1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

1949–50 Detroit Red Wings
1949–50 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
1949–50 record	37–19–14
Home record	19–9–7
Road record	18–10–7
Goals for	229
Goals against	164
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
Alternate captains	Red Kelly; Ted Lindsay
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (35)
Assists	Ted Lindsay (55)
Points	Ted Lindsay (78)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay (141)
Wins	Harry Lumley (33)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (2.29)

The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games. Both times the series was decided in overtime.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1		70	37	19	14	229	164	+65	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	172	150	+22	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	176	173	+3	74
4	New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	170	189	−19	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	198	228	−30	60
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	203	244	−41	54

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–7–2	3–8–3	4–5–5	5–5–4	5–7–2
Chicago	7–5–2	—	3–9–2	4–8–2	4–9–1	4–7–3
	8–3–3	9–3–2	—	5–3–6	7–5–2	8–5–1
Montreal	5–4–5	8–4–2	3–5–6	—	7–5–2	6–4–4
New York	5–5–4	9–4–1	5–7–2	5–7–2	—	4–8–2
Toronto	7–5–2	7–4–3	5–8–1	4–6–4	8–4–2	—

Schedule and results

1949–50 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1949	2–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	L	October 16, 1949	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	1–1–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	6–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–1–0
4	T	October 23, 1949	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	2–1–1
5	W	October 27, 1949	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	W	October 29, 1949	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	4–1–1
7	L	October 30, 1949	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	4–2–1

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
8	W	November 2, 1949	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	5–2–1
9	W	November 5, 1949	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–2–1
10	W	November 6, 1949	7–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	7–2–1
11	W	November 12, 1949	7–5	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	8–2–1
12	T	November 13, 1949	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–2–2
13	W	November 16, 1949	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–2–2
14	W	November 19, 1949	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–2–2
15	W	November 20, 1949	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–2–2
16	W	November 23, 1949	4–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–2–2
17	T	November 24, 1949	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	12–2–3
18	L	November 26, 1949	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	12–3–3
19	L	November 27, 1949	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	12–4–3
20	W	November 30, 1949	3–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	13–4–3

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
21	W	December 1, 1949	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	14–4–3
22	W	December 3, 1949	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	15–4–3
23	L	December 4, 1949	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	15–5–3
24	W	December 7, 1949	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	16–5–3
25	L	December 10, 1949	0–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	16–6–3
26	L	December 11, 1949	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	16–7–3
27	W	December 14, 1949	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	17–7–3
28	L	December 17, 1949	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	17–8–3
29	W	December 18, 1949	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	18–8–3
30	W	December 21, 1949	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	19–8–3
31	W	December 25, 1949	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	20–8–3
32	T	December 28, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	20–8–4
33	W	December 31, 1949	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–8–4

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
34	W	January 1, 1950	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	22–8–4
35	L	January 4, 1950	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	22–9–4
36	L	January 8, 1950	3–4	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–10–4
37	L	January 11, 1950	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–11–4
38	W	January 14, 1950	4–2	New York Rangers (1949–50)	23–11–4
39	W	January 15, 1950	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	24–11–4
40	W	January 18, 1950	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	25–11–4
41	W	January 21, 1950	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	26–11–4
42	L	January 22, 1950	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	26–12–4
43	T	January 25, 1950	4–4	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	26–12–5
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	26–12–6
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	26–12–7
46	L	January 29, 1950	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	26–13–7

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	26–13–8
48	T	February 4, 1950	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	26–13–9
49	T	February 5, 1950	5–5	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–13–10
50	W	February 8, 1950	9–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	27–13–10
51	W	February 11, 1950	9–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	28–13–10
52	L	February 12, 1950	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	28–14–10
53	L	February 15, 1950	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	28–15–10
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–16–10
55	W	February 20, 1950	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	29–16–10
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	29–16–11
57	W	February 26, 1950	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	30–16–11

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
58	W	March 1, 1950	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	31–16–11
59	L	March 4, 1950	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	31–17–11
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	31–17–12
61	W	March 8, 1950	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	32–17–12
62	L	March 9, 1950	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	32–18–12
63	W	March 11, 1950	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	33–18–12
64	W	March 12, 1950	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	34–18–12
65	W	March 15, 1950	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	35–18–12
66	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50)	35–18–13
67	T	March 18, 1950	1–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	35–18–14
68	W	March 19, 1950	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	36–18–14
69	W	March 22, 1950	8–7	New York Rangers (1949–50)	37–18–14
70	L	March 26, 1950	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	37–19–14

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ted Lindsay	LW	69	23	55	78	141
Sid Abel	C/LW	69	34	35	69	46
Gordie Howe	RW	70	35	33	68	69
Red Kelly	D/C	70	15	25	40	9
George Gee	C	69	17	21	38	42
Gerry Couture	RW	69	24	7	31	21
Jim McFadden	C	68	14	16	30	8
Jimmy Peters	RW	70	14	16	30	20
Joe Carveth	RW	60	13	17	30	13
Marty Pavelich	LW	65	8	15	23	58
Steve Black	LW	69	7	14	21	53
Leo Reise Jr.	D	70	4	17	21	46
Jack Stewart	D	65	3	11	14	86
Pete Babando	LW	56	6	6	12	25
Lee Fogolin Sr.	D	63	4	8	12	63
Max McNab	C	65	4	4	8	8
Clare Martin	D	64	2	5	7	14
Al Dewsbury	D	11	2	2	4	2
Fred Glover	C	7	0	0	0	0
Harry Lumley	G	63	0	0	0	10
Terry Sawchuk	G	7	0	0	0	0
Enio Sclisizzi	LW	4	0	0	0	2
Glen Skov	C/LW	2	0	0	0	0
Johnny Wilson	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Wilson	C	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Harry Lumley	3780	63	33	16	14	148	2.35	7
Terry Sawchuk	420	7	4	3	0	16	2.29	1
Team:	4200	70	37	19	14	164	2.34	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gerry Couture	RW	14	5	4	9	2
George Gee	C	14	3	6	9	0
Sid Abel	C/LW	14	6	2	8	6
Ted Lindsay	LW	13	4	4	8	16
Marty Pavelich	LW	14	4	2	6	13
Joe Carveth	RW	14	2	4	6	6
Jim McFadden	C	14	2	3	5	8
Jack Stewart	D	14	1	4	5	20
Pete Babando	LW	8	2	2	4	2
Red Kelly	D/C	14	1	3	4	2
Al Dewsbury	D	4	0	3	3	8
Leo Reise Jr.	D	14	2	0	2	19
Jimmy Peters	RW	8	0	2	2	0
Clare Martin	D	10	0	1	1	0
Marcel Pronovost	D	9	0	1	1	10
Johnny Wilson	LW	8	0	1	1	0
Steve Black	LW	13	0	0	0	13
Lee Fogolin Sr.	D	10	0	0	0	16
Gord Haidy	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	RW	1	0	0	0	7
Harry Lumley	G	14	0	0	0	0
Doug McKay	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Max McNab	C	10	0	0	0	0
Larry Wilson	C	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Harry Lumley	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3
Team:	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3

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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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	New York	1	Detroit	4
April 13	Detroit	1	New York	3	†
April 15	Detroit	4	New York	0	†
April 18	New York	4	Detroit	3	OT
April 20	New York	2	Detroit	1	OT
April 22	New York	4	Detroit	5
April 23	New York	3	Detroit	4	2OT

† Played in Toronto.

Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to three

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Art Ross Trophy: || Ted Lindsay
Sid Abel, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
Red Kelly, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Leo Reise, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

^ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
^ "1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

[standings-div-1] "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

[4] "1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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Regular season

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Awards and records

See also

References