1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season
Regular season
Final standings
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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
- Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Schedule and results
| No. |
R |
Date |
Score |
Opponent |
Record |
| 1 | W | November 1, 1941 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | November 2, 1941 | 3–3 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | November 9, 1941 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | November 15, 1941 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | L | November 16, 1941 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | November 20, 1941 | 3–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | W | November 22, 1941 | 2–1 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 2–4–1 |
| 8 | L | November 23, 1941 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | L | November 25, 1941 | 1–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | W | November 27, 1941 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 3–6–1 |
| 11 | L | November 29, 1941 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 3–7–1 |
| 12 | W | December 4, 1941 | 4–3 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 4–7–1 |
| 13 | W | December 7, 1941 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 5–7–1 |
| 14 | L | December 14, 1941 | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 5–8–1 |
| 15 | L | December 18, 1941 | 3–4 OT | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | T | December 21, 1941 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 5–9–2 |
| 17 | W | December 25, 1941 | 3–2 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 6–9–2 |
| 18 | L | December 27, 1941 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 6–10–2 |
| 19 | L | December 28, 1941 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 6–11–2 |
| 20 | W | January 1, 1942 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 7–11–2 |
| 21 | L | January 3, 1942 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 7–12–2 |
| 22 | W | January 4, 1942 | 10–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 8–12–2 |
| 23 | L | January 6, 1942 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 8–13–2 |
| 24 | L | January 9, 1942 | 4–5 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 8–14–2 |
| 25 | W | January 10, 1942 | 6–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 9–14–2 |
| 26 | L | January 11, 1942 | 5–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 9–15–2 |
| 27 | L | January 13, 1942 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 9–16–2 |
| 28 | L | January 18, 1942 | 3–5 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 9–17–2 |
| 29 | W | January 22, 1942 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 10–17–2 |
| 30 | L | January 24, 1942 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 10–18–2 |
| 31 | L | January 25, 1942 | 2–11 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 10–19–2 |
| 32 | W | January 29, 1942 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 11–19–2 |
| 33 | T | February 5, 1942 | 3–3 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 11–19–3 |
| 34 | L | February 7, 1942 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 11–20–3 |
| 35 | L | February 8, 1942 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 11–21–3 |
| 36 | L | February 12, 1942 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 11–22–3 |
| 37 | L | February 14, 1942 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 11–23–3 |
| 38 | W | February 15, 1942 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 12–23–3 |
| 39 | W | February 19, 1942 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 13–23–3 |
| 40 | W | February 22, 1942 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 14–23–3 |
| 41 | W | February 24, 1942 | 3–2 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 15–23–3 |
| 42 | L | February 26, 1942 | 4–7 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 15–24–3 |
| 43 | T | March 1, 1942 | 3–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 15–24–4 |
| 44 | W | March 5, 1942 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 16–24–4 |
| 45 | W | March 8, 1942 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 17–24–4 |
| 46 | L | March 14, 1942 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 17–25–4 |
| 47 | W | March 15, 1942 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) | 18–25–4 |
| 48 | W | March 19, 1942 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 19–25–4 |
Playoffs
(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
| Date |
Visitors |
Score |
Home |
Score |
| Mar 22 | Montreal C. | 1 | Detroit | 2 |
| Mar 24 | Detroit | 0 | Montreal C. | 5 |
| Mar 26 | Montreal C. | 2 | Detroit | 6 |
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.
(3) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins
| Date |
Visitors |
Score |
Home |
Score |
| Mar 29 | Detroit | 6 | Boston | 4 |
| Mar 31 | Boston | 1 | Detroit | 3 |
Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.
(2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
| Date |
Visitors |
Score |
Home |
Score |
| Apr 4 | Detroit | 3 | Toronto | 2 |
| Apr 7 | Detroit | 4 | Toronto | 2 |
| Apr 9 | Toronto | 2 | Detroit | 5 |
| Apr 12 | Toronto | 4 | Detroit | 3 |
| Apr 14 | Detroit | 3 | Toronto | 9 |
| Apr 16 | Toronto | 3 | Detroit | 0 |
| Apr 18 | Detroit | 1 | Toronto | 3 |
Toronto wins the Stanley Cup 4–3.
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
| Player |
Pos |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| Grosso, DonDon Grosso | LW/C | 48 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 13 |
| Abel, SidSid Abel | C/LW | 48 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 45 |
| Wares, EddieEddie Wares | D/RW | 43 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 31 |
| Howe, SydSyd Howe | C/LW | 48 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 6 |
| Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau | RW | 48 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 |
| Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe | LW | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 14 |
| Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht | C | 34 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 |
| Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth | RW | 29 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| Brown, AdamAdam Brown | LW | 28 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea | LW | 21 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| McReavy, PatPat McReavy | C | 34 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Stewart, JackJack Stewart | D | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 93 |
| Bush, EddieEddie Bush | D | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40 |
| Brown, GerryGerry Brown | LW | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando | D | 48 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 111 |
| Motter, AlexAlex Motter | C | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow | C/D | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jennings, BillBill Jennings | RW | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Jones, BuckBuck Jones | D | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Brown, ConnieConnie Brown | C | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| McCaig, DougDoug McCaig | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turner, JoeJoe Turner | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitelaw, BobBob Whitelaw | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
| Player |
MIN |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GA |
GAA |
SO |
| Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers | 2880 | 47 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 144 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Turner, JoeJoe Turner | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.57 | 0 |
| Team: | 2950 | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 147 | 2.99 | 5 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
| Player |
Pos |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| Grosso, DonDon Grosso | LW/C | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe | LW | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Howe, SydSyd Howe | C/LW | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Bush, EddieEddie Bush | D | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau | RW | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Abel, SidSid Abel | C/LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth | RW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Motter, AlexAlex Motter | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Wares, EddieEddie Wares | D/RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| Brown, GerryGerry Brown | LW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| McReavy, PatPat McReavy | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Brown, AdamAdam Brown | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Stewart, JackJack Stewart | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McCaig, DougDoug McCaig | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
| Player |
MIN |
GP |
W |
L |
GA |
GAA |
SO |
| Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers | 720 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 |
| Team: | 720 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 |
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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;
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