# 1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 26th 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 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 169 | 124 | +45 | 61 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 195 | 176 | +19 | 57 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 198 | 159 | +39 | 53 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 181 | 191 | −10 | 50 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 179 | 180 | −1 | 49 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 161 | 253 | −92 | 30 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–4–3 | 4–4–2 | 5–4–1 | 8–2 | 4–3–3 |
| Chicago | 4–3–3 | — | 2–4–4 | 1–4–5 | 4–4–2 | 6–3–1 |
| Detroit | 4–4–2 | 4–2–4 | — | 5–3–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Montreal | 4–5–1 | 4–1–5 | 3–5–2 | — | 6–2–2 | 2–6–2 |
| New York | 2–8 | 4–4–2 | 1–7–2 | 2–6–2 | — | 2–6–2 |
| Toronto | 3–4–3 | 3–6–1 | 4–5–1 | 6–2–2 | 6–2–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 31 | 7–2 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | November 7 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | W | November 12 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 3–0–0 |
| 4 | L | November 14 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 3–1–0 |
| 5 | L | November 15 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | November 19 | 7–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | W | November 21 | 8–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 5–2–0 |
| 8 | L | November 22 | 6–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 5–3–0 |
| 9 | L | November 26 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 5–4–0 |
| 10 | W | November 28 | 8–6 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 6–4–0 |
| 11 | L | November 29 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 6–5–0 |
| 12 | L | December 3 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 6–6–0 |
| 13 | W | December 5 | 9–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 7–6–0 |
| 14 | T | December 6 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 7–6–1 |
| 15 | W | December 10 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 8–6–1 |
| 16 | W | December 12 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 9–6–1 |
| 17 | L | December 13 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 9–7–1 |
| 18 | W | December 17 | 8–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 10–7–1 |
| 19 | T | December 19 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 10–7–2 |
| 20 | W | December 20 | 8–2 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 11–7–2 |
| 21 | T | December 22 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 11–7–3 |
| 22 | W | December 26 | 7–2 | Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 12–7–3 |
| 23 | L | December 27 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 12–8–3 |
| 24 | W | January 2 | 6–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 13–8–3 |
| 25 | T | January 3 | 4–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 13–8–4 |
| 26 | L | January 9 | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 13–9–4 |
| 27 | L | January 10 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 13–10–4 |
| 28 | W | January 16 | 8–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 14–10–4 |
| 29 | L | January 17 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 14–11–4 |
| 30 | W | January 21 | 7–4 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 15–11–4 |
| 31 | W | January 23 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 16–11–4 |
| 32 | L | January 30 | 3–5 | Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 16–12–4 |
| 33 | T | January 31 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 16–12–5 |
| 34 | L | February 4 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 16–13–5 |
| 35 | W | February 6 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 17–13–5 |
| 36 | L | February 7 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 17–14–5 |
| 37 | L | February 9 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 17–15–5 |
| 38 | W | February 13 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 18–15–5 |
| 39 | T | February 14 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 18–15–6 |
| 40 | W | February 20 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 19–15–6 |
| 41 | L | February 21 | 0–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 19–16–6 |
| 42 | L | February 27 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 19–17–6 |
| 43 | W | February 28 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 20–17–6 |
| 44 | L | March 2 | 0–4 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 20–18–6 |
| 45 | T | March 6 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 20–18–7 |
| 46 | T | March 7 | 5–5 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 20–18–8 |
| 47 | T | March 9 | 5–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) | 20–18–9 |
| 48 | L | March 11 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 20–19–9 |
| 49 | W | March 13 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 21–19–9 |
| 50 | W | March 14 | 5–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 22–19–9 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Lorne Carr | RW | 50 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 15 |
| Billy Taylor | C | 50 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 2 |
| Gaye Stewart | LW | 48 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 20 |
| Mel Hill | RW | 49 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 47 |
| Syl Apps | C | 29 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 2 |
| Babe Pratt | D | 40 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 44 |
| Sweeney Schriner | LW | 37 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 13 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 50 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 20 |
| Bud Poile | RW | 48 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 24 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 48 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 68 |
| Jack McLean | C/RW | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| Jack Forsey | RW | 19 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 40 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 39 |
| Bob Copp | D | 38 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| Hank Goldup | LW | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Jackie Hamilton | C | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Shep Mayer | RW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| George Boothman | C/D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rhys Thomson | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Ab DeMarco | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Ingoldsby | RW/D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Kennedy | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Jones | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 3000 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 159 | 3.18 | 1 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 159 | 3.18 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bud Poile | RW | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Jack McLean | C/RW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Sweeney Schriner | LW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Mel Hill | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lorne Carr | RW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Babe Pratt | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jackie Hamilton | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Gaye Stewart | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jack Forsey | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Jones | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Klukay | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 439 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2.73 | 0 |
| Team: | 439 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2.73 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Transactions

* September 11, 1942: Acquired Rhys Thomson from the Brooklyn Americans in Special Dispersal Draft
* October 1, 1942: Signed Benny Grant as a War-Time Replacement
* October 4, 1942: Traded Gordie Drillon to the Montreal Canadiens for $30,000
* October 9, 1942: Acquired Mel Hill from the Brooklyn Americans in Special Dispersal Draft
* November 7, 1942: Acquired Ross Johnstone from the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash
* November 18, 1942: Signed Free Agent Johnny Ingoldsby
* November 27, 1942: Acquired Babe Pratt from the New York Rangers for Red Garrett and Hank Goldup
* February 3, 1943: Acquired Buck Jones and loan of Ab DeMarco from the Providence Reds of the AHL for loan of George Boothman and loan of Jack Forsey
* February 28, 1943: Acquired Ted Kennedy from the Montreal Canadiens for Frank Eddolls
* March 15, 1943: Signed Free Agent Joe Klukay