1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season

1947–48 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd NHL
1947–48 record	30–18–12
Goals for	187
Goals against	148
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
Team leaders
Goals	Ted Lindsay (33)
Assists	Sid Abel (30)
Points	Ted Lindsay (52)
Penalty minutes	Jack Stewart (91)
Wins	Harry Lumley (30)
Goals against average	Harry Lumley (2.46)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 22nd season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	182	143	+39	77
2	Detroit Red Wings	60	30	18	12	187	148	+39	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	23	24	13	167	168	−1	59
4	New York Rangers	60	21	26	13	176	201	−25	55
5	Montreal Canadiens	60	20	29	11	147	169	−22	51
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	20	34	6	195	225	−30	46

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–7–2	4–6–2	6–2–4	7–3–2	3–7–2
Chicago	7–3–2	—	2–10	4–7–1	6–4–2	1–10–1
Detroit	6–4–2	10–2	—	7–2–3	5–4–3	2–6–4
Montreal	2–6–4	7–4–1	2–7–3	—	3–7–2	6–5–1
New York	3–7–2	4–6–2	4–5–3	7–3–2	—	3–5–4
Toronto	7–3–2	10–1–1	6–2–4	5–6–1	5–3–4	—

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 15, 1947	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	1–0–0
2	T	October 18, 1947	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	1–0–1
3	W	October 19, 1947	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	2–0–1
4	L	October 26, 1947	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	2–1–1
5	W	October 29, 1947	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	3–1–1
6	L	November 1, 1947	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	3–2–1
7	W	November 2, 1947	3–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	4–2–1
8	W	November 6, 1947	2–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	5–2–1
9	W	November 8, 1947	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	6–2–1
10	L	November 9, 1947	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	6–3–1
11	L	November 15, 1947	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	6–4–1
12	W	November 16, 1947	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	7–4–1
13	L	November 19, 1947	5–6	New York Rangers (1947–48)	7–5–1
14	W	November 22, 1947	8–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	8–5–1
15	W	November 23, 1947	9–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	9–5–1
16	W	November 27, 1947	4–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	10–5–1
17	T	November 30, 1947	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	10–5–2
18	L	December 6, 1947	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	10–6–2
19	L	December 7, 1947	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	10–7–2
20	T	December 10, 1947	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	10–7–3
21	W	December 13, 1947	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	11–7–3
22	T	December 14, 1947	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	11–7–4
23	W	December 17, 1947	7–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	12–7–4
24	T	December 20, 1947	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	12–7–5
25	W	December 21, 1947	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	13–7–5
26	L	December 25, 1947	0–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	13–8–5
27	W	December 28, 1947	3–0	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	14–8–5
28	W	December 31, 1947	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	15–8–5
29	W	January 1, 1948	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	16–8–5
30	W	January 4, 1948	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	17–8–5
31	W	January 7, 1948	6–0	New York Rangers (1947–48)	18–8–5
32	T	January 8, 1948	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	18–8–6
33	L	January 10, 1948	1–4	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–9–6
34	T	January 11, 1948	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	18–9–7
35	T	January 14, 1948	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–9–8
36	L	January 18, 1948	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	18–10–8
37	W	January 21, 1948	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	19–10–8
38	W	January 24, 1948	5–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	20–10–8
39	W	January 25, 1948	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	21–10–8
40	W	January 28, 1948	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	22–10–8
41	L	January 31, 1948	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	22–11–8
42	W	February 1, 1948	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	23–11–8
43	W	February 3, 1948	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	24–11–8
44	T	February 4, 1948	4–4	New York Rangers (1947–48)	24–11–9
45	W	February 7, 1948	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	25–11–9
46	L	February 8, 1948	1–3	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	25–12–9
47	L	February 15, 1948	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	25–13–9
48	W	February 18, 1948	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	26–13–9
49	L	February 21, 1948	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	26–14–9
50	W	February 22, 1948	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	27–14–9
51	W	February 28, 1948	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	28–14–9
52	W	March 3, 1948	4–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	29–14–9
53	T	March 6, 1948	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	29–14–10
54	T	March 7, 1948	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	29–14–11
55	L	March 9, 1948	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	29–15–11
56	W	March 10, 1948	7–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	30–15–11
57	L	March 14, 1948	1–5	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	30–16–11
58	T	March 17, 1948	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	30–16–12
59	L	March 20, 1948	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	30–17–12
60	L	March 21, 1948	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	30–18–12

Playoffs

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Rangers won the next two to tie the series. Detroit then took the next two to win the series in six games to qualify for the Finals.

March 24	New York Rangers		1–2	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:04 – Ted Lindsay (1) 19:06 – pp – Jim Conacher (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Tony Leswick (1) – 03:35		Third period		No scoring
Chuck Rayner		Goalie stats		Harry Lumley

March 26	New York Rangers		2–5	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Edgar Laprade (1) – 14:53		First period		04:00 – Jim McFadden (1)
No scoring		Second period		04:57 – Jim McFadden (2) 08:18 – pp – Marty Pavelich (1)
Neil Colville (1) – 10:51		Third period		10:04 – Leo Reise (1) 14:49 – Marty Pavelich (2)
Chuck Rayner		Goalie stats		Harry Lumley

March 28	Detroit Red Wings		2–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:32 – Phil Watson (1) 10:35 – Phil Watson (2)
Ted Lindsay (2) – 19:40		Second period		No scoring
Jack Stewart (1) – 16:03		Third period		09:02 – Tony Leswick (2)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats		Chuck Rayner

March 30	Detroit Red Wings		1–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
Jim McFadden (3) – 03:41		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		10:08 – pp – Bryan Hextall (1) 10:41 – Eddie Kullman (1)
No scoring		Third period		13:32 – Tony Leswick (3)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats		Chuck Rayner

April 1	New York Rangers		1–3	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:02 – pp – Red Kelly (1)
No scoring		Second period		14:13 – pp – Pete Horeck (1)
Buddy O'Connor (1) – 12:49		Third period		13:55 – Red Kelly (2)
Chuck Rayner		Goalie stats		Harry Lumley

April 4	Detroit Red Wings		4–2	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
Red Kelly (3) – pp – 13:46 Gordie Howe (1) – pp – 14:30 Pat Lundy (1) – 17:51		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jim McFadden (4) – 10:49		Third period		12:49 – Don Raleigh (1) 19:08 – Don Raleigh (2)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats		Chuck Rayner

Detroit won series 4–2

Stanley Cup Finals

April 7	Detroit Red Wings		3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Jim McFadden (5) – 07:20		First period		08:21 – Harry Watson (1) 09:04 – Joe Klukay (1) 18:24 – Syl Apps (3)
No scoring		Second period		14:31 – Gus Mortson (1) 19:21 – Howie Meeker (2)
Jim Conacher (2) – 04:28 Ted Lindsay (3) – 05:25		Third period		No scoring
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats		Turk Broda

April 10	Detroit Red Wings		2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:31 – Max Bentley (3)
Pete Horeck (2) – 18:18		Second period		03:38 – pp – Bill Ezinicki (3) 17:16 – pp – Max Bentley (4) 18:50 – Harry Watson (2)
Fern Gauthier (1) – pp – 17:18		Third period		No scoring
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats		Turk Broda

April 11	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–0	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Harry Watson (3) – 19:42		Second period		No scoring
Vic Lynn (2) – 15:16		Third period		No scoring
Turk Broda		Goalie stats		Harry Lumley

April 14	Toronto Maple Leafs		7–2	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Ted Kennedy (7) – pp – 02:51 Garth Boesch (2) – sh – 05:03 Harry Watson (4) – 11:13		First period		No scoring
Syl Apps (4) – 04:26 Ted Kennedy (8) – 09:42 Harry Watson (5) – sh – 11:38		Second period		02:41 – Leo Reise (2)
Les Costello (2) – pp – 14:37		Third period		18:48 – Pete Horeck (3)
Turk Broda		Goalie stats		Harry Lumley

Toronto won series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ted Lindsay	LW	60	33	19	52	95
Jim McFadden	C	60	24	24	48	12
Gordie Howe	RW	60	16	28	44	63
Sid Abel	C/LW	60	14	30	44	69
Jim Conacher	C	60	17	23	40	2
Pete Horeck	LW	50	12	17	29	44
Don Morrison	C	40	10	15	25	6
Bep Guidolin	LW	58	12	10	22	78
Bill Quackenbush	D	58	6	16	22	17
Red Kelly	D/C	60	6	14	20	13
Jack Stewart	D	60	5	14	19	91
Rod Morrison	RW	34	8	7	15	4
Marty Pavelich	LW	41	4	8	12	10
Leo Reise	D	58	5	4	9	30
Gerry Couture	RW	19	3	6	9	2
Doug McCaig	D	29	3	3	6	37
Fern Gauthier	RW	35	1	5	6	2
Pat Lundy	C	11	4	1	5	6
Max McNab	C	12	2	2	4	2
Eddie Bruneteau	RW	18	1	1	2	2
Enio Sclisizzi	LW	4	1	0	1	0
Harry Lumley	G	60	0	0	0	8
Tom McGrattan	G	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Nicholson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Barry Sullivan	RW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Harry Lumley	3592	60	30	18	12	147	2.46	7
Tom McGrattan	8	1	0	0	0	1	7.50	0
Team:	3600	60	30	18	12	148	2.47	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pete Horeck	LW	10	3	7	10	12
Jim McFadden	C	10	5	3	8	10
Red Kelly	D/C	10	3	2	5	2
Ted Lindsay	LW	10	3	1	4	6
Marty Pavelich	LW	10	2	2	4	6
Jack Stewart	D	9	1	3	4	6
Leo Reise	D	10	2	1	3	12
Sid Abel	C/LW	10	0	3	3	16
Jim Conacher	C	9	2	0	2	2
Fern Gauthier	RW	10	1	1	2	5
Gordie Howe	RW	10	1	1	2	11
Pat Lundy	C	5	1	1	2	0
Bill Quackenbush	D	10	0	2	2	0
Lee Fogolin	D	2	0	1	1	6
Don Morrison	C	3	0	1	1	0
Eddie Bruneteau	RW	6	0	0	0	0
Al Dewsbury	D	1	0	0	0	0
Bep Guidolin	LW	2	0	0	0	4
Harry Lumley	G	10	0	0	0	10
Max McNab	C	3	0	0	0	2
Rod Morrison	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Enio Sclisizzi	LW	6	0	0	0	4
Cliff Simpson	C	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Harry Lumley	600	10	4	6	30	3.00	0
Team:	600	10	4	6	30	3.00	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;

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1947-48 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

External links

"1947–48 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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