# 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season was the 12th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, sixth as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the American Division and missed the playoffs.
On May 5 and 11, 1938, the Red Wings played post-season exhibition games against the Montreal Canadiens at Earlscourt Stadium in London, England.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 142 | 89 | 67 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 149 | 96 | 60 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 97 | 139 | 37 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 99 | 133 | 35 |
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
## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | November 4, 1937 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | November 7, 1937 | 0–3 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | November 13, 1937 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | W | November 14, 1937 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | L | November 18, 1937 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | November 21, 1937 | 0–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | L | November 23, 1937 | 1–3 | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | W | November 25, 1937 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | L | November 28, 1937 | 1–3 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | L | December 5, 1937 | 1–2 | New York Americans (1937–38) | 2–7–1 |
| 11 | W | December 7, 1937 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 3–7–1 |
| 12 | L | December 9, 1937 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 3–8–1 |
| 13 | L | December 12, 1937 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 3–9–1 |
| 14 | L | December 14, 1937 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 3–10–1 |
| 15 | L | December 16, 1937 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 3–11–1 |
| 16 | L | December 19, 1937 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 3–12–1 |
| 17 | T | December 25, 1937 | 1–1 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 3–12–2 |
| 18 | L | December 26, 1937 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 3–13–2 |
| 19 | T | December 30, 1937 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 3–13–3 |
| 20 | L | January 2, 1938 | 1–4 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 3–14–3 |
| 21 | W | January 4, 1938 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 4–14–3 |
| 22 | T | January 6, 1938 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 4–14–4 |
| 23 | L | January 9, 1938 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 4–15–4 |
| 24 | L | January 11, 1938 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 4–16–4 |
| 25 | T | January 13, 1938 | 3–3 OT | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 4–16–5 |
| 26 | T | January 15, 1938 | 2–2 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 4–16–6 |
| 27 | T | January 16, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 4–16–7 |
| 28 | W | January 20, 1938 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 5–16–7 |
| 29 | W | January 23, 1938 | 3–2 | New York Americans (1937–38) | 6–16–7 |
| 30 | L | January 27, 1938 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 6–17–7 |
| 31 | L | January 29, 1938 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 6–18–7 |
| 32 | T | January 30, 1938 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 6–18–8 |
| 33 | L | February 1, 1938 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 6–19–8 |
| 34 | W | February 3, 1938 | 6–1 | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 7–19–8 |
| 35 | W | February 6, 1938 | 8–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 8–19–8 |
| 36 | L | February 10, 1938 | 0–4 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 8–20–8 |
| 37 | T | February 13, 1938 | 2–2 OT | New York Americans (1937–38) | 8–20–9 |
| 38 | W | February 20, 1938 | 1–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 9–20–9 |
| 39 | T | February 24, 1938 | 2–2 OT | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 9–20–10 |
| 40 | T | February 27, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 9–20–11 |
| 41 | L | March 1, 1938 | 1–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 9–21–11 |
| 42 | L | March 3, 1938 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 9–22–11 |
| 43 | W | March 6, 1938 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 10–22–11 |
| 44 | L | March 10, 1938 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 10–23–11 |
| 45 | W | March 13, 1938 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 11–23–11 |
| 46 | L | March 15, 1938 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 11–24–11 |
| 47 | L | March 17, 1938 | 2–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 11–25–11 |
| 48 | W | March 20, 1938 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 12–25–11 |

## Playoffs

The Red Wings failed to make the playoffs

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 42 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 |
| Marty Barry | C | 48 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 34 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 48 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 14 |
| Carl Liscombe | LW | 41 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 30 |
| Alex Motter | C | 32 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 47 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 48 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| Eddie Wares | D/RW | 21 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 47 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Doug Young | D | 48 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| Ron Hudson | C | 32 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 30 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Joe Lamb | RW | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Red Beattie | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Bowman | D | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Pete Bessone | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ken Doraty | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Clarence Drouillard | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Kelly | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rolly Roulston | LW/D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Doran | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jimmy Franks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Kilrea | RW/C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Howie Mackie | RW/D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Sherf | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Normie Smith | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Normie Smith | 2930 | 47 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 130 | 2.66 | 3 |
| Jimmy Franks | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 2990 | 48 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 133 | 2.67 | 3 |
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;

## European tour

After failing to make the playoffs, the Red Wings embarked on a tour of Europe with the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1