1948 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 1948 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began with four teams on March 4, 1948. It concluded on April 14, with the Toronto Maple Leafs defeating the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.

Series

All dates in 1948

Semifinals

The first round of the playoffs saw third place Boston Bruins matched up with first place Toronto Maple Leafs and fourth place New York Rangers against second place Detroit Red Wings.

Toronto vs. Boston

Toronto beat Boston 4 games to 1. Although Boston kept it close. Three of the five games were decided by one goal.

Toronto won series 4–1

NY Rangers vs. Detroit

It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Wings Production line got lazy. But wingers, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe chose follow Lindsay's recent quote

In this game, you have to be mean, or you're going to get pushed around.

(Glenn Liebman, Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the Game's Funniest One Liners" (Contemporary Books, 1996) )

Detroil was now pursuing Lord Stanley's Mug for the fourth time in six years.

Detroit won series 4–2

Finals

Toronto won series 4–0

Playoff bracket

Semi-finals Stanley Cup Finals
      
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4
3 Boston Bruins 1
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4
2 Detroit Red Wings 0
2 Detroit Red Wings 4
4 New York Rangers 2

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Ted Kennedy Toronto Maple Leafs98614
Max Bentley Toronto Maple Leafs94711
Pete Horeck Detroit Red Wings103710
Jim McFadden Detroit Red Wings10538
Syl Apps Toronto Maple Leafs9448
Harry Watson Toronto Maple Leafs9527
Milt Schmidt Boston Bruins5257
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