1937–38 NHL season

The **1937–38 NHL season** was the 21st season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series.

### Final standings

_Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_

_Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Canadian Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|48|24|15|9|57|151|127|404||||||||||
|**New York Americans**|48|19|18|11|49|110|111|327||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|48|18|17|13|49|123|128|340||||||||||
|Montreal Maroons|48|12|30|6|30|101|149|470||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|American Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|48|30|11|7|67|142|89|284||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|48|27|15|6|60|149|96|435||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|48|14|25|9|37|97|139|238||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|48|12|25|11|35|99|133|258||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|PLAYER|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|TEAM|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Gord Drillon|Toronto Maple Leafs|48|26|26|52|4||||||||
|Syl Apps|Toronto Maple Leafs|47|21|29|50|9||||||||
|Paul Thompson|Chicago Black Hawks|48|22|22|44|14||||||||
|Georges Mantha|Montreal Canadiens|47|23|19|42|12||||||||
|Cecil Dillon|New York Rangers|48|21|18|39|6||||||||
|Bill Cowley|Boston Bruins|48|17|22|39|8||||||||

## NHL awards

|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Black Hawks|
| --- | --- |
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Gordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|O'Brien Cup:|Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Boston Bruins|
|Vezina Trophy:|Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins|align=center|G|Dave Kerr, New York Rangers|
|Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins|align=center|D|Art Coulter, New York Rangers|
|Babe Siebert, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Earl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins|align=center|C|Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Cecil Dillon, New York Rangers Gordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs (tie)|align=center|RW||
|Paul Thompson, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lester Patrick, New York Rangers|align=center|Coach|Art Ross, Boston Bruins|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com