# 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 258 | 158 | +100 | 91 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 205 | 215 | −10 | 73 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 69 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 189 | 201 | −12 | 65 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 201 | 217 | −16 | 64 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 167 | 218 | −51 | 58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–7–1 | 8–5–1 | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–6–2 |
| Chicago | 7–6–1 | — | 6–7–1 | 1–8–5 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8–1 | 7–6–1 | — | 1–9–4 | 6–7–1 | 6–7–1 |
| Montreal | 6–6–2 | 8–1–5 | 9–1–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 5–6–3 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 5–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | 5–5–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 11, 1958 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | October 12, 1958 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | October 16, 1958 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | W | October 18, 1958 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1958 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 1–4–0 |
| 6 | W | October 25, 1958 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | L | October 26, 1958 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 2–5–0 |
| 8 | L | October 29, 1958 | 0–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 2–6–0 |
| 9 | W | November 1, 1958 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 3–6–0 |
| 10 | L | November 2, 1958 | 0–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 3–7–0 |
| 11 | W | November 8, 1958 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 4–7–0 |
| 12 | W | November 9, 1958 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 5–7–0 |
| 13 | L | November 12, 1958 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 5–8–0 |
| 14 | L | November 15, 1958 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 5–9–0 |
| 15 | T | November 16, 1958 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | L | November 19, 1958 | 4–7 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 5–10–1 |
| 17 | T | November 22, 1958 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 5–10–2 |
| 18 | T | November 23, 1958 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 5–10–3 |
| 19 | L | November 26, 1958 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 5–11–3 |
| 20 | L | November 27, 1958 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 5–12–3 |
| 21 | L | November 29, 1958 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 5–13–3 |
| 22 | W | November 30, 1958 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 6–13–3 |
| 23 | T | December 4, 1958 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 6–13–4 |
| 24 | W | December 6, 1958 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 7–13–4 |
| 25 | W | December 7, 1958 | 2–0 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 8–13–4 |
| 26 | T | December 10, 1958 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 8–13–5 |
| 27 | T | December 13, 1958 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 8–13–6 |
| 28 | L | December 14, 1958 | 3–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 8–14–6 |
| 29 | L | December 18, 1958 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 8–15–6 |
| 30 | T | December 20, 1958 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 8–15–7 |
| 31 | L | December 21, 1958 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 8–16–7 |
| 32 | W | December 25, 1958 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 9–16–7 |
| 33 | T | December 27, 1958 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 9–16–8 |
| 34 | L | December 28, 1958 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 9–17–8 |
| 35 | W | December 31, 1958 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 10–17–8 |
| 36 | L | January 3, 1959 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 10–18–8 |
| 37 | W | January 4, 1959 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 11–18–8 |
| 38 | W | January 7, 1959 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 12–18–8 |
| 39 | L | January 8, 1959 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 12–19–8 |
| 40 | W | January 10, 1959 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 13–19–8 |
| 41 | T | January 11, 1959 | 6–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 13–19–9 |
| 42 | L | January 14, 1959 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 13–20–9 |
| 43 | W | January 17, 1959 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 14–20–9 |
| 44 | L | January 18, 1959 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 14–21–9 |
| 45 | W | January 21, 1959 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 15–21–9 |
| 46 | L | January 24, 1959 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 15–22–9 |
| 47 | W | January 25, 1959 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 16–22–9 |
| 48 | L | January 31, 1959 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 16–23–9 |
| 49 | L | February 1, 1959 | 4–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 16–24–9 |
| 50 | W | February 5, 1959 | 6–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 17–24–9 |
| 51 | W | February 7, 1959 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 18–24–9 |
| 52 | L | February 8, 1959 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 18–25–9 |
| 53 | L | February 11, 1959 | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 18–26–9 |
| 54 | W | February 14, 1959 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 19–26–9 |
| 55 | L | February 15, 1959 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 19–27–9 |
| 56 | T | February 21, 1959 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 19–27–10 |
| 57 | L | February 22, 1959 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 19–28–10 |
| 58 | W | February 25, 1959 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 20–28–10 |
| 59 | L | February 28, 1959 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 20–29–10 |
| 60 | T | March 1, 1959 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 20–29–11 |
| 61 | W | March 4, 1959 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 21–29–11 |
| 62 | L | March 5, 1959 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 21–30–11 |
| 63 | W | March 7, 1959 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 22–30–11 |
| 64 | L | March 8, 1959 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 22–31–11 |
| 65 | L | March 11, 1959 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 22–32–11 |
| 66 | W | March 14, 1959 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 23–32–11 |
| 67 | W | March 15, 1959 | 6–5 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 24–32–11 |
| 68 | W | March 19, 1959 | 6–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 25–32–11 |
| 69 | W | March 21, 1959 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 26–32–11 |
| 70 | W | March 22, 1959 | 6–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 27–32–11 |

## Playoffs
### (2) Boston Bruins vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

* Toronto won series 4–3

### Stanley Cup Finals

* Montreal won series 4–1

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Dick Duff | 69 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 73 |
| Billy Harris | 70 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 29 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 63 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 94 |
| Bert Olmstead | 70 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 74 |
| Bob Pulford | 70 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 53 |
| George Armstrong | 59 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 37 |
| Ron Stewart | 70 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 23 |
| Tim Horton | 70 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 76 |
| Gerry Ehman | 38 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 12 |
| Larry Regan | 32 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 2 |
| Carl Brewer | 69 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 125 |
| Allan Stanley | 70 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| Brian Cullen | 59 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Barry Cullen | 40 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 17 |
| Dave Creighton | 34 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| Bob Baun | 51 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 87 |
| Marc Reaume | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 67 |
| Gary Aldcorn | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Rudy Migay | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Stephen Kraftcheck | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Marshall | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Bower | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Chadwick | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nevin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Noel Price | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Bower | 2340 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 106 | 2.72 | 3 |
| Ed Chadwick | 1860 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 92 | 2.97 | 3 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 198 | 2.83 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gerry Ehman | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| Bob Pulford | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Dick Duff | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Billy Harris | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Bert Olmstead | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Carl Brewer | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 40 |
| George Armstrong | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Tim Horton | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Allan Stanley | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Larry Regan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Cullen | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Baun | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Johnny Bower | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Cullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Migay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Price | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marc Reaume | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Johnny Bower | 746 | 12 | 5 | 7 | | 38 | 3.06 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 746 | 12 | 5 | 7 | | 38 | 3.06 | | | | 0 |