# 1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 27th 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 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 234 | 109 | +125 | 83 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 214 | 177 | +37 | 58 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 214 | 174 | +40 | 50 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 178 | 187 | −9 | 49 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 223 | 268 | −45 | 43 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 162 | 310 | −148 | 17 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–5 | 1–7–2 | 3–5–2 | 7–2–1 | 3–7 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | — | 5–5 | 0–8–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Detroit | 7–1–2 | 5–5 | — | 0–9–1 | 8–1–1 | 6–2–2 |
| Montreal | 5–3–2 | 8–0–2 | 9–0–1 | — | 9–0–1 | 7–2–1 |
| New York | 2–7–1 | 1–7–2 | 1–8–1 | 0–9–1 | — | 2–8 |
| Toronto | 7–3 | 4–5–1 | 2–6–2 | 2–7–1 | 8–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 30 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 31 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | T | November 4 | 5–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | L | November 6 | 2–5 | Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | November 7 | 7–4 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | T | November 11 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 3–1–2 |
| 7 | L | November 13 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 3–2–2 |
| 8 | L | November 18 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | L | November 20 | 2–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 3–4–2 |
| 10 | W | November 21 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | L | November 23 | 5–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 4–5–2 |
| 12 | W | November 27 | 7–4 | Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 5–5–2 |
| 13 | L | November 28 | 4–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 5–6–2 |
| 14 | W | December 2 | 6–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | W | December 4 | 11–4 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 7–6–2 |
| 16 | W | December 11 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | L | December 12 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | L | December 16 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 8–8–2 |
| 19 | W | December 18 | 8–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 9–8–2 |
| 20 | W | December 19 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 10–8–2 |
| 21 | L | December 21 | 5–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 10–9–2 |
| 22 | L | December 25 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 10–10–2 |
| 23 | W | December 31 | 4–0 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 11–10–2 |
| 24 | W | January 1 | 5–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 12–10–2 |
| 25 | L | January 4 | 3–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 12–11–2 |
| 26 | W | January 6 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 13–11–2 |
| 27 | W | January 8 | 12–3 | Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 14–11–2 |
| 28 | W | January 11 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 15–11–2 |
| 29 | L | January 15 | 4–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 15–12–2 |
| 30 | L | January 16 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 15–13–2 |
| 31 | W | January 18 | 7–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 16–13–2 |
| 32 | L | January 22 | 1–5 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 16–14–2 |
| 33 | L | January 23 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 16–15–2 |
| 34 | T | January 27 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 16–15–3 |
| 35 | L | January 29 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 16–16–3 |
| 36 | W | February 5 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 17–16–3 |
| 37 | L | February 6 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 17–17–3 |
| 38 | L | February 12 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 17–18–3 |
| 39 | W | February 13 | 6–3 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 18–18–3 |
| 40 | W | February 19 | 10–4 | Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 19–18–3 |
| 41 | T | February 20 | 0–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 19–18–4 |
| 42 | L | February 24 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 19–19–4 |
| 43 | L | February 26 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 19–20–4 |
| 44 | W | February 29 | 7–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 20–20–4 |
| 45 | L | March 4 | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 20–21–4 |
| 46 | L | March 5 | 3–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 20–22–4 |
| 47 | W | March 9 | 8–0 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 21–22–4 |
| 48 | W | March 11 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 22–22–4 |
| 49 | L | March 12 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 22–23–4 |
| 50 | W | March 18 | 10–2 | Boston Bruins (1943–44) | 23–23–4 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Lorne Carr | RW | 50 | 36 | 38 | 74 | 9 |
| Gus Bodnar | C | 50 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 18 |
| Babe Pratt | D | 50 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 30 |
| Ted Kennedy | C | 49 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 2 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 47 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 21 |
| Jackie Hamilton | C | 49 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 4 |
| George Boothman | C/D | 49 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 14 |
| Moe Morris | D | 50 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 22 |
| Mel Hill | RW | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| Jack McLean | C/RW | 32 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 30 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 39 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 |
| Tom O'Neill | RW | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| Bud Poile | RW | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Don Webster | LW | 27 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Johnny Ingoldsby | RW/D | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Ross Johnstone | D | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Red Carr | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Dunlap | W | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Bibeault | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Grant | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Marois | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Prentice | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Paul Bibeault | 1740 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 87 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Benny Grant | 1200 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 4.15 | 0 |
| Jean Marois | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 174 | 3.48 | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| George Boothman | C/D | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Moe Morris | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Babe Pratt | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ted Kennedy | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jackie Hamilton | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Lorne Carr | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Bibeault | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Bodnar | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ross Johnstone | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McLean | C/RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom O'Neill | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Don Webster | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Paul Bibeault | 300 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 |
| Team: | 300 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 4.60 | 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

* September 11, 1943: Acquired Garth Boesch from the Brooklyn Americans in Dispersal Draw
* November 1, 1943: Acquired Red Garrett, Gordon Bell and cash from the New York Rangers for Bucko McDonald
* November 18, 1943: Called up Jean Marois from the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the OHA
* November 27, 1943: Loaned George Abbott to the Boston Bruins for one game
* December 22, 1943: Loaned Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens for remainder of the 1943–44 season