# 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 222 | 131 | +91 | 100 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 183 | 148 | +35 | 76 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 204 | 203 | +1 | 74 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 153 | 181 | −28 | 61 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 147 | 185 | −38 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 155 | 216 | −61 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–8–3 | 3–8–3 | 5–8–1 | 7–5–2 | 5–5–4 |
| Chicago | 8–3–3 | — | 2–8–4 | 1–12–1 | 3–10–1 | 5–6–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 8–2–4 | — | 4–8–2 | 5–6–3 | 5–5–4 |
| Montreal | 8–5–1 | 12–1–1 | 8–4–2 | — | 8–2–4 | 9–3–2 |
| New York | 5–7–2 | 10–3–1 | 6–5–3 | 2–8–4 | — | 9–5 |
| Toronto | 5–5–4 | 6–5–3 | 5–5–4 | 3–9–2 | 5–9 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 6, 1955 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | October 8, 1955 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | October 9, 1955 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | W | October 15, 1955 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | W | October 16, 1955 | 6–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | T | October 20, 1955 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 2–3–1 |
| 7 | T | October 22, 1955 | 0–0 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | L | October 26, 1955 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 2–4–2 |
| 9 | L | October 29, 1955 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 2–5–2 |
| 10 | T | October 30, 1955 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 2–5–3 |
| 11 | L | November 2, 1955 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 2–6–3 |
| 12 | T | November 3, 1955 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 2–6–4 |
| 13 | T | November 5, 1955 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 2–6–5 |
| 14 | W | November 6, 1955 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 3–6–5 |
| 15 | T | November 10, 1955 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 3–6–6 |
| 16 | L | November 12, 1955 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 3–7–6 |
| 17 | T | November 13, 1955 | 0–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 3–7–7 |
| 18 | T | November 16, 1955 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 3–7–8 |
| 19 | W | November 19, 1955 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 4–7–8 |
| 20 | T | November 20, 1955 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 4–7–9 |
| 21 | W | November 24, 1955 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 5–7–9 |
| 22 | L | November 27, 1955 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 5–8–9 |
| 23 | T | November 30, 1955 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 5–8–10 |
| 24 | W | December 3, 1955 | 5–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 6–8–10 |
| 25 | L | December 4, 1955 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 6–9–10 |
| 26 | T | December 8, 1955 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 6–9–11 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1955 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 6–10–11 |
| 28 | W | December 11, 1955 | 2–0 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 7–10–11 |
| 29 | W | December 15, 1955 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 8–10–11 |
| 30 | W | December 18, 1955 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 9–10–11 |
| 31 | W | December 22, 1955 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 10–10–11 |
| 32 | L | December 24, 1955 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 10–11–11 |
| 33 | T | December 25, 1955 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 10–11–12 |
| 34 | W | December 29, 1955 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 11–11–12 |
| 35 | T | December 31, 1955 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 11–11–13 |
| 36 | W | January 1, 1956 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 12–11–13 |
| 37 | L | January 4, 1956 | 4–5 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 12–12–13 |
| 38 | W | January 5, 1956 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 13–12–13 |
| 39 | W | January 8, 1956 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 14–12–13 |
| 40 | W | January 12, 1956 | 6–0 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 15–12–13 |
| 41 | W | January 14, 1956 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 16–12–13 |
| 42 | W | January 15, 1956 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 17–12–13 |
| 43 | W | January 19, 1956 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 18–12–13 |
| 44 | L | January 21, 1956 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 18–13–13 |
| 45 | W | January 22, 1956 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 19–13–13 |
| 46 | W | January 26, 1956 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 20–13–13 |
| 47 | W | January 27, 1956 | 7–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 21–13–13 |
| 48 | T | January 29, 1956 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 21–13–14 |
| 49 | L | February 2, 1956 | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 21–14–14 |
| 50 | L | February 4, 1956 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 21–15–14 |
| 51 | L | February 5, 1956 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 21–16–14 |
| 52 | W | February 7, 1956 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 22–16–14 |
| 53 | L | February 11, 1956 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 22–17–14 |
| 54 | L | February 12, 1956 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 22–18–14 |
| 55 | W | February 14, 1956 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 23–18–14 |
| 56 | W | February 18, 1956 | 6–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 24–18–14 |
| 57 | L | February 19, 1956 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 24–19–14 |
| 58 | W | February 21, 1956 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 25–19–14 |
| 59 | L | February 25, 1956 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 25–20–14 |
| 60 | L | February 26, 1956 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 25–21–14 |
| 61 | W | February 28, 1956 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 26–21–14 |
| 62 | W | March 1, 1956 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 27–21–14 |
| 63 | T | March 3, 1956 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 27–21–15 |
| 64 | L | March 4, 1956 | 4–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 27–22–15 |
| 65 | W | March 8, 1956 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 28–22–15 |
| 66 | W | March 10, 1956 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 29–22–15 |
| 67 | W | March 11, 1956 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 30–22–15 |
| 68 | L | March 13, 1956 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 30–23–15 |
| 69 | T | March 15, 1956 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 30–23–16 |
| 70 | L | March 18, 1956 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) | 30–24–16 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 100 |
| Dutch Reibel | C | 68 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 10 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 24 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 67 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 161 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 70 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 39 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 63 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 10 |
| Bill Dineen | RW | 70 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 68 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 32 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 26 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 70 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 38 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 68 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 46 |
| Lorne Ferguson | LW | 31 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 38 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 67 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 86 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 40 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 38 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
| Gord Hollingworth | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| Cummy Burton | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Corcoran | C/RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Costello | C | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Glenn Hall | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Stankiewicz | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Glenn Hall | 4200 | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 147 | 2.10 | 12 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 147 | 2.10 | 12 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Lorne Ferguson | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Dutch Reibel | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Dineen | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Al Arbour | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Cummy Burton | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Costello | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Hall | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Hollingworth | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Glenn Hall | 604 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 2.78 | 0 |
| Team: | 604 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 2.78 | 0 |
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;