# 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 222 | 131 | +91 | 100 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 183 | 148 | +35 | 76 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 204 | 203 | +1 | 74 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 153 | 181 | −28 | 61 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 147 | 185 | −38 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 155 | 216 | −61 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–8–3 | 3–8–3 | 5–8–1 | 7–5–2 | 5–5–4 |
| Chicago | 8–3–3 | — | 2–8–4 | 1–12–1 | 3–10–1 | 5–6–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 8–2–4 | — | 4–8–2 | 5–6–3 | 5–5–4 |
| Montreal | 8–5–1 | 12–1–1 | 8–4–2 | — | 8–2–4 | 9–3–2 |
| New York | 5–7–2 | 10–3–1 | 6–5–3 | 2–8–4 | — | 9–5 |
| Toronto | 5–5–4 | 6–5–3 | 5–5–4 | 3–9–2 | 5–9 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 6, 1955 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | October 8, 1955 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | October 9, 1955 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | L | October 12, 1955 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | T | October 15, 1955 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | October 16, 1955 | 0–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | L | October 19, 1955 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | W | October 22, 1955 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | W | October 26, 1955 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 3–5–1 |
| 10 | W | October 29, 1955 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 4–5–1 |
| 11 | W | November 2, 1955 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 5–5–1 |
| 12 | T | November 3, 1955 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 5–5–2 |
| 13 | L | November 5, 1955 | 0–3 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 5–6–2 |
| 14 | L | November 6, 1955 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 5–7–2 |
| 15 | L | November 11, 1955 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 5–8–2 |
| 16 | L | November 12, 1955 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 5–9–2 |
| 17 | L | November 13, 1955 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 5–10–2 |
| 18 | L | November 16, 1955 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 5–11–2 |
| 19 | W | November 19, 1955 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 6–11–2 |
| 20 | T | November 20, 1955 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 6–11–3 |
| 21 | L | November 24, 1955 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 6–12–3 |
| 22 | W | November 26, 1955 | 7–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 7–12–3 |
| 23 | W | November 27, 1955 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 8–12–3 |
| 24 | T | November 30, 1955 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 8–12–4 |
| 25 | L | December 3, 1955 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 8–13–4 |
| 26 | L | December 4, 1955 | 0–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 8–14–4 |
| 27 | L | December 7, 1955 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 8–15–4 |
| 28 | L | December 8, 1955 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 8–16–4 |
| 29 | W | December 10, 1955 | 6–1 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 9–16–4 |
| 30 | T | December 11, 1955 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 9–16–5 |
| 31 | L | December 15, 1955 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 9–17–5 |
| 32 | W | December 17, 1955 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 10–17–5 |
| 33 | L | December 18, 1955 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 10–18–5 |
| 34 | W | December 24, 1955 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 11–18–5 |
| 35 | T | December 25, 1955 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 11–18–6 |
| 36 | W | December 28, 1955 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 12–18–6 |
| 37 | L | December 29, 1955 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 12–19–6 |
| 38 | T | December 31, 1955 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 12–19–7 |
| 39 | W | January 4, 1956 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 13–19–7 |
| 40 | W | January 7, 1956 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 14–19–7 |
| 41 | L | January 14, 1956 | 5–6 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 14–20–7 |
| 42 | W | January 15, 1956 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 15–20–7 |
| 43 | L | January 18, 1956 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 15–21–7 |
| 44 | L | January 19, 1956 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 15–22–7 |
| 45 | W | January 21, 1956 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 16–22–7 |
| 46 | L | January 22, 1956 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 16–23–7 |
| 47 | W | January 25, 1956 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 17–23–7 |
| 48 | L | January 28, 1956 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 17–24–7 |
| 49 | L | January 29, 1956 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 17–25–7 |
| 50 | L | February 1, 1956 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 17–26–7 |
| 51 | L | February 4, 1956 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 17–27–7 |
| 52 | L | February 5, 1956 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 17–28–7 |
| 53 | T | February 8, 1956 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 17–28–8 |
| 54 | T | February 9, 1956 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 17–28–9 |
| 55 | W | February 11, 1956 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 18–28–9 |
| 56 | T | February 12, 1956 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 18–28–10 |
| 57 | W | February 15, 1956 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 19–28–10 |
| 58 | L | February 16, 1956 | 1–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 19–29–10 |
| 59 | L | February 18, 1956 | 1–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 19–30–10 |
| 60 | W | February 22, 1956 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 20–30–10 |
| 61 | W | February 24, 1956 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 21–30–10 |
| 62 | L | February 25, 1956 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 21–31–10 |
| 63 | W | February 29, 1956 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 22–31–10 |
| 64 | T | March 3, 1956 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 22–31–11 |
| 65 | T | March 4, 1956 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) | 22–31–12 |
| 66 | L | March 8, 1956 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) | 22–32–12 |
| 67 | W | March 10, 1956 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1955–56) | 23–32–12 |
| 68 | L | March 11, 1956 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1955–56) | 23–33–12 |
| 69 | T | March 17, 1956 | 1–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) | 23–33–13 |
| 70 | W | March 18, 1956 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) | 24–33–13 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tod Sloan | 70 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 100 |
| George Armstrong | 67 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 97 |
| Dick Duff | 69 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 74 |
| Rudy Migay | 70 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 52 |
| Ron Stewart | 69 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 35 |
| Billy Harris | 70 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| Sid Smith | 55 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 |
| Hugh Bolton | 67 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 65 |
| Earl Balfour | 59 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| Jim Morrison | 63 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 77 |
| Gord Hannigan | 48 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 |
| Ron Hurst | 50 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 62 |
| Marc Reaume | 48 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 50 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 40 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 65 |
| Brian Cullen | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 62 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 96 |
| Gerry James | 46 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50 |
| Tim Horton | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36 |
| Larry Cahan | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
| Jack Bionda | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Bill Burega | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Joe Klukay | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bailey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Chadwick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Cullen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray Gariepy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Lumley | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al MacNeil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willie Marshall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilles Mayer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Reid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 3527 | 59 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 157 | 2.67 | 3 |
| Ed Chadwick | 300 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | 2 |
| Gilles Mayer | 360 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Lefty Wilson | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 178 | 2.54 | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| George Armstrong | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Duff | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Hurst | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Marc Reaume | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Brian Cullen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gerry James | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sid Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Balfour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hugh Bolton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gord Hannigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Horton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Lumley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rudy Migay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tod Sloan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 304 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 13 | 2.57 | | | | 1 |
| Team: | 304 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 13 | 2.57 | | | | 1 |