1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 15, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 18, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 19, 1947||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||2–0–1 |- |4||L||October 26, 1947||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 29, 1947||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||3–1–1

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Playoffs

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Rangers won the next two to tie the series. Detroit then took the next two to win the series in six games to qualify for the Finals.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =15:04 – Ted Lindsay (1) 19:06 – pp – Jim Conacher (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Tony Leswick (1) – 03:35 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie1-2 =Harry Lumley

|2-1-1 =Edgar Laprade (1) – 14:53 |2-1-2 =04:00 – Jim McFadden (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =04:57 – Jim McFadden (2) 08:18 – pp – Marty Pavelich (1) |2-3-1 =Neil Colville (1) – 10:51 |2-3-2 =10:04 – Leo Reise (1) 14:49 – Marty Pavelich (2) |goalie2-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie2-2 =Harry Lumley

|3-1-1 =03:32 – Phil Watson (1) 10:35 – Phil Watson (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Ted Lindsay (2) – 19:40 |3-3-1 =09:02 – Tony Leswick (2) |3-3-2 =Jack Stewart (1) – 16:03 |goalie3-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie3-2 =Harry Lumley

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jim McFadden (3) – 03:41 |4-2-1 =10:08 – pp – Bryan Hextall (1) 10:41 – Eddie Kullman (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =13:32 – Tony Leswick (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie4-2 =Harry Lumley

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =04:02 – pp – Red Kelly (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =14:13 – pp – Pete Horeck (1) |5-3-1 =Buddy O'Connor (1) – 12:49 |5-3-2 =13:55 – Red Kelly (2) |goalie5-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie5-2 =Harry Lumley

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Red Kelly (3) – pp – 13:46 Gordie Howe (1) – pp – 14:30 Pat Lundy (1) – 17:51 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =12:49 – Don Raleigh (1) 19:08 – Don Raleigh (2) |6-3-2 =Jim McFadden (4) – 10:49 |goalie6-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie6-2 =Harry Lumley

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1948 Stanley Cup Finals

|1-1-1 =Jim McFadden (5) – 07:20 |1-1-2 =08:21 – Harry Watson (1) 09:04 – Joe Klukay (1) 18:24 – Syl Apps (3) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:31 – Gus Mortson (1) 19:21 – Howie Meeker (2) |1-3-1 =Jim Conacher (2) – 04:28 Ted Lindsay (3) – 05:25 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie1-2 =Turk Broda

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =13:31 – Max Bentley (3) |2-2-1 =Pete Horeck (2) – 18:18 |2-2-2 =03:38 – pp – Bill Ezinicki (3) 17:16 – pp – Max Bentley (4) 18:50 – Harry Watson (2) |2-3-1 =Fern Gauthier (1) – pp – 17:18 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Harry Watson (3) – 19:42 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Vic Lynn (2) – 15:16 |goalie3-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Ted Kennedy (7) – pp – 02:51 Garth Boesch (2) – sh – 05:03 Harry Watson (4) – 11:13 |4-2-1 =02:41 – Leo Reise (2) |4-2-2 =Syl Apps (4) – 04:26 Ted Kennedy (8) – 09:42 Harry Watson (5) – sh – 11:38 |4-3-1 =18:48 – Pete Horeck (3) |4-3-2 =Les Costello (2) – pp – 14:37 |goalie4-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

;Goaltending

Playoffs

;Scoring

;Goaltending

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; 

References

References

1. "1947-48 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
2. "1947-48 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.