1939–40 NHL season

The 1939–40 NHL season had 7 teams. The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup Final. The Boston Bruins finished with the best regular-season record. Milt Schmidt led the league with 52 points and Bryan Hextall led in goals with 24.

Stanley Cup Final winner: NYR New York Rangers

N/A Conference

N/A

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
BOS Boston Bruins	48	31	12	67	.698	29	31	170	98	+72	20-3-0	11-9-0	W1
NYR New York Rangers	48	27	11	64	.667	27	27	136	77	+59	17-4-0	10-7-0	T1
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	48	25	17	56	.583	24	25	134	110	+24	15-3-0	10-14-0	L1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	48	23	19	52	.542	23	23	112	120	-8	15-7-0	8-12-0	W3
DET Detroit Red Wings	48	16	26	38	.396	16	16	90	126	-36	11-10-0	5-16-0	L2
NYA New York Americans	48	15	29	34	.354	12	15	106	140	-34	12-11-0	3-18-0	W1
MTL Montréal Canadiens	48	10	33	25	.260	7	10	90	167	-77	5-14-0	5-19-0	L3

Leaders

Points

1	Milt Schmidt	52
2	Woody Dumart	43
3	Bobby Bauer	43
4	Gordie Drillon	41
5	Bryan Hextall	40

Goals

1	Bryan Hextall	24
2	Milt Schmidt	22
3	Woody Dumart	22
4	Herb Cain	21
5	Gordie Drillon	21

Assists

1	Milt Schmidt	30
2	Phil Watson	28
3	Bill Cowley	27
4	Bobby Bauer	26
5	Syd Howe	23

Plus/minus

1	Milt Schmidt	0
2	Sid Abel	0
3	Doug Bentley	0
4	Woody Dumart	0
5	Bobby Bauer	0

Power-play goals

1	Toe Blake	4
2	Gordie Drillon	4
3	Neil Colville	3
4	George Allen	3
5	Dutch Hiller	3

Shots on goal

1	Milt Schmidt	0
2	Sid Abel	0
3	Doug Bentley	0
4	Woody Dumart	0
5	Bobby Bauer	0

TOI per game

Charlie Sands

0:32

Hits

1	Milt Schmidt	0
2	Sid Abel	0
3	Doug Bentley	0
4	Woody Dumart	0
5	Bobby Bauer	0

Blocked shots

1	Milt Schmidt	0
2	Sid Abel	0
3	Doug Bentley	0
4	Woody Dumart	0
5	Bobby Bauer	0

Goalie wins

1	Frank Brimsek	31
2	Dave Kerr	27
3	Turk Broda	25
4	Paul Goodman	16
5	Tiny Thompson	16

Goals-against avg

1	Dave Kerr	1.54
2	Paul Goodman	1.94
3	Frank Brimsek	1.97
4	Turk Broda	2.23
5	Tiny Thompson	2.53

Shutouts

1	Dave Kerr	8
2	Frank Brimsek	6
3	Earl Robertson	6
4	Turk Broda	4
5	Paul Goodman	4

Rate stats need 14+ games (skaters) or 12+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	48	170	98	3.54	2.04
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	47	109	118	2.32	2.51
DET Detroit Red Wings	47	88	123	1.87	2.62
MTL Montréal Canadiens	48	90	167	1.88	3.48
NYA New York Americans	48	106	140	2.21	2.92
NYR New York Rangers	48	136	77	2.83	1.60
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	48	134	110	2.79	2.29