# 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Regular season
### Final standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 239 | 173 | +66 | 90 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 240 | 187 | +53 | 82 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 208 | 187 | +21 | 79 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 221 | 194 | +27 | 74 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 174 | 275 | −101 | 48 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 195 | 261 | −66 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–8–2 | 2–11–1 | 4–9–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–9–1 |
| Chicago | 8–4–2 | — | 11–1–2 | 4–8–2 | 9–4–1 | 5–8–1 |
| Detroit | 11–2–1 | 1–11–2 | — | 4–8–2 | 7–3–4 | 8–4–2 |
| Montreal | 9–4–1 | 8–4–2 | 8–4–2 | — | 12–2 | 5–7–2 |
| New York | 5–8–1 | 4–9–1 | 3–7–4 | 2–12 | — | 3–6–5 |
| Toronto | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–8–2 | 7–5–2 | 6–3–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 23, 1965 | 0–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | October 24, 1965 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | W | October 27, 1965 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | W | October 30, 1965 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | T | November 3, 1965 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | L | November 4, 1965 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 2–3–1 |
| 7 | L | November 6, 1965 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 2–4–1 |
| 8 | L | November 7, 1965 | 0–9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | T | November 10, 1965 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 2–5–2 |
| 10 | W | November 13, 1965 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 3–5–2 |
| 11 | L | November 14, 1965 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 3–6–2 |
| 12 | W | November 18, 1965 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 4–6–2 |
| 13 | W | November 20, 1965 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 5–6–2 |
| 14 | W | November 21, 1965 | 7–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | L | November 24, 1965 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 6–7–2 |
| 16 | L | November 27, 1965 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 6–8–2 |
| 17 | W | November 28, 1965 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 7–8–2 |
| 18 | T | December 1, 1965 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 7–8–3 |
| 19 | L | December 4, 1965 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 7–9–3 |
| 20 | L | December 5, 1965 | 1–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 7–10–3 |
| 21 | W | December 11, 1965 | 8–3 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 8–10–3 |
| 22 | T | December 12, 1965 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 8–10–4 |
| 23 | W | December 15, 1965 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 9–10–4 |
| 24 | W | December 16, 1965 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 10–10–4 |
| 25 | W | December 18, 1965 | 8–4 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 11–10–4 |
| 26 | W | December 19, 1965 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 12–10–4 |
| 27 | W | December 25, 1965 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 13–10–4 |
| 28 | T | December 26, 1965 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 13–10–5 |
| 29 | W | December 29, 1965 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 14–10–5 |
| 30 | W | January 1, 1966 | 6–3 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 15–10–5 |
| 31 | L | January 2, 1966 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 15–11–5 |
| 32 | L | January 8, 1966 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 15–12–5 |
| 33 | L | January 9, 1966 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 15–13–5 |
| 34 | W | January 13, 1966 | 6–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 16–13–5 |
| 35 | W | January 15, 1966 | 6–1 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 17–13–5 |
| 36 | L | January 16, 1966 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 17–14–5 |
| 37 | W | January 19, 1966 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 18–14–5 |
| 38 | W | January 22, 1966 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 19–14–5 |
| 39 | L | January 23, 1966 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 19–15–5 |
| 40 | W | January 29, 1966 | 6–3 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 20–15–5 |
| 41 | L | January 30, 1966 | 4–8 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 20–16–5 |
| 42 | L | February 3, 1966 | 4–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 20–17–5 |
| 43 | W | February 5, 1966 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 21–17–5 |
| 44 | L | February 6, 1966 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 21–18–5 |
| 45 | W | February 9, 1966 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 22–18–5 |
| 46 | T | February 12, 1966 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 22–18–6 |
| 47 | T | February 13, 1966 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 22–18–7 |
| 48 | W | February 16, 1966 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 23–18–7 |
| 49 | L | February 19, 1966 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 23–19–7 |
| 50 | L | February 20, 1966 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 23–20–7 |
| 51 | W | February 23, 1966 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 24–20–7 |
| 52 | W | February 26, 1966 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 25–20–7 |
| 53 | T | February 27, 1966 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 25–20–8 |
| 54 | T | March 2, 1966 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 25–20–9 |
| 55 | W | March 3, 1966 | 4–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 26–20–9 |
| 56 | W | March 5, 1966 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 27–20–9 |
| 57 | W | March 6, 1966 | 5–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 28–20–9 |
| 58 | W | March 9, 1966 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 29–20–9 |
| 59 | W | March 12, 1966 | 6–0 | Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 30–20–9 |
| 60 | L | March 13, 1966 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 30–21–9 |
| 61 | L | March 16, 1966 | 2–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 30–22–9 |
| 62 | W | March 19, 1966 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 31–22–9 |
| 63 | L | March 20, 1966 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 31–23–9 |
| 64 | W | March 24, 1966 | 2–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 32–23–9 |
| 65 | W | March 26, 1966 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 33–23–9 |
| 66 | W | March 27, 1966 | 5–1 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 34–23–9 |
| 67 | L | March 30, 1966 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 34–24–9 |
| 68 | L | March 31, 1966 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) | 34–25–9 |
| 69 | T | April 2, 1966 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 34–25–10 |
| 70 | T | April 3, 1966 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 34–25–11 |

## Playoffs

For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.
* Montreal won series 4–0

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Mahovlich | 68 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 68 |
| Bob Pulford | 70 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 51 |
| Dave Keon | 69 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 4 |
| George Armstrong | 70 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 12 |
| Eddie Shack | 63 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 88 |
| Ron Ellis | 70 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 24 |
| Red Kelly | 63 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 12 |
| Tim Horton | 70 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 76 |
| Larry Hillman | 48 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 34 |
| Brit Selby | 61 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 26 |
| Wally Boyer | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 23 |
| Kent Douglas | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 97 |
| Allan Stanley | 59 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 56 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 55 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 70 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 54 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 54 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| Bob Baun | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 68 |
| Mike Walton | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Pappin | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Eddie Joyal | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Gamble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Arbour | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Bower | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Carleton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Duane Rupp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Brian Conacher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Gamble | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Imlach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darryl Sly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Bower | 1998 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 2.25 | 3 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1521 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 3.16 | 1 |
| Bruce Gamble | 501 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2.51 | 4 |
| Al Smith | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.94 | 0 |
| Gary Smith | 118 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.56 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 185 | 2.64 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Eddie Shack | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| Larry Hillman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Bob Pulford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Red Kelly | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Keon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| George Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Baun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Wally Boyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent Douglas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Johnny Bower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brit Selby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Bower | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 |

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.

### Trades

| May 20, 1965 | To Detroit Red WingsAndy Bathgate Billy Harris Gary Jarrett | To Toronto Maple LeafsAutry Erickson Larry Jeffrey Eddie Joyal Lowell MacDonald Marcel Pronovost |
| June 8, 1965 | To Boston BruinsRon Stewart | To Toronto Maple LeafsAndy Hebenton Orland Kurtenbach Pat Stapleton |
| September 1, 1965 | To Springfield Indians (AHL)Larry Johnston Bill Smith | To Toronto Maple LeafsBruce Gamble |

### Intra-League Draft

| June 8, 1965 | To New York RangersDon Simmons |
| June 8, 1965 | To Montreal CanadiensTom McCarthy |
| June 9, 1965 | To Boston BruinsGerry Cheevers |
| June 9, 1965 | To Chicago Black HawksPat Stapleton |

### Intra-League Draft

| June 8, 1965 | From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)Larry Johnston |

### Reverse Draft

| June 9, 1965 | To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)Mike Corbett |
| June 9, 1965 | From Boston BruinsBob Perreault |

### Waivers

| June 8, 1965 | To Detroit Red WingsDon McKenney |

## Draft picks

The Maple Leafs opted not to participate in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.