# 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season was the 16th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, tenth as the Red Wings.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 60 | 177 | 143 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 158 | 136 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 160 | 118 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 145 | 155 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 140 | 147 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 134 | 173 |
| Brooklyn Americans | 48 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 133 | 175 |
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

1941–42 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | BRK | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–4 | 3–3–2 | 4–2–2 | 6–1–1 | 4–4 | 4–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 4–4 | — | 2–6 | 3–4–1 | 3–4–1 | 2–5–1 | 2–6 |
| Chicago | 3–3–2 | 6–2 | — | 3–5 | 4–3–1 | 2–6 | 4–4 |
| Detroit | 2–4–2 | 4–3–1 | 5–3 | — | 5–3 | 1–7 | 2–5–1 |
| Montreal | 1–6–1 | 4–3–1 | 3–4–1 | 3–5 | — | 4–4 | 3–5 |
| New York | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 4–4 | — | 3–4–1 |
| Toronto | 3–4–1 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 5–3 | 4–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 1, 1941 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | November 2, 1941 | 3–3 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | November 9, 1941 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | November 15, 1941 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | L | November 16, 1941 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | November 20, 1941 | 3–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | W | November 22, 1941 | 2–1 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 2–4–1 |
| 8 | L | November 23, 1941 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | L | November 25, 1941 | 1–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | W | November 27, 1941 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 3–6–1 |
| 11 | L | November 29, 1941 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 3–7–1 |
| 12 | W | December 4, 1941 | 4–3 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 4–7–1 |
| 13 | W | December 7, 1941 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 5–7–1 |
| 14 | L | December 14, 1941 | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 5–8–1 |
| 15 | L | December 18, 1941 | 3–4 OT | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | T | December 21, 1941 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 5–9–2 |
| 17 | W | December 25, 1941 | 3–2 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 6–9–2 |
| 18 | L | December 27, 1941 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 6–10–2 |
| 19 | L | December 28, 1941 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 6–11–2 |
| 20 | W | January 1, 1942 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 7–11–2 |
| 21 | L | January 3, 1942 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 7–12–2 |
| 22 | W | January 4, 1942 | 10–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 8–12–2 |
| 23 | L | January 6, 1942 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 8–13–2 |
| 24 | L | January 9, 1942 | 4–5 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 8–14–2 |
| 25 | W | January 10, 1942 | 6–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 9–14–2 |
| 26 | L | January 11, 1942 | 5–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 9–15–2 |
| 27 | L | January 13, 1942 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 9–16–2 |
| 28 | L | January 18, 1942 | 3–5 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 9–17–2 |
| 29 | W | January 22, 1942 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 10–17–2 |
| 30 | L | January 24, 1942 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 10–18–2 |
| 31 | L | January 25, 1942 | 2–11 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 10–19–2 |
| 32 | W | January 29, 1942 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 11–19–2 |
| 33 | T | February 5, 1942 | 3–3 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 11–19–3 |
| 34 | L | February 7, 1942 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 11–20–3 |
| 35 | L | February 8, 1942 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 11–21–3 |
| 36 | L | February 12, 1942 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 11–22–3 |
| 37 | L | February 14, 1942 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 11–23–3 |
| 38 | W | February 15, 1942 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 12–23–3 |
| 39 | W | February 19, 1942 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 13–23–3 |
| 40 | W | February 22, 1942 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 14–23–3 |
| 41 | W | February 24, 1942 | 3–2 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 15–23–3 |
| 42 | L | February 26, 1942 | 4–7 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 15–24–3 |
| 43 | T | March 1, 1942 | 3–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 15–24–4 |
| 44 | W | March 5, 1942 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 16–24–4 |
| 45 | W | March 8, 1942 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 17–24–4 |
| 46 | L | March 14, 1942 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 17–25–4 |
| 47 | W | March 15, 1942 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 18–25–4 |
| 48 | W | March 19, 1942 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 19–25–4 |

## Playoffs
### (5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Mar 22 | Montreal C. | 1 | Detroit | 2 |
| Mar 24 | Detroit | 0 | Montreal C. | 5 |
| Mar 26 | Montreal C. | 2 | Detroit | 6 |
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.

### (3) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Mar 29 | Detroit | 6 | Boston | 4 |
| Mar 31 | Boston | 1 | Detroit | 3 |
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.

### (2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Apr 4 | Detroit | 3 | Toronto | 2 |
| Apr 7 | Detroit | 4 | Toronto | 2 |
| Apr 9 | Toronto | 2 | Detroit | 5 |
| Apr 12 | Toronto | 4 | Detroit | 3 |
| Apr 14 | Detroit | 3 | Toronto | 9 |
| Apr 16 | Toronto | 3 | Detroit | 0 |
| Apr 18 | Detroit | 1 | Toronto | 3 |
Toronto wins the Stanley Cup 4–3.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Don Grosso | LW/C | 48 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 13 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 48 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 45 |
| Eddie Wares | D/RW | 43 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 31 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 48 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 6 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 48 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 |
| Carl Liscombe | LW | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 14 |
| Gus Giesebrecht | C | 34 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 29 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| Adam Brown | LW | 28 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| Ken Kilrea | LW | 21 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| Pat McReavy | C | 34 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 93 |
| Eddie Bush | D | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40 |
| Gerry Brown | LW | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 48 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 111 |
| Alex Motter | C | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Bill Jennings | RW | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Buck Jones | D | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Connie Brown | C | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Doug McCaig | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Johnny Mowers | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Fisher | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Hiller | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Turner | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Whitelaw | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Mowers | 2880 | 47 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 144 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Joe Turner | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.57 | 0 |
| Team: | 2950 | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 147 | 2.99 | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Don Grosso | LW/C | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| Carl Liscombe | LW | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Bush | D | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Motter | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Eddie Wares | D/RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| Gerry Brown | LW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Pat McReavy | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Adam Brown | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Joe Fisher | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Giesebrecht | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug McCaig | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Mowers | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Mowers | 720 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 |
| Team: | 720 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 3.17 | 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;