# 1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 22nd season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 |
| Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 |
| Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 15, 1947 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | October 18, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | W | October 19, 1947 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | L | October 26, 1947 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 29, 1947 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | L | November 1, 1947 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | W | November 2, 1947 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | November 6, 1947 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 8, 1947 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | L | November 9, 1947 | 0–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | L | November 15, 1947 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | W | November 16, 1947 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | L | November 19, 1947 | 5–6 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 7–5–1 |
| 14 | W | November 22, 1947 | 8–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | W | November 23, 1947 | 9–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 9–5–1 |
| 16 | W | November 27, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 10–5–1 |
| 17 | T | November 30, 1947 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–5–2 |
| 18 | L | December 6, 1947 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–6–2 |
| 19 | L | December 7, 1947 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 10–7–2 |
| 20 | T | December 10, 1947 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 10–7–3 |
| 21 | W | December 13, 1947 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 11–7–3 |
| 22 | T | December 14, 1947 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 11–7–4 |
| 23 | W | December 17, 1947 | 7–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 12–7–4 |
| 24 | T | December 20, 1947 | 4–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 12–7–5 |
| 25 | W | December 21, 1947 | 6–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 13–7–5 |
| 26 | L | December 25, 1947 | 0–2 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 13–8–5 |
| 27 | W | December 28, 1947 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 14–8–5 |
| 28 | W | December 31, 1947 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 15–8–5 |
| 29 | W | January 1, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 16–8–5 |
| 30 | W | January 4, 1948 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 17–8–5 |
| 31 | W | January 7, 1948 | 6–0 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 18–8–5 |
| 32 | T | January 8, 1948 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–8–6 |
| 33 | L | January 10, 1948 | 1–4 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–9–6 |
| 34 | T | January 11, 1948 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 18–9–7 |
| 35 | T | January 14, 1948 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–9–8 |
| 36 | L | January 18, 1948 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–10–8 |
| 37 | W | January 21, 1948 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 19–10–8 |
| 38 | W | January 24, 1948 | 5–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 20–10–8 |
| 39 | W | January 25, 1948 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 21–10–8 |
| 40 | W | January 28, 1948 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 22–10–8 |
| 41 | L | January 31, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 22–11–8 |
| 42 | W | February 1, 1948 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 23–11–8 |
| 43 | W | February 3, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 24–11–8 |
| 44 | T | February 4, 1948 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 24–11–9 |
| 45 | W | February 7, 1948 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 25–11–9 |
| 46 | L | February 8, 1948 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 25–12–9 |
| 47 | L | February 15, 1948 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 25–13–9 |
| 48 | W | February 18, 1948 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 26–13–9 |
| 49 | L | February 21, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 26–14–9 |
| 50 | W | February 22, 1948 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 27–14–9 |
| 51 | W | February 28, 1948 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 28–14–9 |
| 52 | W | March 3, 1948 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 29–14–9 |
| 53 | T | March 6, 1948 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 29–14–10 |
| 54 | T | March 7, 1948 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 29–14–11 |
| 55 | L | March 9, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 29–15–11 |
| 56 | W | March 10, 1948 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 30–15–11 |
| 57 | L | March 14, 1948 | 1–5 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 30–16–11 |
| 58 | T | March 17, 1948 | 0–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 30–16–12 |
| 59 | L | March 20, 1948 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 30–17–12 |
| 60 | L | March 21, 1948 | 2–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 30–18–12 |

## Playoffs
### (2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Rangers won the next two to tie the series. Detroit then took the next two to win the series in six games to qualify for the Finals.
* Detroit won series 4–2

### Stanley Cup Finals

* Toronto won series 4–0

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 60 | 33 | 19 | 52 | 95 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 60 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 12 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 60 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 63 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 60 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 69 |
| Jim Conacher | C | 60 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 2 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 50 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 44 |
| Don Morrison | C | 40 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 6 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 78 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 58 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 17 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 60 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 13 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 60 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 91 |
| Rod Morrison | RW | 34 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 41 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Leo Reise | D | 58 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| Gerry Couture | RW | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Doug McCaig | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Fern Gauthier | RW | 35 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Max McNab | C | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tom McGrattan | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Nicholson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Sullivan | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 3592 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 147 | 2.46 | 7 |
| Tom McGrattan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 0 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 148 | 2.47 | 7 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Jim McFadden | C | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Marty Pavelich | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Jack Stewart | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Leo Reise | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Jim Conacher | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fern Gauthier | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Pat Lundy | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lee Fogolin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Don Morrison | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dewsbury | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Max McNab | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Morrison | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cliff Simpson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 600 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 600 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3.00 | 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;