Stanley Cup playoffs 1949

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Stanley Cup playoffs 1949
Period March 22, 1949 to April 16, 1949
Stanley Cup winner Toronto Maple Leafs (8th title)
finalist Detroit Red Wings
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Gordie Howe (Detroit)
Gates 74 (4.63 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 1949 began on March 22, 1949 and ended on April 16, 1949 with the 4-0 victory of the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Detroit Red Wings . The Maple Leafs became the first team in NHL history to win three Stanley Cups in a row while they won their eighth title. The final against Detroit marked the remake of the previous year and ended with the same result, a sweep in Toronto's favor. The Red Wings, however, in the person of Gordie Howe, provided the best scorer and most accurate goal scorer of these playoffs.

mode

The four best teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the first and third as well as the second and fourth of the final table faced each other. The respective winners then contested the Stanley Cup final.

All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.

Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .

Qualified teams

Playoff tree

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Detroit Red Wings 4th    
3 Canadiens de Montréal 3  
1 Detroit Red Wings 0
  4th Toronto Maple Leafs 4th
2 Boston Bruins 1
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 4th  

Semifinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings - (3) Canadiens de Montréal

22 Mar 1949 Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (24:13)
Max McNab (104: 52)
2: 1 n.V.
(0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0
Canadiens de Montréal
Maurice Richard (52:29)
Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
24 Mar 1949 Detroit Red Wings
Sid Abel (1:31)
Ted Lindsay (40:50)
Sid Abel (56:49)
3: 4 n.V.
(1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of 1: 1
Canadiens de Montréal
Gerry Plamondon (4:23)
Billy Reay (44:46)
Gerry Plamondon (46:01)
Gerry Plamondon (62:59)
Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
26th Mar 1949 Canadiens de Montréal
Ken Mosdell (10:41)
Léo Gravelle (18:24)
Murdo MacKay (50:02)
3: 2
(2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 1
Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (48:07)
Gordie Howe (55:03)
Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
29 Mar 1949 Canadiens de Montréal
Léo Gravelle (4:43)
1: 3
(1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2
Detroit Red Wings
Red Kelly (8:34)
Gordie Howe (38:38)
Gordie Howe (53:19)
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
31 Mar 1949 Detroit Red Wings
Sid Abel (45:10)
Gerry Couture (56:28)
Gordie Howe (57:00)
3: 1
(0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2
Canadiens de Montréal
Howard Riopelle (21:11)
Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
0Apr 2, 1949 Canadiens de Montréal
Gerry Plamondon (26:41)
Maurice Richard (28:44)
Gerry Plamondon (29:56)
3: 1
(0: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 3
Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (32:56)
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
0Apr 5, 1949 Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (3:17)
Leo Reise (32:10)
Gerry Couture (38:46)
3: 1
(1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 3
Canadiens de Montréal
Glen Harmon (26:33)
Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan

(2) Boston Bruins - (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

22 Mar 1949 Boston Bruins
0: 3
(0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Harry Watson (5:15)
Harry Watson (27:25)
Max Bentley (47:50)
Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
24 Mar 1949 Boston Bruins
Woody Dumart (5:02)
Paul Ronty (37:24)
2: 3
(1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 0: 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ray Timgren (3:36)
Harry Watson (50:57)
Harry Watson (58:41)
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
26th Mar 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs
Theodore Kennedy (8:46)
Gus Mortson (34:15)
Joe Klukay (39:57)
Fleming Mackell (51:49)
4: 5 n.V.
(1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 1
Boston Bruins
Grant Warwick (9:56)
Woody Dumart (17:16)
Johnny Peirson (33:53)
Ed Sandford (47:11)
Woody Dumart (76:14)
Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
29 Mar 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs
Fleming Mackell (3:18)
Sid Smith (30:30)
Sid Smith (55:17)
3: 1
(1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 1
Boston Bruins
Johnny Peirson (11:16)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
30th Mar 1949 Boston Bruins
Grant Warwick (12:17)
Johnny Peirson (59:03)
2: 3
(1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of 1: 4
Toronto Maple Leafs
Cal Gardner (6:27)
Ray Timgren (14:58)
Max Bentley (28:01)
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Stanley Cup Final

(1) Detroit Red Wings - (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

0Apr 8, 1949 Detroit Red Wings
George Gee (4:15)
Bill Quackenbush (53:56)
2: 3 a.d.
(1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Max Bentley (13:15)
Jimmy Thomson (36:02)
Joe Klukay (77:31)
Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
Apr 10, 1949 Detroit Red Wings
Pete Horeck (45:50)
1: 3
(0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
Sid Smith (8:15)
Sid Smith (9:56)
Sid Smith (37:58)
Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 13, 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Ezinicki (31:02)
Theodore Kennedy (32:40)
Gus Mortson (36:18)
3: 1
(0: 1, 3: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 0
Detroit Red Wings
Jack Stewart (4:57)
Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
April 16, 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs
Ray Timgren (30:10)
Cal Gardner (39:45)
Max Bentley (55:10)
3: 1
(0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 0
Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay (2:59)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winners Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs logo

Goalkeeper: Turk Broda

Defenders: Bill Barilko , Garth Boesch , Bill Juzda , Gus Mortson , Jimmy Thomson

Attackers: Max Bentley , Bob Dawes , Bill Ezinicki , Cal Gardner , Theodore Kennedy  ( C ), Joe Klukay , Vic Lynn , Fleming Mackell , Howie Meeker , Don Metz , Sid Smith , Harry Taylor , Ray Timgren , Harry Watson

Head Coach: Hap Day   General Manager: Conn Smythe

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Gordie Howe Detroit 11 8th 3 11 19th
Theodore Kennedy Toronto 9 2 6th 8th 2
Ted Lindsay Detroit 11 2 6th 8th 29
Sid Smith Toronto 9 5 2 7th 0
Max Bentley Toronto 9 4th 3 7th 2
Cal Gardner Toronto 9 2 5 7th 0
Gerry Plamondon Montréal 7th 5 1 6th 0
Harry Watson Toronto 9 4th 2 6th 2
Ray Timgren Toronto 9 3 3 6th 2
Sid Abel Detroit 11 3 3 6th 6th

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the conceded goal category as well as the leaders in shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. GA SO ATM
Turk Broda Toronto 9 573: 45 8th 1 15th 1 1.57
Harry Lumley Detroit 11 725: 22 4th 7th 26th 0 2.15
Bill Durnan Montréal 7th 467: 51 3 4th 17th 0 2.18

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