1938–39 NHL season

The 1938–39 NHL season was the 22nd season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one in the final series.

The NHL created the icing rule on March 13, 1939.

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 36 10 2  74 156 76 251 New York Rangers  48 26 16 6  58 149 105 393 Toronto Maple Leafs  48 19 20 9  47 114 107 370 New York Americans  48 17 21 10  44 119 157 276 Detroit Red Wings  48 18 24 6  42 107 128 240 Montreal Canadiens  48  15 24 9  39 115 146 294 Chicago Black Hawks  48 12 28 8  32 91 132 367

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 Player Team GP G A PTS PIM Toe Blake  Montreal Canadiens  48  24  23  47 10 Sweeney Schriner  New York Americans  48 13 31 44 20 Bill Cowley  Boston Bruins  34 8 34 42 2 Clint Smith  New York Rangers  48 21 20 41 2 Marty Barry  Detroit Red Wings  48 13 28 41 4

Playoffs
Playoff bracket

NHL awards
Calder Memorial Trophy:  Frank Brimsek, Boston BruinsHart Memorial Trophy:  Toe Blake, Montreal CanadiensLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Clint Smith, New York RangersO'Brien Cup:  Toronto Maple LeafsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Boston BruinsVezina Trophy:  Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins

All-Star teams
 First team    Position    Second teamFrank Brimsek, Boston Bruins GEarl Robertson, New York AmericansEddie Shore, Boston Bruins DEarl Seibert, Chicago Black HawksDit Clapper, Boston Bruins DArt Coulter, New York RangersSyl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs CNeil Colville, New York RangersGordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs RWBobby Bauer, Boston BruinsToe Blake, Montreal Canadiens LWJohnny Gottselig, Chicago Black HawksArt Ross, Boston Bruins CoachRed Dutton, New York Americans

References
Hockey Database
NHL.com

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