# 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games. Both times the series was decided in overtime.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 229 | 164 | +65 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 172 | 150 | +22 | 77 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 176 | 173 | +3 | 74 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 170 | 189 | −19 | 67 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 198 | 228 | −30 | 60 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 203 | 244 | −41 | 54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–7–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–5–5 | 5–5–4 | 5–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–5–2 | — | 3–9–2 | 4–8–2 | 4–9–1 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 7–5–2 | 8–5–1 |
| Montreal | 5–4–5 | 8–4–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 7–5–2 | 6–4–4 |
| New York | 5–5–4 | 9–4–1 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 | — | 4–8–2 |
| Toronto | 7–5–2 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–6–4 | 8–4–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 3 | W | October 19, 1949 | 6–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | T | October 23, 1949 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 27, 1949 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | W | October 29, 1949 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | L | October 30, 1949 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | November 2, 1949 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 5, 1949 | 4–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | W | November 6, 1949 | 7–0 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 7–2–1 |
| 11 | W | November 12, 1949 | 7–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 8–2–1 |
| 12 | T | November 13, 1949 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 8–2–2 |
| 13 | W | November 16, 1949 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 9–2–2 |
| 14 | W | November 19, 1949 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 10–2–2 |
| 15 | W | November 20, 1949 | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 11–2–2 |
| 16 | W | November 23, 1949 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 12–2–2 |
| 17 | T | November 24, 1949 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 12–2–3 |
| 18 | L | November 26, 1949 | 2–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 12–3–3 |
| 19 | L | November 27, 1949 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 12–4–3 |
| 20 | W | November 30, 1949 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 13–4–3 |
| 21 | W | December 1, 1949 | 2–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 14–4–3 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1949 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 15–4–3 |
| 23 | L | December 4, 1949 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 15–5–3 |
| 24 | W | December 7, 1949 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 16–5–3 |
| 25 | L | December 10, 1949 | 0–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 16–6–3 |
| 26 | L | December 11, 1949 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 16–7–3 |
| 27 | W | December 14, 1949 | 5–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 17–7–3 |
| 28 | L | December 17, 1949 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 17–8–3 |
| 29 | W | December 18, 1949 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 18–8–3 |
| 30 | W | December 21, 1949 | 7–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 19–8–3 |
| 31 | W | December 25, 1949 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 20–8–3 |
| 32 | T | December 28, 1949 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 20–8–4 |
| 33 | W | December 31, 1949 | 5–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 21–8–4 |
| 34 | W | January 1, 1950 | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 22–8–4 |
| 35 | L | January 4, 1950 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 22–9–4 |
| 36 | L | January 8, 1950 | 3–4 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 22–10–4 |
| 37 | L | January 11, 1950 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 22–11–4 |
| 38 | W | January 14, 1950 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 23–11–4 |
| 39 | W | January 15, 1950 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 24–11–4 |
| 40 | W | January 18, 1950 | 5–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 25–11–4 |
| 41 | W | January 21, 1950 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 26–11–4 |
| 42 | L | January 22, 1950 | 0–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 26–12–4 |
| 43 | T | January 25, 1950 | 4–4 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 26–12–5 |
| 44 | T | January 26, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 26–12–6 |
| 45 | T | January 28, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 26–12–7 |
| 46 | L | January 29, 1950 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 26–13–7 |
| 47 | T | February 1, 1950 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 26–13–8 |
| 48 | T | February 4, 1950 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 26–13–9 |
| 49 | T | February 5, 1950 | 5–5 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 26–13–10 |
| 50 | W | February 8, 1950 | 9–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 27–13–10 |
| 51 | W | February 11, 1950 | 9–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 28–13–10 |
| 52 | L | February 12, 1950 | 0–4 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 28–14–10 |
| 53 | L | February 15, 1950 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 28–15–10 |
| 54 | L | February 18, 1950 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 28–16–10 |
| 55 | W | February 20, 1950 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 29–16–10 |
| 56 | T | February 23, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 29–16–11 |
| 57 | W | February 26, 1950 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 30–16–11 |
| 58 | W | March 1, 1950 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 31–16–11 |
| 59 | L | March 4, 1950 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 31–17–11 |
| 60 | T | March 6, 1950 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 31–17–12 |
| 61 | W | March 8, 1950 | 5–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 32–17–12 |
| 62 | L | March 9, 1950 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 32–18–12 |
| 63 | W | March 11, 1950 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 33–18–12 |
| 64 | W | March 12, 1950 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 34–18–12 |
| 65 | W | March 15, 1950 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 35–18–12 |
| 66 | T | March 16, 1950 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 35–18–13 |
| 67 | T | March 18, 1950 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 35–18–14 |
| 68 | W | March 19, 1950 | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 36–18–14 |
| 69 | W | March 22, 1950 | 8–7 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 37–18–14 |
| 70 | L | March 26, 1950 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 37–19–14 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 69 | 23 | 55 | 78 | 141 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 69 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 46 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 69 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 70 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 9 |
| George Gee | C | 69 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 42 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 69 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 21 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 68 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 8 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 70 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 20 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 60 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 13 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 65 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 58 |
| Steve Black | LW | 69 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 53 |
| Leo Reise Jr. | D | 70 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 46 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 65 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 86 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 56 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| Lee Fogolin Sr. | D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 63 |
| Max McNab | C | 65 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Clare Martin | D | 64 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| Al Dewsbury | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Fred Glover | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Glen Skov | C/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 3780 | 63 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 148 | 2.35 | 7 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 420 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2.29 | 1 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 164 | 2.34 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| George Gee | C | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Al Dewsbury | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Leo Reise Jr. | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Clare Martin | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Johnny Wilson | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Black | LW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Lee Fogolin Sr. | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Gord Haidy | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug McKay | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max McNab | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 910 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 1.85 | 3 |
| Team: | 910 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 1.85 | 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;

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 11 | New York | 1 | Detroit | 4 | |
| April 13 | Detroit | 1 | New York | 3 | † |
| April 15 | Detroit | 4 | New York | 0 | † |
| April 18 | New York | 4 | Detroit | 3 | OT |
| April 20 | New York | 2 | Detroit | 1 | OT |
| April 22 | New York | 4 | Detroit | 5 | |
| April 23 | New York | 3 | Detroit | 4 | 2OT |
† Played in Toronto.
Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to three

## Awards and records

* Prince of Wales Trophy
* Art Ross Trophy: || Ted Lindsay
* Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Red Kelly, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
* Leo Reise, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star