reg HamiltonD100000
Bingo KampmanD100000
Bucko McDonaldD10000
Don MetzRW20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Turk Broda6571064191.741
Team:6571064191.741

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

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See also

References
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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