# 1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 |
| Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 |
| Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 18 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 19 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 22 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 25 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 29 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | T | November 1 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | L | November 2 | 4–7 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 3–2–2 |
| 8 | L | November 6 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | W | November 8 | 7–2 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 4–3–2 |
| 10 | W | November 9 | 6–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 5–3–2 |
| 11 | L | November 12 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 5–4–2 |
| 12 | W | November 15 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 6–4–2 |
| 13 | W | November 16 | 5–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 7–4–2 |
| 14 | L | November 19 | 2–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 7–5–2 |
| 15 | W | November 22 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | L | November 27 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | W | November 29 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 9–6–2 |
| 18 | T | November 30 | 0–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 9–6–3 |
| 19 | W | December 3 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 10–6–3 |
| 20 | W | December 6 | 12–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 11–6–3 |
| 21 | W | December 7 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 12–6–3 |
| 22 | T | December 10 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–6–4 |
| 23 | L | December 13 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 12–7–4 |
| 24 | T | December 14 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 12–7–5 |
| 25 | T | December 20 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–7–6 |
| 26 | W | December 21 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 13–7–6 |
| 27 | W | December 25 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 14–7–6 |
| 28 | W | December 27 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 15–7–6 |
| 29 | T | December 28 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 15–7–7 |
| 30 | W | January 1 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 16–7–7 |
| 31 | T | January 3 | 5–5 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 16–7–8 |
| 32 | W | January 10 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 17–7–8 |
| 33 | T | January 11 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 17–7–9 |
| 34 | L | January 15 | 4–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 17–8–9 |
| 35 | W | January 17 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–8–9 |
| 36 | T | January 18 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 18–8–10 |
| 37 | L | January 21 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–9–10 |
| 38 | W | January 24 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 19–9–10 |
| 39 | T | January 25 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 19–9–11 |
| 40 | T | January 28 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 19–9–12 |
| 41 | W | January 31 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 20–9–12 |
| 42 | L | February 1 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 20–10–12 |
| 43 | W | February 4 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 21–10–12 |
| 44 | W | February 7 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 22–10–12 |
| 45 | W | February 14 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 23–10–12 |
| 46 | T | February 15 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 23–10–13 |
| 47 | L | February 19 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 23–11–13 |
| 48 | W | February 21 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 24–11–13 |
| 49 | W | February 22 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 25–11–13 |
| 50 | W | February 25 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 26–11–13 |
| 51 | W | February 28 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 27–11–13 |
| 52 | L | March 2 | 0–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 27–12–13 |
| 53 | L | March 3 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 27–13–13 |
| 54 | W | March 6 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 28–13–13 |
| 55 | L | March 7 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 28–14–13 |
| 56 | L | March 11 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 28–15–13 |
| 57 | W | March 13 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 29–15–13 |
| 58 | W | March 14 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 30–15–13 |
| 59 | W | March 20 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 31–15–13 |
| 60 | W | March 21 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 32–15–13 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Syl Apps | 55 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 12 |
| Max Bentley | 53 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 10 |
| Ted Kennedy | 60 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 32 |
| Harry Watson | 57 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 16 |
| Howie Meeker | 58 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 62 |
| Vic Lynn | 60 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 53 |
| Bill Ezinicki | 60 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 97 |
| Joe Klukay | 59 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 28 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 59 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 82 |
| Gus Mortson | 58 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 118 |
| Sid Smith | 31 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
| Bill Barilko | 57 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 147 |
| Wally Stanowski | 54 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Nick Metz | 60 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| Don Metz | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Garth Boesch | 45 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 52 |
| Cy Thomas | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Bud Poile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gaye Stewart | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John McCormack | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fleming MacKell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tod Sloan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Turk Broda | 3600 | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 143 | 2.38 | | | | 5 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 143 | 2.38 | | | | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ted Kennedy | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Max Bentley | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Watson | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Vic Lynn | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| Howie Meeker | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Bill Ezinicki | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Les Costello | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Garth Boesch | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Gus Mortson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Nick Metz | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Klukay | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Wally Stanowski | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Barilko | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Phil Samis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Turk Broda | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Don Metz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sid Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Turk Broda | 557 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 20 | 2.15 | | | | 1 |
| Team: | 557 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 20 | 2.15 | | | | 1 |

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup Finals

This was the debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| April 7 | Detroit | 3 | Toronto | 5 |
| April 10 | Detroit | 2 | Toronto | 4 |
| April 11 | Toronto | 2 | Detroit | 0 |
| April 14 | Toronto | 7 | Detroit | 2 |
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–0.

## Awards and records

* Prince of Wales Trophy
* Vezina Trophy: || Turk Broda
* Turk Broda, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

## Transactions

* May 15, 1947: Traded Buck Jones and Nick Knott to the Tulsa Oilers of the USHL for cash
* October 5, 1947: Traded Gordie Bell to the Washington Lions of the AHL for cash
* November 2, 1947: Acquired Max Bentley and Cy Thomas from the Chicago Black Hawks for Gus Bodnar, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham, Bud Poile and Ernie Dickens