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1953-54 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click column headers to sort
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Detroit Red Wings* 70 37 19 14 88 .629 191 132 0.70
Montreal Canadiens* 70 35 24 11 81 .579 195 141 0.64
Toronto Maple Leafs* 70 32 24 14 78 .557 152 131 0.25
Boston Bruins* 70 32 28 10 74 .529 177 181 -0.05
New York Rangers 70 29 31 10 68 .486 161 182 -0.25
Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 51 7 31 .221 133 242 -1.30

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-3):Detroit Red Wings over Montreal Canadiens 
 
Semi-Finals (4-0):Montreal Canadiens over Boston Bruins 
Semi-Finals (4-1):Detroit Red Wings over Toronto Maple Leafs 

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Detroit Red Wings* 70 37 19 14 88 .629 191 132 0.70 4.61
2 Montreal Canadiens* 70 35 24 11 81 .579 195 141 0.64 4.80
3 Toronto Maple Leafs* 70 32 24 14 78 .557 152 131 0.25 4.04
4 Boston Bruins* 70 32 28 10 74 .529 177 181 -0.05 5.11
5 New York Rangers 70 29 31 10 68 .486 161 182 -0.25 4.90
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 51 7 31 .221 133 242 -1.30 5.36
League Average 70 30 30 11 70 .500 168 168 0.00 4.80

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Gordie Howe
Calder Memorial Trophy:Camille Henry
Hart Memorial Trophy:Al Rollins
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Red Kelly
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Red Kelly
Vezina Trophy:Harry Lumley

League Leaders

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Goals

1.Maurice Richard*-MTL37
2.Gordie Howe*-DET33
3.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL29
4.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR27
5.Ted Lindsay*-DET26

Goals Per Game

1.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL0.54
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.53
3.Gordie Howe*-DET0.47
4.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR0.41
5.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.37

Assists

1.Gordie Howe*-DET48
2.Bert Olmstead*-MTL37
3.Ted Lindsay*-DET36
4.Paul Ronty-NYR33
 Dutch Reibel-DET33
 Red Kelly*-DET33
 Larry Wilson-CBH33

Assists Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET0.69
2.Red Kelly*-DET0.53
3.Bert Olmstead*-MTL0.53
4.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.51
5.Larry Wilson-CBH0.50

Points

1.Gordie Howe*-DET81
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL67
3.Ted Lindsay*-DET62
4.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL54
5.Bert Olmstead*-MTL52

Points Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET1.16
2.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL1.00
3.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.96
4.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.89
5.Red Kelly*-DET0.79

Goals Created

1.Gordie Howe*-DET31.9
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL27.8
3.Ted Lindsay*-DET24.6
4.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL22.2
5.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR18.9

Goals Created Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET0.46
2.Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL0.41
3.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.40
4.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.35
5.Red Kelly*-DET0.30

Penalties in Minutes

1.Gus Mortson-CBH132
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL112
3.Doug Harvey*-MTL110
 Ted Lindsay*-DET110
5.Gordie Howe*-DET109
 Ivan Irwin-NYR109

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Johnny Bower*-NYR70
 Jim Henry-BOS70
3.Harry Lumley*-TOR69
4.Terry Sawchuk*-DET67
5.Al Rollins-CBH66

Wins (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET35
2.Jim Henry-BOS32
 Harry Lumley*-TOR32
4.Johnny Bower*-NYR29
5.Gerry McNeil-MTL28

Losses (Goalie)

1.Al Rollins-CBH47
2.Johnny Bower*-NYR31
3.Jim Henry-BOS28
4.Harry Lumley*-TOR24
5.Terry Sawchuk*-DET19
 Gerry McNeil-MTL19

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET13
 Harry Lumley*-TOR13
3.Johnny Bower*-NYR10
 Jim Henry-BOS10
5.Al Rollins-CBH7

Points (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET83
2.Harry Lumley*-TOR77
3.Jim Henry-BOS74
4.Johnny Bower*-NYR68
5.Gerry McNeil-MTL62

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET.619
2.Gerry McNeil-MTL.585
3.Harry Lumley*-TOR.558
4.Jim Henry-BOS.529
5.Johnny Bower*-NYR.486

Shutouts

1.Harry Lumley*-TOR13
2.Terry Sawchuk*-DET12
3.Jim Henry-BOS8
4.Gerry McNeil-MTL6
5.Al Rollins-CBH5
 Johnny Bower*-NYR5
 Jacques Plante*-MTL5

Goals Against

1.Al Rollins-CBH213
2.Johnny Bower*-NYR182
3.Jim Henry-BOS181
4.Terry Sawchuk*-DET129
5.Harry Lumley*-TOR128

Goals Against Average

1.Harry Lumley*-TOR1.86
2.Terry Sawchuk*-DET1.93
3.Gerry McNeil-MTL2.15
4.Jim Henry-BOS2.59
5.Johnny Bower*-NYR2.60
    

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Harry Lumley
D: Doug Harvey
D: Red Kelly
C: Ken Mosdell
LW: Ted Lindsay
RW: Gordie Howe
 2nd Team
G: Terry Sawchuk
D: Bill Gadsby
D: Tim Horton
C: Ted Kennedy
LW: Ed Sandford
RW: Maurice Richard