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Detroit Red Wings, 1939-40

Be the GM of the Detroit Red Wings Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Made the playoffs

1939-40 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 48 16-26-6 38 0.396 90 126 -36 11-10-3 5-16-3

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals New York Americans Won 2-1
Semifinals Toronto Maple Leafs Lost 0-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Syd Howe C 46 14 23 37 0 17 0 0
Ebbie Goodfellow C 43 11 18 29 0 31 0 0
Mud Bruneteau R 46 10 14 24 0 10 0 0
Alex Motter C 37 7 12 19 0 28 0 0
Ken Kilrea L 40 10 8 18 0 4 0 0
Cecil Dillon R 44 7 10 17 0 12 0 0
Connie Brown C 36 8 3 11 0 2 0 0
Gus Giesebrecht C 30 4 7 11 0 2 0 0
Carl Liscombe L 25 2 7 9 0 4 0 0
Eddie Wares R 33 2 6 8 0 19 0 0
Butch McDonald L 37 1 6 7 0 2 0 0
Don Deacon L 17 5 1 6 0 2 0 0
Joe Fisher R 32 2 4 6 0 2 0 0
Sid Abel C 24 1 5 6 0 4 0 0
Don Grosso L 29 2 3 5 0 9 0 0
Jimmy Orlando D 48 1 3 4 0 54 0 0
Jack Keating L 11 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Ralph Bowman D 11 0 2 2 0 4 0 0
Jack Stewart D 48 1 0 1 0 40 0 0
Bert Peer R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Jones D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hec Kilrea L 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hudson R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Tiny Thompson 46 1624603 0 0 120 2.54 0.000
Alfie Moore 1 01000 0 0 3 3.00 0.000
Claude Bourque 1 01000 0 0 3 3.00 0.000

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Mar 17, 1940 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0
Mar 15, 1940 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0
Mar 10, 1940 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0
Mar 9, 1940 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0
Mar 5, 1940 @ BOS L 2-7 0 0
Mar 3, 1940 vs BOS W 6-3 0 0
Feb 29, 1940 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0
Feb 25, 1940 vs NYA W 4-1 0 0
Feb 22, 1940 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0
Feb 18, 1940 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0
Feb 15, 1940 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0
Feb 13, 1940 @ BOS L 3-10 0 0
Feb 11, 1940 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0
Feb 9, 1940 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0
Feb 8, 1940 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0
Feb 6, 1940 @ NYA W 3-1 0 0
Feb 4, 1940 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0
Feb 1, 1940 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0
Jan 28, 1940 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0
Jan 26, 1940 vs CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0
Jan 21, 1940 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0
Jan 18, 1940 @ TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0
Jan 14, 1940 @ NYA L 0-1 0 0
Jan 12, 1940 vs NYA W 4-2 0 0
Jan 9, 1940 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0
Jan 7, 1940 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0
Jan 4, 1940 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0
Jan 1, 1940 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0
Dec 31, 1939 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0
Dec 25, 1939 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0
Dec 23, 1939 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0
Dec 21, 1939 @ NYA L 0-3 0 0
Dec 17, 1939 vs NYR T 0-0 (OT) 0 0
Dec 14, 1939 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0
Dec 12, 1939 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0
Dec 10, 1939 vs NYA L 2-3 0 0
Dec 8, 1939 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0
Dec 3, 1939 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0
Nov 28, 1939 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0
Nov 26, 1939 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0
Nov 25, 1939 @ MTL W 6-4 0 0
Nov 23, 1939 vs NYA W 3-2 0 0
Nov 19, 1939 vs TOR L 1-7 0 0
Nov 18, 1939 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0
Nov 14, 1939 @ NYA W 4-2 0 0
Nov 12, 1939 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0
Nov 5, 1939 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0
Nov 2, 1939 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0