# 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 23rd season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 195 | 145 | +50 | 75 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 178 | 163 | +15 | 66 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 65 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 147 | 161 | −14 | 57 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 173 | 211 | −38 | 50 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 60 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 133 | 172 | −39 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 5–4–3 | 5–6–1 | 8–2–2 | 5–6–1 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 3–9 | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 |
| Detroit | 4–5–3 | 9–3 | — | 7–4–1 | 7–4–1 | 7–3–2 |
| Montreal | 6–5–1 | 7–3–2 | 4–7–1 | — | 5–4–3 | 6–4–2 |
| New York | 2–8–2 | 5–6–1 | 4–7–1 | 4–5–3 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 13, 1948 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 17, 1948 | 7–0 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | T | October 23, 1948 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | W | October 24, 1948 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | W | October 27, 1948 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 4–0–1 |
| 6 | L | October 30, 1948 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | W | October 31, 1948 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | L | November 6, 1948 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 7, 1948 | 7–3 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | L | November 11, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | W | November 14, 1948 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 7–3–1 |
| 12 | T | November 17, 1948 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 7–3–2 |
| 13 | L | November 21, 1948 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 7–4–2 |
| 14 | L | November 24, 1948 | 3–5 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 7–5–2 |
| 15 | L | November 27, 1948 | 3–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 7–6–2 |
| 16 | W | November 28, 1948 | 9–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | W | December 1, 1948 | 5–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 9–6–2 |
| 18 | W | December 4, 1948 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 10–6–2 |
| 19 | W | December 5, 1948 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 11–6–2 |
| 20 | W | December 8, 1948 | 4–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 12–6–2 |
| 21 | W | December 11, 1948 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 13–6–2 |
| 22 | L | December 12, 1948 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 13–7–2 |
| 23 | L | December 15, 1948 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 13–8–2 |
| 24 | L | December 18, 1948 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 13–9–2 |
| 25 | W | December 19, 1948 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 14–9–2 |
| 26 | L | December 22, 1948 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 14–10–2 |
| 27 | L | December 25, 1948 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 14–11–2 |
| 28 | W | December 26, 1948 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 15–11–2 |
| 29 | W | December 29, 1948 | 10–2 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 16–11–2 |
| 30 | L | January 1, 1949 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 16–12–2 |
| 31 | W | January 2, 1949 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 17–12–2 |
| 32 | L | January 6, 1949 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 17–13–2 |
| 33 | W | January 8, 1949 | 4–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 18–13–2 |
| 34 | T | January 9, 1949 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 18–13–3 |
| 35 | W | January 12, 1949 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 19–13–3 |
| 36 | W | January 16, 1949 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 20–13–3 |
| 37 | W | January 19, 1949 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 21–13–3 |
| 38 | T | January 22, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 21–13–4 |
| 39 | W | January 23, 1949 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 22–13–4 |
| 40 | L | January 26, 1949 | 1–5 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 22–14–4 |
| 41 | W | January 29, 1949 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 23–14–4 |
| 42 | W | January 30, 1949 | 4–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 24–14–4 |
| 43 | W | February 2, 1949 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 25–14–4 |
| 44 | W | February 3, 1949 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 26–14–4 |
| 45 | W | February 6, 1949 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 27–14–4 |
| 46 | W | February 9, 1949 | 8–0 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 28–14–4 |
| 47 | L | February 12, 1949 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 28–15–4 |
| 48 | T | February 13, 1949 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 28–15–5 |
| 49 | L | February 16, 1949 | 0–4 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 28–16–5 |
| 50 | T | February 21, 1949 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 28–16–6 |
| 51 | L | February 26, 1949 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 28–17–6 |
| 52 | L | February 27, 1949 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 28–18–6 |
| 53 | T | March 2, 1949 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 28–18–7 |
| 54 | W | March 5, 1949 | 6–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 29–18–7 |
| 55 | W | March 6, 1949 | 6–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 30–18–7 |
| 56 | W | March 9, 1949 | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 31–18–7 |
| 57 | L | March 13, 1949 | 2–6 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 31–19–7 |
| 58 | W | March 16, 1949 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 32–19–7 |
| 59 | W | March 19, 1949 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 33–19–7 |
| 60 | W | March 20, 1949 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 34–19–7 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 60 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 49 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 50 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 97 |
| Bud Poile | RW | 56 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 6 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 40 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 57 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 55 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 60 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 51 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 6 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 60 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 40 |
| Max McNab | C | 51 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 14 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 60 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
| George Gee | C | 47 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 27 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 50 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 24 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 59 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 60 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 96 |
| Leo Reise | D | 59 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 60 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Fern Gauthier | RW | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Lee Fogolin Sr. | D | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 59 |
| Jim Conacher | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Morrison | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Calum MacKay | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug McCaig | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Podolsky | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 145 | 2.42 | 6 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 145 | 2.42 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| George Gee | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Max McNab | C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Leo Reise | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bud Poile | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Fogolin Sr. | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred Glover | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Podolsky | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gerry Reid | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 726 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 2.15 | 0 |
| Team: | 726 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 2.15 | 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;