1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs
1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs
League	3rd NHL
1942–43 record	22–19–9
Home record	17–6–2
Road record	5–13–7
Goals for	198
Goals against	159
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Hap Day
Captain	Syl Apps
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Lorne Carr (27)
Assists	Billy Taylor (42)
Points	Lorne Carr (60); Billy Taylor (60)
Penalty minutes	Reg Hamilton (68)
Wins	Turk Broda (22)
Goals against average	Turk Broda (3.18)

The 1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3		50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–4–3	4–4–2	5–4–1	8–2	4–3–3
Chicago	4–3–3	—	2–4–4	1–4–5	4–4–2	6–3–1
Detroit	4–4–2	4–2–4	—	5–3–2	7–1–2	5–4–1
Montreal	4–5–1	4–1–5	3–5–2	—	6–2–2	2–6–2
New York	2–8	4–4–2	1–7–2	2–6–2	—	2–6–2
	3–4–3	3–6–1	4–5–1	6–2–2	6–2–2	—

Schedule and results

1942–43 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 31	7–2	New York Rangers (1942–43)	1–0–0

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	W	November 7	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	2–0–0
3	W	November 12	3–1	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	3–0–0
4	L	November 14	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–1–0
5	L	November 15	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–2–0
6	W	November 19	7–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	4–2–0
7	W	November 21	8–0	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	5–2–0
8	L	November 22	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	5–3–0
9	L	November 26	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	5–4–0
10	W	November 28	8–6	New York Rangers (1942–43)	6–4–0
11	L	November 29	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	6–5–0

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
12	L	December 3	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	6–6–0
13	W	December 5	9–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	7–6–0
14	T	December 6	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	7–6–1
15	W	December 10	7–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	8–6–1
16	W	December 12	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	9–6–1
17	L	December 13	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	9–7–1
18	W	December 17	8–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	10–7–1
19	T	December 19	3–3	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	10–7–2
20	W	December 20	8–2	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	11–7–2
21	T	December 22	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	11–7–3
22	W	December 26	7–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	12–7–3
23	L	December 27	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	12–8–3

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
24	W	January 2	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	13–8–3
25	T	January 3	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	13–8–4
26	L	January 9	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	13–9–4
27	L	January 10	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	13–10–4
28	W	January 16	8–4	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	14–10–4
29	L	January 17	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	14–11–4
30	W	January 21	7–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	15–11–4
31	W	January 23	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	16–11–4
32	L	January 30	3–5	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	16–12–4
33	T	January 31	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	16–12–5

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
34	L	February 4	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	16–13–5
35	W	February 6	3–2	New York Rangers (1942–43)	17–13–5
36	L	February 7	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	17–14–5
37	L	February 9	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	17–15–5
38	W	February 13	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	18–15–5
39	T	February 14	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	18–15–6
40	W	February 20	4–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	19–15–6
41	L	February 21	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	19–16–6
42	L	February 27	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	19–17–6
43	W	February 28	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–17–6

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
44	L	March 2	0–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	20–18–6
45	T	March 6	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–18–7
46	T	March 7	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	20–18–8
47	T	March 9	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	20–18–9
48	L	March 11	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	20–19–9
49	W	March 13	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	21–19–9
50	W	March 14	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	22–19–9

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lorne Carr	RW	50	27	33	60	15
Billy Taylor	C	50	18	42	60	2
Gaye Stewart	LW	48	24	23	47	20
Mel Hill	RW	49	17	27	44	47
Syl Apps	C	29	23	17	40	2
Babe Pratt	D	40	12	25	37	44
Sweeney Schriner	LW	37	19	17	36	13
Bob Davidson	LW	50	13	23	36	20
Bud Poile	RW	48	16	19	35	24
Reg Hamilton	D	48	4	17	21	68
Jack McLean	C/RW	27	9	8	17	33
Jack Forsey	RW	19	7	9	16	10
Bucko McDonald	D	40	2	11	13	39
Bob Copp	D	38	3	9	12	24
Hank Goldup	LW	8	1	7	8	4
Jackie Hamilton	C	13	1	6	7	4
Shep Mayer	RW	12	1	2	3	4
George Boothman	C/D	9	1	1	2	4
Rhys Thomson	D	18	0	2	2	22
Ab DeMarco	C	4	0	1	1	0
Johnny Ingoldsby	RW/D	8	0	1	1	0
Ted Kennedy	C	2	0	1	1	0
Turk Broda	G	50	0	0	0	0
Buck Jones	D	16	0	0	0	22

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Turk Broda	3000	50	22	19	9	159	3.18	1
Team:	3000	50	22	19	9	159	3.18	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bud Poile	RW	6	2	4	6	4
Jack McLean	C/RW	6	2	2	4	2
Sweeney Schriner	LW	4	2	2	4	0
Billy Taylor	C	6	2	2	4	0
Mel Hill	RW	6	3	0	3	0
Lorne Carr	RW	6	1	2	3	0
Bob Davidson	LW	6	1	2	3	7
Babe Pratt	D	6	1	2	3	8
Jackie Hamilton	C	6	1	1	2	0
Reg Hamilton	D	6	1	1	2	9
Gaye Stewart	LW	4	0	2	2	4
Bucko McDonald	D	6	1	0	1	4
Jack Forsey	RW	3	0	1	1	0
Turk Broda	G	6	0	0	0	0
Buck Jones	D	6	0	0	0	8
Joe Klukay	LW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Turk Broda	439	6	2	4	20	2.73	0
Team:	439	6	2	4	20	2.73	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

September 11, 1942: Acquired Rhys Thomson from the Brooklyn Americans in Special Dispersal Draft
October 1, 1942: Signed Benny Grant as a War-Time Replacement
October 4, 1942: Traded Gordie Drillon to the Montreal Canadiens for $30,000
October 9, 1942: Acquired Mel Hill from the Brooklyn Americans in Special Dispersal Draft
November 7, 1942: Acquired Ross Johnstone from the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash
November 18, 1942: Signed Free Agent Johnny Ingoldsby
November 27, 1942: Acquired Babe Pratt from the New York Rangers for Red Garrett and Hank Goldup
February 3, 1943: Acquired Buck Jones and loan of Ab DeMarco from the Providence Reds of the AHL for loan of George Boothman and loan of Jack Forsey
February 28, 1943: Acquired Ted Kennedy from the Montreal Canadiens for Frank Eddolls
March 15, 1943: Signed Free Agent Joe Klukay

References

^ "1942–1943 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1942-43 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1942-43 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

[standings-div-1] "1942–1943 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1942-43 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[4] "1942-43 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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