1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season

1948–49 Detroit Red Wings
Division1st NHL
1948–49 record34–19–7
Goals for195
Goals against145
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachTommy Ivan
CaptainSid Abel
Team leaders
GoalsSid Abel (28)
AssistsTed Lindsay (28)
PointsSid Abel (54)
Ted Lindsay (54)
Penalty minutesJack Stewart (96)
WinsHarry Lumley (34)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (2.42)

The 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 23rd season.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 60 34 19 7 195 145 +50 75
2 Boston Bruins 60 29 23 8 178 163 +15 66
3 Montreal Canadiens 60 28 23 9 152 126 +26 65
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 22 25 13 147 161 −14 57
5 Chicago Black Hawks 60 21 31 8 173 211 −38 50
6 New York Rangers 60 18 31 11 133 172 −39 47

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–5–1 5–4–3 5–6–1 8–2–2 5–6–1
Chicago 5–6–1 — 3–9 3–7–2 6–5–1 4–4–4
Detroit 4–5–3 9–3 — 7–4–1 7–4–1 7–3–2
Montreal 6–5–1 7–3–2 4–7–1 — 5–4–3 6–4–2
New York 2–8–2 5–6–1 4–7–1 4–5–3 — 3–5–4
Toronto 6–5–1 4–4–4 3–7–2 4–6–2 5–3–4 —


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 13, 1948 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 1–0–0
2 W October 17, 1948 7–0 New York Rangers (1948–49) 2–0–0
3 T October 23, 1948 0–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 2–0–1
4 W October 24, 1948 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 3–0–1
5 W October 27, 1948 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 4–0–1
6 L October 30, 1948 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 4–1–1
7 W October 31, 1948 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 5–1–1
8 L November 6, 1948 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 5–2–1
9 W November 7, 1948 7–3 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 6–2–1
10 L November 11, 1948 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 6–3–1
11 W November 14, 1948 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 7–3–1
12 T November 17, 1948 4–4 New York Rangers (1948–49) 7–3–2
13 L November 21, 1948 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 7–4–2
14 L November 24, 1948 3–5 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 7–5–2
15 L November 27, 1948 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 7–6–2
16 W November 28, 1948 9–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 8–6–2
17 W December 1, 1948 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 9–6–2
18 W December 4, 1948 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 10–6–2
19 W December 5, 1948 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 11–6–2
20 W December 8, 1948 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 12–6–2
21 W December 11, 1948 5–3 New York Rangers (1948–49) 13–6–2
22 L December 12, 1948 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 13–7–2
23 L December 15, 1948 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 13–8–2
24 L December 18, 1948 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 13–9–2
25 W December 19, 1948 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 14–9–2
26 L December 22, 1948 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 14–10–2
27 L December 25, 1948 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 14–11–2
28 W December 26, 1948 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 15–11–2
29 W December 29, 1948 10–2 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 16–11–2
30 L January 1, 1949 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 16–12–2
31 W January 2, 1949 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 17–12–2
32 L January 6, 1949 2–3 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 17–13–2
33 W January 8, 1949 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 18–13–2
34 T January 9, 1949 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 18–13–3
35 W January 12, 1949 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 19–13–3
36 W January 16, 1949 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 20–13–3
37 W January 19, 1949 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 21–13–3
38 T January 22, 1949 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 21–13–4
39 W January 23, 1949 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 22–13–4
40 L January 26, 1949 1–5 New York Rangers (1948–49) 22–14–4
41 W January 29, 1949 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 23–14–4
42 W January 30, 1949 4–0 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 24–14–4
43 W February 2, 1949 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 25–14–4
44 W February 3, 1949 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 26–14–4
45 W February 6, 1949 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 27–14–4
46 W February 9, 1949 8–0 New York Rangers (1948–49) 28–14–4
47 L February 12, 1949 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 28–15–4
48 T February 13, 1949 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 28–15–5
49 L February 16, 1949 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 28–16–5
50 T February 21, 1949 2–2 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 28–16–6
51 L February 26, 1949 0–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 28–17–6
52 L February 27, 1949 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 28–18–6
53 T March 2, 1949 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 28–18–7
54 W March 5, 1949 6–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 29–18–7
55 W March 6, 1949 6–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 30–18–7
56 W March 9, 1949 5–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 31–18–7
57 L March 13, 1949 2–6 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 31–19–7
58 W March 16, 1949 6–2 New York Rangers (1948–49) 32–19–7
59 W March 19, 1949 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 33–19–7
60 W March 20, 1949 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 34–19–7

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Abel C/LW 60 28 26 54 49
Ted Lindsay LW 50 26 28 54 97
Bud Poile RW 56 21 21 42 6
Gordie Howe RW 40 12 25 37 57
Jim McFadden C 55 12 20 32 10
Pete Horeck LW 60 14 16 30 46
Gerry Couture RW 51 19 10 29 6
Marty Pavelich LW 60 10 16 26 40
Max McNab C 51 10 13 23 14
Bill Quackenbush D 60 6 17 23 0
George Gee C 47 7 12 19 27
Enio Sclisizzi LW 50 9 8 17 24
Red Kelly D/C 59 5 11 16 10
Jack Stewart D 60 4 11 15 96
Leo Reise D 59 3 7 10 60
Pat Lundy C 15 4 3 7 4
Fern Gauthier RW 41 3 2 5 2
Lee Fogolin Sr. D 43 1 2 3 59
Jim Conacher C 4 1 0 1 2
Don Morrison C 13 0 1 1 0
Eddie Bruneteau RW 1 0 0 0 0
Bep Guidolin LW 4 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 60 0 0 0 12
Calum MacKay LW 1 0 0 0 0
Doug McCaig D 1 0 0 0 0
Nels Podolsky LW 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley 3600 60 34 19 7 145 2.42 6
Team: 3600 60 34 19 7 145 2.42 6

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 11 8 3 11 19
Ted Lindsay LW 11 2 6 8 31
Sid Abel C/LW 11 3 3 6 6
George Gee C 10 1 3 4 22
Gerry Couture RW 10 2 0 2 2
Pete Horeck LW 11 1 1 2 10
Red Kelly D/C 11 1 1 2 10
Bill Quackenbush D 11 1 1 2 0
Jack Stewart D 11 1 1 2 32
Max McNab C 10 1 0 1 2
Leo Reise D 11 1 0 1 4
Jim McFadden C 8 0 1 1 6
Marty Pavelich LW 9 0 1 1 8
Bud Poile RW 10 0 1 1 2
Lee Fogolin Sr. D 9 0 0 0 4
Fred Glover C 2 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 11 0 0 0 2
Pat Lundy C 4 0 0 0 0
Nels Podolsky LW 7 0 0 0 4
Gerry Reid C 2 0 0 0 2
Enio Sclisizzi LW 6 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley 726 11 4 7 26 2.15 0
Team: 726 11 4 7 26 2.15 0

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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;

See also

References

  1. ^ "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1948-49 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.