# 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Rangers.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 170 | 98 | 330 | 67 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 136 | 77 | 520 | 64 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 134 | 110 | 485 | 56 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 112 | 120 | 351 | 52 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 91 | 126 | 250 | 38 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 106 | 140 | 236 | 34 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 90 | 167 | 338 | 25 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

1939–40 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–1–1 | 5–3 | 6–1–1 | 7–1 | 2–4–2 | 5–2–1 |
| Chicago | 1–6–1 | — | 6–0–2 | 5–2–1 | 3–4–1 | 4–4 | 4–3–1 |
| Detroit | 3–5 | 0–6–2 | — | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–3–2 | 1–6–1 |
| Montreal | 1–6–1 | 2–5–1 | 3–5 | — | 2–4–2 | 1–6–1 | 1–7 |
| N.Y. Americans | 1–7 | 4–3–1 | 3–5 | 4–2–2 | — | 1–6–1 | 2–6 |
| N.Y. Rangers | 4–2–2 | 4–4 | 3–2–2 | 6–1–1 | 6–1–1 | — | 4–1–3 |
| Toronto | 2–5–1 | 3–4–1 | 6–1–1 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–4–3 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 4, 1939 | 5–0 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | November 11, 1939 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | W | November 12, 1939 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | W | November 18, 1939 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | W | November 19, 1939 | 7–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 4–0–1 |
| 6 | W | November 25, 1939 | 4–3 | New York Americans (1939–40) | 5–0–1 |
| 7 | L | November 26, 1939 | 1–2 OT | @ New York Americans (1939–40) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | L | November 28, 1939 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | T | December 2, 1939 | 3–3 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | W | December 3, 1939 | 3–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 6–2–2 |
| 11 | L | December 7, 1939 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 6–3–2 |
| 12 | W | December 9, 1939 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 7–3–2 |
| 13 | T | December 14, 1939 | 1–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 7–3–3 |
| 14 | W | December 16, 1939 | 5–1 | New York Americans (1939–40) | 8–3–3 |
| 15 | W | December 17, 1939 | 4–1 | @ New York Americans (1939–40) | 9–3–3 |
| 16 | L | December 19, 1939 | 2–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 9–4–3 |
| 17 | L | December 21, 1939 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 9–5–3 |
| 18 | W | December 23, 1939 | 5–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 10–5–3 |
| 19 | L | December 25, 1939 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 10–6–3 |
| 20 | W | December 28, 1939 | 6–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 11–6–3 |
| 21 | W | December 30, 1939 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 12–6–3 |
| 22 | W | December 31, 1939 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 13–6–3 |
| 23 | L | January 4, 1940 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 13–7–3 |
| 24 | W | January 6, 1940 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 14–7–3 |
| 25 | W | January 9, 1940 | 3–2 | @ New York Americans (1939–40) | 15–7–3 |
| 26 | L | January 11, 1940 | 2–5 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 15–8–3 |
| 27 | L | January 13, 1940 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 15–9–3 |
| 28 | T | January 18, 1940 | 2–2 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 15–9–4 |
| 29 | W | January 20, 1940 | 5–1 | New York Americans (1939–40) | 16–9–4 |
| 30 | L | January 21, 1940 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 16–10–4 |
| 31 | L | January 23, 1940 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 16–11–4 |
| 32 | L | January 25, 1940 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 16–12–4 |
| 33 | W | January 27, 1940 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 17–12–4 |
| 34 | L | February 3, 1940 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 17–13–4 |
| 35 | L | February 8, 1940 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1939–40) | 17–14–4 |
| 36 | T | February 10, 1940 | 4–4 OT | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 17–14–5 |
| 37 | W | February 17, 1940 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 18–14–5 |
| 38 | W | February 18, 1940 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 19–14–5 |
| 39 | L | February 20, 1940 | 0–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 19–15–5 |
| 40 | W | February 22, 1940 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 20–15–5 |
| 41 | W | February 24, 1940 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1939–40) | 21–15–5 |
| 42 | W | February 29, 1940 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) | 22–15–5 |
| 43 | T | March 2, 1940 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1939–40) | 22–15–6 |
| 44 | W | March 9, 1940 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 23–15–6 |
| 45 | L | March 10, 1940 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) | 23–16–6 |
| 46 | W | March 14, 1940 | 8–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) | 24–16–6 |
| 47 | W | March 16, 1940 | 8–6 | New York Americans (1939–40) | 25–16–6 |
| 48 | L | March 17, 1940 | 2–5 | @ New York Americans (1939–40) | 25–17–6 |

## Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series, and swept both. In the finals, they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4–2.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Drillon | RW | 43 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 13 |
| Syl Apps | C | 27 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 5 |
| Sweeney Schriner | LW | 39 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 48 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 56 |
| Red Heron | C | 42 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 40 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 63 |
| Pete Langelle | C | 39 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2 |
| Pep Kelly | RW | 34 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 15 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 42 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 15 |
| Bingo Kampman | D | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 59 |
| Lex Chisholm | C/RW | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| Nick Metz | LW | 31 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Hank Goldup | LW | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Billy Taylor | C | 29 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| Red Horner | D | 31 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 87 |
| Wally Stanowski | D | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| Jack Church | D | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 62 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Don Metz | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Turk Broda | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Stein | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 2900 | 47 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 108 | 2.23 | 4 |
| Phil Stein | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.71 | 0 |
| Team: | 2970 | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 110 | 2.22 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Syl Apps | C | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Hank Goldup | LW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Gordie Drillon | RW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| Nick Metz | LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Sweeney Schriner | LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Pete Langelle | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Red Heron | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Church | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Red Horner | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| Wally Stanowski | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Taylor | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pep Kelly | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bingo Kampman | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Metz | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 657 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 1.74 | 1 |
| Team: | 657 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 1.74 | 1 |
    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

* May 18, 1939: Acquired Sweeney Schriner from the New York Americans for Murray Armstrong, Buzz Boll, Busher Jackson and Doc Romnes
* July 1, 1939: Charlie Conacher returned from the Detroit Red Wings after Detroit failed to renew contract
* September 1, 1939: Signed Free Agent Clarence Drouillard
* September 22, 1939: Traded Charlie Conacher to the New York Americans for Future Considerations
* October 13, 1939: Traded Chuck Shannon to the New York Americans for cash
* October 13, 1939: Traded Jack Howard to the St. Louis Flyers of the AHA for cash