# 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup was famous for Bill Barilko scoring the winning goal.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 236 | 139 | +97 | 101 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 212 | 138 | +74 | 95 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 173 | 184 | −11 | 65 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 178 | 197 | −19 | 62 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 169 | 201 | −32 | 61 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 171 | 280 | −109 | 36 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–4–1 | 2–8–4 | 5–6–3 | 4–2–8 | 2–10–2 |
| Chicago | 4–9–1 | — | 1–13 | 4–8–2 | 2–9–3 | 2–8–4 |
| Detroit | 8–2–4 | 13–1 | — | 8–4–2 | 8–3–3 | 7–3–4 |
| Montreal | 6–5–3 | 8–4–2 | 4–8–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 2–10–2 |
| New York | 2–4–8 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 3–10–1 |
| Toronto | 10–2–2 | 8–2–4 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 10–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 14, 1950 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | October 15, 1950 | 4–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 18, 1950 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 21, 1950 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 22, 1950 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | W | October 25, 1950 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | W | October 28, 1950 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | T | October 29, 1950 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 5–1–2 |
| 9 | W | November 1, 1950 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 6–1–2 |
| 10 | W | November 2, 1950 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 7–1–2 |
| 11 | T | November 4, 1950 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 7–1–3 |
| 12 | W | November 8, 1950 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 8–1–3 |
| 13 | L | November 11, 1950 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 8–2–3 |
| 14 | W | November 12, 1950 | 7–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 9–2–3 |
| 15 | L | November 16, 1950 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 9–3–3 |
| 16 | W | November 18, 1950 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 10–3–3 |
| 17 | L | November 19, 1950 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 10–4–3 |
| 18 | W | November 22, 1950 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 11–4–3 |
| 19 | W | November 23, 1950 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 12–4–3 |
| 20 | W | November 25, 1950 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 13–4–3 |
| 21 | W | November 26, 1950 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 14–4–3 |
| 22 | T | November 30, 1950 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 14–4–4 |
| 23 | T | December 2, 1950 | 0–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 14–4–5 |
| 24 | T | December 3, 1950 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 14–4–6 |
| 25 | W | December 6, 1950 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 15–4–6 |
| 26 | W | December 9, 1950 | 8–1 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 16–4–6 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1950 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 16–5–6 |
| 28 | L | December 13, 1950 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 16–6–6 |
| 29 | W | December 14, 1950 | 7–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 17–6–6 |
| 30 | L | December 16, 1950 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 17–7–6 |
| 31 | W | December 17, 1950 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 18–7–6 |
| 32 | W | December 20, 1950 | 6–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 19–7–6 |
| 33 | T | December 23, 1950 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 19–7–7 |
| 34 | L | December 27, 1950 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 19–8–7 |
| 35 | L | December 30, 1950 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 19–9–7 |
| 36 | W | December 31, 1950 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 20–9–7 |
| 37 | L | January 6, 1951 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 20–10–7 |
| 38 | T | January 9, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 20–10–8 |
| 39 | T | January 13, 1951 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 20–10–9 |
| 40 | L | January 14, 1951 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 20–11–9 |
| 41 | W | January 18, 1951 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 21–11–9 |
| 42 | W | January 20, 1951 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 22–11–9 |
| 43 | T | January 21, 1951 | 0–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 22–11–10 |
| 44 | W | January 24, 1951 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 23–11–10 |
| 45 | W | January 27, 1951 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 24–11–10 |
| 46 | W | January 28, 1951 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 25–11–10 |
| 47 | W | February 1, 1951 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 26–11–10 |
| 48 | W | February 3, 1951 | 6–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 27–11–10 |
| 49 | T | February 4, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 27–11–11 |
| 50 | W | February 7, 1951 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 28–11–11 |
| 51 | L | February 10, 1951 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 28–12–11 |
| 52 | W | February 11, 1951 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 29–12–11 |
| 53 | T | February 15, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 29–12–12 |
| 54 | W | February 17, 1951 | 2–0 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 30–12–12 |
| 55 | W | February 18, 1951 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 31–12–12 |
| 56 | T | February 21, 1951 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 31–12–13 |
| 57 | W | February 24, 1951 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 32–12–13 |
| 58 | L | March 1, 1951 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 32–13–13 |
| 59 | W | March 3, 1951 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 33–13–13 |
| 60 | L | March 5, 1951 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 33–14–13 |
| 61 | L | March 7, 1951 | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 33–15–13 |
| 62 | W | March 10, 1951 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 34–15–13 |
| 63 | L | March 11, 1951 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 34–16–13 |
| 64 | W | March 14, 1951 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 35–16–13 |
| 65 | W | March 15, 1951 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 36–16–13 |
| 66 | W | March 17, 1951 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 37–16–13 |
| 67 | W | March 18, 1951 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 38–16–13 |
| 68 | W | March 21, 1951 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 39–16–13 |
| 69 | W | March 24, 1951 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 40–16–13 |
| 70 | W | March 25, 1951 | 1–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) | 41–16–13 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Max Bentley | 67 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 34 |
| Ted Kennedy | 63 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 32 |
| Tod Sloan | 70 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 105 |
| Sid Smith | 70 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 10 |
| Cal Gardner | 66 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 42 |
| Harry Watson | 68 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 18 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 69 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 76 |
| Danny Lewicki | 61 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 26 |
| Joe Klukay | 70 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 16 |
| Fleming MacKell | 70 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 40 |
| Howie Meeker | 49 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 24 |
| John McCormack | 46 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Gus Mortson | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 142 |
| Bill Barilko | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 96 |
| Ray Timgren | 70 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| Bill Juzda | 65 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 64 |
| Fern Flaman | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 64 |
| Hugh Bolton | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Phil Maloney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Hassard | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Barbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dusty Blair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Copp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Rollins | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Al Rollins | 2373 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 70 | 1.77 | 5 |
| Turk Broda | 1827 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 68 | 2.23 | 6 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 138 | 1.97 | 11 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Max Bentley | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| Sid Smith | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Kennedy | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Tod Sloan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Joe Klukay | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Barilko | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| Fleming MacKell | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Harry Watson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Cal Gardner | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Howie Meeker | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Fern Flaman | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Gus Mortson | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Ray Timgren | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Turk Broda | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Juzda | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Danny Lewicki | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rollins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 492 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1.10 | 2 |
| Al Rollins | 210 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.71 | 0 |
| Team: | 702 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1.28 | 2 |

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup Finals

Every game went into overtime in this series. Bill Barilko scored the Cup-winning goal, his last goal in the NHL as he would die in a plane crash during the summer.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 11 | Montreal | 2 | Toronto | 3 | OT |
| April 14 | Montreal | 3 | Toronto | 2 | OT |
| April 17 | Toronto | 2 | Montreal | 1 | OT |
| April 19 | Toronto | 3 | Montreal | 2 | OT |
| April 21 | Montreal | 2 | Toronto | 3 | OT |
Toronto wins best-of-seven series four games to one.