The 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season was the 16th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, tenth as the Red Wings. This season became, and still remains, infamous as the Red Wings lost the 1942 Stanley Cup Final to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games despite winning the first three of the series, which gave them the dubious distinction of not only becoming the first National Hockey League team to surrender a 3-0 lead in a series, but also becoming the first North American sports team in history to do so.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||November 1, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||1–0–0

|2||T||November 2, 1941||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||1–0–1

|3||L||November 9, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||1–1–1

|4||L||November 15, 1941||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||1–2–1

|5||L||November 16, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||1–3–1

|6||L||November 20, 1941||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||1–4–1

|7||W||November 22, 1941||2–1 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||2–4–1

|8||L||November 23, 1941||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||2–5–1

|9||L||November 25, 1941||1–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||2–6–1

|10||W||November 27, 1941||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||3–6–1

|11||L||November 29, 1941||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||3–7–1

|12||W||December 4, 1941||4–3 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||4–7–1

|13||W||December 7, 1941||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||5–7–1

|14||L||December 14, 1941||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||5–8–1

|15||L||December 18, 1941||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||5–9–1

|16||T||December 21, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||5–9–2

|17||W||December 25, 1941||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||6–9–2

|18||L||December 27, 1941||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||6–10–2

|19||L||December 28, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||6–11–2

|20||W||January 1, 1942||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||7–11–2

|21||L||January 3, 1942||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||7–12–2

|22||W||January 4, 1942||10–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||8–12–2

|23||L||January 6, 1942||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||8–13–2

|24||L||January 9, 1942||4–5 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||8–14–2

|25||W||January 10, 1942||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||9–14–2

|26||L||January 11, 1942||5–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||9–15–2

|27||L||January 13, 1942||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||9–16–2

|28||L||January 18, 1942||3–5 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||9–17–2

|29||W||January 22, 1942||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||10–17–2

|30||L||January 24, 1942||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||10–18–2

|31||L||January 25, 1942||2–11 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||10–19–2

|32||W||January 29, 1942||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||11–19–2

|33||T||February 5, 1942||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||11–19–3

|34||L||February 7, 1942||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||11–20–3

|35||L||February 8, 1942||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||11–21–3

|36||L||February 12, 1942||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||11–22–3

|37||L||February 14, 1942||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||11–23–3

|38||W||February 15, 1942||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||12–23–3

|39||W||February 19, 1942||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||13–23–3

|40||W||February 22, 1942||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||14–23–3

|41||W||February 24, 1942||3–2 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||15–23–3

|42||L||February 26, 1942||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||15–24–3

|43||T||March 1, 1942||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||15–24–4

|44||W||March 5, 1942||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||16–24–4

|45||W||March 8, 1942||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||17–24–4

|46||L||March 14, 1942||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||17–25–4

|47||W||March 15, 1942||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) ||18–25–4

|48||W||March 19, 1942||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||19–25–4

Legend:

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

+ Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 22 Montreal C. 1 Detroit 2Mar 24 Detroit 0 Montreal C. 5Mar 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 ScoreMar 29 Detroit 6 Boston 4Mar 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 ScoreApr 4 Detroit 3 Toronto 2Apr 7 Detroit 4 Toronto 2Apr 9 Toronto 2 Detroit 5Apr 12 Toronto 4 Detroit 3Apr 14 Detroit 3 Toronto 9Apr 16 Toronto 3 Detroit 0Apr 18 Detroit 1 Toronto 3 Toronto wins the Stanley Cup 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM LW/C 48 23 30 53 13 C/LW 48 18 31 49 45 D/RW 43 9 29 38 31 C/LW 48 16 19 35 6 RW 48 14 19 33 8 LW 47 13 17 30 14 C 34 6 16 22 2 RW 29 6 11 17 2 LW 28 6 9 15 15 LW 21 3 12 15 4 C 34 5 8 13 0 D 44 4 7 11 93 D 18 4 6 10 40 LW 13 4 4 8 0 D 48 1 7 8 111 C 19 2 4 6 20 C/D 9 2 2 4 2 RW 16 2 1 3 6 D 21 2 1 3 8 C 9 0 3 3 4 D 9 0 1 1 6 G 47 0 1 1 0 RW 3 0 0 0 0 LW 7 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 9 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2880 47 19 25 3 144 3.00 5 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 LW/C 12 8 6 14 29 LW 12 6 6 12 2 C/LW 12 3 5 8 0 D 11 1 6 7 23 RW 12 5 1 6 6 C/LW 12 4 2 6 8 RW 9 4 0 4 0 C 12 1 3 4 20 D/RW 12 1 3 4 22 D 12 0 4 4 45 LW 12 2 1 3 4 C 11 1 1 2 4 LW 10 0 2 2 4 D 12 0 1 1 12 RW 1 0 0 0 0 C 2 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 6 G 12 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 720 12 7 5 38 3.17 0 Team: 720 12 7 5 38 3.17 0

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;

See also 1941–42 NHL season

References

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