1937–38 NHL season

The 1937–38 NHL season was the 21st season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	15	9	57	151	127	404
New York Americans	48	19	18	11	49	110	111	327
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	17	13	49	123	128	340
Montreal Maroons	48	12	30	6	30	101	149	470

American Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	67	142	89	284
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	60	149	96	435
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	37	97	139	238
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	35	99	133	258

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Gord Drillon	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	26	52	4
Syl Apps	Toronto Maple Leafs	47	21	29	50	9
Paul Thompson	Chicago Black Hawks	48	22	22	44	14
Georges Mantha	Montreal Canadiens	47	23	19	42	12
Cecil Dillon	New York Rangers	48	21	18	39	6
Bill Cowley	Boston Bruins	48	17	22	39	8

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Toronto Maple Leafs

3

A1

Boston Bruins

0

C1

Toronto Maple Leafs

1

A3

Chicago Black Hawks

3

C2

New York Americans

2

A2

New York Rangers

1

C2

New York Americans

1

A3

Chicago Black Hawks

2

C3

Montreal Canadiens

1

A3

Chicago Black Hawks

2

NHL awards

Calder Memorial Trophy:	Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Black Hawks
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Gordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs
O'Brien Cup:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy:	Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins	G	Dave Kerr, New York Rangers
Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins	D	Art Coulter, New York Rangers
Babe Siebert, Montreal Canadiens	D	Earl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins	C	Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs
Cecil Dillon, New York Rangers Gordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs (tie)	RW
Paul Thompson, Chicago Black Hawks	LW	Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers	Coach	Art Ross, Boston Bruins

References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com