Sports season
The 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season was the 15th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, ninth as the Red Wings. The Red Wings made it to the Stanley Cup Final , losing to the Boston Bruins .
Offseason [ ]
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Regular season [ ]
Final standings [ ]
[1]
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents [ ]
1940-41 NHL Records
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MON
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
4–2–2
3–0–5
5–2–1
7–0–1
4–2–2
4–2–2
Chicago
2–4–2
—
2–6
3–4–1
3–2–3
4–3–1
2–6
Detroit
0–3–5
6–2
—
4–3–1
5–1–2
3–2–3
3–5
Montreal
2–5–1
4–3–1
3–4–1
—
4–3–1
2–5–1
1–6–1
N.Y. Americans
0–7–1
2–3–3
1–5–2
3–4–1
—
1–6–1
1–4–3
N.Y. Rangers
2–4–2
3–4–1
2–3–2
5–2–1
6–1–1
—
3–5
Toronto
2–4–2
6–2
5–3
6–1–1
4–1–3
5–3
—
Schedule and results [ ]
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
W
November 3, 1940
4–2
New York Americans (1940–41 )
1–0–0
2
L
November 9, 1940
0–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
1–1–0
3
T
November 10, 1940
2–2 OT
New York Rangers (1940–41 )
1–1–1
4
T
November 16, 1940
3–3 OT
@ New York Rangers (1940–41 )
1–1–2
5
W
November 17, 1940
2–0
@ New York Americans (1940–41 )
2–1–2
6
T
November 19, 1940
4–4 OT
@ Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
2–1–3
7
W
November 21, 1940
2–1
Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
3–1–3
8
T
November 24, 1940
1–1 OT
Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
3–1–4
9
W
November 29, 1940
3–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
4–1–4
10
L
December 1, 1940
1–3
Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
4–2–4
11
W
December 5, 1940
5–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
5–2–4
12
L
December 7, 1940
2–3
@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
5–3–4
13
W
December 8, 1940
3–1
@ New York Rangers (1940–41 )
6–3–4
14
W
December 13, 1940
3–2 OT
New York Rangers (1940–41 )
7–3–4
15
L
December 15, 1940
1–2 OT
Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
7–4–4
16
L
December 17, 1940
2–3 OT
@ New York Americans (1940–41 )
7–5–4
17
T
December 19, 1940
1–1 OT
New York Americans (1940–41 )
7–5–5
18
L
December 22, 1940
3–5
Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
7–6–5
19
W
December 25, 1940
3–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
8–6–5
20
W
December 29, 1940
2–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
9–6–5
21
W
January 1, 1941
4–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
10–6–5
22
W
January 4, 1941
3–1
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
11–6–5
23
W
January 5, 1941
3–0
Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
12–6–5
24
T
January 7, 1941
1–1 OT
@ Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
12–6–6
25
T
January 9, 1941
3–3 OT
@ New York Americans (1940–41 )
12–6–7
26
L
January 12, 1941
1–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
12–7–7
27
T
January 14, 1941
3–3 OT
@ New York Rangers (1940–41 )
12–7–8
28
L
January 18, 1941
1–2
@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
12–8–8
29
L
January 19, 1941
1–2
New York Rangers (1940–41 )
12–9–8
30
W
January 24, 1941
4–2 OT
New York Americans (1940–41 )
13–9–8
31
L
January 26, 1941
0–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
13–10–8
32
L
January 30, 1941
1–2
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
13–11–8
33
T
February 6, 1941
4–4 OT
@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
13–11–9
34
T
February 9, 1941
2–2 OT
Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
13–11–10
35
L
February 11, 1941
0–4
@ Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
13–12–10
36
W
February 14, 1941
2–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
14–12–10
37
W
February 16, 1941
2–1
Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
15–12–10
38
L
February 22, 1941
2–6
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
15–13–10
39
W
February 23, 1941
3–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41 )
16–13–10
40
L
February 27, 1941
0–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
16–14–10
41
W
February 28, 1941
5–4
New York Americans (1940–41 )
17–14–10
42
W
March 2, 1941
4–2 OT
New York Rangers (1940–41 )
18–14–10
43
L
March 4, 1941
0–6
@ New York Rangers (1940–41 )
18–15–10
44
W
March 6, 1941
6–1
@ New York Americans (1940–41 )
19–15–10
45
W
March 8, 1941
4–0
@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41 )
20–15–10
46
W
March 13, 1941
3–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41 )
21–15–10
47
T
March 16, 1941
2–2 OT
Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
21–15–11
48
L
March 18, 1941
1–4
@ Boston Bruins (1940–41 )
21–16–11
Playoffs [ ]
(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers [ ]
New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Mar 20
New York R.
1
Detroit
2 (OT)
Mar 23
Detroit
1
New York R.
3
Mar 25
New York R.
2
Detroit
3
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.
(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks [ ]
Chicago Black Hawks vs Detroit Red Wings
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Mar 27
Chicago
1
Detroit
3
Mar 30
Detroit
2
Chicago
1 (OT)
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.
(1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings [ ]
Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins
Date
Visitors
Score
Home
Score
Apr 6
Detroit
2
Boston
3
Apr 8
Detroit
1
Boston
2
Apr 10
Boston
4
Detroit
2
Apr 12
Boston
3
Detroit
1
Boston wins the Stanley Cup 4–0.
Player statistics [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SO
Johnny Mowers
3040
48
21
16
11
102
2.01
4
Team:
3040
48
21
16
11
102
2.01
4
Playoffs [ ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Johnny Mowers
561
9
4
5
20
2.14
0
Team:
561
9
4
5
20
2.14
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 [ ]
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Transactions [ ]
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Roster [ ]
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See also [ ]
References [ ]
Bibliography
Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey . Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X .
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