1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season.

1955–56 Detroit Red Wings
Division2nd NHL
1955–56 record30–24–16
Goals for183
Goals against148
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJimmy Skinner
CaptainTed Lindsay
Alternate captainsRed Kelly
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (38)
AssistsGordie Howe (41)
PointsGordie Howe (79)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (161)
WinsGlenn Hall (30)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.10)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70451510222131+91100
2Detroit Red Wings70302416183148+3576
3New York Rangers70322810204203+174
4Toronto Maple Leafs70243313153181−2861
5Boston Bruins70233413147185−3859
6Chicago Black Hawks70193912155216−6150

Record vs. opponents
1955–56 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —3–8–33–8–35–8–17–5–25–5–4
Chicago 8–3–3—2–8–41–12–13–10–15–6–3
Detroit 8–3–38–2–4—4–8–25–6–35–5–4
Montreal 8–5–112–1–18–4–2—8–2–49–3–2
New York 5–7–210–3–16–5–32–8–4—9–5
Toronto 5–5–46–5–35–5–43–9–25–9—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 6, 19552–3Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)0–1–0
2LOctober 8, 19552–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)0–2–0
3LOctober 9, 19552–3New York Rangers (1955–56)0–3–0
4WOctober 15, 19554–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)1–3–0
5WOctober 16, 19556–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)2–3–0
6TOctober 20, 19552–2Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)2–3–1
7TOctober 22, 19550–0Boston Bruins (1955–56)2–3–2
8LOctober 26, 19552–6@ New York Rangers (1955–56)2–4–2
9LOctober 29, 19551–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)2–5–2
10TOctober 30, 19552–2Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)2–5–3
11LNovember 2, 19551–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)2–6–3
12TNovember 3, 19551–1New York Rangers (1955–56)2–6–4
13TNovember 5, 19553–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)2–6–5
14WNovember 6, 19554–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)3–6–5
15TNovember 10, 19552–2Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)3–6–6
16LNovember 12, 19550–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)3–7–6
17TNovember 13, 19550–0@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)3–7–7
18TNovember 16, 19553–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)3–7–8
19WNovember 19, 19554–1Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)4–7–8
20TNovember 20, 19551–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)4–7–9
21WNovember 24, 19553–2Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)5–7–9
22LNovember 27, 19551–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)5–8–9
23TNovember 30, 19553–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)5–8–10
24WDecember 3, 19555–0@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)6–8–10
25LDecember 4, 19553–7@ New York Rangers (1955–56)6–9–10
26TDecember 8, 19552–2Boston Bruins (1955–56)6–9–11
27LDecember 10, 19552–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)6–10–11
28WDecember 11, 19552–0New York Rangers (1955–56)7–10–11
29WDecember 15, 19554–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)8–10–11
30WDecember 18, 19552–0Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)9–10–11
31WDecember 22, 19553–2@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)10–10–11
32LDecember 24, 19552–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)10–11–11
33TDecember 25, 19551–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)10–11–12
34WDecember 29, 19554–3Boston Bruins (1955–56)11–11–12
35TDecember 31, 19552–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)11–11–13
36WJanuary 1, 19565–1Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)12–11–13
37LJanuary 4, 19564–5@ New York Rangers (1955–56)12–12–13
38WJanuary 5, 19565–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)13–12–13
39WJanuary 8, 19564–3Boston Bruins (1955–56)14–12–13
40WJanuary 12, 19566–0New York Rangers (1955–56)15–12–13
41WJanuary 14, 19563–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)16–12–13
42WJanuary 15, 19562–0Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)17–12–13
43WJanuary 19, 19564–2Boston Bruins (1955–56)18–12–13
44LJanuary 21, 19562–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)18–13–13
45WJanuary 22, 19564–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)19–13–13
46WJanuary 26, 19563–2New York Rangers (1955–56)20–13–13
47WJanuary 27, 19567–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)21–13–13
48TJanuary 29, 19561–1Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)21–13–14
49LFebruary 2, 19560–2Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)21–14–14
50LFebruary 4, 19561–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)21–15–14
51LFebruary 5, 19561–3@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)21–16–14
52WFebruary 7, 19563–2Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)22–16–14
53LFebruary 11, 19562–3@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)22–17–14
54LFebruary 12, 19561–2@ New York Rangers (1955–56)22–18–14
55WFebruary 14, 19565–3New York Rangers (1955–56)23–18–14
56WFebruary 18, 19566–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)24–18–14
57LFebruary 19, 19563–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)24–19–14
58WFebruary 21, 19564–1Boston Bruins (1955–56)25–19–14
59LFebruary 25, 19561–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)25–20–14
60LFebruary 26, 19562–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)25–21–14
61WFebruary 28, 19564–1New York Rangers (1955–56)26–21–14
62WMarch 1, 19562–0@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)27–21–14
63TMarch 3, 19562–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)27–21–15
64LMarch 4, 19564–6Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)27–22–15
65WMarch 8, 19564–2Boston Bruins (1955–56)28–22–15
66WMarch 10, 19562–0Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)29–22–15
67WMarch 11, 19563–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)30–22–15
68LMarch 13, 19560–4@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)30–23–15
69TMarch 15, 19562–2@ New York Rangers (1955–56)30–23–16
70LMarch 18, 19560–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)30–24–16

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW70384179100
Dutch ReibelC6817395610
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7025265124
Ted LindsayLW67272350161
Red KellyD/C7016345039
Metro PrystaiC6312162810
Bill DineenRW701271930
Bob GoldhamD683161932
Norm UllmanC66991826
Marty PavelichLW705131838
Marcel PronovostD684131746
Lorne FergusonLW31871512
John BucykLW3818920
Warren GodfreyD6726886
Jerry ToppazziniRW4017831
Real ChevrefilsLW3834724
Larry HillmanD4703353
Gord HollingworthD4102228
Cummy BurtonRW30000
Norm CorcoranC/RW20000
Murray CostelloC240004
Glenn HallG7000014
Ed SandfordLW40000
Ed StankiewiczC50000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Glenn Hall4200703024161472.1012
Team:4200703024161472.1012

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW1039128
Alex DelvecchioC/LW1073102
Ted LindsayLW1063922
Red KellyD/C102462
Norm UllmanC1013413
Lorne FergusonLW1012312
Metro PrystaiC91236
Bob GoldhamD100334
John BucykLW101128
Marcel PronovostD100228
Dutch ReibelC100222
Bill DineenRW101018
Al ArbourD40110
Larry HillmanD100116
Marty PavelichLW1001114
Cummy BurtonRW30000
Murray CostelloC40000
Glenn HallG100000
Gord HollingworthD30002
Gerry MelnykC60000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Glenn Hall6041055282.780
Team:6041055282.780

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References
  1. "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1955-56 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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