1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season

1950–51 Detroit Red Wings
Division1st NHL
1950–51 record44–13–13
Goals for236
Goals against139
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachTommy Ivan
CaptainSid Abel
Alternate captainsRed Kelly
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (43)
AssistsGordie Howe (43)
PointsGordie Howe (86)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (110)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (44)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (1.99)

The 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 25th season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 44 13 13 236 139 +97 101
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 212 138 +74 95
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 25 30 15 173 184 −11 65
4 Boston Bruins 70 22 30 18 178 197 −19 62
5 New York Rangers 70 20 29 21 169 201 −32 61
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 47 10 171 280 −109 36

Record vs. opponents

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1950–51 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–4–1 2–8–4 5–6–3 4–2–8 2–10–2
Chicago 4–9–1 — 1–13 4–8–2 2–9–3 2–8–4
Detroit 8–2–4 13–1 — 8–4–2 8–3–3 7–3–4
Montreal 6–5–3 8–4–2 4–8–2 — 5–3–6 2–10–2
New York 2–4–8 9–2–3 5–7–2 3–5–6 — 3–10–1
Toronto 10–2–2 8–2–4 3–7–4 10–2–2 10–3–1 —


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 11, 1950 3–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 1–0–0
2 T October 15, 1950 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 1–0–1
3 L October 21, 1950 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 1–1–1
4 W October 22, 1950 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 2–1–1
5 L October 25, 1950 0–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 2–2–1
6 W October 28, 1950 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 3–2–1
7 W October 29, 1950 2–0 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 4–2–1
8 T November 2, 1950 2–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 4–2–2
9 W November 5, 1950 4–2 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 5–2–2
10 T November 8, 1950 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 5–2–3
11 W November 11, 1950 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 6–2–3
12 W November 12, 1950 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 7–2–3
13 W November 16, 1950 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 8–2–3
14 W November 18, 1950 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 9–2–3
15 T November 19, 1950 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 9–2–4
16 L November 23, 1950 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 9–3–4
17 W November 25, 1950 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 10–3–4
18 L November 26, 1950 0–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 10–4–4
19 L November 29, 1950 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 10–5–4
20 W December 2, 1950 7–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 11–5–4
21 L December 3, 1950 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 11–6–4
22 W December 6, 1950 9–0 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 12–6–4
23 W December 9, 1950 5–0 New York Rangers (1950–51) 13–6–4
24 W December 10, 1950 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 14–6–4
25 W December 13, 1950 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 15–6–4
26 W December 14, 1950 4–2 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 16–6–4
27 W December 16, 1950 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 17–6–4
28 T December 17, 1950 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 17–6–5
29 W December 19, 1950 6–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 18–6–5
30 T December 23, 1950 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 18–6–6
31 W December 25, 1950 4–1 New York Rangers (1950–51) 19–6–6
32 W December 28, 1950 8–1 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 20–6–6
33 W December 30, 1950 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 21–6–6
34 L December 31, 1950 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 21–7–6
35 L January 3, 1951 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 21–8–6
36 W January 4, 1951 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 22–8–6
37 L January 6, 1951 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 22–9–6
38 W January 7, 1951 3–0 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 23–9–6
39 T January 9, 1951 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 23–9–7
40 W January 13, 1951 4–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 24–9–7
41 W January 14, 1951 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 25–9–7
42 W January 17, 1951 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 26–9–7
43 W January 18, 1951 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 27–9–7
44 T January 21, 1951 0–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 27–9–8
45 W January 23, 1951 8–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 28–9–8
46 T January 25, 1951 3–3 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 28–9–9
47 L January 27, 1951 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 28–10–9
48 L January 28, 1951 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 28–11–9
49 W February 1, 1951 3–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 29–11–9
50 T February 4, 1951 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 29–11–10
51 W February 7, 1951 11–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 30–11–10
52 W February 8, 1951 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 31–11–10
53 W February 10, 1951 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 32–11–10
54 W February 11, 1951 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 33–11–10
55 W February 17, 1951 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 34–11–10
56 T February 19, 1951 2–2 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 34–11–11
57 T February 21, 1951 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 34–11–12
58 L February 25, 1951 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 34–12–12
59 T February 28, 1951 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) 34–12–13
60 W March 3, 1951 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 35–12–13
61 W March 5, 1951 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 36–12–13
62 W March 7, 1951 3–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 37–12–13
63 W March 10, 1951 3–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 38–12–13
64 W March 11, 1951 7–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 39–12–13
65 W March 15, 1951 4–0 Boston Bruins (1950–51) 40–12–13
66 W March 17, 1951 8–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 41–12–13
67 W March 18, 1951 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 42–12–13
68 W March 21, 1951 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 43–12–13
69 L March 24, 1951 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 43–13–13
70 W March 25, 1951 5–0 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 44–13–13

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 43 43 86 74
Sid Abel C/LW 69 23 38 61 30
Ted Lindsay LW 67 24 35 59 110
Red Kelly D/C 70 17 37 54 24
Jimmy Peters RW 68 17 21 38 14
Metro Prystai C 62 20 17 37 27
George Gee C 70 17 20 37 19
Jim McFadden C 70 14 18 32 10
Gaye Stewart LW 67 18 13 31 18
Marty Pavelich LW 67 9 20 29 41
Bob Goldham D 61 5 18 23 31
Leo Reise D 68 5 16 21 67
Gerry Couture RW 53 7 6 13 2
Glen Skov C/LW 19 7 6 13 13
Vic Stasiuk LW 50 3 10 13 12
Clare Martin D 50 1 6 7 12
Marcel Pronovost D 37 1 6 7 20
Joe Carveth RW 30 1 4 5 0
Rags Raglan D 33 3 1 4 14
Leo Gravelle RW 18 1 2 3 6
Lee Fogolin Sr. D 19 0 1 1 16
Lou Jankowski C/RW 1 0 1 1 0
Steve Black LW 5 0 0 0 2
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 1 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 70 0 0 0 2
Benny Woit RW/D 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 4200 70 44 13 13 139 1.99 11
Team: 4200 70 44 13 13 139 1.99 11

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Abel C/LW 6 4 3 7 0
Gordie Howe RW 6 4 3 7 4
Leo Reise D 6 2 3 5 2
Gerry Couture RW 6 1 1 2 0
Gaye Stewart LW 6 0 2 2 4
Metro Prystai C 3 1 0 1 0
George Gee C 6 0 1 1 0
Bob Goldham D 6 0 1 1 2
Red Kelly D/C 6 0 1 1 0
Ted Lindsay LW 6 0 1 1 8
Marty Pavelich LW 6 0 1 1 2
Fred Glover C 6 0 0 0 0
Clare Martin D 2 0 0 0 0
Jim McFadden C 6 0 0 0 2
Max McNab C 2 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Peters RW 6 0 0 0 0
Marcel Pronovost D 6 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 6 0 0 0 0
Glen Skov C/LW 6 0 0 0 0
Johnny Wilson LW 1 0 0 0 0
Benny Woit RW/D 4 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 463 6 2 4 13 1.68 1
Team: 463 6 2 4 13 1.68 1

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1950-51 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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