1940 NHL Quarter-Finals
Detroit Red Wings defeat New York Americans 2-1
| Game 1, March 19 | ||
| New York Americans | 1 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 2 | OT |
| Game 2, March 22 | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | 4 | Final |
| New York Americans | 5 | |
| Game 3, March 24 | ||
| New York Americans | 1 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
Detroit Red Wings Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Abel | C/LW | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Connie Brown | C | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Fisher | RW | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kilrea | LW | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Dillon | RW | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Motter | C | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch McDonald | LW/C | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Grosso | LW/C | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Stewart | D | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Wares | D/RW | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 9 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Detroit Red Wings Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Tiny Thompson | G | 36 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 180:25 | 60:08 | ||||
| Team Total | 2-1-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 180:25 | 60:08 | |||||||
New York Americans Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Anderson | LW/D | 29 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sorrell | LW | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Shore | D | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Chapman | C | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Busher Jackson | LW | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Boll | LW | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Carr | RW | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Egan | D | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allan Murray | D | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nels Stewart | C | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
New York Americans Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Earl Robertson | G | 29 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 180:25 | 60:08 | ||||
| Team Total | 1-2-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 180:25 | 60:08 | |||||||
1939-40 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Nov 14, 1939 | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | 4 | Final |
| New York Americans | 2 | |
| Thursday, Nov 23, 1939 | ||
| New York Americans | 2 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
| Sunday, Dec 10, 1939 | ||
| New York Americans | 3 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 2 | |
| Thursday, Dec 21, 1939 | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | 0 | Final |
| New York Americans | 3 | |
| Friday, Jan 12, 1940 | ||
| New York Americans | 2 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 4 | |
| Sunday, Jan 14, 1940 | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | 0 | Final |
| New York Americans | 1 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 6, 1940 | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | 3 | Final |
| New York Americans | 1 | |
| Sunday, Feb 25, 1940 | ||
| New York Americans | 1 | Final |
| Detroit Red Wings | 4 | |
DET Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Syd Howe* | 28 | C | 46 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 4.3 | |||||
| 2 | Ebbie Goodfellow* | 33 | D | 43 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.1 | |||||
| 3 | Mud Bruneteau | 25 | RW | 46 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.3 | |||||
| 4 | Alex Motter | 26 | D | 37 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.4 | |||||
| 5 | Ken Kilrea | 21 | LW | 40 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | |||||
| 6 | Cecil Dillon | 31 | RW | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | |||||
| 7 | Connie Brown | 23 | C | 36 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |||||
| 8 | Gus Giesebrecht | 22 | C | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |||||
| 9 | Carl Liscombe | 24 | LW | 25 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||
| 10 | Eddie Wares | 24 | RW | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||
| 11 | Butch McDonald | 23 | LW | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -0.9 | 0.6 | -0.4 | |||||
| 12 | Don Deacon | 26 | LW | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |||||
| 13 | Joe Fisher | 23 | RW | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.5 | -0.2 | |||||
| 14 | Sid Abel* | 21 | LW | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |||||
| 15 | Don Grosso | 24 | C | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |||||
| 16 | Jimmy Orlando | 23 | D | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |||||
| 17 | Jack Keating | 23 | LW | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| 18 | Ralph Bowman | 28 | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||||
| 19 | Jack Stewart* | 22 | D | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |||||
| 20 | Claude Bourque | 24 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| 21 | Ron Hudson | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 22 | Buck Jones | 21 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| 23 | Hec Kilrea | 32 | LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.4 | |||||
| 24 | Alfie Moore | 34 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| 25 | Bert Peer | 29 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 26 | Tiny Thompson* | 36 | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2830 | 61:31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 90 | 132 | 222 | 248 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 102 | 24 | 6 | 7.7 | 18.8 | 33.7 | ||||||||
DET Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Tiny Thompson* | 36 | 46 | 46 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 120 | 2.54 | 3 | 2830 | ||||||||
| 2 | Claude Bourque | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| 3 | Alfie Moore | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 126 | 2.56 | 3 | 2950 | |||||||||||
NYA Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Murray Armstrong | 24 | C | 47 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 4.1 | |||||
| 2 | Tom Anderson | 29 | D | 48 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 6.0 | |||||
| 3 | Charlie Conacher* | 30 | D | 47 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 5.4 | |||||
| 4 | Lorne Carr | 29 | RW | 48 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | |||||
| 5 | John Sorrell | 34 | LW | 48 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | |||||
| 6 | Busher Jackson* | 29 | LW | 43 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | |||||
| 7 | Eddie Wiseman | 27 | RW | 31 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| 8 | Hooley Smith* | 37 | RW | 48 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||||
| 9 | Buzz Boll | 28 | LW | 47 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||||
| 10 | Nels Stewart* | 37 | C | 35 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |||||
| 11 | Art Chapman | 33 | C | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||||
| 12 | Pat Egan | 21 | D | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| 13 | Johnny Gagnon | 34 | RW | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| 14 | Eddie Shore* | 37 | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |||||
| 15 | Allan Murray | 31 | D | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | |||||
| 16 | Wilf Field | 24 | D | 45 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | |||||
| 17 | Jack Tomson | 22 | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||
| 18 | Doc Romnes | 31 | C | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.5 | |||||
| 19 | Frank Beisler | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 20 | Earl Robertson | 29 | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2960 | 61:40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | |||||||||
| 21 | Chuck Shannon | 23 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| Team Total | 48 | 106 | 159 | 265 | 248 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 142 | 16 | 1 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 37.1 | ||||||||
NYA Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Earl Robertson | 29 | 48 | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 140 | 2.84 | 6 | 2960 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 140 | 2.84 | 6 | 2960 | |||||||||||


We're Social...for Statheads
Site Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 4:49AM
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Hockey: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Hockey Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.