1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season
Appearance
1958–59 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 6th NHL |
1958–59 record | 25–37–8 |
Goals for | 167 |
Goals against | 218 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Adams |
Coach | Sid Abel |
Captain | Gordie Howe |
Alternate captains | Red Kelly |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gordie Howe (32) |
Assists | Gordie Howe (46) |
Points | Gordie Howe (78) |
Penalty minutes | Pete Goegan (109) |
Wins | Terry Sawchuk (23) |
Goals against average | Bob Perreault (3.00) |
The 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 33rd season.
Offseason
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Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 258 | 158 | +100 | 91 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 205 | 215 | −10 | 73 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 69 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 189 | 201 | −12 | 65 |
5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 201 | 217 | −16 | 64 |
6 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 167 | 218 | −51 | 58 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 6–7–1 | 8–5–1 | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–6–2 | ||||||
Chicago | 7–6–1 | — | 6–7–1 | 1–8–5 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 | ||||||
Detroit | 5–8–1 | 7–6–1 | — | 1–9–4 | 6–7–1 | 6–7–1 | ||||||
Montreal | 6–6–2 | 8–1–5 | 9–1–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 8–5–1 | ||||||
New York | 5–6–3 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 5–5–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | 5–5–4 | — |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 11, 1958 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 0–1–0 |
2 | W | October 12, 1958 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 1–1–0 |
3 | L | October 16, 1958 | 2–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 1–2–0 |
4 | W | October 18, 1958 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 2–2–0 |
5 | W | October 19, 1958 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 3–2–0 |
6 | W | October 23, 1958 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 4–2–0 |
7 | L | October 25, 1958 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 4–3–0 |
8 | L | October 26, 1958 | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 4–4–0 |
9 | W | October 30, 1958 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 5–4–0 |
10 | L | November 1, 1958 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 5–5–0 |
11 | W | November 2, 1958 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 6–5–0 |
12 | L | November 8, 1958 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 6–6–0 |
13 | L | November 9, 1958 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 6–7–0 |
14 | W | November 13, 1958 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 7–7–0 |
15 | W | November 15, 1958 | 4–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 8–7–0 |
16 | L | November 16, 1958 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 8–8–0 |
17 | W | November 18, 1958 | 6–0 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 9–8–0 |
18 | T | November 20, 1958 | 4–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 9–8–1 |
19 | L | November 22, 1958 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 9–9–1 |
20 | W | November 23, 1958 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 10–9–1 |
21 | W | November 26, 1958 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 11–9–1 |
22 | W | November 27, 1958 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 12–9–1 |
23 | L | November 29, 1958 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 12–10–1 |
24 | L | November 30, 1958 | 0–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 12–11–1 |
25 | W | December 4, 1958 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 13–11–1 |
26 | W | December 6, 1958 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 14–11–1 |
27 | T | December 7, 1958 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 14–11–2 |
28 | W | December 10, 1958 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 15–11–2 |
29 | T | December 13, 1958 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 15–11–3 |
30 | L | December 14, 1958 | 1–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 15–12–3 |
31 | L | December 18, 1958 | 0–2 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 15–13–3 |
32 | L | December 21, 1958 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 15–14–3 |
33 | L | December 25, 1958 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 15–15–3 |
34 | W | December 28, 1958 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 16–15–3 |
35 | L | December 31, 1958 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 16–16–3 |
36 | L | January 3, 1959 | 2–8 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 16–17–3 |
37 | T | January 4, 1959 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 16–17–4 |
38 | L | January 7, 1959 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 16–18–4 |
39 | T | January 10, 1959 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 16–18–5 |
40 | T | January 11, 1959 | 6–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 16–18–6 |
41 | L | January 15, 1959 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 16–19–6 |
42 | L | January 17, 1959 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 16–20–6 |
43 | L | January 18, 1959 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 16–21–6 |
44 | W | January 21, 1959 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 17–21–6 |
45 | W | January 24, 1959 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 18–21–6 |
46 | L | January 25, 1959 | 3–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 18–22–6 |
47 | W | January 29, 1959 | 4–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 19–22–6 |
48 | L | January 31, 1959 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 19–23–6 |
49 | L | February 1, 1959 | 4–5 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 19–24–6 |
50 | L | February 5, 1959 | 0–5 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 19–25–6 |
51 | L | February 7, 1959 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 19–26–6 |
52 | L | February 8, 1959 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 19–27–6 |
53 | W | February 12, 1959 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 20–27–6 |
54 | W | February 15, 1959 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 21–27–6 |
55 | L | February 19, 1959 | 0–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 21–28–6 |
56 | W | February 21, 1959 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 22–28–6 |
57 | L | February 22, 1959 | 1–4 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 22–29–6 |
58 | L | February 25, 1959 | 3–6 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 22–30–6 |
59 | W | February 28, 1959 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 23–30–6 |
60 | L | March 1, 1959 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 23–31–6 |
61 | T | March 3, 1959 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 23–31–7 |
62 | L | March 5, 1959 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 23–32–7 |
63 | L | March 7, 1959 | 2–10 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 23–33–7 |
64 | L | March 8, 1959 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 23–34–7 |
65 | T | March 10, 1959 | 5–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 23–34–8 |
66 | L | March 14, 1959 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) | 23–35–8 |
67 | W | March 15, 1959 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 24–35–8 |
68 | W | March 17, 1959 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 25–35–8 |
69 | L | March 21, 1959 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 25–36–8 |
70 | L | March 22, 1959 | 4–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 25–37–8 |
Playoffs
They failed to make the playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 57 |
Norm Ullman | C | 69 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 42 |
Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 6 |
Marcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 44 |
Jack McIntyre | RW | 55 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 14 |
Johnny Wilson | LW | 70 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 18 |
Len Lunde | C | 68 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 15 |
Nick Mickoski | LW | 66 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 20 |
Red Kelly | D/C | 67 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
Charlie Burns | C | 70 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 32 |
Pete Goegan | D | 67 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 109 |
Warren Godfrey | D | 69 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
Claude Laforge | LW | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
Billy McNeill | RW | 54 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
Tom McCarthy | LW | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Forbes Kennedy | C | 67 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 149 |
Chuck Holmes | RW | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Stu McNeill | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Cummy Burton | RW | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Gerry Ehman | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Lou Marcon | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Gus Mortson | D | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
Gene Achtymichuk | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dunc Fisher | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Hendrickson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Perreault | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Sawchuk | G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Gord Strate | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Terry Sawchuk | 4020 | 67 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 207 | 3.09 | 5 |
Bob Perreault | 180 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 1 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 216 | 3.09 | 6 |
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
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Transactions
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See also
References
- ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1958-59 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- "1958–59 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.