1948 - 49 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANLEY CUP FINAL STANDINGS TEAM PLAYOFF RESULT GP W L WIN% GF GA TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS W - STANLEY CUP FINAL 9 8 1 .889 28 15 Detroit Red Wings L - Stanley Cup Final 11 4 7 .364 22 26 Montreal Canadiens L - Semifinal 7 3 4 .429 14 17 Boston Bruins L - Semifinal 5 1 4 .200 10 16 LEADING SCORERS PLAYER POS TEAM GP G A PTS PIM Gordie Howe RW Detroit 11 8 3 11 19 Ted Kennedy C Toronto 9 2 6 8 2 Ted Lindsay LW Detroit 11 2 6 8 31 Sid Smith LW Toronto 6 5 2 7 0 Max Bentley C Toronto 9 4 3 7 2 Cal Gardner C Toronto 9 2 5 7 0 LEADING GOALTENDERS GOALTENDER TEAM GP W L MINS G.A. G.AVE. SO Turk Broda Toronto 9 8 1 574 15 1.57 1 Harry Lumley Detroit 11 4 7 726 26 2.15 0 Bill Durnan Canadiens 7 3 4 468 17 2.18 0 Frank Brimsek Boston 5 1 4 316 16 3.04 0 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS W-8 L-1 .889 GF-28 GA-15 RESULT - WON STANLEY CUP FINAL COACH - Hap Day 8-1 PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM Ted Kennedy C 9 2 6 8 2 Gus Mortson D 9 2 1 3 8 Sid Smith LW 6 5 2 7 0 Garth Boesch D 9 0 2 2 6 Max Bentley C 9 4 3 7 2 Bill Juzda D 9 0 2 2 8 Cal Gardner C 9 2 5 7 0 Vic Lynn LW 8 0 1 1 2 Harry Watson LW 9 4 2 6 2 Bill Barilko D 9 0 1 1 20 Ray Timgren LW 9 3 3 6 2 Harry Taylor C 1 0 0 0 0 Fleming Mackell RW 9 2 4 6 4 Don Metz RW 3 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Thomson D 9 1 5 6 10 Bob Dawes D 9 0 0 0 2 Joe Klukay RW 9 2 3 5 4 Turk Broda G 9 0 0 0 0 Bill Ezinicki RW 9 1 4 5 20 GOALTENDER GP W L MINS G.A. G.AVE. SO Turk Broda 9 8 1 574 15 1.57 1 DETROIT RED WINGS W-4 L-7 .364 GF-22 GA-26 RESULT - Lost Stanley Cup Final COACH - Tommy Ivan 4-7 PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM Gordie Howe RW 11 8 3 11 19 Jim McFadden C 8 0 1 1 6 Ted Lindsay LW 11 2 6 8 31 Marty Pavelich LW 9 0 1 1 8 Sid Abel C 11 3 3 6 6 Bud Poile RW 10 0 1 1 2 George Gee C 10 1 3 4 22 Fred Glover RW 2 0 0 0 0 Gerry Couture RW 10 2 0 2 2 Gerry Reid C 2 0 0 0 2 Pete Horeck LW 11 1 1 2 10 Pat Lundy C 4 0 0 0 0 Bill Quackenbush D 11 1 1 2 0 Enio Sclisizzi LW 6 0 0 0 2 Red Kelly D 11 1 1 2 6 Nelson Podolsky LW 7 0 0 0 4 Jack Stewart D 11 1 1 2 32 Lee Fogolin Sr. D 9 0 0 0 4 Max McNab C 10 1 0 1 2 Harry Lumley G 11 0 0 0 0 Leo Reise Jr. D 11 1 0 1 4 GOALTENDER GP W L MINS G.A. G.AVE. SO Harry Lumley 11 4 7 726 26 2.15 0 MONTREAL CANADIENS W-3 L-4 .429 GF-14 GA-17 RESULT - Lost Semifinal COACH - Dick Irvin 3-4 PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM Gerry Plamondon LW 7 5 1 6 0 Bob Fillion LW 7 0 1 1 4 Billy Reay C 7 1 5 6 4 Hal Laycoe D 7 0 1 1 13 Rocket Richard RW 7 2 1 3 14 Elmer Lach C 1 0 0 0 0 Leo Gravelle RW 7 2 1 3 0 Tod Campeau C 1 0 0 0 0 Murdo MacKay C 6 1 1 2 0 Norm Dussault LW 2 0 0 0 0 Ken Mosdell C 7 1 1 2 4 Floyd Curry RW 2 0 0 0 2 Glen Harmon D 7 1 1 2 4 Murph Chamberlain RW 4 0 0 0 8 Howie Riopelle LW 7 1 1 2 2 Ken Reardon D 7 0 0 0 18 Joe Carveth RW 7 0 1 1 8 Butch Bouchard D 7 0 0 0 6 Doug Harvey D 7 0 1 1 10 Bill Durnan G 7 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDER GP W L MINS G.A. G.AVE. SO Bill Durnan 7 3 4 468 17 2.18 0 BOSTON BRUINS W-1 L-4 .200 GF-10 GA-16 RESULT - Lost Semifinal COACH - Dit Clapper 1-4 PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM Johnny Peirson RW 5 3 1 4 4 Murray Henderson D 5 0 1 1 2 Ed Sandford C 5 1 3 4 2 Ed Kryzanowski D 5 0 1 1 2 Woody Dumart LW 5 3 0 3 0 Zellio Toppazzini RW 2 0 0 0 0 Paul Ronty C 5 1 2 3 2 Jack Crawford D 3 0 0 0 0 Knobby Warwick RW 5 2 0 2 0 Dave Creighton C 3 0 0 0 0 Milt Schmidt C 4 0 2 2 8 Ed Harrison LW 4 0 0 0 0 Kenny Smith LW 5 0 2 2 4 Pete Babando LW 4 0 0 0 2 Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 4 0 1 1 0 Pat Egan D 5 0 0 0 16 Fernie Flaman D 5 0 1 1 8 Frank Brimsek G 5 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDER GP W L MINS G.A. G.AVE. SO Frank Brimsek 5 1 4 316 16 3.04 0 SEMI - FINAL ROUND Mar. 22 at Boston Toronto 3 Boston 0 Mar. 24 at Boston Toronto 3 Boston 2 Mar. 26 at Toronto Boston 5 Toronto 4 (16:14 OT) Mar. 29 at Toronto Toronto 3 Boston 1 Mar. 30 at Boston Toronto 3 Boston 2 Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 Mar. 22 at Detroit Detroit 2 Canadiens 1 (44:52 OT) Mar. 24 at Detroit Canadiens 4 Detroit 3 (02:59 OT) Mar. 26 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Detroit 2 Mar. 29 at Montreal Detroit 3 Canadiens 1 Mar. 31 at Detroit Detroit 3 Canadiens 1 Apr. 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Detroit 1 Apr. 5 at Detroit Detroit 3 Canadiens 1 Detroit Red Wings defeated Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3 STANLEY CUP FINAL Apr. 8 at Detroit Toronto 3 Detroit 2 (17:31) Apr. 10 at Detroit Toronto 3 Detroit 1 Apr. 13 at Toronto Toronto 3 Detroit 1 Apr. 16 at Toronto Toronto 3 Detroit 1 Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0