1939-40 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
Team Record: 16-26-6 - 38 points
in the NHL
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Jack Adams (16-26-6)
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1939-40 season with a record of 16 wins and 26 losses and 6 ties for 38 points in the NHL.
The team scored 90 goals, worst in the league and yielded 126. Syd Howe netted 14 goals for the team and recorded 23 assists. Tiny Thompson topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.54 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Adams coached the team. The 1939-40 Detroit Red Wings lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syd Howe | C | 46 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | D | 43 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.40 | 0.65 |
| Mud Bruneteau | R | 48 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.50 |
| Alex Motter | D | 37 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.51 |
| Ken Kilrea | L | 40 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.45 |
| Cecil Dillon | R | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.39 |
| Connie Brown | C | 36 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.31 |
| Gus Giesebrecht | C | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.37 |
| Carl Liscombe | L | 25 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.36 |
| Eddie Wares | R | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.24 |
| Butch McDonald | L | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| Don Deacon | C | 18 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.33 |
| Joe Fisher | R | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
| Sid Abel | C | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.25 |
| Don Grosso | C | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.17 |
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
| Jack Keating | L | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Ralph Bowman | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Jack Stewart | D | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| Ron Hudson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tiny Thompson | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bert Peer | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hec Kilrea | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buck Jones | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Claude Bourque | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alfie Moore | G | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 705 | 90 | 131 | 221 | 250 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Thompson | 46 | 2830 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 2.54 | |||
| Claude Bourque | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | |||
| Alfie Moore | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | |||
| Totals | 48 | 2950 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 2.56 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syd Howe | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Mud Bruneteau | R | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
| Alex Motter | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Ken Kilrea | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Cecil Dillon | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Connie Brown | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
| Eddie Wares | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Butch McDonald | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Joe Fisher | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Sid Abel | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Don Grosso | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Jack Stewart | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Tiny Thompson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 66 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Thompson | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 |
