1941–42 NHL season

The 1941–42 NHL season was the 25th season of the National Hockey League. Seven teams played 48 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs would win the Stanley Cup defeating the Detroit Red Wings winning four straight after losing the first three in a best-of-seven series, a feat only repeated twice in NHL history as of the 2010 season.

Regular season
Final standings

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM Bryan Hextall  New York Rangers  48 24 32 56 30 Lynn Patrick  New York Rangers  47 32 22 54 18 Don Grosso  Detroit Red Wings  45 23 30 53 13 Phil Watson  New York Rangers  48 15 37 52 58 Sid Abel  Detroit Red Wings  48 18 31 49  45 Toe Blake  Montreal Canadiens  48 17 28 45 29 Bill Thoms  Chicago Black Hawks  47 15 30 45 8 Gordie Drillon  Toronto Maple Leafs  48 23 18 41 6 Syl Apps  Toronto Maple Leafs  38 18 23 41 0 Tommy Anderson  Brooklyn Americans  48 12 29 41  64
Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts
 Player Team GP MIN GA GAA W L T SOFrank Brimsek  Boston Bruins  47 2930  115  2.35  24  17  6  3Turk Broda  Toronto Maple Leafs  48  2960  136  2.76  27  18  3  6Jim Henry  New York Rangers  48  2960  143  2.90  29  17  2  1Johnny Mowers  Detroit Red Wings  47  2880  144  3.00  19  25  3  5Sam LoPresti  Chicago Black Hawks  47  2860  152  3.19  21  23  3  3Paul Bibeault  Montreal Canadiens  38  2380  131  3.30  17  19  2  1Chuck Rayner  N.Y. Americans  36  2380  129  3.47  13  21  2  1Earl Robertson  N.Y. Americans  12  750  46  3.68  3  8  1  0Bert Gardiner  Montreal Canadiens  10  620  42  4.06  1  8  1  0

Playoffs
Note: all dates in 1942

Playoff bracket

Quarter-finals
Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Black Hawks

 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 22  Boston  2  Chicago 1  OTMarch 24  Chicago  4  Boston 0 March 26  Chicago 2  Boston  3 
Boston wins best-of-three series 2–1

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 22  Montreal 1  Detroit  2 March 24  Detroit 0  Montreal  5 March 26  Montreal 2  Detroit  6 
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1

Semi-finals
New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 21  New York 1  Toronto 3 March 22  Toronto 4  New York 2 March 24  Toronto 0  New York 3 March 28  New York1  Toronto 2 March 29  Toronto 1  New York 3 March 31  New York 2 Toronto 3 
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–2

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings

 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 29  Detroit 6  Boston 4 March 31  Boston 1  Detroit  3 
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0

Final

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings

 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 4  Detroit  3  Toronto 2 April 7  Detroit  4  Toronto 2 April 9  Toronto 2  Detroit  5 April 12  Toronto  4  Detroit 3 April 14  Detroit 3  Toronto  9 April 16  Toronto  3  Detroit 0 April 18  Detroit 1 Toronto  3 
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–3

NHL awards
Calder Trophy:  Grant Warwick, New York RangersHart Memorial Trophy:  Tommy Anderson, Brooklyn AmericansLady Byng Trophy:  Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs O'Brien Cup:  Detroit Red WingsPrince of Wales Trophy:  New York RangersVezina Trophy:  Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins

All-Star teams
 First team    Position    Second teamFrank Brimsek, Boston Bruins GTurk Broda, Toronto Maple LeafsEarl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks DPat Egan, Brooklyn AmericansTommy Anderson, Brooklyn Americans DBucko McDonald, Toronto Maple LeafsSyl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs CPhil Watson, New York RangersBryan Hextall, New York Rangers RWGordie Drillon, Toronto Maple LeafsLynn Patrick, New York Rangers LWSid Abel, Detroit Red WingsFrank Boucher, New York Rangers CoachPaul Thompson, Chicago Black Hawks

 References 
 Hockey Database
 NHL.com

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