# 1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season

The 1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season was the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's fourth season, second as the St. Patricks. The club won the regular season schedule, but lost in the playoffs and did not play for the Stanley Cup.

## Regular season
### Final standings

First half :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Ottawa Senators | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 23 |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 47 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 51 |
| Hamilton Tigers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 38 |
Second half :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Toronto St. Patricks | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 66 | 53 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 75 | 48 |
| Ottawa Senators | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 52 |
| Hamilton Tigers | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 94 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Note: Teams that qualified for playoffs highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

1920–21 NHL Records :
| Team | HAM | MTL | OTT | TOR |
| Hamilton | — | 3–5 | 1–7 | 2–6 |
| Montreal | 5–3 | — | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| Ottawa | 7–1 | 3–5 | — | 4–4 |
| Toronto | 6–2 | 5–3 | 4–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | December 22, 1920 | 3–6 | @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | December 25, 1920 | 5–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | December 29, 1920 | 1–8 | Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | W | January 3, 1921 | 5–4 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | January 8, 1921 | 2–3 OT | Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | January 12, 1921 | 4–2 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | L | January 15, 1921 | 2–5 | Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | L | January 17, 1921 | 5–9 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 3–5–0 |
| 9 | W | January 19, 1921 | 7–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 4–5–0 |
| 10 | W | January 22, 1921 | 5–4 OT | @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 5–5–0 |
| Second half ||||||
| 11 | W | January 26, 1921 | 10–3 | Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 1–0–0 |
| 12 | L | January 29, 1921 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 1–1–0 |
| 13 | L | February 2, 1921 | 3–4 | @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 1–2–0 |
| 14 | W | February 5, 1921 | 10–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 2–2–0 |
| 15 | W | February 9, 1921 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 3–2–0 |
| 16 | W | February 12, 1921 | 6–4 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 4–2–0 |
| 17 | W | February 16, 1921 | 4–3 | Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 5–2–0 |
| 18 | W | February 19, 1921 | 5–4 | Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 6–2–0 |
| 19 | L | February 23, 1921 | 4–7 | @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 6–3–0 |
| 20 | W | February 26, 1921 | 4–2 | Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 7–3–0 |
| 21 | L | February 28, 1921 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 7–4–0 |
| 22 | W | March 2, 1921 | 3–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) | 8–4–0 |
| 23 | W | March 5, 1921 | 4–3 OT | Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) | 9–4–0 |
| 24 | W | March 7, 1921 | 6–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1920–21) | 10–4–0 |

## Playoffs

The St. Patricks qualified first in the second half and played the Senators for the league championship. The Senators defeated the St. Patricks (5–0 and 2–0) to progress to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver Millionaires, who they also defeated three games to two.

## Player statistics
### Scorers

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Babe Dye | 23 | 33 | 5 | 38 | 32 |
| Reg Noble | 24 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| Harry Cameron | 24 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 35 |
| Corb Denneny | 20 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 29 |
| Ken Randall | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 74 |
| Sprague Cleghorn | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 |
| Cully Wilson | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| Rod Smylie | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Billy Stuart | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mickey Roach | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jake Forbes | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McDonald | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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

* December 4, 1920: Loaned Babe Dye to the Hamilton Tigers
* December 15, 1920: Signed Free Agent Rod Smylie
* December 16, 1920: Traded Howard Lockhart to the Hamilton Tigers for cash
* December 24, 1920: Babe Dye returned to Toronto from Hamilton Tigers
* January 25, 1921: Acquired Sprague Cleghorn from Hamilton Tigers for future considerations
* March 15, 1921: Released Sprague Cleghorn