# 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 24 wins, 24 losses, and 22 ties for 70 points. They were swept in the semi-finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 204 | 134 | +70 | 95 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 228 | 157 | +71 | 93 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 147 | 135 | +12 | 70 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 169 | 188 | −19 | 67 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 35 | 18 | 150 | 210 | −60 | 52 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 40 | 17 | 161 | 235 | −74 | 43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1954–55 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 7–4–3 | 3–7–4 | 4–7–3 | 5–4–5 | 4–4–6 |
| Chicago | 4–7–3 | — | 1–12–1 | 0–11–3 | 5–4–5 | 3–6–5 |
| Detroit | 7–3–4 | 12–1–1 | — | 7–7 | 9–2–3 | 7–4–3 |
| Montreal | 7–4–3 | 11–0–3 | 7–7 | — | 10–3–1 | 6–4–4 |
| New York | 4–5–5 | 4–5–5 | 2–9–3 | 3–10–1 | — | 4–6–4 |
| Toronto | 4–4–6 | 6–3–5 | 4–7–3 | 4–6–4 | 6–4–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 7 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | October 9 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | October 16 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | T | October 17 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 0–2–2 |
| 5 | W | October 21 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 1–2–2 |
| 6 | T | October 23 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 1–2–3 |
| 7 | L | October 27 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 1–3–3 |
| 8 | W | October 30 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 2–3–3 |
| 9 | T | November 3 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 2–3–4 |
| 10 | W | November 6 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 3–3–4 |
| 11 | W | November 7 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 4–3–4 |
| 12 | W | November 10 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 5–3–4 |
| 13 | W | November 11 | 1–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 6–3–4 |
| 14 | W | November 13 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 7–3–4 |
| 15 | W | November 14 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 8–3–4 |
| 16 | W | November 17 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 9–3–4 |
| 17 | L | November 18 | 4–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 9–4–4 |
| 18 | L | November 20 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 9–5–4 |
| 19 | T | November 21 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 9–5–5 |
| 20 | L | November 25 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 9–6–5 |
| 21 | W | November 27 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 10–6–5 |
| 22 | T | November 28 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 10–6–6 |
| 23 | W | December 1 | 6–0 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 11–6–6 |
| 24 | W | December 4 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 12–6–6 |
| 25 | W | December 5 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 13–6–6 |
| 26 | W | December 8 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 14–6–6 |
| 27 | L | December 9 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 14–7–6 |
| 28 | L | December 11 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 14–8–6 |
| 29 | T | December 12 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 14–8–7 |
| 30 | W | December 15 | 8–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 15–8–7 |
| 31 | W | December 18 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 16–8–7 |
| 32 | T | December 19 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 16–8–8 |
| 33 | L | December 25 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–9–8 |
| 34 | T | December 26 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–9–9 |
| 35 | T | December 29 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 16–9–10 |
| 36 | L | December 30 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–10–10 |
| 37 | T | January 1 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 16–10–11 |
| 38 | L | January 2 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 16–11–11 |
| 39 | L | January 5 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 16–12–11 |
| 40 | W | January 8 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 17–12–11 |
| 41 | T | January 9 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 17–12–12 |
| 42 | T | January 12 | 0–0 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 17–12–13 |
| 43 | W | January 15 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 18–12–13 |
| 44 | W | January 16 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 19–12–13 |
| 45 | T | January 19 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 19–12–14 |
| 46 | L | January 20 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 19–13–14 |
| 47 | W | January 22 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 20–13–14 |
| 48 | L | January 23 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 20–14–14 |
| 49 | T | January 26 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 20–14–15 |
| 50 | L | January 29 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 20–15–15 |
| 51 | L | January 30 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 20–16–15 |
| 52 | L | February 3 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 20–17–15 |
| 53 | T | February 5 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 20–17–16 |
| 54 | W | February 6 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 21–17–16 |
| 55 | W | February 9 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 22–17–16 |
| 56 | L | February 12 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 22–18–16 |
| 57 | T | February 13 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 22–18–17 |
| 58 | T | February 19 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 22–18–18 |
| 59 | L | February 20 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 22–19–18 |
| 60 | W | February 23 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 23–19–18 |
| 61 | T | February 24 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–19–19 |
| 62 | T | February 26 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 23–19–20 |
| 63 | L | March 2 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–20–20 |
| 64 | T | March 5 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 23–20–21 |
| 65 | L | March 6 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 23–21–21 |
| 66 | T | March 10 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–21–22 |
| 67 | L | March 12 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 23–22–22 |
| 68 | L | March 13 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 23–23–22 |
| 69 | W | March 19 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 24–23–22 |
| 70 | L | March 20 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 24–24–22 |

## Playoffs

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | March 22 | 4-7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | March 24 | 1-2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | March 26 | 1-2 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | L | March 29 | 0-3 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–4–0 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Smith | 70 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 14 |
| Ted Kennedy | 70 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 74 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 62 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 99 |
| Tod Sloan | 63 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 89 |
| George Armstrong | 66 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 80 |
| Rudy Migay | 67 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 66 |
| Hugh Bolton | 69 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| Ron Stewart | 53 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 20 |
| Jim Morrison | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 84 |
| Joe Klukay | 56 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 44 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 70 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 63 |
| Tim Horton | 67 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 84 |
| Parker MacDonald | 62 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 36 |
| Brian Cullen | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Bob Bailey | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
| Bob Solinger | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Larry Cahan | 59 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 64 |
| Willie Marsh | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Harry Watson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gord Hannigan | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Leo Boivin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack Caffery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Duff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Foley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Knox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Gilles Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Reaume | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Timgren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 4140 | 69 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 134 | 1.94 | 8 |
| Gilles Mayer | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 135 | 1.93 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Smith | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Kennedy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Hugh Bolton | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| George Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brian Cullen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Morrison | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bob Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Cahan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Klukay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Lumley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker MacDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rudy Migay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Marc Reaume | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tod Sloan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 14 | 3.50 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 14 | 3.50 | | | | 0 |