The 1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 30||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||1–0–0
|2||W||October 31||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||2–0–0
|3||T||November 4||5–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||2–0–1
|4||L||November 6||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||2–1–1
|5||W||November 7||7–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||3–1–1
|6||T||November 11||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||3–1–2
|7||L||November 13||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||3–2–2
|8||L||November 18||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||3–3–2
|9||L||November 20||2–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||3–4–2
|10||W||November 21||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||4–4–2
|11||L||November 23||5–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||4–5–2
|12||W||November 27||7–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||5–5–2
|13||L||November 28||4–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||5–6–2
|14||W||December 2||6–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||6–6–2
|15||W||December 4||11–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||7–6–2
|16||W||December 11||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||8–6–2
|17||L||December 12||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||8–7–2
|18||L||December 16||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||8–8–2
|19||W||December 18||8–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||9–8–2
|20||W||December 19||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||10–8–2
|21||L||December 21||5–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||10–9–2
|22||L||December 25||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||10–10–2
|23||W||December 31||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||11–10–2
|24||W||January 1||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||12–10–2
|25||L||January 4||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||12–11–2
|26||W||January 6||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||13–11–2
|27||W||January 8||12–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||14–11–2
|28||W||January 11||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||15–11–2
|29||L||January 15||4–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||15–12–2
|30||L||January 16||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||15–13–2
|31||W||January 18||7–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||16–13–2
|32||L||January 22||1–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||16–14–2
|33||L||January 23||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||16–15–2
|34||T||January 27||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||16–15–3
|35||L||January 29||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||16–16–3
|36||W||February 5||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||17–16–3
|37||L||February 6||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||17–17–3
|38||L||February 12||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||17–18–3
|39||W||February 13||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||18–18–3
|40||W||February 19||10–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||19–18–3
|41||T||February 20||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||19–18–4
|42||L||February 24||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||19–19–4
|43||L||February 26||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||19–20–4
|44||W||February 29||7–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||20–20–4
|45||L||March 4||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||20–21–4
|46||L||March 5||3–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||20–22–4
|47||W||March 9||8–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||21–22–4
|48||W||March 11||5–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||22–22–4
|49||L||March 12||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) ||22–23–4
|50||W||March 18||10–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||23–23–4
Legend:
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 50 36 38 74 9 C 50 22 40 62 18 D 50 17 40 57 30 C 49 26 23 49 2 LW 47 19 28 47 21 C 49 20 17 37 4 C/D 49 16 18 34 14 D 50 12 21 33 22 RW 17 9 10 19 6 C/RW 32 3 15 18 30 D 39 4 12 16 32 RW 33 8 7 15 29 RW 11 6 8 14 9 LW 27 7 6 13 28 D 9 2 4 6 8 RW/D 21 5 0 5 15 D 18 2 0 2 6 LW 5 0 1 1 2 W 15 0 1 1 2 G 29 0 0 0 0 G 20 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 LW 5 0 0 0 4 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 1740 29 13 14 2 87 3.00 5 1200 20 9 9 2 83 4.15 0 60 1 1 0 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 3000 50 23 23 4 174 3.48 5
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM C/D 5 2 1 3 2 D 5 1 2 3 2 D 5 0 3 3 4 C 5 1 1 2 4 C 5 1 0 1 0 D 5 1 0 1 8 RW 5 0 1 1 0 G 5 0 0 0 0 C 5 0 0 0 0 LW 5 0 0 0 4 D 3 0 0 0 0 C/RW 3 0 0 0 6 RW 4 0 0 0 6 LW 5 0 0 0 12 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 300 5 1 4 23 4.60 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 23 4.60 0
Transactions September 11, 1943: Acquired Garth Boesch from the Brooklyn Americans in Dispersal Draw November 1, 1943: Acquired Red Garrett, Gordon Bell and cash from the New York Rangers for Bucko McDonald November 18, 1943: Called up Jean Marois from the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the OHA November 27, 1943: Loaned George Abbott to the Boston Bruins for one game December 22, 1943: Loaned Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens for remainder of the 1943–44 season
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