1951–52 NHL season

The 1951–52 NHL season was the 35th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup by sweeping the Montreal Canadiens four games to none.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Detroit Red Wings	70	44	14	12	100	215	133	694
Montreal Canadiens	70	34	26	10	78	195	164	661
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	29	25	16	74	168	157	841
Boston Bruins	70	25	29	16	66	162	176	601
New York Rangers	70	23	34	13	59	192	219	532
Chicago Black Hawks	70	17	44	9	43	158	241	627

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	47	39	86	78
Ted Lindsay	Detroit Red Wings	70	30	39	69	123
Elmer Lach	Montreal Canadiens	70	15	50	65	36
Don Raleigh	New York Rangers	70	19	42	61	14
Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	30	57	6

Stanley Cup playoffs

In the playoffs, Detroit finished 8–0, the first time a team had gone undefeated in the playoffs since the 1934–35 Montreal Maroons. The Wings scored 24 goals in the playoffs, compared to a combined 5 goals for their opponents.

see 1952 Stanley Cup Finals

Playoff bracket

Semifinals			Finals

1	Detroit Red Wings	4
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0
			1	Detroit Red Wings	4
			2	Montreal Canadiens	0
2	Montreal Canadiens	4
4	Boston Bruins	3

NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Sid Smith, Toronto Maple Leafs
Vezina Trophy:	Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings

All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings	G	Jim Henry, Boston Bruins
Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings	D	Hy Buller, New York Rangers
Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens	D	Jimmy Thomson, Toronto Maple Leafs
Elmer Lach, Montreal Canadiens	C	Milt Schmidt, Boston Bruins
Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings	RW	Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens
Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings	LW	Sid Smith, Toronto Maple Leafs