1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 14th season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Red Wings held their training camp in Detroit, Michigan.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	November 2, 1939 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	0–1–0
2 	T 	November 5, 1939 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	November 12, 1939 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	November 14, 1939 	4–2 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	November 18, 1939 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	2–2–1
6 	L 	November 19, 1939 	1–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	November 23, 1939 	3–2 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	November 25, 1939 	6–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	November 26, 1939 	2–4 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	4–4–1
10 	L 	November 28, 1939 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	December 3, 1939 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	4–6–1
12 	L 	December 8, 1939 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	4–7–1
13 	L 	December 10, 1939 	2–3 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	4–8–1
14 	L 	December 12, 1939 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	4–9–1
15 	T 	December 14, 1939 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	4–9–2
16 	T 	December 17, 1939 	0–0 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	4–9–3
17 	L 	December 21, 1939 	0–3 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	4–10–3
18 	L 	December 23, 1939 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–11–3
19 	W 	December 25, 1939 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	5–11–3
20 	L 	December 31, 1939 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	5–12–3
21 	L 	January 1, 1940 	0–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	5–13–3
22 	W 	January 4, 1940 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	6–13–3
23 	L 	January 7, 1940 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	6–14–3
24 	L 	January 9, 1940 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	6–15–3
25 	W 	January 12, 1940 	4–2 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	7–15–3
26 	L 	January 14, 1940 	0–1 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	7–16–3
27 	T 	January 18, 1940 	2–2 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–16–4
28 	W 	January 21, 1940 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	8–16–4
29 	T 	January 26, 1940 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	8–16–5
30 	W 	January 28, 1940 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	9–16–5
31 	W 	February 1, 1940 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	10–16–5
32 	T 	February 4, 1940 	1–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	10–16–6
33 	W 	February 6, 1940 	3–1 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	11–16–6
34 	W 	February 8, 1940 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	12–16–6
35 	L 	February 9, 1940 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	12–17–6
36 	L 	February 11, 1940 	2–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	12–18–6
37 	L 	February 13, 1940 	3–10 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	12–19–6
38 	L 	February 15, 1940 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	12–20–6
39 	W 	February 18, 1940 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	13–20–6
40 	L 	February 22, 1940 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	13–21–6
41 	W 	February 25, 1940 	4–1 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	14–21–6
42 	L 	February 29, 1940 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	14–22–6
43 	W 	March 3, 1940 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	15–22–6
44 	L 	March 5, 1940 	2–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	15–23–6
45 	L 	March 9, 1940 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	15–24–6
46 	W 	March 10, 1940 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	16–24–6
47 	L 	March 15, 1940 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	16–25–6
48 	L 	March 17, 1940 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	16–26–6
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Americans 1===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Detroit Red Wings 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C/LW	46	14	23	37 	17
 	C/D 	43	11	17	28 	31
 	RW 	48	10	14	24 	10
 	C 	37	7 	12	19 	28
 	LW 	40	10	8 	18 	4
 	RW 	44	7 	10	17 	12
 	C 	36	8 	3 	11 	2
 	C 	30	4 	7 	11 	2
 	LW 	25	2 	7 	9 	4
 	D/RW	33	2 	6 	8 	19
 	LW/C	37	1 	6 	7 	2
 	LW 	18	5 	1 	6 	2
 	RW 	34	2 	4 	6 	2
 	C/LW	24	1 	5 	6 	4
 	LW/C	29	2 	3 	5 	11
 	D 	48	1 	3 	4 	54
 	LW 	10	2 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	4
 	D 	48	1 	0 	1 	40
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2830	46	16	24	6	120	2.54	3
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0	3 	3.00	0
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0	3 	3.00	0
Team: 	2950	48	16	26	6	126	2.56	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	5 	3	2	5 	0
 	C/LW	5 	2	2	4 	2
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	0
 	C/LW	5 	0	3	3 	21
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	1	2 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	15
 	C/D 	5 	0	2	2 	9
 	LW/C	5 	0	2	2 	10
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW/C	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	15
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	4
 	D/RW	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	300	5 	2	3	12	2.40	0
Team: 	300	5 	2	3	12	2.40	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Farm Team==
Indianapolis Capitals, International American Hockey League
==Gallery==
22Mar1940-Connie_Brown_Robertson.jpg|Connie Brown dekes Earl Robertson during Game 2 of the 1940 Quarter-finals, March 22, 1940.
39-40NHLDetroitGameAd.jpg|Opening game
==Awards and Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Ebbie Goodfellow
*Ebbie Goodfellow, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==See Also==
*1939–40 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:1939 in hockey
Category:1940 in hockey