1951–52 · October 11, 1951 – April 15, 1952

Detroit wins the Stanley Cup

DET Detroit Red Wings def. Montréal Canadiens 4–0 in the Final.

Updated 5:27 AM

Awards

Hart

Gordie Howe

DET ·MVP

Vezina

Terry Sawchuk

DET ·best goalie

Calder

Bernie Geoffrion

MTL ·rookie of the year

Art Ross

Gordie Howe

DET ·86 points

Lady Byng

Sid Smith

TOR ·sportsmanship

Not yet awarded

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

Scoring leaders

regular season
PlayerTeamGAP
1Howe, GordieHowe, G. DET 473986
2Lindsay, TedLindsay, T. DET 303969
3Lach, ElmerLach, E. MTL 155065
4Raleigh, DonRaleigh, D. NYR 194261
5Smith, SidSmith, S. TOR 273057

Best record

First place

DETDetroit Red Wings · 44–14–12 · 100 points

The final table, as it stood after the last game on March 23, 1952, is one link away. Six teams played 70 games each.

Games

210 in the regular season · 15 in the playoffs · each day opens its scores none1–45–910+ games

Oct23

Nov39

Dec41

Jan39

Feb34

Mar40

Apr9

Opening night

MTL 4–2 CHI

Oct 11

Last day

3 games

Mar 23 · the regular season ends

Game 7

MTL 3–1 BOS

Apr 8 · first round

Cup clincher

DET 3–0 MTL

Apr 15 · Final, Game 4