1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season

1958–59 Detroit Red Wings
Division6th NHL
1958–59 record25–37–8
Goals for167
Goals against218
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachSid Abel
CaptainGordie Howe
Alternate captainsRed Kelly
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (32)
AssistsGordie Howe (46)
PointsGordie Howe (78)
Penalty minutesPete Goegan (109)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (23)
Goals against averageBob Perreault (3.00)

The 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 33rd season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 39 18 13 258 158 +100 91
2 Boston Bruins 70 32 29 9 205 215 −10 73
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 197 208 −11 69
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 189 201 −12 65
5 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 201 217 −16 64
6 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 37 8 167 218 −51 58

Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–7–1 8–5–1 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1 — 6–7–1 1–8–5 7–4–3 7–4–3
Detroit 5–8–1 7–6–1 — 1–9–4 6–7–1 6–7–1
Montreal 6–6–2 8–1–5 9–1–4 — 8–5–1 8–5–1
New York 5–6–3 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 — 5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–2 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1958 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 0–1–0
2 W October 12, 1958 3–0 New York Rangers (1958–59) 1–1–0
3 L October 16, 1958 2–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 1–2–0
4 W October 18, 1958 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 2–2–0
5 W October 19, 1958 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 3–2–0
6 W October 23, 1958 3–1 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 4–2–0
7 L October 25, 1958 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 4–3–0
8 L October 26, 1958 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 4–4–0
9 W October 30, 1958 4–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 5–4–0
10 L November 1, 1958 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 5–5–0
11 W November 2, 1958 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 6–5–0
12 L November 8, 1958 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 6–6–0
13 L November 9, 1958 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 6–7–0
14 W November 13, 1958 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 7–7–0
15 W November 15, 1958 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 8–7–0
16 L November 16, 1958 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 8–8–0
17 W November 18, 1958 6–0 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 9–8–0
18 T November 20, 1958 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 9–8–1
19 L November 22, 1958 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 9–9–1
20 W November 23, 1958 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 10–9–1
21 W November 26, 1958 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 11–9–1
22 W November 27, 1958 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 12–9–1
23 L November 29, 1958 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 12–10–1
24 L November 30, 1958 0–7 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 12–11–1
25 W December 4, 1958 4–0 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 13–11–1
26 W December 6, 1958 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 14–11–1
27 T December 7, 1958 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 14–11–2
28 W December 10, 1958 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 15–11–2
29 T December 13, 1958 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 15–11–3
30 L December 14, 1958 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 15–12–3
31 L December 18, 1958 0–2 New York Rangers (1958–59) 15–13–3
32 L December 21, 1958 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 15–14–3
33 L December 25, 1958 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 15–15–3
34 W December 28, 1958 5–3 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 16–15–3
35 L December 31, 1958 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 16–16–3
36 L January 3, 1959 2–8 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 16–17–3
37 T January 4, 1959 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 16–17–4
38 L January 7, 1959 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 16–18–4
39 T January 10, 1959 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 16–18–5
40 T January 11, 1959 6–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 16–18–6
41 L January 15, 1959 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 16–19–6
42 L January 17, 1959 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 16–20–6
43 L January 18, 1959 2–4 New York Rangers (1958–59) 16–21–6
44 W January 21, 1959 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 17–21–6
45 W January 24, 1959 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 18–21–6
46 L January 25, 1959 3–7 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 18–22–6
47 W January 29, 1959 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 19–22–6
48 L January 31, 1959 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 19–23–6
49 L February 1, 1959 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 19–24–6
50 L February 5, 1959 0–5 New York Rangers (1958–59) 19–25–6
51 L February 7, 1959 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 19–26–6
52 L February 8, 1959 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 19–27–6
53 W February 12, 1959 1–0 New York Rangers (1958–59) 20–27–6
54 W February 15, 1959 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 21–27–6
55 L February 19, 1959 0–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 21–28–6
56 W February 21, 1959 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 22–28–6
57 L February 22, 1959 1–4 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 22–29–6
58 L February 25, 1959 3–6 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 22–30–6
59 W February 28, 1959 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 23–30–6
60 L March 1, 1959 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 23–31–6
61 T March 3, 1959 2–2 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 23–31–7
62 L March 5, 1959 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 23–32–7
63 L March 7, 1959 2–10 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 23–33–7
64 L March 8, 1959 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 23–34–7
65 T March 10, 1959 5–5 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 23–34–8
66 L March 14, 1959 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 23–35–8
67 W March 15, 1959 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 24–35–8
68 W March 17, 1959 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 25–35–8
69 L March 21, 1959 2–5 New York Rangers (1958–59) 25–36–8
70 L March 22, 1959 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 25–37–8

Playoffs

They failed to make the playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 32 46 78 57
Norm Ullman C 69 22 36 58 42
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 19 35 54 6
Marcel Pronovost D 69 11 21 32 44
Jack McIntyre RW 55 15 14 29 14
Johnny Wilson LW 70 11 17 28 18
Len Lunde C 68 14 12 26 15
Nick Mickoski LW 66 11 15 26 20
Red Kelly D/C 67 8 13 21 34
Charlie Burns C 70 9 11 20 32
Pete Goegan D 67 1 11 12 109
Warren Godfrey D 69 6 4 10 44
Claude Laforge LW 57 2 5 7 18
Billy McNeill RW 54 2 5 7 32
Tom McCarthy LW 15 2 3 5 4
Forbes Kennedy C 67 1 4 5 149
Chuck Holmes RW 15 0 3 3 6
Stu McNeill C 3 1 1 2 2
Cummy Burton RW 14 0 1 1 9
Gerry Ehman RW 6 0 1 1 4
Lou Marcon D 21 0 1 1 12
Gus Mortson D 36 0 1 1 22
Gene Achtymichuk C 12 0 0 0 0
Dunc Fisher RW 8 0 0 0 0
Jack Hendrickson D 3 0 0 0 2
Bob Perreault G 3 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 67 0 0 0 12
Gord Strate D 11 0 0 0 6
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 4020 67 23 36 8 207 3.09 5
Bob Perreault 180 3 2 1 0 9 3.00 1
Team: 4200 70 25 37 8 216 3.09 6

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1958-59 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.