1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs
League3rd NHL
1951–52 record29–25–16
Home record17–10–8
Road record12–15–8
Goals for168
Goals against157
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachJoe Primeau
CaptainTed Kennedy
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsSid Smith (27)
AssistsTed Kennedy (33)
PointsSid Smith (57)
Penalty minutesFern Flaman (110)
WinsAl Rollins (29)
Goals against averageAl Rollins (2.22)

The 1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 35th 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 70 44 14 12 215 133 +82 100
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 34 26 10 195 164 +31 78
3 70 29 25 16 168 157 +11 74
4 Boston Bruins 70 25 29 16 162 176 −14 66
5 New York Rangers 70 23 34 13 192 219 −27 59
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 17 44 9 158 241 −83 43

Record vs. opponents

1951–52 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–3–2 3–8–3 7–5–2 4–6–4 2–7–5
Chicago 3–9–2 — 2–12 1–10–3 5–7–2 6–6–2
Detroit 8–3–3 12–2 — 9–2–3 9–3–2 6–4–4
Montreal 5–7–2 10–1–3 2–9–3 — 9–4–1 8–5–1
New York 6–4–4 7–5–2 3–9–2 4–9–1 — 3–7–4
7–2–5 6–6–2 4–6–4 5–8–1 7–3–4 —


Schedule and results

1951–52 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 13, 1951 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 0–1–0
2 W October 14, 1951 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 1–1–0
3 W October 17, 1951 4–2 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 2–1–0
4 L October 20, 1951 2–3 New York Rangers (1951–52) 2–2–0
5 T October 21, 1951 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 2–2–1
6 L October 27, 1951 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 2–3–1
7 T October 29, 1951 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 2–3–2
8 W October 31, 1951 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 3–3–2
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
9 W November 1, 1951 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 4–3–2
10 L November 3, 1951 1–2 New York Rangers (1951–52) 4–4–2
11 W November 7, 1951 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 5–4–2
12 W November 8, 1951 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 6–4–2
13 T November 10, 1951 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 6–4–3
14 T November 11, 1951 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 6–4–4
15 T November 14, 1951 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 6–4–5
16 T November 17, 1951 1–1 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 6–4–6
17 L November 18, 1951 0–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 6–5–6
18 W November 21, 1951 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 7–5–6
19 W November 24, 1951 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 8–5–6
20 W November 25, 1951 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 9–5–6
21 L November 29, 1951 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 9–6–6
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
22 W December 1, 1951 8–2 New York Rangers (1951–52) 10–6–6
23 W December 2, 1951 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 11–6–6
24 T December 5, 1951 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 11–6–7
25 W December 8, 1951 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 12–6–7
26 L December 9, 1951 2–7 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 12–7–7
27 L December 13, 1951 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 12–8–7
28 W December 15, 1951 4–1 New York Rangers (1951–52) 13–8–7
29 L December 16, 1951 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 13–9–7
30 L December 20, 1951 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 13–10–7
31 W December 22, 1951 3–2 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 14–10–7
32 L December 23, 1951 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 14–11–7
33 L December 26, 1951 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 14–12–7
34 W December 29, 1951 4–0 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 15–12–7
35 T December 30, 1951 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 15–12–8
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
36 L January 3, 1952 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 15–13–8
37 W January 5, 1952 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 16–13–8
38 W January 9, 1952 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 17–13–8
39 W January 12, 1952 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 18–13–8
40 L January 13, 1952 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 18–14–8
41 W January 15, 1952 1–0 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 19–14–8
42 T January 17, 1952 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 19–14–9
43 W January 19, 1952 6–2 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 20–14–9
44 W January 20, 1952 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 21–14–9
45 L January 23, 1952 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 21–15–9
46 T January 24, 1952 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 21–15–10
47 T January 26, 1952 3–3 New York Rangers (1951–52) 21–15–11
48 W January 27, 1952 3–0 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 22–15–11
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
49 T February 2, 1952 1–1 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 22–15–12
50 L February 3, 1952 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 22–16–12
51 W February 9, 1952 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 23–16–12
52 W February 10, 1952 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 24–16–12
53 L February 13, 1952 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 24–17–12
54 L February 14, 1952 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 24–18–12
55 T February 16, 1952 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 24–18–13
56 T February 19, 1952 3–3 New York Rangers (1951–52) 24–18–14
57 L February 21, 1952 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 24–19–14
58 L February 23, 1952 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 24–20–14
59 W February 27, 1952 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 25–20–14
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
60 T March 1, 1952 1–1 Boston Bruins (1951–52) 25–20–15
61 T March 2, 1952 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 25–20–16
62 W March 5, 1952 6–2 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 26–20–16
63 W March 8, 1952 6–3 Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 27–20–16
64 L March 9, 1952 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 27–21–16
65 L March 13, 1952 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 27–22–16
66 W March 15, 1952 5–2 New York Rangers (1951–52) 28–22–16
67 W March 16, 1952 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1951–52) 29–22–16
68 L March 19, 1952 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 29–23–16
69 L March 22, 1952 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 29–24–16
70 L March 23, 1952 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 29–25–16

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

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Smith 70 27 30 57 6
Ted Kennedy 70 19 33 52 33
Tod Sloan 68 25 23 48 89
Max Bentley 69 24 17 41 40
Cal Gardner 70 15 26 41 40
Harry Watson 70 22 17 39 18
Jimmy Thomson 70 0 25 25 86
Howie Meeker 54 9 14 23 50
Hugh Bolton 60 3 13 16 73
Danny Lewicki 51 4 9 13 26
Joe Klukay 43 4 8 12 6
Gus Mortson 65 1 10 11 106
Fleming MacKell 32 2 8 10 16
Bob Solinger 24 5 3 8 4
Fern Flaman 61 0 7 7 110
George Armstrong 20 3 3 6 30
Ray Timgren 50 2 4 6 11
Bill Juzda 46 1 4 5 65
Rudy Migay 19 2 1 3 12
Leo Boivin 2 0 1 1 0
Jim Morrison 17 0 1 1 4
Earl Balfour 3 0 0 0 2
Turk Broda 1 0 0 0 0
Tim Horton 4 0 0 0 8
Frank Mathers 2 0 0 0 0
John McLellan 2 0 0 0 0
Eric Nesterenko 1 0 0 0 0
Al Rollins 70 0 0 0 4
Bob Sabourin 1 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Al Rollins 4170 70 29 24 16 154 2.22 5
Turk Broda 30 1 0 1 0 3 6.00 0
Team: 4200 70 29 25 16 157 2.24 5

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Joe Klukay 4 1 1 2 0
Fern Flaman 4 0 2 2 18
Max Bentley 4 1 0 1 2
Harry Watson 4 1 0 1 2
Ray Timgren 4 0 1 1 0
George Armstrong 4 0 0 0 2
Earl Balfour 1 0 0 0 0
Hugh Bolton 3 0 0 0 4
Turk Broda 2 0 0 0 0
Cal Gardner 3 0 0 0 2
Bill Juzda 3 0 0 0 2
Ted Kennedy 4 0 0 0 4
Howie Meeker 4 0 0 0 11
Jim Morrison 2 0 0 0 0
Gus Mortson 4 0 0 0 8
Al Rollins 2 0 0 0 0
Tod Sloan 4 0 0 0 10
Sid Smith 4 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Thomson 4 0 0 0 25
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Turk Broda 120 2 0 2 7 3.50 0
Al Rollins 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0
Team: 240 4 0 4 13 3.25 0

[4]

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1951-52 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "1951-52 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
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