1940–41 NHL season

The 1940–41 NHL season was the 24th season of the National Hockey League. Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to none in the final series.

Regular season
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
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Boston Bruins  48 27 8 13  67 168 102 246 Toronto Maple Leafs  48 28 14 6 62 145 99 306 Detroit Red Wings  48 21 16 11  53 112 102 337 New York Rangers  48 21 19 8  50 143 125 356 Chicago Black Hawks  48  16 25 7  39 112 139 335 Montreal Canadiens  48 16 26 6  38 121 147 435 New York Americans  48 8 29 11  27 99 186 231

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM Bill Cowley  Boston Bruins  46 17 45 62 16 Syl Apps  Toronto Maple Leafs  41 20 24 44 6 Gord Drillon  Toronto Maple Leafs  42 23 21 44 2 Bryan Hextall  New York Rangers  48 26 18 44 16 Syd Howe  Detroit Red Wings  48 20 24 44 8 Lynn Patrick  New York Rangers  48 20 24 44 12

Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket

NHL awards
O'Brien Trophy:  Detroit Red WingsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Boston BruinsCalder Memorial Trophy:  Johnny Quilty, Montreal CanadiensHart Memorial Trophy:  Bill Cowley, Boston BruinsLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Bauer, Boston BruinsVezina Trophy:  Turk Broda, Toronto Maple Leafs

All-Star teams
 First Team    Position    Second TeamTurk Broda, Toronto Maple Leafs GFrank Brimsek, Boston BruinsDit Clapper, Boston Bruins DEarl Seibert, Chicago Black HawksWally Stanowski, Toronto Maple Leafs DOtt Heller, New York RangersBill Cowley, Boston Bruins CSyl Apps, Toronto Maple LeafsBryan Hextall, New York Rangers RWBobby Bauer, Boston BruinsSweeney Schriner, Toronto Maple Leafs LWWoody Dumart, Boston BruinsCooney Weiland, Boston Bruins CoachDick Irvin, Montreal Canadiens

First games
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1940–41 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
Max Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks
John Mariucci, Chicago Black Hawks
Joe Carveth, Detroit Red Wings
Elmer Lach, Montreal Canadiens
Ken Reardon, Montreal Canadiens
John Quilty, Montreal Canadiens
Chuck Rayner, New York Americans
Bill Juzda, New York Rangers

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1940–41 (listed with their last team):
Paul Haynes, Montreal Canadiens
Georges Mantha, Montreal Canadiens
Hooley Smith, New York Americans
Charlie Conacher, New York Americans
Dave Kerr, New York Rangers

References

Hockey Database
NHL.com

Category:1940 in North America
Category:1941 in North America
Category:National Hockey League seasons