1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 23rd season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.
==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 	W 	October 13, 1948 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 17, 1948 	7–0 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	2–0–0
3 	T 	October 23, 1948 	0–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	October 24, 1948 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	3–0–1
5 	W 	October 27, 1948 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	4–0–1
6 	L 	October 30, 1948 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	4–1–1
7 	W 	October 31, 1948 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	November 6, 1948 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	5–2–1
9 	W 	November 7, 1948 	7–3 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	6–2–1
10 	L 	November 11, 1948 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	6–3–1
11 	W 	November 14, 1948 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–3–1
12 	T 	November 17, 1948 	4–4 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	7–3–2
13 	L 	November 21, 1948 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	7–4–2
14 	L 	November 24, 1948 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	7–5–2
15 	L 	November 27, 1948 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	7–6–2
16 	W 	November 28, 1948 	9–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	8–6–2
17 	W 	December 1, 1948 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	9–6–2
18 	W 	December 4, 1948 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	10–6–2
19 	W 	December 5, 1948 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	11–6–2
20 	W 	December 8, 1948 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–6–2
21 	W 	December 11, 1948 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	13–6–2
22 	L 	December 12, 1948 	0–2 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	13–7–2
23 	L 	December 15, 1948 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	13–8–2
24 	L 	December 18, 1948 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	13–9–2
25 	W 	December 19, 1948 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	14–9–2
26 	L 	December 22, 1948 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	14–10–2
27 	L 	December 25, 1948 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	14–11–2
28 	W 	December 26, 1948 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	15–11–2
29 	W 	December 29, 1948 	10–2 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	16–11–2
30 	L 	January 1, 1949 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	16–12–2
31 	W 	January 2, 1949 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	17–12–2
32 	L 	January 6, 1949 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	17–13–2
33 	W 	January 8, 1949 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	18–13–2
34 	T 	January 9, 1949 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	18–13–3
35 	W 	January 12, 1949 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	19–13–3
36 	W 	January 16, 1949 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	20–13–3
37 	W 	January 19, 1949 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	21–13–3
38 	T 	January 22, 1949 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	21–13–4
39 	W 	January 23, 1949 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	22–13–4
40 	L 	January 26, 1949 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	22–14–4
41 	W 	January 29, 1949 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	23–14–4
42 	W 	January 30, 1949 	4–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	24–14–4
43 	W 	February 2, 1949 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	25–14–4
44 	W 	February 3, 1949 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	26–14–4
45 	W 	February 6, 1949 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	27–14–4
46 	W 	February 9, 1949 	8–0 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	28–14–4
47 	L 	February 12, 1949 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	28–15–4
48 	T 	February 13, 1949 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	28–15–5
49 	L 	February 16, 1949 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	28–16–5
50 	T 	February 21, 1949 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	28–16–6
51 	L 	February 26, 1949 	0–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	28–17–6
52 	L 	February 27, 1949 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1948–49) 	28–18–6
53 	T 	March 2, 1949 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	28–18–7
54 	W 	March 5, 1949 	6–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 	29–18–7
55 	W 	March 6, 1949 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	30–18–7
56 	W 	March 9, 1949 	5–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 	31–18–7
57 	L 	March 13, 1949 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1948–49) 	31–19–7
58 	W 	March 16, 1949 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1948–49) 	32–19–7
59 	W 	March 19, 1949 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	33–19–7
60 	W 	March 20, 1949 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 	34–19–7
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 3===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C/LW	60	28	26	54 	49
 	LW 	50	26	28	54 	97
 	RW 	56	21	21	42 	6
 	RW 	40	12	25	37 	57
 	C 	55	12	20	32 	10
 	LW 	60	14	16	30 	46
 	RW 	51	19	10	29 	6
 	LW 	60	10	16	26 	40
 	C 	51	10	13	23 	14
 	D 	60	6 	17	23 	0
 	C 	47	7 	12	19 	27
 	LW 	50	9 	8 	17 	24
 	D/C 	59	5 	11	16 	10
 	D 	60	4 	11	15 	96
 	D 	59	3 	7 	10 	60
 	C 	15	4 	3 	7 	4
 	RW 	41	3 	2 	5 	2
 	D 	43	1 	2 	3 	59
 	C 	4 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	13	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	0 	0 	12
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3600	60	34	19	7	145	2.42	6
Team: 	3600	60	34	19	7	145	2.42	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	11	8	3	11 	19
 	LW 	11	2	6	8 	31
 	C/LW	11	3	3	6 	6
 	C 	10	1	3	4 	22
 	RW 	10	2	0	2 	2
 	LW 	11	1	1	2 	10
 	D/C 	11	1	1	2 	10
 	D 	11	1	1	2 	0
 	D 	11	1	1	2 	32
 	C 	10	1	0	1 	2
 	D 	11	1	0	1 	4
 	C 	8 	0	1	1 	6
 	LW 	9 	0	1	1 	8
 	RW 	10	0	1	1 	2
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	7 	0	0	0 	4
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	4
 	G 	11	0	0	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	726	11	4	7	26	2.15	0
Team: 	726	11	4	7	26	2.15	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 
==Awards and Records==
* Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
* O'Brien Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
* Hart Memorial Trophy: Sid Abel
* Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Bill Quackenbush
* Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
* Bill Quackenbush, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
* Jack Stewart, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
48-49NHLDetRWExhSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Saskatoon
48-49NHLExhDetRWWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
10Apr1949-Smith_scores_on_Lumley.jpg|Sid Smith scores one of his three goals on Harry Lumley, Game 2 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals, April 10, 1949.
1949-Apr16-Mackell-Apps-Wings.jpg|Fleming Mackell and Ted Kennedy scrap with Red Wings, Game 4 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals, April 16, 1949.
==Video==
Highlights of Game 4 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals in which the Leafs win the Cup with a 3-1 victory. Goals by Ray Timgren and Max Bentley are shown.
Toronto Ice Hockey Match, 1949
==See Also==
*1948–49 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Detroit Red Wings season, 1948–49
Detroit Red Wings season, 1948–49
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons