1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| LW | 69 | 23 | 55 | 78 | 141 |
| C/LW | 69 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 46 |
| RW | 70 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 69 |
| D/C | 70 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 9 |
| C | 69 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 42 |
| RW | 69 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 21 |
| C | 68 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 8 |
| RW | 70 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 20 |
| RW | 60 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 13 |
| LW | 65 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 58 |
| LW | 69 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 53 |
| D | 70 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 46 |
| D | 65 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 86 |
| LW | 56 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 63 |
| C | 65 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| D | 64 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3780 | 63 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 148 | 2.35 | 7 |
| 420 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2.29 | 1 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 164 | 2.34 | 8 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| RW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| C | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| C/LW | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| LW | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| LW | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| RW | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| C | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| D/C | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| LW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 910 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 1.85 | 3 |
| Team: | 910 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 1.85 | 3 |
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;Playoffs
Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 11 | New York | 1 | Detroit | 4 | |
| April 13 | Detroit | 1 | New York | 3 | † |
| April 15 | Detroit | 4 | New York | 0 | † |
| April 18 | New York | 4 | Detroit | 3 | OT |
| April 20 | New York | 2 | Detroit | 1 | OT |
| April 22 | New York | 4 | Detroit | 5 | |
| April 23 | New York | 3 | Detroit | 4 | 2OT |
† Played in Toronto.
Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to threeAwards and records
- Prince of Wales Trophy
- Art Ross Trophy: || Ted Lindsay
- Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
- Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Red Kelly, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
- Leo Reise, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
