# 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 37th 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 | 191 | 132 | +59 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 195 | 141 | +54 | 81 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 152 | 131 | +21 | 78 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 177 | 181 | −4 | 74 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 161 | 182 | −21 | 68 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 133 | 242 | −109 | 31 |

### Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 11–1–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–6–4 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 |
| Chicago | 1–11–2 | — | 2–11–1 | 3–9–2 | 3–9–2 | 3–11 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 11–2–1 | — | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–3–5 |
| Montreal | 6–4–4 | 9–3–2 | 6–6–2 | — | 9–5 | 5–6–3 |
| New York | 7–7 | 9–3–2 | 5–6–3 | 5–9 | — | 3–6–5 |
| Toronto | 6–7–1 | 11–3 | 3–6–5 | 6–5–3 | 6–3–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 10, 1953 | 6–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | October 11, 1953 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | October 15, 1953 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | T | October 17, 1953 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 18, 1953 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | T | October 21, 1953 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | L | October 24, 1953 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 3–2–2 |
| 8 | L | October 25, 1953 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | L | October 29, 1953 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 3–4–2 |
| 10 | W | October 31, 1953 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | T | November 1, 1953 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 4–4–3 |
| 12 | W | November 4, 1953 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 5–4–3 |
| 13 | T | November 7, 1953 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 5–4–4 |
| 14 | W | November 8, 1953 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 6–4–4 |
| 15 | W | November 11, 1953 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 7–4–4 |
| 16 | W | November 14, 1953 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 8–4–4 |
| 17 | T | November 15, 1953 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 8–4–5 |
| 18 | L | November 19, 1953 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 8–5–5 |
| 19 | W | November 21, 1953 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 9–5–5 |
| 20 | W | November 22, 1953 | 5–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 10–5–5 |
| 21 | L | November 26, 1953 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 10–6–5 |
| 22 | W | November 28, 1953 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 11–6–5 |
| 23 | L | November 29, 1953 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 11–7–5 |
| 24 | L | December 3, 1953 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 11–8–5 |
| 25 | W | December 5, 1953 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 12–8–5 |
| 26 | T | December 6, 1953 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 12–8–6 |
| 27 | W | December 9, 1953 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 13–8–6 |
| 28 | W | December 12, 1953 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 14–8–6 |
| 29 | W | December 13, 1953 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 15–8–6 |
| 30 | L | December 17, 1953 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 15–9–6 |
| 31 | W | December 19, 1953 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 16–9–6 |
| 32 | L | December 20, 1953 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 16–10–6 |
| 33 | W | December 26, 1953 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 17–10–6 |
| 34 | T | December 30, 1953 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 17–10–7 |
| 35 | W | January 2, 1954 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 18–10–7 |
| 36 | T | January 3, 1954 | 0–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 18–10–8 |
| 37 | L | January 7, 1954 | 3–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 18–11–8 |
| 38 | W | January 9, 1954 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 19–11–8 |
| 39 | L | January 10, 1954 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 19–12–8 |
| 40 | W | January 13, 1954 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 20–12–8 |
| 41 | W | January 16, 1954 | 4–0 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 21–12–8 |
| 42 | W | January 17, 1954 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 22–12–8 |
| 43 | W | January 23, 1954 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 23–12–8 |
| 44 | L | January 24, 1954 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 23–13–8 |
| 45 | L | January 27, 1954 | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 23–14–8 |
| 46 | W | January 30, 1954 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 24–14–8 |
| 47 | L | January 31, 1954 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 24–15–8 |
| 48 | W | February 4, 1954 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 25–15–8 |
| 49 | W | February 6, 1954 | 6–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 26–15–8 |
| 50 | L | February 7, 1954 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 26–16–8 |
| 51 | L | February 10, 1954 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 26–17–8 |
| 52 | W | February 11, 1954 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 27–17–8 |
| 53 | T | February 13, 1954 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 27–17–9 |
| 54 | T | February 14, 1954 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 27–17–10 |
| 55 | T | February 17, 1954 | 0–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 27–17–11 |
| 56 | W | February 20, 1954 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 28–17–11 |
| 57 | L | February 21, 1954 | 1–6 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 28–18–11 |
| 58 | T | February 25, 1954 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 28–18–12 |
| 59 | W | February 27, 1954 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 29–18–12 |
| 60 | L | February 28, 1954 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 29–19–12 |
| 61 | T | March 3, 1954 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 29–19–13 |
| 62 | T | March 4, 1954 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 29–19–14 |
| 63 | L | March 6, 1954 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 29–20–14 |
| 64 | W | March 7, 1954 | 4–0 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 30–20–14 |
| 65 | W | March 11, 1954 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 31–20–14 |
| 66 | L | March 13, 1954 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 31–21–14 |
| 67 | L | March 14, 1954 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) | 31–22–14 |
| 68 | W | March 17, 1954 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 32–22–14 |
| 69 | L | March 20, 1954 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 32–23–14 |
| 70 | L | March 21, 1954 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 32–24–14 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tod Sloan | 67 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 100 |
| Sid Smith | 70 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 28 |
| Ted Kennedy | 67 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 78 |
| George Armstrong | 63 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 60 |
| Tim Horton | 70 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 94 |
| Harry Watson | 70 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 30 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 61 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 86 |
| Ron Stewart | 70 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 72 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 68 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 70 |
| Rudy Migay | 70 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 60 |
| Jim Morrison | 60 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 51 |
| Bob Bailey | 48 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 70 |
| Gord Hannigan | 35 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| Fern Flaman | 62 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 84 |
| Leo Boivin | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 81 |
| Bob Solinger | 39 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Bob Hassard | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Howie Meeker | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Balfour | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Danny Lewicki | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Hugh Bolton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harry Lumley | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gilles Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 4140 | 69 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 128 | 1.86 | 13 |
| Gilles Mayer | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 131 | 1.87 | 13 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gord Hannigan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tim Horton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ted Kennedy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tod Sloan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Sid Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Bailey | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| George Armstrong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rudy Migay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hugh Bolton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Harry Watson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Leo Boivin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fern Flaman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 321 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 15 | 2.80 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 321 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 15 | 2.80 | | | | 0 |