NHL 1939/40

NHL 1939/40
league	National Hockey League
Period	November 2, 1939 to April 13, 1940
Teams	7th
Games / team	48
Regular season
winner	Boston Bruins
MVP	Ebbie Goodfellow (Detroit)
Top scorer	Milt Schmidt (Boston)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	New York Rangers
finalist	Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL seasons
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The 1939/40 NHL season was the 23rd season in the National Hockey League . Seven teams played 48 games each. The Stanley Cup won the New York Rangers after a 4-2 win in the final series against the Toronto Maple Leafs . Montreal's new coach Babe Siebert died before the season, before his first game. In late February, the first NHL game was televised from Madison Square Garden .

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	31	12	5	170	98	67
New York Rangers	27	11	10	136	77	64
Toronto Maple Leafs	25th	17th	2	134	110	56
Chicago Blackhawks	23	19th	6th	112	120	52
Detroit Red Wings	16	26th	6th	91	126	38
New York Americans	15th	29	4th	106	140	34
Montréal Canadiens	10	33	5	90	168	25th

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Milt Schmidt	Boston	48	22nd	30th	52
Woody Dumart	Boston	48	22nd	21st	43
Bobby Bauer	Boston	48	17th	26th	43
Gordie Drillon	Toronto	43	21st	19th	40
Bill Cowley	Boston	48	13	27	40
Bryan Hextall	NY Rangers	48	24	15th	39
Neil Colville	NY Rangers	48	19th	19th	38
Syd Howe	Detroit	46	14th	23	37
Toe Blake	Montreal	48	17th	19th	36
Murray Armstrong	NY Americans	48	16	20th	36

Stanley Cup playoffs

→ Main article : Stanley Cup playoffs 1940

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					Stanley Cup Final
						1	Boston Bruins	2
						2	New York Rangers	4th
											2	New York Rangers	4th
											3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
	4th	Chicago Black Hawks	0
						3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
						5	Detroit Red Wings	0
	5	Detroit Red Wings	2
	6th	New York Americans	1

NHL Awards and trophies awarded

Award	player	team
Art Ross Trophy :	Milt Schmidt	Boston Bruins
Calder Trophy :	Kilby MacDonald	New York Rangers
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Ebbie Goodfellow	Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Trophy :	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy :	Dave Kerr	New York Rangers

Web links

• Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )