1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season

1957–58 Detroit Red Wings
Division3rd NHL
1957–58 record29–29–12
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJimmy Skinner
Sid Abel
CaptainRed Kelly
Alternate captainsAlex Delvecchio
Gordie Howe
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (33)
AssistsGordie Howe (44)
PointsGordie Howe (77)
Penalty minutesForbes Kennedy (135)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (29)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.94)

The 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 32nd season. The season involved sending Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

  • July 23, 1957 – The Chicago Black Hawks acquired Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Johnny Wilson, Forbes Kennedy, Hank Bassen, and Bill Preston.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 43 17 10 250 158 +92 96
2 New York Rangers 70 32 25 13 195 188 +7 77
3 Detroit Red Wings 70 29 29 12 176 207 −31 70
4 Boston Bruins 70 27 28 15 199 194 +5 69
5 Chicago Black Hawks 70 24 39 7 163 202 −39 55
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 21 38 11 192 226 −34 53

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 7–3–4 8–5–1 3–9–2 6–5–3 3–6–5
Chicago 3–7–4 — 7–7 3–10–1 4–9–1 7–6–1
Detroit 5–8–1 7–7 — 3–7–4 4–5–5 10–2–2
Montreal 9–3–2 10–3–1 7–3–4 — 6–6–2 11–2–1
New York 5–6–3 9–4–1 5–4–5 6–6–2 — 7–5–2
Toronto 6–3–5 6–7–1 2–10–2 2–11–1 5–7–2 —


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 10, 1957 2–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 0–1–0
2 W October 12, 1957 5–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 1–1–0
3 L October 13, 1957 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 1–2–0
4 L October 17, 1957 1–5 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 1–3–0
5 W October 20, 1957 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 2–3–0
6 W October 24, 1957 4–3 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 3–3–0
7 L October 27, 1957 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 3–4–0
8 L October 29, 1957 0–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 3–5–0
9 W October 30, 1957 4–0 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 4–5–0
10 L November 2, 1957 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 4–6–0
11 L November 3, 1957 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 4–7–0
12 T November 5, 1957 1–1 New York Rangers (1957–58) 4–7–1
13 L November 7, 1957 0–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 4–8–1
14 T November 9, 1957 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 4–8–2
15 L November 10, 1957 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 4–9–2
16 W November 16, 1957 1–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 5–9–2
17 L November 17, 1957 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 5–10–2
18 T November 20, 1957 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 5–10–3
19 W November 23, 1957 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 6–10–3
20 T November 24, 1957 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 6–10–4
21 T November 28, 1957 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 6–10–5
22 W November 30, 1957 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 7–10–5
23 L December 1, 1957 1–5 New York Rangers (1957–58) 7–11–5
24 L December 5, 1957 2–7 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 7–12–5
25 W December 7, 1957 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 8–12–5
26 L December 8, 1957 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 8–13–5
27 W December 12, 1957 3–2 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 9–13–5
28 T December 14, 1957 4–4 New York Rangers (1957–58) 9–13–6
29 L December 15, 1957 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 9–14–6
30 W December 19, 1957 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 10–14–6
31 W December 21, 1957 5–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 11–14–6
32 W December 22, 1957 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 12–14–6
33 L December 25, 1957 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 12–15–6
34 L December 28, 1957 0–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 12–16–6
35 T December 29, 1957 2–2 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 12–16–7
36 W December 31, 1957 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 13–16–7
37 L January 1, 1958 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 13–17–7
38 L January 4, 1958 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 13–18–7
39 W January 5, 1958 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 14–18–7
40 W January 9, 1958 6–1 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 15–18–7
41 W January 11, 1958 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 16–18–7
42 W January 12, 1958 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 17–18–7
43 W January 16, 1958 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 18–18–7
44 L January 18, 1958 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 18–19–7
45 L January 19, 1958 1–6 New York Rangers (1957–58) 18–20–7
46 L January 25, 1958 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 18–21–7
47 W January 26, 1958 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 19–21–7
48 L January 30, 1958 0–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 19–22–7
49 L February 1, 1958 2–9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 19–23–7
50 W February 2, 1958 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 20–23–7
51 T February 6, 1958 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 20–23–8
52 L February 8, 1958 2–5 New York Rangers (1957–58) 20–24–8
53 W February 9, 1958 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 21–24–8
54 L February 13, 1958 0–5 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 21–25–8
55 W February 15, 1958 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 22–25–8
56 W February 16, 1958 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 23–25–8
57 W February 22, 1958 6–1 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 24–25–8
58 T February 23, 1958 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 24–25–9
59 T March 1, 1958 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 24–25–10
60 T March 2, 1958 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 24–25–11
61 L March 4, 1958 1–2 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 24–26–11
62 L March 8, 1958 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 24–27–11
63 W March 9, 1958 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 25–27–11
64 T March 11, 1958 2–2 New York Rangers (1957–58) 25–27–12
65 W March 15, 1958 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 26–27–12
66 W March 16, 1958 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 27–27–12
67 W March 18, 1958 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 28–27–12
68 L March 20, 1958 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 28–28–12
69 L March 22, 1958 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 28–29–12
70 W March 23, 1958 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 29–29–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 64 33 44 77 40
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 21 38 59 22
Norm Ullman C 69 23 28 51 38
Johnny Wilson LW 70 12 27 39 14
Red Kelly D/C 61 13 18 31 26
Forbes Kennedy C 70 11 16 27 135
Jack McIntyre D 41 15 7 22 4
Nick Mickoski LW 37 8 12 20 30
Marcel Pronovost D 62 2 18 20 52
Warren Godfrey D 67 2 16 18 56
Don Poile C 62 7 9 16 12
Billy McNeill RW 35 5 10 15 29
Bob Bailey RW 36 6 6 12 41
Dutch Reibel C 29 4 5 9 4
Billy Dea LW 29 4 4 8 6
Al Arbour D 69 1 6 7 104
Bill Dineen RW 22 2 4 6 2
Lorne Ferguson LW 15 1 3 4 0
Tom McCarthy LW 18 2 1 3 4
Gord Hollingworth D 27 1 2 3 22
Tony Leswick W 22 1 2 3 2
Metro Prystai C 15 1 1 2 4
Pete Goegan D 14 0 2 2 28
Hec Lalande C 12 0 2 2 2
Bill McCreary LW 3 1 0 1 2
Cummy Burton RW 26 0 1 1 12
Murray Oliver C 1 0 1 1 0
Brian Smith LW 4 0 1 1 0
Dave Amadio D 2 0 0 0 2
Guyle Fielder C 6 0 0 0 2
Jack Hendrickson D 1 0 0 0 0
Brian Kilrea C 1 0 0 0 0
Stu McNeill C 2 0 0 0 0
Dennis Olson C 4 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 70 0 0 0 39
Gord Strate D 45 0 0 0 24
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 4200 70 29 29 12 206 2.94 3
Team: 4200 70 29 29 12 206 2.94 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny Wilson LW 4 2 1 3 0
Gordie Howe RW 4 1 1 2 0
Jack McIntyre D 4 1 1 2 0
Billy McNeill RW 4 1 1 2 4
Norm Ullman C 4 0 2 2 4
Forbes Kennedy C 4 1 0 1 12
Al Arbour D 4 0 1 1 4
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 4 0 1 1 0
Red Kelly D/C 4 0 1 1 2
Marcel Pronovost D 4 0 1 1 4
Bob Bailey RW 4 0 0 0 16
Warren Godfrey D 4 0 0 0 0
Pete Goegan D 4 0 0 0 18
Tony Leswick W 4 0 0 0 0
Nick Mickoski LW 4 0 0 0 4
Don Poile C 4 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 252 4 0 4 19 4.52 0
Team: 252 4 0 4 19 4.52 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;

References

  1. ^ "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1957-58 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.