1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season

1950–51 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st NHL
1950–51 record	44–13–13
Goals for	236
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
Alternate captains	Red Kelly
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (43)
Assists	Gordie Howe (43)
Points	Gordie Howe (86)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay (110)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (44)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (1.99)
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The 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 25th season.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League ^[1]

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		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

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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

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

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;

See also

• 1950–51 NHL season

References

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.

• "1950–51 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.