# 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 26th season. The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 215 | 133 | +82 | 100 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 195 | 164 | +31 | 78 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 74 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 162 | 176 | −14 | 66 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 192 | 219 | −27 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 158 | 241 | −83 | 43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1951–52 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–3–2 | 3–8–3 | 7–5–2 | 4–6–4 | 2–7–5 |
| Chicago | 3–9–2 | — | 2–12 | 1–10–3 | 5–7–2 | 6–6–2 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 12–2 | — | 9–2–3 | 9–3–2 | 6–4–4 |
| Montreal | 5–7–2 | 10–1–3 | 2–9–3 | — | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 6–4–4 | 7–5–2 | 3–9–2 | 4–9–1 | — | 3–7–4 |
| Toronto | 7–2–5 | 6–6–2 | 4–6–4 | 5–8–1 | 7–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1951 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | October 14, 1951 | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | October 18, 1951 | 6–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | W | October 20, 1951 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 3–1–0 |
| 5 | W | October 22, 1951 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 4–1–0 |
| 6 | W | October 27, 1951 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 5–1–0 |
| 7 | T | October 29, 1951 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | L | November 1, 1951 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 3, 1951 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | W | November 4, 1951 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 7–2–1 |
| 11 | T | November 6, 1951 | 0–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 7–2–2 |
| 12 | T | November 7, 1951 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 7–2–3 |
| 13 | T | November 10, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 7–2–4 |
| 14 | T | November 11, 1951 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 7–2–5 |
| 15 | W | November 15, 1951 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 8–2–5 |
| 16 | W | November 18, 1951 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 9–2–5 |
| 17 | W | November 20, 1951 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 10–2–5 |
| 18 | W | November 22, 1951 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 11–2–5 |
| 19 | L | November 24, 1951 | 2–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 11–3–5 |
| 20 | W | November 25, 1951 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 12–3–5 |
| 21 | T | November 29, 1951 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 12–3–6 |
| 22 | L | December 2, 1951 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 12–4–6 |
| 23 | T | December 5, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 12–4–7 |
| 24 | W | December 8, 1951 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 13–4–7 |
| 25 | W | December 9, 1951 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 14–4–7 |
| 26 | W | December 13, 1951 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 15–4–7 |
| 27 | W | December 15, 1951 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 16–4–7 |
| 28 | W | December 16, 1951 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 17–4–7 |
| 29 | T | December 18, 1951 | 5–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 17–4–8 |
| 30 | W | December 20, 1951 | 6–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 18–4–8 |
| 31 | W | December 23, 1951 | 4–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 19–4–8 |
| 32 | W | December 25, 1951 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 20–4–8 |
| 33 | L | December 26, 1951 | 0–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 20–5–8 |
| 34 | W | December 29, 1951 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 21–5–8 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1951 | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 21–6–8 |
| 36 | L | January 2, 1952 | 0–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 21–7–8 |
| 37 | W | January 6, 1952 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 22–7–8 |
| 38 | W | January 10, 1952 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 23–7–8 |
| 39 | L | January 12, 1952 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 23–8–8 |
| 40 | W | January 13, 1952 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 24–8–8 |
| 41 | W | January 17, 1952 | 5–0 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 25–8–8 |
| 42 | W | January 19, 1952 | 4–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 26–8–8 |
| 43 | L | January 20, 1952 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 26–9–8 |
| 44 | T | January 24, 1952 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 26–9–9 |
| 45 | L | January 26, 1952 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 26–10–9 |
| 46 | W | January 27, 1952 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 27–10–9 |
| 47 | L | January 29, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 27–11–9 |
| 48 | T | February 2, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 27–11–10 |
| 49 | W | February 3, 1952 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 28–11–10 |
| 50 | W | February 7, 1952 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 29–11–10 |
| 51 | W | February 10, 1952 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 30–11–10 |
| 52 | W | February 13, 1952 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 31–11–10 |
| 53 | W | February 14, 1952 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 32–11–10 |
| 54 | W | February 18, 1952 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 33–11–10 |
| 55 | T | February 20, 1952 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 33–11–11 |
| 56 | W | February 23, 1952 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 34–11–11 |
| 57 | W | February 24, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 35–11–11 |
| 58 | W | February 26, 1952 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 36–11–11 |
| 59 | L | February 28, 1952 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 36–12–11 |
| 60 | W | March 2, 1952 | 6–4 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 37–12–11 |
| 61 | W | March 3, 1952 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 38–12–11 |
| 62 | W | March 6, 1952 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 39–12–11 |
| 63 | L | March 8, 1952 | 3–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 39–13–11 |
| 64 | W | March 9, 1952 | 6–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 40–13–11 |
| 65 | L | March 11, 1952 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 40–14–11 |
| 66 | W | March 15, 1952 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 41–14–11 |
| 67 | W | March 16, 1952 | 4–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 42–14–11 |
| 68 | W | March 20, 1952 | 7–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 43–14–11 |
| 69 | T | March 22, 1952 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 43–14–12 |
| 70 | W | March 23, 1952 | 7–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 44–14–12 |

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup Finals

| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| April 10 | Detroit | 3 | Montreal | 1 |
| April 12 | Detroit | 2 | Montreal | 1 |
| April 13 | Montreal | 0 | Detroit | 3 |
| April 15 | Montreal | 0 | Detroit | 3 |
Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to none

### Roster

Terry Sawchuk, Bob Goldham, Benny Woit, Red Kelly, Leo Reise, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, Tony Leswick, Gordie Howe, Metro Prystai, Marty Pavelich, Sid Abel (captain), Glen Skov, Alex Delvecchio, John Wilson, Vic Stasiuk, Larry Zeidel, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 47 | 39 | 86 | 78 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 70 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 123 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 62 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 32 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 67 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 16 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 69 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 16 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 65 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 22 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 68 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 54 |
| Glen Skov | C/LW | 70 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 48 |
| Tony Leswick | W | 70 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 93 |
| Fred Glover | C | 54 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 25 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 50 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 58 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 69 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 24 |
| Benny Woit | RW/D | 58 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| Leo Reise | D | 54 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| Johnny Wilson | LW | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Zeidel | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Bill Folk | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Wilson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 4200 | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 133 | 1.90 | 12 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 133 | 1.90 | 12 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson | LW | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Glen Skov | C/LW | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| Tony Leswick | W | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Benny Woit | RW/D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leo Reise | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Zeidel | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 480 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.62 | 4 |
| Team: | 480 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.62 | 4 |
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;