1942–43 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1942–43 Detroit Red Wings season was the 17th season of the Detroit NHL franchise, eleventh as the 'Red Wings.' The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.

1942–43 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
1942–43 record	25–14–11
Home record	16–4–5
Road record	9–10–6
Goals for	169
Goals against	124
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Sid Abel
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Mud Bruneteau (23)
Assists	Syd Howe (35)
Points	Syd Howe (55)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Orlando (99)
Wins	Johnny Mowers (25)
Goals against average	Johnny Mowers (2.47)
← 1941–42 1943–44 →

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–4–3	4–4–2	5–4–1	8–2	4–3–3
Chicago	4–3–3	—	2–4–4	1–4–5	4–4–2	6–3–1
Detroit	4–4–2	4–2–4	—	5–3–2	7–1–2	5–4–1
Montreal	4–5–1	4–1–5	3–5–2	—	6–2–2	2–6–2
New York	2–8	4–4–2	1–7–2	2–6–2	—	2–6–2
Toronto	3–4–3	3–6–1	4–5–1	6–2–2	6–2–2	—

Schedule and results

1942–43 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 1, 1942 3–0 Boston Bruins (1942–43) 1–0–0 2 W November 5, 1942 12–5 New York Rangers (1942–43) 2–0–0 3 L November 7, 1942 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 2–1–0 4 T November 8, 1942 3–3 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 2–1–1 5 W November 14, 1942 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 3–1–1 6 W November 15, 1942 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 4–1–1 7 L November 19, 1942 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 4–2–1 8 T November 22, 1942 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 4–2–2 9 T November 24, 1942 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 4–2–3 10 W November 26, 1942 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 5–2–3 11 W November 29, 1942 7–3 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 6–2–3
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 12 L December 1, 1942 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) 6–3–3 13 T December 6, 1942 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 6–3–4 14 L December 12, 1942 4–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 6–4–4 15 T December 13, 1942 1–1 Boston Bruins (1942–43) 6–4–5 16 L December 15, 1942 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) 6–5–5 17 W December 17, 1942 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 7–5–5 18 W December 20, 1942 4–3 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 8–5–5 19 L December 25, 1942 1–3 New York Rangers (1942–43) 8–6–5 20 W December 27, 1942 6–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 9–6–5 21 W December 31, 1942 2–0 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 10–6–5
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 22 T January 1, 1943 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) 10–6–6 23 L January 3, 1943 2–3 Boston Bruins (1942–43) 10–7–6 24 T January 7, 1943 2–2 New York Rangers (1942–43) 10–7–7 25 W January 9, 1943 4–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 11–7–7 26 L January 10, 1943 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 11–8–7 27 W January 14, 1943 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 12–8–7 28 T January 16, 1943 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 12–8–8 29 T January 17, 1943 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 12–8–9 30 W January 21, 1943 3–2 Boston Bruins (1942–43) 13–8–9 31 W January 24, 1943 7–0 New York Rangers (1942–43) 14–8–9 32 W January 26, 1943 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) 15–8–9 33 T January 30, 1943 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 15–8–10 34 L January 31, 1943 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 15–9–10
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 35 W February 4, 1943 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 16–9–10 36 W February 7, 1943 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 17–9–10 37 L February 13, 1943 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 17–10–10 38 W February 14, 1943 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 18–10–10 39 W February 18, 1943 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 19–10–10 40 W February 21, 1943 4–0 Boston Bruins (1942–43) 20–10–10 41 L February 25, 1943 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 20–11–10 42 W February 27, 1943 7–1 New York Rangers (1942–43) 21–11–10 43 W February 28, 1943 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 22–11–10
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 44 L March 2, 1943 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1942–43) 22–12–10 45 W March 6, 1943 5–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 23–12–10 46 T March 7, 1943 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 23–12–11 47 W March 11, 1943 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 24–12–11 48 L March 13, 1943 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 24–13–11 49 L March 14, 1943 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 24–14–11 50 W March 18, 1943 6–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 25–14–11
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Syd Howe	C/LW	50	20	35	55	10
Mud Bruneteau	RW	50	23	22	45	2
Carl Liscombe	LW	50	19	23	42	19
Sid Abel	C/LW	49	18	24	42	33
Joe Carveth	RW	43	18	18	36	6
Don Grosso	LW/C	50	15	17	32	10
Harry Watson	LW	50	13	18	31	10
Eddie Wares	D/RW	47	12	18	30	10
Connie Brown	C	23	5	16	21	6
Les Douglas	C	21	5	8	13	4
Jack Stewart	D	44	2	9	11	68
Alex Motter	C	50	6	4	10	42
Jimmy Orlando	D	40	3	4	7	99
Bill Jennings	RW	8	3	3	6	2
Ebbie Goodfellow	C/D	11	1	4	5	4
Harold Jackson	D	4	0	4	4	6
John Holota	C	12	2	0	2	0
Bill Quackenbush	D	10	1	1	2	4
Cully Simon	D	34	1	1	2	34
Dick Behling	D	2	1	0	1	2
Joe Fisher	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Jud McAtee	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mowers	G	50	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny Mowers	3010	50	25	14	11	124	2.47	6
Team:	3010	50	25	14	11	124	2.47	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Carl Liscombe	LW	10	6	8	14	2
Sid Abel	C/LW	10	5	8	13	4
Mud Bruneteau	RW	9	5	4	9	0
Joe Carveth	RW	10	6	2	8	4
Don Grosso	LW/C	10	4	2	6	10
Eddie Wares	D/RW	10	3	3	6	4
Les Douglas	C	10	3	2	5	2
Syd Howe	C/LW	7	1	2	3	0
Jack Stewart	D	10	1	2	3	35
Jimmy Orlando	D	10	0	3	3	14
Adam Brown	LW	6	1	1	2	2
Cully Simon	D	9	1	0	1	4
Harold Jackson	D	6	0	1	1	4
Alex Motter	C	5	0	1	1	2
Joe Fisher	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mowers	G	10	0	0	0	0
Harry Watson	LW	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny Mowers	679	10	8	2	22	1.94	2
Team:	679	10	8	2	22	1.94	2

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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;

Playoffs

Main article: 1943 Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 1	Boston	2	Detroit	6
April 4	Boston	3	Detroit	4
April 7	Detroit	4	Boston	0
April 8	Detroit	2	Boston	0

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4–0.