# 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 134 | +38 | 61 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 167 | 156 | +11 | 56 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 200 | 178 | +22 | 53 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 146 | 159 | −13 | 50 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 174 | 185 | −11 | 45 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 144 | 191 | −47 | 35 |

### Record vs. opponents

1945–46 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–6 | 4–3–3 | 4–5–1 | 6–3–1 | 6–1–3 |
| Chicago | 6–4 | — | 3–4–3 | 4–5–1 | 5–2–3 | 5–5 |
| Detroit | 3–4–3 | 4–3–3 | — | 6–3–1 | 4–4–2 | 3–6–1 |
| Montreal | 5–4–1 | 5–4–1 | 3–6–1 | — | 8–1–1 | 7–2–1 |
| New York | 3–6–1 | 2–5–3 | 4–4–2 | 1–8–1 | — | 3–5–2 |
| Toronto | 1–6–3 | 5–5 | 6–3–1 | 2–7–1 | 5–3–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 28, 1945 | 7–0 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | November 3, 1945 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 4, 1945 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | W | November 8, 1945 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 3–1–0 |
| 5 | L | November 10, 1945 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | November 11, 1945 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | W | November 15, 1945 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 5–2–0 |
| 8 | W | November 17, 1945 | 6–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 6–2–0 |
| 9 | W | November 18, 1945 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 7–2–0 |
| 10 | L | November 24, 1945 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 7–3–0 |
| 11 | L | November 25, 1945 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 7–4–0 |
| 12 | T | December 2, 1945 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | W | December 9, 1945 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 8–4–1 |
| 14 | T | December 12, 1945 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 8–4–2 |
| 15 | L | December 15, 1945 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | L | December 16, 1945 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | L | December 22, 1945 | 4–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | T | December 23, 1945 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–7–3 |
| 19 | W | December 25, 1945 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 9–7–3 |
| 20 | W | December 26, 1945 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 10–7–3 |
| 21 | T | December 30, 1945 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 10–7–4 |
| 22 | L | January 1, 1946 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 10–8–4 |
| 23 | T | January 3, 1946 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 10–8–5 |
| 24 | W | January 6, 1946 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 11–8–5 |
| 25 | W | January 10, 1946 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 12–8–5 |
| 26 | L | January 12, 1946 | 3–9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 12–9–5 |
| 27 | W | January 13, 1946 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 13–9–5 |
| 28 | L | January 20, 1946 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 13–10–5 |
| 29 | L | January 26, 1946 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 13–11–5 |
| 30 | L | January 27, 1946 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 13–12–5 |
| 31 | L | February 2, 1946 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 13–13–5 |
| 32 | W | February 3, 1946 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 14–13–5 |
| 33 | W | February 7, 1946 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 15–13–5 |
| 34 | L | February 9, 1946 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 15–14–5 |
| 35 | T | February 10, 1946 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 15–14–6 |
| 36 | L | February 13, 1946 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 15–15–6 |
| 37 | T | February 16, 1946 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 15–15–7 |
| 38 | T | February 17, 1946 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 15–15–8 |
| 39 | W | February 20, 1946 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 16–15–8 |
| 40 | T | February 21, 1946 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 16–15–9 |
| 41 | W | February 24, 1946 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 17–15–9 |
| 42 | W | February 28, 1946 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 18–15–9 |
| 43 | T | March 2, 1946 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 18–15–10 |
| 44 | W | March 3, 1946 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 19–15–10 |
| 45 | L | March 6, 1946 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 19–16–10 |
| 46 | L | March 10, 1946 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 19–17–10 |
| 47 | L | March 13, 1946 | 4–9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 19–18–10 |
| 48 | W | March 14, 1946 | 7–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 20–18–10 |
| 49 | L | March 16, 1946 | 3–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 20–19–10 |
| 50 | L | March 17, 1946 | 7–11 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 20–20–10 |

## Playoffs

The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points.
* Boston won series 4–1

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 48 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 10 |
| Adam Brown | LW | 48 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 27 |
| Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 11 |
| Murray Armstrong | C | 40 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 |
| Harry Watson | LW | 44 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 4 |
| Carl Liscombe | LW | 44 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 2 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 48 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
| Fern Gauthier | RW | 30 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 47 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 47 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 73 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 38 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 28 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 43 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| Harold Jackson | D | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 |
| Jim Conacher | C | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Rollie McLenahan | D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Roly Rossignol | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Earl Seibert | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gerry Brown | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug McCaig | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Les Douglas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Holota | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 3000 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 159 | 3.18 | 2 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 159 | 3.18 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Fern Gauthier | RW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Harry Watson | LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Brown | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Conacher | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Murray Armstrong | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Liscombe | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie McLenahan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 310 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.10 | 1 |
| Team: | 310 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.10 | 1 |
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;