1939–40 · November 2, 1939 – April 13, 1940

The 1939–40 season

Updated 7:01 PM

Awards

Hart

Ebbie Goodfellow

DET ·MVP

Vezina

Dave Kerr

NYR ·best goalie

Calder

Kilby MacDonald

NYR ·rookie of the year

Lady Byng

Bobby Bauer

BOS ·sportsmanship

Not yet awarded

Norris from 1953–⁠54, Art Ross from 1947–⁠48, Rocket Richard from 1998–⁠99, Selke from 1977–⁠78, Conn Smythe from 1964–⁠65, Presidents’ Trophy from 1985–⁠86

Scoring leaders

regular season

Best record

First place

BOSBoston Bruins · 31–12–5 · 67 points

The final table, as it stood after the last game on March 17, 1940, is one link away. Seven teams played 48 games each.

Games

168 in the regular season · 19 in the playoffs · each day opens its scores none1–45–910+ games

Nov30

Dec41

Jan39

Feb36

Mar35

Apr6

Opening night

CHI 3–2 DET

Nov 2

Last day

3 games

Mar 17 · the regular season ends

Game 7

No Game 7

Every series ended in six games or fewer

Cup clincher

NYR 3–2 TOR · OT

Apr 13 · Final, Game 6