# 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 25th season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 236 | 139 | +97 | 101 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 212 | 138 | +74 | 95 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 173 | 184 | −11 | 65 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 178 | 197 | −19 | 62 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 169 | 201 | −32 | 61 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 171 | 280 | −109 | 36 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–4–1 | 2–8–4 | 5–6–3 | 4–2–8 | 2–10–2 |
| Chicago | 4–9–1 | — | 1–13 | 4–8–2 | 2–9–3 | 2–8–4 |
| Detroit | 8–2–4 | 13–1 | — | 8–4–2 | 8–3–3 | 7–3–4 |
| Montreal | 6–5–3 | 8–4–2 | 4–8–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 2–10–2 |
| New York | 2–4–8 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 3–10–1 |
| Toronto | 10–2–2 | 8–2–4 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 10–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1950 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | October 15, 1950 | 4–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | October 21, 1950 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 22, 1950 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | L | October 25, 1950 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | W | October 28, 1950 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | W | October 29, 1950 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | T | November 2, 1950 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 4–2–2 |
| 9 | W | November 5, 1950 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | T | November 8, 1950 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 5–2–3 |
| 11 | W | November 11, 1950 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 6–2–3 |
| 12 | W | November 12, 1950 | 4–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 7–2–3 |
| 13 | W | November 16, 1950 | 5–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 8–2–3 |
| 14 | W | November 18, 1950 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 9–2–3 |
| 15 | T | November 19, 1950 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 9–2–4 |
| 16 | L | November 23, 1950 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 9–3–4 |
| 17 | W | November 25, 1950 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 10–3–4 |
| 18 | L | November 26, 1950 | 0–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 10–4–4 |
| 19 | L | November 29, 1950 | 3–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 10–5–4 |
| 20 | W | December 2, 1950 | 7–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 11–5–4 |
| 21 | L | December 3, 1950 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 11–6–4 |
| 22 | W | December 6, 1950 | 9–0 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 12–6–4 |
| 23 | W | December 9, 1950 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 13–6–4 |
| 24 | W | December 10, 1950 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 14–6–4 |
| 25 | W | December 13, 1950 | 4–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 15–6–4 |
| 26 | W | December 14, 1950 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 16–6–4 |
| 27 | W | December 16, 1950 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 17–6–4 |
| 28 | T | December 17, 1950 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 17–6–5 |
| 29 | W | December 19, 1950 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 18–6–5 |
| 30 | T | December 23, 1950 | 4–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 18–6–6 |
| 31 | W | December 25, 1950 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 19–6–6 |
| 32 | W | December 28, 1950 | 8–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 20–6–6 |
| 33 | W | December 30, 1950 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 21–6–6 |
| 34 | L | December 31, 1950 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 21–7–6 |
| 35 | L | January 3, 1951 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 21–8–6 |
| 36 | W | January 4, 1951 | 1–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 22–8–6 |
| 37 | L | January 6, 1951 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 22–9–6 |
| 38 | W | January 7, 1951 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 23–9–6 |
| 39 | T | January 9, 1951 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 23–9–7 |
| 40 | W | January 13, 1951 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 24–9–7 |
| 41 | W | January 14, 1951 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 25–9–7 |
| 42 | W | January 17, 1951 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 26–9–7 |
| 43 | W | January 18, 1951 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 27–9–7 |
| 44 | T | January 21, 1951 | 0–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 27–9–8 |
| 45 | W | January 23, 1951 | 8–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 28–9–8 |
| 46 | T | January 25, 1951 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 28–9–9 |
| 47 | L | January 27, 1951 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 28–10–9 |
| 48 | L | January 28, 1951 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 28–11–9 |
| 49 | W | February 1, 1951 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 29–11–9 |
| 50 | T | February 4, 1951 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 29–11–10 |
| 51 | W | February 7, 1951 | 11–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 30–11–10 |
| 52 | W | February 8, 1951 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 31–11–10 |
| 53 | W | February 10, 1951 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 32–11–10 |
| 54 | W | February 11, 1951 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 33–11–10 |
| 55 | W | February 17, 1951 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 34–11–10 |
| 56 | T | February 19, 1951 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 34–11–11 |
| 57 | T | February 21, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 34–11–12 |
| 58 | L | February 25, 1951 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 34–12–12 |
| 59 | T | February 28, 1951 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 34–12–13 |
| 60 | W | March 3, 1951 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 35–12–13 |
| 61 | W | March 5, 1951 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 36–12–13 |
| 62 | W | March 7, 1951 | 3–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 37–12–13 |
| 63 | W | March 10, 1951 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 38–12–13 |
| 64 | W | March 11, 1951 | 7–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 39–12–13 |
| 65 | W | March 15, 1951 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 40–12–13 |
| 66 | W | March 17, 1951 | 8–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 41–12–13 |
| 67 | W | March 18, 1951 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 42–12–13 |
| 68 | W | March 21, 1951 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 43–12–13 |
| 69 | L | March 24, 1951 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 43–13–13 |
| 70 | W | March 25, 1951 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 44–13–13 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 43 | 43 | 86 | 74 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 69 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 30 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 67 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 110 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 70 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 24 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 68 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 14 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 62 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 27 |
| George Gee | C | 70 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 19 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 70 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 10 |
| Gaye Stewart | LW | 67 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 18 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 41 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 61 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 31 |
| Leo Reise | D | 68 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 67 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 53 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Glen Skov | C/LW | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 50 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| Clare Martin | D | 50 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Rags Raglan | D | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Leo Gravelle | RW | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Lee Fogolin Sr. | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Lou Jankowski | C/RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Black | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Benny Woit | RW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 4200 | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 139 | 1.99 | 11 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 139 | 1.99 | 11 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Leo Reise | D | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gaye Stewart | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Metro Prystai | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Gee | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Goldham | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fred Glover | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clare Martin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max McNab | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Skov | C/LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Woit | RW/D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 463 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1.68 | 1 |
| Team: | 463 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1.68 | 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;