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1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1949–50
year	1949
Team	Detroit Red Wings
LeagueRank	1st
Record	37–19–14
HomeRecord	19–9–7
RoadRecord	18–10–7
GoalsFor	229
GoalsAgainst	164
GeneralManager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
AltCaptain	Red Kelly
Ted Lindsay
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Gordie Howe (35)
AssistsLeader	Ted Lindsay (55)
PointsLeader	Ted Lindsay (78)
PIMLeader	Ted Lindsay (141)
WinsLeader	Harry Lumley (33)
GAALeader	Terry Sawchuk (2.29)
PoWTrophy	Yes
StanleyCup	Yes

Ted Lindsay

The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games. Both times the series was decided in overtime.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 12, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 16, 1949||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 19, 1949||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 23, 1949||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 27, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 29, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||4–1–1 |- |7||L||October 30, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) ||4–2–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
LW	69	23	55	78	141
C/LW	69	34	35	69	46
RW	70	35	33	68	69
D/C	70	15	25	40	9
C	69	17	21	38	42
RW	69	24	7	31	21
C	68	14	16	30	8
RW	70	14	16	30	20
RW	60	13	17	30	13
LW	65	8	15	23	58
LW	69	7	14	21	53
D	70	4	17	21	46
D	65	3	11	14	86
LW	56	6	6	12	25
D	63	4	8	12	63
C	65	4	4	8	8
D	64	2	5	7	14
D	11	2	2	4	2
C	7	0	0	0	0
G	63	0	0	0	10
G	7	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2
C/LW	2	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	2

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3780	63	33	16	14	148	2.35	7
	420	7	4	3	0	16	2.29	1
Team:	4200	70	37	19	14	164	2.34	8

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
RW	14	5	4	9	2
C	14	3	6	9	0
C/LW	14	6	2	8	6
LW	13	4	4	8	16
LW	14	4	2	6	13
RW	14	2	4	6	6
C	14	2	3	5	8
D	14	1	4	5	20
LW	8	2	2	4	2
D/C	14	1	3	4	2
D	4	0	3	3	8
D	14	2	0	2	19
RW	8	0	2	2	0
D	10	0	1	1	0
D	9	0	1	1	10
LW	8	0	1	1	0
LW	13	0	0	0	13
D	10	0	0	0	16
RW	1	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	7
G	14	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0
C	10	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3
Team:	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3

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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1950 Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	New York	1	Detroit	4
April 13	Detroit	1	New York	3	†
April 15	Detroit	4	New York	0	†
April 18	New York	4	Detroit	3	OT
April 20	New York	2	Detroit	1	OT
April 22	New York	4	Detroit	5
April 23	New York	3	Detroit	4	2OT

† Played in Toronto.

Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to three

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Art Ross Trophy: || Ted Lindsay
Sid Abel, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
Red Kelly, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Leo Reise, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

References

"1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1949-50 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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