# 1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 215 | 133 | +82 | 100 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 195 | 164 | +31 | 78 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 74 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 162 | 176 | −14 | 66 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 192 | 219 | −27 | 59 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 158 | 241 | −83 | 43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1951–52 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–3–2 | 3–8–3 | 7–5–2 | 4–6–4 | 2–7–5 |
| Chicago | 3–9–2 | — | 2–12 | 1–10–3 | 5–7–2 | 6–6–2 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 12–2 | — | 9–2–3 | 9–3–2 | 6–4–4 |
| Montreal | 5–7–2 | 10–1–3 | 2–9–3 | — | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 6–4–4 | 7–5–2 | 3–9–2 | 4–9–1 | — | 3–7–4 |
| Toronto | 7–2–5 | 6–6–2 | 4–6–4 | 5–8–1 | 7–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 13, 1951 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | October 14, 1951 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | October 17, 1951 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | October 20, 1951 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | T | October 21, 1951 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | L | October 27, 1951 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 2–3–1 |
| 7 | T | October 29, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | W | October 31, 1951 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | W | November 1, 1951 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 4–3–2 |
| 10 | L | November 3, 1951 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | W | November 7, 1951 | 1–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 5–4–2 |
| 12 | W | November 8, 1951 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 6–4–2 |
| 13 | T | November 10, 1951 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 6–4–3 |
| 14 | T | November 11, 1951 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 6–4–4 |
| 15 | T | November 14, 1951 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 6–4–5 |
| 16 | T | November 17, 1951 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 6–4–6 |
| 17 | L | November 18, 1951 | 0–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 6–5–6 |
| 18 | W | November 21, 1951 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 7–5–6 |
| 19 | W | November 24, 1951 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 8–5–6 |
| 20 | W | November 25, 1951 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 9–5–6 |
| 21 | L | November 29, 1951 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 9–6–6 |
| 22 | W | December 1, 1951 | 8–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 10–6–6 |
| 23 | W | December 2, 1951 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 11–6–6 |
| 24 | T | December 5, 1951 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 11–6–7 |
| 25 | W | December 8, 1951 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 12–6–7 |
| 26 | L | December 9, 1951 | 2–7 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 12–7–7 |
| 27 | L | December 13, 1951 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 12–8–7 |
| 28 | W | December 15, 1951 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 13–8–7 |
| 29 | L | December 16, 1951 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 13–9–7 |
| 30 | L | December 20, 1951 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 13–10–7 |
| 31 | W | December 22, 1951 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 14–10–7 |
| 32 | L | December 23, 1951 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 14–11–7 |
| 33 | L | December 26, 1951 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 14–12–7 |
| 34 | W | December 29, 1951 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 15–12–7 |
| 35 | T | December 30, 1951 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 15–12–8 |
| 36 | L | January 3, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 15–13–8 |
| 37 | W | January 5, 1952 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 16–13–8 |
| 38 | W | January 9, 1952 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 17–13–8 |
| 39 | W | January 12, 1952 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 18–13–8 |
| 40 | L | January 13, 1952 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 18–14–8 |
| 41 | W | January 15, 1952 | 1–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 19–14–8 |
| 42 | T | January 17, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 19–14–9 |
| 43 | W | January 19, 1952 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 20–14–9 |
| 44 | W | January 20, 1952 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 21–14–9 |
| 45 | L | January 23, 1952 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 21–15–9 |
| 46 | T | January 24, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 21–15–10 |
| 47 | T | January 26, 1952 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 21–15–11 |
| 48 | W | January 27, 1952 | 3–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 22–15–11 |
| 49 | T | February 2, 1952 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 22–15–12 |
| 50 | L | February 3, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 22–16–12 |
| 51 | W | February 9, 1952 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 23–16–12 |
| 52 | W | February 10, 1952 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 24–16–12 |
| 53 | L | February 13, 1952 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 24–17–12 |
| 54 | L | February 14, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 24–18–12 |
| 55 | T | February 16, 1952 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 24–18–13 |
| 56 | T | February 19, 1952 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 24–18–14 |
| 57 | L | February 21, 1952 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 24–19–14 |
| 58 | L | February 23, 1952 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 24–20–14 |
| 59 | W | February 27, 1952 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 25–20–14 |
| 60 | T | March 1, 1952 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 25–20–15 |
| 61 | T | March 2, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 25–20–16 |
| 62 | W | March 5, 1952 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 26–20–16 |
| 63 | W | March 8, 1952 | 6–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 27–20–16 |
| 64 | L | March 9, 1952 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 27–21–16 |
| 65 | L | March 13, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 27–22–16 |
| 66 | W | March 15, 1952 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 28–22–16 |
| 67 | W | March 16, 1952 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 29–22–16 |
| 68 | L | March 19, 1952 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) | 29–23–16 |
| 69 | L | March 22, 1952 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 29–24–16 |
| 70 | L | March 23, 1952 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 29–25–16 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sid Smith | 70 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 6 |
| Ted Kennedy | 70 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 33 |
| Tod Sloan | 68 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 89 |
| Max Bentley | 69 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 40 |
| Cal Gardner | 70 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 40 |
| Harry Watson | 70 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 18 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 70 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 86 |
| Howie Meeker | 54 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 50 |
| Hugh Bolton | 60 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 73 |
| Danny Lewicki | 51 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| Joe Klukay | 43 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Gus Mortson | 65 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 106 |
| Fleming MacKell | 32 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 |
| Bob Solinger | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Fern Flaman | 61 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 110 |
| George Armstrong | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 30 |
| Ray Timgren | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Bill Juzda | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 65 |
| Rudy Migay | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Leo Boivin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Morrison | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Earl Balfour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Turk Broda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Frank Mathers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McLellan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rollins | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Sabourin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Al Rollins | 4170 | 70 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 154 | 2.22 | 5 |
| Turk Broda | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 157 | 2.24 | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Joe Klukay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fern Flaman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Max Bentley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Harry Watson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Timgren | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Balfour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Bolton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Turk Broda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Gardner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Juzda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Kennedy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Howie Meeker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jim Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Mortson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Al Rollins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tod Sloan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sid Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 |
| Al Rollins | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 |