1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th NHL
1958–59 record	27–32–11
Goals for	189
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Stafford Smythe (Oct–Nov) interim Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
Coach	Billy Reay (Oct–Nov) Punch Imlach (Nov–Apr)
Captain	George Armstrong
Team leaders
Goals	Dick Duff (29)
Assists	Billy Harris (30)
Points	Dick Duff (53)
Penalty minutes	Carl Brewer (125)
Wins	Johnny Bower (15)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.72)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	39	18	13	258	158	+100	91
2	Boston Bruins	70	32	29	9	205	215	−10	73
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	197	208	−11	69
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	189	201	−12	65
5	New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	201	217	−16	64
6	Detroit Red Wings	70	25	37	8	167	218	−51	58

Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	6–7–1	8–5–1	6–6–2	6–5–3	6–6–2
Chicago	7–6–1	—	6–7–1	1–8–5	7–4–3	7–4–3
Detroit	5–8–1	7–6–1	—	1–9–4	6–7–1	6–7–1
Montreal	6–6–2	8–1–5	9–1–4	—	8–5–1	8–5–1
New York	5–6–3	4–7–3	7–6–1	5–8–1	—	5–5–4
Toronto	6–6–2	4–7–3	7–6–1	5–8–1	5–5–4	—

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1958	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	0–1–0
2	L	October 12, 1958	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	0–2–0
3	L	October 16, 1958	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	0–3–0
4	W	October 18, 1958	3–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	1–3–0
5	L	October 19, 1958	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	1–4–0
6	W	October 25, 1958	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	2–4–0
7	L	October 26, 1958	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	2–5–0
8	L	October 29, 1958	0–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	2–6–0
9	W	November 1, 1958	4–3	New York Rangers (1958–59)	3–6–0
10	L	November 2, 1958	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	3–7–0
11	W	November 8, 1958	5–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	4–7–0
12	W	November 9, 1958	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	5–7–0
13	L	November 12, 1958	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	5–8–0
14	L	November 15, 1958	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	5–9–0
15	T	November 16, 1958	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	5–9–1
16	L	November 19, 1958	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	5–10–1
17	T	November 22, 1958	2–2	New York Rangers (1958–59)	5–10–2
18	T	November 23, 1958	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	5–10–3
19	L	November 26, 1958	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	5–11–3
20	L	November 27, 1958	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	5–12–3
21	L	November 29, 1958	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	5–13–3
22	W	November 30, 1958	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	6–13–3
23	T	December 4, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	6–13–4
24	W	December 6, 1958	4–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	7–13–4
25	W	December 7, 1958	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	8–13–4
26	T	December 10, 1958	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	8–13–5
27	T	December 13, 1958	4–4	New York Rangers (1958–59)	8–13–6
28	L	December 14, 1958	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	8–14–6
29	L	December 18, 1958	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	8–15–6
30	T	December 20, 1958	2–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	8–15–7
31	L	December 21, 1958	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	8–16–7
32	W	December 25, 1958	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	9–16–7
33	T	December 27, 1958	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	9–16–8
34	L	December 28, 1958	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	9–17–8
35	W	December 31, 1958	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	10–17–8
36	L	January 3, 1959	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	10–18–8
37	W	January 4, 1959	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	11–18–8
38	W	January 7, 1959	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	12–18–8
39	L	January 8, 1959	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–19–8
40	W	January 10, 1959	4–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	13–19–8
41	T	January 11, 1959	6–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	13–19–9
42	L	January 14, 1959	2–3	New York Rangers (1958–59)	13–20–9
43	W	January 17, 1959	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	14–20–9
44	L	January 18, 1959	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	14–21–9
45	W	January 21, 1959	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	15–21–9
46	L	January 24, 1959	1–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	15–22–9
47	W	January 25, 1959	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	16–22–9
48	L	January 31, 1959	2–5	New York Rangers (1958–59)	16–23–9
49	L	February 1, 1959	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	16–24–9
50	W	February 5, 1959	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	17–24–9
51	W	February 7, 1959	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	18–24–9
52	L	February 8, 1959	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	18–25–9
53	L	February 11, 1959	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	18–26–9
54	W	February 14, 1959	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	19–26–9
55	L	February 15, 1959	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	19–27–9
56	T	February 21, 1959	1–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	19–27–10
57	L	February 22, 1959	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	19–28–10
58	W	February 25, 1959	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	20–28–10
59	L	February 28, 1959	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	20–29–10
60	T	March 1, 1959	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	20–29–11
61	W	March 4, 1959	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	21–29–11
62	L	March 5, 1959	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	21–30–11
63	W	March 7, 1959	4–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	22–30–11
64	L	March 8, 1959	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	22–31–11
65	L	March 11, 1959	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	22–32–11
66	W	March 14, 1959	5–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	23–32–11
67	W	March 15, 1959	6–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	24–32–11
68	W	March 19, 1959	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	25–32–11
69	W	March 21, 1959	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	26–32–11
70	W	March 22, 1959	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	27–32–11

Playoffs

(2) Boston Bruins vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

March 24	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–5		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:50 – Jerry Toppazzini (1)
Gerry Ehman (1) – 06:07		Second period			10:53 – Leo Labine (1) 11:53 – Vic Stasiuk (1) 18:45 – sh – Larry Leach (1)
No scoring		Third period			06:18 – Don McKenney (1)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

March 26	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–4		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Dick Duff (1) – 15:45		First period			10:00 – Fleming MacKell (1) 12:14 – pp – Fleming MacKell (2)
Ron Stewart (1) – 08:09		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:59 – Jean-Guy Gendron (1) 19:15 – Leo Labine (2)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

March 28	Boston Bruins		2–3	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Vic Stasiuk (2) – pp – 02:43		First period			16:21 – Bob Pulford (1)
Vic Stasiuk (3) – 17:34		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:08 – Gerry Ehman (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			05:02 – Gerry Ehman (3)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

March 31	Boston Bruins		2–3	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:58 – pp – Gerry Ehman (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Jerry Toppazzini (2) – 02:02 Bronco Horvath (1) – 07:20		Third period			02:46 – Brian Cullen (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			11:21 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (1)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 2	Toronto Maple Leafs		4–1		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Bert Olmstead (1) – pp – 09:26		First period			No scoring
Dick Duff (2) – 06:37		Second period			No scoring
Frank Mahovlich (2) – 00:19 Bob Pulford (2) – sh – 09:02		Third period			11:25 – Jerry Toppazzini (3)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

April 4	Boston Bruins		5–4		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Jerry Toppazzini (4) – pp – 07:28 Don McKenney (2) – 09:34		First period			15:13 – pp – Bert Olmstead (2)
Johnny Bucyk (1) – 09:57 Johnny Bucyk (2) – 17:19		Second period			03:50 – Frank Mahovlich (3)
Bronco Horvath (2) – 12:56		Third period			02:55 – Gerry Ehman (5) 07:37 – sh – Frank Mahovlich (4)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–2		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Larry Regan (1) – pp – 05:33		First period			01:11 – pp – Vic Stasiuk (4)
No scoring		Second period			14:33 – Leo Boivin (1)
Bob Pulford (3) – 08:36 Gerry Ehman (6) – 17:27		Third period			No scoring
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

Toronto won series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1959 Stanley Cup Finals

April 9	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Dick Duff (3) – sh – 04:53 Billy Harris (1) – 06:24		First period			00:36 – Henri Richard (3) 15:41 – Ralph Backstrom (1)
Ron Stewart (2) – 18:26		Second period			16:28 – Andre Pronovost (2)
No scoring		Third period			11:59 – Marcel Bonin (8) 15:02 – pp – Dickie Moore (4)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

April 11	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–3		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:12 – pp – Tom Johnson (1)
Ron Stewart (3) – 11:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:02 – Claude Provost (5) 18:33 – Claude Provost (6)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

April 14	Montreal Canadiens		2–3	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Marcel Bonin (9) – pp – 17:31		First period			16:29 – Billy Harris (2)
No scoring		Second period			17:11 – Bert Olmstead (3)
Dickie Moore (5) – 01:30		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			10:06 – Dick Duff (4)
Jacques Plante		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 16	Montreal Canadiens		3–2		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ab McDonald (1) – 09:54 Ralph Backstrom (2) – 13:01 Bernie Geoffrion (3) – 15:56		Third period			03:45 – Billy Harris (3) 18:36 – Frank Mahovlich (5)
Jacques Plante		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			04:13 – pp – Ralph Backstrom (3) 13:42 – Bernie Geoffrion (4) 16:26 – Tom Johnson (2)
Bob Pulford (4) – pp – 04:27		Second period			09:55 – Marcel Bonin (10) 19:25 – pp – Bernie Geoffrion (5)
Frank Mahovlich (6) – 12:07 Bert Olmstead (4) – 16:19		Third period			No scoring
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

Montreal won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dick Duff	69	29	24	53	73
Billy Harris	70	22	30	52	29
Frank Mahovlich	63	22	27	49	94
Bert Olmstead	70	10	31	41	74
Bob Pulford	70	23	14	37	53
George Armstrong	59	20	16	36	37
Ron Stewart	70	21	13	34	23
Tim Horton	70	5	21	26	76
Gerry Ehman	38	12	13	25	12
Larry Regan	32	4	21	25	2
Carl Brewer	69	3	21	24	125
Allan Stanley	70	1	22	23	47
Brian Cullen	59	4	14	18	10
Barry Cullen	40	6	8	14	17
Dave Creighton	34	3	9	12	4
Bob Baun	51	1	8	9	87
Marc Reaume	51	1	5	6	67
Gary Aldcorn	5	0	3	3	2
Rudy Migay	19	1	1	2	4
Stephen Kraftcheck	8	1	0	1	0
Willie Marshall	9	0	1	1	2
Johnny Bower	39	0	0	0	2
Ed Chadwick	31	0	0	0	0
Bob Nevin	2	0	0	0	2
Noel Price	28	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	2340	39	15	17	7	106	2.72				3
Ed Chadwick	1860	31	12	15	4	92	2.97				3
Team:	4200	70	27	32	11	198	2.83				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gerry Ehman	12	6	7	13	8
Frank Mahovlich	12	6	5	11	18
Bob Pulford	12	4	4	8	8
Dick Duff	12	4	3	7	8
Billy Harris	12	3	4	7	16
Bert Olmstead	12	4	2	6	13
Ron Stewart	12	3	3	6	6
Carl Brewer	12	0	6	6	40
George Armstrong	12	0	4	4	10
Tim Horton	12	0	3	3	16
Allan Stanley	12	0	3	3	2
Larry Regan	8	1	1	2	2
Brian Cullen	10	1	0	1	0
Dave Creighton	5	0	1	1	0
Bob Baun	12	0	0	0	24
Johnny Bower	12	0	0	0	0
Gary Collins	2	0	0	0	0
Barry Cullen	2	0	0	0	0
Rudy Migay	2	0	0	0	0
Noel Price	5	0	0	0	2
Marc Reaume	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	746	12	5	7		38	3.06				0
Team:	746	12	5	7		38	3.06				0

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1958–59 NHL season

References

1. "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.

• "1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

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