1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 6, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 8, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||0–2–0

|3||L||October 9, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||0–3–0

|4||W||October 15, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||1–3–0

|5||W||October 16, 1955||6–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||2–3–0

|6||T||October 20, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||2–3–1

|7||T||October 22, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||2–3–2

|8||L||October 26, 1955||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–4–2

|9||L||October 29, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||2–5–2

|10||T||October 30, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||2–5–3

|11||L||November 2, 1955||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||2–6–3

|12||T||November 3, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–6–4

|13||T||November 5, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||2–6–5

|14||W||November 6, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||3–6–5

|15||T||November 10, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||3–6–6

|16||L||November 12, 1955||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||3–7–6

|17||T||November 13, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||3–7–7

|18||T||November 16, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||3–7–8

|19||W||November 19, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–7–8

|20||T||November 20, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–7–9

|21||W||November 24, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||5–7–9

|22||L||November 27, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||5–8–9

|23||T||November 30, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||5–8–10

|24||W||December 3, 1955||5–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–8–10

|25||L||December 4, 1955||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||6–9–10

|26||T||December 8, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–9–11

|27||L||December 10, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||6–10–11

|28||W||December 11, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||7–10–11

|29||W||December 15, 1955||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||8–10–11

|30||W||December 18, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||9–10–11

|31||W||December 22, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||10–10–11

|32||L||December 24, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||10–11–11

|33||T||December 25, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||10–11–12

|34||W||December 29, 1955||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||11–11–12

|35||T||December 31, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||11–11–13

|36||W||January 1, 1956||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||12–11–13

|37||L||January 4, 1956||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||12–12–13

|38||W||January 5, 1956||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||13–12–13

|39||W||January 8, 1956||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||14–12–13

|40||W||January 12, 1956||6–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||15–12–13

|41||W||January 14, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||16–12–13

|42||W||January 15, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||17–12–13

|43||W||January 19, 1956||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||18–12–13

|44||L||January 21, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||18–13–13

|45||W||January 22, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||19–13–13

|46||W||January 26, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||20–13–13

|47||W||January 27, 1956||7–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||21–13–13

|48||T||January 29, 1956||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–13–14

|49||L||February 2, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–14–14

|50||L||February 4, 1956||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–15–14

|51||L||February 5, 1956||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||21–16–14

|52||W||February 7, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||22–16–14

|53||L||February 11, 1956||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||22–17–14

|54||L||February 12, 1956||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||22–18–14

|55||W||February 14, 1956||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||23–18–14

|56||W||February 18, 1956||6–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||24–18–14

|57||L||February 19, 1956||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||24–19–14

|58||W||February 21, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||25–19–14

|59||L||February 25, 1956||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||25–20–14

|60||L||February 26, 1956||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||25–21–14

|61||W||February 28, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||26–21–14

|62||W||March 1, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||27–21–14

|63||T||March 3, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||27–21–15

|64||L||March 4, 1956||4–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||27–22–15

|65||W||March 8, 1956||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||28–22–15

|66||W||March 10, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||29–22–15

|67||W||March 11, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||30–22–15

|68||L||March 13, 1956||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||30–23–15

|69||T||March 15, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||30–23–16

|70||L||March 18, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||30–24–16

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 70 38 41 79 100 C 68 17 39 56 10 C/LW 70 25 26 51 24 LW 67 27 23 50 161 D/C 70 16 34 50 39 C 63 12 16 28 10 RW 70 12 7 19 30 D 68 3 16 19 32 C 66 9 9 18 26 LW 70 5 13 18 38 D 68 4 13 17 46 LW 31 8 7 15 12 LW 38 1 8 9 20 D 67 2 6 8 86 RW 40 1 7 8 31 LW 38 3 4 7 24 D 47 0 3 3 53 D 41 0 2 2 28 RW 3 0 0 0 0 C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 C 24 0 0 0 4 G 70 0 0 0 14 LW 4 0 0 0 0 C 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 4200 70 30 24 16 147 2.10 12 Team: 4200 70 30 24 16 147 2.10 12

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 10 3 9 12 8 C/LW 10 7 3 10 2 LW 10 6 3 9 22 D/C 10 2 4 6 2 C 10 1 3 4 13 LW 10 1 2 3 12 C 9 1 2 3 6 D 10 0 3 3 4 LW 10 1 1 2 8 D 10 0 2 2 8 C 10 0 2 2 2 RW 10 1 0 1 8 D 4 0 1 1 0 D 10 0 1 1 6 LW 10 0 1 1 14 RW 3 0 0 0 0 C 4 0 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 2 C 6 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 604 10 5 5 28 2.78 0 Team: 604 10 5 5 28 2.78 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 1955–56 NHL season

References