1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season

1947–48 Detroit Red Wings
Division2nd NHL
1947–48 record30–18–12
Goals for187
Goals against148
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachTommy Ivan
CaptainSid Abel
Team leaders
GoalsTed Lindsay (33)
AssistsSid Abel (30)
PointsTed Lindsay (52)
Penalty minutesJack Stewart (91)
WinsHarry Lumley (30)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (2.46)

The 1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 22nd season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 32 15 13 182 143 +39 77
2 Detroit Red Wings 60 30 18 12 187 148 +39 72
3 Boston Bruins 60 23 24 13 167 168 −1 59
4 New York Rangers 60 21 26 13 176 201 −25 55
5 Montreal Canadiens 60 20 29 11 147 169 −22 51
6 Chicago Black Hawks 60 20 34 6 195 225 −30 46

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 3–7–2 4–6–2 6–2–4 7–3–2 3–7–2
Chicago 7–3–2 — 2–10 4–7–1 6–4–2 1–10–1
Detroit 6–4–2 10–2 — 7–2–3 5–4–3 2–6–4
Montreal 2–6–4 7–4–1 2–7–3 — 3–7–2 6–5–1
New York 3–7–2 4–6–2 4–5–3 7–3–2 — 3–5–4
Toronto 7–3–2 10–1–1 6–2–4 5–6–1 5–3–4 —


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 15, 1947 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 1–0–0
2 T October 18, 1947 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 1–0–1
3 W October 19, 1947 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 2–0–1
4 L October 26, 1947 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 2–1–1
5 W October 29, 1947 5–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 3–1–1
6 L November 1, 1947 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 3–2–1
7 W November 2, 1947 3–2 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 4–2–1
8 W November 6, 1947 2–1 New York Rangers (1947–48) 5–2–1
9 W November 8, 1947 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 6–2–1
10 L November 9, 1947 0–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 6–3–1
11 L November 15, 1947 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 6–4–1
12 W November 16, 1947 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 7–4–1
13 L November 19, 1947 5–6 New York Rangers (1947–48) 7–5–1
14 W November 22, 1947 8–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 8–5–1
15 W November 23, 1947 9–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 9–5–1
16 W November 27, 1947 4–1 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 10–5–1
17 T November 30, 1947 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 10–5–2
18 L December 6, 1947 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 10–6–2
19 L December 7, 1947 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 10–7–2
20 T December 10, 1947 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 10–7–3
21 W December 13, 1947 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 11–7–3
22 T December 14, 1947 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 11–7–4
23 W December 17, 1947 7–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 12–7–4
24 T December 20, 1947 4–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 12–7–5
25 W December 21, 1947 6–5 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 13–7–5
26 L December 25, 1947 0–2 New York Rangers (1947–48) 13–8–5
27 W December 28, 1947 3–0 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 14–8–5
28 W December 31, 1947 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 15–8–5
29 W January 1, 1948 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 16–8–5
30 W January 4, 1948 6–2 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 17–8–5
31 W January 7, 1948 6–0 New York Rangers (1947–48) 18–8–5
32 T January 8, 1948 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 18–8–6
33 L January 10, 1948 1–4 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 18–9–6
34 T January 11, 1948 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 18–9–7
35 T January 14, 1948 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 18–9–8
36 L January 18, 1948 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 18–10–8
37 W January 21, 1948 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 19–10–8
38 W January 24, 1948 5–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 20–10–8
39 W January 25, 1948 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 21–10–8
40 W January 28, 1948 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 22–10–8
41 L January 31, 1948 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 22–11–8
42 W February 1, 1948 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 23–11–8
43 W February 3, 1948 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 24–11–8
44 T February 4, 1948 4–4 New York Rangers (1947–48) 24–11–9
45 W February 7, 1948 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 25–11–9
46 L February 8, 1948 1–3 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 25–12–9
47 L February 15, 1948 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 25–13–9
48 W February 18, 1948 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 26–13–9
49 L February 21, 1948 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 26–14–9
50 W February 22, 1948 4–3 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 27–14–9
51 W February 28, 1948 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 28–14–9
52 W March 3, 1948 4–2 New York Rangers (1947–48) 29–14–9
53 T March 6, 1948 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 29–14–10
54 T March 7, 1948 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 29–14–11
55 L March 9, 1948 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 29–15–11
56 W March 10, 1948 7–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 30–15–11
57 L March 14, 1948 1–5 Boston Bruins (1947–48) 30–16–11
58 T March 17, 1948 0–0 @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 30–16–12
59 L March 20, 1948 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 30–17–12
60 L March 21, 1948 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 30–18–12

Playoffs

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

It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Rangers won the next two to tie the series. Detroit then took the next two to win the series in six games to qualify for the Finals.


March 24 New York Rangers 1–2 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 15:04 – Ted Lindsay (1)
19:06 – pp – Jim Conacher (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Tony Leswick (1) – 03:35 Third period No scoring
Chuck Rayner Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 26 New York Rangers 2–5 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
Edgar Laprade (1) – 14:53 First period 04:00 – Jim McFadden (1)
No scoring Second period 04:57 – Jim McFadden (2)
08:18 – pp – Marty Pavelich (1)
Neil Colville (1) – 10:51 Third period 10:04 – Leo Reise (1)
14:49 – Marty Pavelich (2)
Chuck Rayner Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 28 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden III Recap  
No scoring First period 03:32 – Phil Watson (1)
10:35 – Phil Watson (2)
Ted Lindsay (2) – 19:40 Second period No scoring
Jack Stewart (1) – 16:03 Third period 09:02 – Tony Leswick (2)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Chuck Rayner
March 30 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden III Recap  
Jim McFadden (3) – 03:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:08 – pp – Bryan Hextall (1)
10:41 – Eddie Kullman (1)
No scoring Third period 13:32 – Tony Leswick (3)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Chuck Rayner
April 1 New York Rangers 1–3 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 04:02 – pp – Red Kelly (1)
No scoring Second period 14:13 – pp – Pete Horeck (1)
Buddy O'Connor (1) – 12:49 Third period 13:55 – Red Kelly (2)
Chuck Rayner Goalie stats Harry Lumley
April 4 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden III Recap  
Red Kelly (3) – pp – 13:46
Gordie Howe (1) – pp – 14:30
Pat Lundy (1) – 17:51 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jim McFadden (4) – 10:49 Third period 12:49 – Don Raleigh (1)
19:08 – Don Raleigh (2)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Chuck Rayner
Detroit won series 4–2


Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1948 Stanley Cup Finals


April 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Jim McFadden (5) – 07:20 First period 08:21 – Harry Watson (1)
09:04 – Joe Klukay (1)
18:24 – Syl Apps (3)
No scoring Second period 14:31 – Gus Mortson (1)
19:21 – Howie Meeker (2)
Jim Conacher (2) – 04:28
Ted Lindsay (3) – 05:25 		Third period No scoring
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Turk Broda
April 10 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 13:31 – Max Bentley (3)
Pete Horeck (2) – 18:18 Second period 03:38 – pp – Bill Ezinicki (3)
17:16 – pp – Max Bentley (4)
18:50 – Harry Watson (2)
Fern Gauthier (1) – pp – 17:18 Third period No scoring
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Turk Broda
April 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Harry Watson (3) – 19:42 Second period No scoring
Vic Lynn (2) – 15:16 Third period No scoring
Turk Broda Goalie stats Harry Lumley
April 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
Ted Kennedy (7) – pp – 02:51
Garth Boesch (2) – sh – 05:03
Harry Watson (4) – 11:13 		First period No scoring
Syl Apps (4) – 04:26
Ted Kennedy (8) – 09:42
Harry Watson (5) – sh – 11:38 		Second period 02:41 – Leo Reise (2)
Les Costello (2) – pp – 14:37 Third period 18:48 – Pete Horeck (3)
Turk Broda Goalie stats Harry Lumley
Toronto won series 4–0


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ted Lindsay LW 60 33 19 52 95
Jim McFadden C 60 24 24 48 12
Gordie Howe RW 60 16 28 44 63
Sid Abel C/LW 60 14 30 44 69
Jim Conacher C 60 17 23 40 2
Pete Horeck LW 50 12 17 29 44
Don Morrison C 40 10 15 25 6
Bep Guidolin LW 58 12 10 22 78
Bill Quackenbush D 58 6 16 22 17
Red Kelly D/C 60 6 14 20 13
Jack Stewart D 60 5 14 19 91
Rod Morrison RW 34 8 7 15 4
Marty Pavelich LW 41 4 8 12 10
Leo Reise D 58 5 4 9 30
Gerry Couture RW 19 3 6 9 2
Doug McCaig D 29 3 3 6 37
Fern Gauthier RW 35 1 5 6 2
Pat Lundy C 11 4 1 5 6
Max McNab C 12 2 2 4 2
Eddie Bruneteau RW 18 1 1 2 2
Enio Sclisizzi LW 4 1 0 1 0
Harry Lumley G 60 0 0 0 8
Tom McGrattan G 1 0 0 0 0
Ed Nicholson D 1 0 0 0 0
Barry Sullivan RW 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley 3592 60 30 18 12 147 2.46 7
Tom McGrattan 8 1 0 0 0 1 7.50 0
Team: 3600 60 30 18 12 148 2.47 7

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Pete Horeck LW 10 3 7 10 12
Jim McFadden C 10 5 3 8 10
Red Kelly D/C 10 3 2 5 2
Ted Lindsay LW 10 3 1 4 6
Marty Pavelich LW 10 2 2 4 6
Jack Stewart D 9 1 3 4 6
Leo Reise D 10 2 1 3 12
Sid Abel C/LW 10 0 3 3 16
Jim Conacher C 9 2 0 2 2
Fern Gauthier RW 10 1 1 2 5
Gordie Howe RW 10 1 1 2 11
Pat Lundy C 5 1 1 2 0
Bill Quackenbush D 10 0 2 2 0
Lee Fogolin D 2 0 1 1 6
Don Morrison C 3 0 1 1 0
Eddie Bruneteau RW 6 0 0 0 0
Al Dewsbury D 1 0 0 0 0
Bep Guidolin LW 2 0 0 0 4
Harry Lumley G 10 0 0 0 10
Max McNab C 3 0 0 0 2
Rod Morrison RW 3 0 0 0 0
Enio Sclisizzi LW 6 0 0 0 4
Cliff Simpson C 1 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley 600 10 4 6 30 3.00 0
Team: 600 10 4 6 30 3.00 0

[3]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1947-48 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.