# 1949–50 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1949–50 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 229 | 164 | +65 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 172 | 150 | +22 | 77 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 176 | 173 | +3 | 74 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 170 | 189 | −19 | 67 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 198 | 228 | −30 | 60 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 203 | 244 | −41 | 54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–7–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–5–5 | 5–5–4 | 5–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–5–2 | — | 3–9–2 | 4–8–2 | 4–9–1 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 7–5–2 | 8–5–1 |
| Montreal | 5–4–5 | 8–4–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 7–5–2 | 6–4–4 |
| New York | 5–5–4 | 9–4–1 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 | — | 4–8–2 |
| Toronto | 7–5–2 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–6–4 | 8–4–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 15, 1949 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | October 16, 1949 | 5–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | October 19, 1949 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | T | October 22, 1949 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 1–1–2 |
| 5 | W | October 27, 1949 | 2–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 2–1–2 |
| 6 | W | October 29, 1949 | 8–1 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | W | October 30, 1949 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 4–1–2 |
| 8 | T | November 2, 1949 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 4–1–3 |
| 9 | L | November 5, 1949 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 4–2–3 |
| 10 | W | November 6, 1949 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 5–2–3 |
| 11 | L | November 10, 1949 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 5–3–3 |
| 12 | W | November 12, 1949 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 6–3–3 |
| 13 | L | November 13, 1949 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 6–4–3 |
| 14 | W | November 16, 1949 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 7–4–3 |
| 15 | L | November 19, 1949 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 7–5–3 |
| 16 | L | November 20, 1949 | 2–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | L | November 23, 1949 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 7–7–3 |
| 18 | L | November 24, 1949 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 7–8–3 |
| 19 | T | November 26, 1949 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 7–8–4 |
| 20 | L | November 27, 1949 | 3–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 7–9–4 |
| 21 | L | December 1, 1949 | 0–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 7–10–4 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1949 | 2–0 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 8–10–4 |
| 23 | W | December 4, 1949 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 9–10–4 |
| 24 | W | December 8, 1949 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 10–10–4 |
| 25 | W | December 10, 1949 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 11–10–4 |
| 26 | L | December 11, 1949 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 11–11–4 |
| 27 | T | December 14, 1949 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 11–11–5 |
| 28 | L | December 15, 1949 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 11–12–5 |
| 29 | L | December 17, 1949 | 1–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 11–13–5 |
| 30 | W | December 18, 1949 | 2–0 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 12–13–5 |
| 31 | L | December 21, 1949 | 1–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 12–14–5 |
| 32 | L | December 24, 1949 | 4–8 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 12–15–5 |
| 33 | L | December 25, 1949 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 12–16–5 |
| 34 | T | December 28, 1949 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 12–16–6 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1949 | 1–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 12–17–6 |
| 36 | L | January 1, 1950 | 0–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 12–18–6 |
| 37 | T | January 4, 1950 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 12–18–7 |
| 38 | W | January 7, 1950 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 13–18–7 |
| 39 | W | January 11, 1950 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 14–18–7 |
| 40 | W | January 14, 1950 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 15–18–7 |
| 41 | L | January 18, 1950 | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 15–19–7 |
| 42 | W | January 19, 1950 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 16–19–7 |
| 43 | W | January 21, 1950 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 17–19–7 |
| 44 | W | January 22, 1950 | 1–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 18–19–7 |
| 45 | W | January 25, 1950 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 19–19–7 |
| 46 | W | January 28, 1950 | 9–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 20–19–7 |
| 47 | W | January 29, 1950 | 4–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 21–19–7 |
| 48 | L | February 1, 1950 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 21–20–7 |
| 49 | T | February 4, 1950 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 21–20–8 |
| 50 | W | February 5, 1950 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 22–20–8 |
| 51 | W | February 8, 1950 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 23–20–8 |
| 52 | W | February 11, 1950 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 24–20–8 |
| 53 | T | February 12, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 24–20–9 |
| 54 | T | February 16, 1950 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 24–20–10 |
| 55 | W | February 18, 1950 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 25–20–10 |
| 56 | L | February 19, 1950 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 25–21–10 |
| 57 | W | February 22, 1950 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 26–21–10 |
| 58 | W | February 25, 1950 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 27–21–10 |
| 59 | L | March 1, 1950 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 27–22–10 |
| 60 | W | March 4, 1950 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 28–22–10 |
| 61 | L | March 5, 1950 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 28–23–10 |
| 62 | T | March 9, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 28–23–11 |
| 63 | W | March 11, 1950 | 4–0 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 29–23–11 |
| 64 | T | March 12, 1950 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 29–23–12 |
| 65 | L | March 15, 1950 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 29–24–12 |
| 66 | W | March 18, 1950 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 30–24–12 |
| 67 | L | March 19, 1950 | 0–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 30–25–12 |
| 68 | L | March 22, 1950 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 30–26–12 |
| 69 | W | March 25, 1950 | 8–0 | Boston Bruins (1949–50) | 31–26–12 |
| 70 | L | March 26, 1950 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 31–27–12 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Smith | 68 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 6 |
| Ted Kennedy | 53 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 34 |
| Max Bentley | 69 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 14 |
| Howie Meeker | 70 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 35 |
| Harry Watson | 60 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 11 |
| Joe Klukay | 70 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 19 |
| Cal Gardner | 31 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 12 |
| Ray Timgren | 68 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 22 |
| Bill Ezinicki | 67 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 144 |
| Vic Lynn | 70 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 39 |
| Fleming MacKell | 36 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 24 |
| Bill Barilko | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 85 |
| Gus Mortson | 68 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 125 |
| Bill Juzda | 62 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 68 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 70 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 76 |
| John McCormack | 34 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Garth Boesch | 58 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 63 |
| Rudy Migay | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Bob Dawes | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Frank Mathers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| George Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Arundel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Hugh Bolton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Turk Broda | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hassard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Johansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilles Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rollins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Samis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 4040 | 68 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 167 | 2.48 | 9 |
| Al Rollins | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.40 | 1 |
| Gilles Mayer | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 173 | 2.47 | 10 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Max Bentley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Timgren | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Joe Klukay | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ted Kennedy | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Sid Smith | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Barilko | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Fleming MacKell | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Vic Lynn | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Cal Gardner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John McCormack | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Howie Meeker | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Garth Boesch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Turk Broda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Costello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Ezinicki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Tim Horton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Juzda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Gus Mortson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Harry Watson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Turk Broda | 450 | 7 | 3 | 4 | | 10 | 1.33 | | | | 3 |
| Team: | 450 | 7 | 3 | 4 | | 10 | 1.33 | | | | 3 |