1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1938–39 record	19–20–9
Team information
General Manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Red Horner
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
<1937–38	1939–40>

The 1938–39 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's twenty-second season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Boston Bruins.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	36	10	2	156	76	74
New York Rangers	48	26	16	6	149	105	58
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	19	20	9	114	107	47
New York Americans	48	17	21	10	119	157	44
Detroit Red Wings	48	18	24	6	107	128	42
Montreal Canadiens	48	15	24	9	115	146	39
Chicago Black Hawks	48	12	28	8	91	132	32

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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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 3, 1938	2–3	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	0–1–0
2	L	November 5, 1938	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	0–2–0
3	W	November 10, 1938	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	1–2–0
4	W	November 12, 1938	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	2–2–0
5	T	November 15, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	2–2–1
6	W	November 17, 1938	1–0	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	3–2–1
7	L	November 19, 1938	1–2 OT	New York Americans (1938–39)	3–3–1
8	T	November 20, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	3–3–2
9	L	November 24, 1938	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	3–4–2
10	W	November 26, 1938	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	4–4–2
11	L	December 3, 1938	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	4–5–2
12	L	December 4, 1938	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	4–6–2
13	W	December 10, 1938	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	5–6–2
14	T	December 15, 1938	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	5–6–3
15	L	December 17, 1938	2–3	New York Rangers (1938–39)	5–7–3
16	W	December 24, 1938	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	6–7–3
17	W	December 26, 1938	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	7–7–3
18	L	December 27, 1938	2–8	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	7–8–3
19	L	December 31, 1938	2–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	7–9–3
20	L	January 1, 1939	1–5	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	7–10–3
21	T	January 3, 1939	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	7–10–4
22	W	January 7, 1939	2–0	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	8–10–4
23	L	January 8, 1939	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	8–11–4
24	W	January 12, 1939	9–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	9–11–4
25	W	January 14, 1939	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	10–11–4
26	L	January 15, 1939	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	10–12–4
27	L	January 17, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	10–13–4
28	W	January 21, 1939	7–2	New York Americans (1938–39)	11–13–4
29	L	January 24, 1939	1–4	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	11–14–4
30	W	January 28, 1939	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	12–14–4
31	T	January 29, 1939	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	12–14–5
32	L	February 2, 1939	1–2	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–15–5
33	L	February 4, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–16–5
34	T	February 5, 1939	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–16–6
35	L	February 7, 1939	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–17–6
36	T	February 11, 1939	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	12–17–7
37	W	February 12, 1939	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	13–17–7
38	W	February 18, 1939	2–1	New York Rangers (1938–39)	14–17–7
39	W	February 19, 1939	4–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	15–17–7
40	W	February 25, 1939	1–0	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	16–17–7
41	L	February 26, 1939	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	16–18–7
42	T	February 28, 1939	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	16–18–8
43	L	March 2, 1939	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	16–19–8
44	T	March 4, 1939	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	16–19–9
45	W	March 11, 1939	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)	17–19–9
46	W	March 14, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	18–19–9
47	W	March 18, 1939	2–1	New York Rangers (1938–39)	19–19–9
48	L	March 19, 1939	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	19–20–9

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	44	15	25	40	4
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	40	18	16	34	15
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	41	10	17	27	12
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	48	10	16	26	32
Romnes, DocDoc Romnes	LW/C	36	7	16	23	0
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	48	11	11	22	12
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	47	11	10	21	15
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	29	9	6	15	11
Parsons, GeorgeGeorge Parsons	LW	43	7	7	14	14
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	47	4	10	14	29
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	48	4	10	14	85
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	41	2	8	10	52
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler	D	39	1	6	7	9
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	48	0	7	7	54
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	33	3	3	6	20
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	12	1	4	5	4
Church, JackJack Church	D	3	0	2	2	2
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	2	1	0	1	0
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	3	0	1	1	0
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	11	0	0	0	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	48	0	0	0	0
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	6	0	0	0	0
Mann, NormNorm Mann	RW/C	16	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	2990	48	19	20	9	107	2.15	8
Team:	2990	48	19	20	9	107	2.15	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	10	7	6	13	4
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	10	2	6	8	2
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	10	2	5	7	4
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	10	3	3	6	6
Romnes, DocDoc Romnes	LW/C	10	1	4	5	0
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	10	2	2	4	0
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	10	1	2	3	26
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	11	1	2	3	2
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	10	1	1	2	6
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	10	1	1	2	20
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	10	0	2	2	4
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	9	1	0	1	0
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler	D	9	0	1	1	2
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	7	0	1	1	2
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	10	0	0	0	0
Church, JackJack Church	D	1	0	0	0	0
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	2	0	0	0	4
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	10	0	0	0	4
Metz, DonDon Metz	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	617	10	5	5	20	1.94	2
Team:	617	10	5	5	20	1.94	2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

• October 12, 1938: Traded Charlie Conacher to the Detroit Red Wings for $16,000
• November 3, 1938: Acquired Gus Marker from the Montreal Maroons for $4,000
• November 15, 1938: Acquired Norman Mann from the New York Rangers for $4,000
• December 8, 1938: Acquired Doc Romnes from the Chicago Black Hawks for Bill Thoms
• December 19, 1938: Acquired Bucko McDonald from the Detroit Red Wings for Bill Thomson and $10,000

Roster

Farm teams

• Syracuse Stars

See also

• 1938–39 NHL season

References

Toronto Maple Leafs Franchise Franchise History Original Six • Players Coaches GMs Seasons Records Draft picks Award winners Broadcasters Arenas Mutual Street Arena Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre Affiliates Toronto Marlies (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) Rivalries Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Other Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Carlton the Bear 67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire

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