1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 24 wins, 24 losses, and 22 ties for 70 points. They were swept in the semi-finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 7||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 9||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||0–1–1

|3||L||October 16||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||0–2–1

|4||T||October 17||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||0–2–2

|5||W||October 21||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||1–2–2

|6||T||October 23||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||1–2–3

|7||L||October 27||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||1–3–3

|8||W||October 30||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||2–3–3

|9||T||November 3||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||2–3–4

|10||W||November 6||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||3–3–4

|11||W||November 7||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||4–3–4

|12||W||November 10||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||5–3–4

|13||W||November 11||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||6–3–4

|14||W||November 13||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||7–3–4

|15||W||November 14||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||8–3–4

|16||W||November 17||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||9–3–4

|17||L||November 18||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||9–4–4

|18||L||November 20||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||9–5–4

|19||T||November 21||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||9–5–5

|20||L||November 25||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||9–6–5

|21||W||November 27||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||10–6–5

|22||T||November 28||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||10–6–6

|23||W||December 1||6–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||11–6–6

|24||W||December 4||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||12–6–6

|25||W||December 5||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||13–6–6

|26||W||December 8||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||14–6–6

|27||L||December 9||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||14–7–6

|28||L||December 11||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||14–8–6

|29||T||December 12||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||14–8–7

|30||W||December 15||8–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||15–8–7

|31||W||December 18||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||16–8–7

|32||T||December 19||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||16–8–8

|33||L||December 25||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||16–9–8

|34||T||December 26||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||16–9–9

|35||T||December 29||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||16–9–10

|36||L||December 30||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||16–10–10

|37||T||January 1||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||16–10–11

|38||L||January 2||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||16–11–11

|39||L||January 5||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||16–12–11

|40||W||January 8||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||17–12–11

|41||T||January 9||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||17–12–12

|42||T||January 12||0–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||17–12–13

|43||W||January 15||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||18–12–13

|44||W||January 16||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||19–12–13

|45||T||January 19||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||19–12–14

|46||L||January 20||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||19–13–14

|47||W||January 22||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||20–13–14

|48||L||January 23||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||20–14–14

|49||T||January 26||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||20–14–15

|50||L||January 29||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||20–15–15

|51||L||January 30||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||20–16–15

|52||L||February 3||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||20–17–15

|53||T||February 5||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||20–17–16

|54||W||February 6||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||21–17–16

|55||W||February 9||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||22–17–16

|56||L||February 12||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||22–18–16

|57||T||February 13||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||22–18–17

|58||T||February 19||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||22–18–18

|59||L||February 20||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||22–19–18

|60||W||February 23||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||23–19–18

|61||T||February 24||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||23–19–19

|62||T||February 26||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||23–19–20

|63||L||March 2||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||23–20–20

|64||T||March 5||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||23–20–21

|65||L||March 6||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) ||23–21–21

|66||T||March 10||0–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||23–21–22

|67||L||March 12||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||23–22–22

|68||L||March 13||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||23–23–22

|69||W||March 19||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||24–23–22

|70||L||March 20||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||24–24–22

Legend:

Playoffs

|1||L||March 22||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||0–1

|2||L||March 24||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||0–2

|3||L||March 26||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||0–3

|4||L||March 29||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||0–4

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM 70 33 21 54 14 70 10 42 52 74 62 15 15 30 99 63 13 15 28 89 66 10 18 28 80 67 8 16 24 66 69 2 19 21 55 53 14 5 19 20 70 5 12 17 84 56 8 8 16 44 70 4 12 16 63 67 5 9 14 84 62 8 3 11 36 27 3 5 8 6 32 4 2 6 52 17 1 5 6 11 59 0 6 6 64 16 1 4 5 0 14 2 1 3 8 8 1 1 2 0 13 0 2 2 8 7 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO 4140 69 23 24 22 134 1.94 8 60 1 1 0 0 1 1.00 0 Team: 4200 70 24 24 22 135 1.93 8

Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM 4 3 1 4 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 3 3 6 4 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 10 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 16 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO 240 4 0 4 14 3.50 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 14 3.50 0

See also 1954–55 NHL season

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