# 1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's last season in the old Arena Gardens. The Maple Leafs would build Maple Leaf Gardens before the next season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 129 | 89 | 60 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 118 | 99 | 53 |
| Montreal Maroons | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 106 | 46 |
| New York Americans | 44 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 76 | 74 | 46 |
| Ottawa Senators | 44 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 91 | 142 | 24 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
 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 13, 1930 | 0–0 OT | New York Americans (1930–31) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | November 15, 1930 | 4–0 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | W | November 18, 1930 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | T | November 20, 1930 | 0–0 OT | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 2–0–2 |
| 5 | W | November 22, 1930 | 2–0 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 3–0–2 |
| 6 | L | November 25, 1930 | 1–2 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | W | November 29, 1930 | 4–2 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 4–1–2 |
| 8 | L | December 2, 1930 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 4–2–2 |
| 9 | W | December 6, 1930 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | L | December 9, 1930 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 5–3–2 |
| 11 | L | December 13, 1930 | 3–7 | Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 5–4–2 |
| 12 | L | December 18, 1930 | 1–2 | Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 5–5–2 |
| 13 | W | December 20, 1930 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | T | December 23, 1930 | 4–4 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 6–5–3 |
| 15 | L | December 25, 1930 | 1–10 | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 6–6–3 |
| 16 | W | December 28, 1930 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | W | January 1, 1931 | 2–0 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | W | January 3, 1931 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 9–6–3 |
| 19 | T | January 6, 1931 | 2–2 OT | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 9–6–4 |
| 20 | W | January 8, 1931 | 1–0 | Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 10–6–4 |
| 21 | L | January 10, 1931 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 10–7–4 |
| 22 | T | January 15, 1931 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 10–7–5 |
| 23 | W | January 17, 1931 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 11–7–5 |
| 24 | W | January 22, 1931 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 12–7–5 |
| 25 | W | January 24, 1931 | 5–2 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 13–7–5 |
| 26 | L | January 27, 1931 | 2–3 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 13–8–5 |
| 27 | W | January 29, 1931 | 3–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 14–8–5 |
| 28 | W | January 31, 1931 | 3–2 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 15–8–5 |
| 29 | L | February 1, 1931 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 15–9–5 |
| 30 | L | February 3, 1931 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 15–10–5 |
| 31 | W | February 7, 1931 | 2–0 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 16–10–5 |
| 32 | T | February 14, 1931 | 1–1 OT | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 16–10–6 |
| 33 | L | February 19, 1931 | 1–2 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 16–11–6 |
| 34 | W | February 21, 1931 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 17–11–6 |
| 35 | T | February 24, 1931 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 17–11–7 |
| 36 | L | February 26, 1931 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 17–12–7 |
| 37 | T | February 28, 1931 | 5–5 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 17–12–8 |
| 38 | W | March 3, 1931 | 5–1 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 18–12–8 |
| 39 | L | March 5, 1931 | 5–6 | Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 18–13–8 |
| 40 | W | March 7, 1931 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 19–13–8 |
| 41 | T | March 10, 1931 | 3–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) | 19–13–9 |
| 42 | W | March 15, 1931 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 20–13–9 |
| 43 | W | March 19, 1931 | 8–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 21–13–9 |
| 44 | W | March 21, 1931 | 9–6 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 22–13–9 |

## Playoffs

The Maple Leafs were defeated by the Chicago Black Hawks in a two-game total goal series,g 4–3.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 37 | 31 | 12 | 43 | 78 |
| Ace Bailey | RW | 40 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 46 |
| Joe Primeau | C | 38 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 18 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 43 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 81 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 43 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 45 |
| King Clancy | D | 44 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 63 |
| Andy Blair | C | 44 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 32 |
| Hap Day | D | 44 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 56 |
| Red Horner | D | 42 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 71 |
| Bob Gracie | C/LW | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Rolly Huard | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Levinsky | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lorne Chabot | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Duncan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Dye | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Grant | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert Hamel | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Roger Jenkins | RW/D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Chabot | 2300 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 2.09 | 6 |
| Benny Grant | 430 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 2.65 | 2 |
| Team: | 2730 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 99 | 2.18 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Hap Day | D | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Ace Bailey | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Blair | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| King Clancy | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lorne Chabot | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Duncan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gracie | C/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Horner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Levinsky | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Primeau | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Chabot | 139 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.73 | 0 |
| Team: | 139 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.73 | 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

* July 30, 1930: Signed Free Agent John Gallagher
* October 30, 1930: Acquired King Clancy from the Ottawa Senators for Art Smith, Eric Pettinger, and $35,000
* December 4, 1930: Loaned Roger Jenkins from the Chicago Black Hawks
* December 8, 1930: Released Babe Dye
* December 8, 1930: Signed Free Agent Herb Hamel
* December 26, 1930: Loaned Benny Grant to the Boston Tigers of the Can-Am League for cash
* February 3, 1931: Returned Roger Jenkins to the Chicago Black Hawks
* February 27, 1931: Signed Free Agent Bob Gracie
* March 2, 1931: Signed Free Agent Alex Levinsky