1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Canadian
1930–31 record	22–13–9
Home record	15–4–3
Road record	7–9–6
Goals for	118
Goals against	99
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Conn Smythe
Captain	Hap Day
Arena	Arena Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Charlie Conacher (31)
Assists	Joe Primeau (32)
Points	Charlie Conacher (43)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (71)
Wins	Lorne Chabot (21)
Goals against average	Lorne Chabot (2.09)

The 1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's last season in the old Arena Gardens. The Maple Leafs would build Maple Leaf Gardens before the next season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	10	8	129	89	60
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	22	13	9	118	99	53
Montreal Maroons	44	20	18	6	105	106	46
New York Americans	44	18	16	10	76	74	46
Ottawa Senators	44	10	30	4	91	142	24

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division 1930–31 NHL records[2] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 3–1–2 5–0–1 5–0–1 3–2–1 16–3–5 M. Maroons 1–3–2 — 1–5 4–1–1 2–3–1 8–13–4 N.Y. Americans 0–5–1 5–1 — 4–2 1–2–3 10–10–4 Ottawa 0–5–1 1–4–1 2–4 — 1–4–1 4–17–3 Toronto 2–3–1 3–2–1 2–1–3 4–1–1 — 11–7–6

Vs. American Division 1930–31 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR PHI Total M. Canadiens 2–1–1 3–0–1 2–2 2–2 3–0–1 12–5–3 M. Maroons 1–3 4–0 3–0–1 1–2–1 3–1 12–6–2 N.Y. Americans 2–2 1–3 2–0–2 0–1–3 3–0–1 8–6–6 Ottawa 0–4 0–4 2–2 1–3 3–0–1 6–13–1 Toronto 1–2–1 4–0 1–2–1 2–1–1 3–1 11–6–3

Schedule and results

1930–31 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 T November 13, 1930 0–0 OT New York Americans (1930–31) 0–0–1 2 W November 15, 1930 4–0 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 1–0–1 3 W November 18, 1930 3–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 2–0–1 4 T November 20, 1930 0–0 OT @ New York Americans (1930–31) 2–0–2 5 W November 22, 1930 2–0 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 3–0–2 6 L November 25, 1930 1–2 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 3–1–2 7 W November 29, 1930 4–2 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 4–1–2
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 8 L December 2, 1930 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 4–2–2 9 W December 6, 1930 4–2 New York Rangers (1930–31) 5–2–2 10 L December 9, 1930 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 5–3–2 11 L December 13, 1930 3–7 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 5–4–2 12 L December 18, 1930 1–2 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 5–5–2 13 W December 20, 1930 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 6–5–2 14 T December 23, 1930 4–4 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 6–5–3 15 L December 25, 1930 1–10 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 6–6–3 16 W December 28, 1930 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 7–6–3
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 17 W January 1, 1931 2–0 New York Americans (1930–31) 8–6–3 18 W January 3, 1931 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 9–6–3 19 T January 6, 1931 2–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 9–6–4 20 W January 8, 1931 1–0 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 10–6–4 21 L January 10, 1931 1–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 10–7–4 22 T January 15, 1931 1–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 10–7–5 23 W January 17, 1931 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 11–7–5 24 W January 22, 1931 4–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 12–7–5 25 W January 24, 1931 5–2 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 13–7–5 26 L January 27, 1931 2–3 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 13–8–5 27 W January 29, 1931 3–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 14–8–5 28 W January 31, 1931 3–2 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 15–8–5
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 29 L February 1, 1931 0–2 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 15–9–5 30 L February 3, 1931 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 15–10–5 31 W February 7, 1931 2–0 New York Americans (1930–31) 16–10–5 32 T February 14, 1931 1–1 OT Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 16–10–6 33 L February 19, 1931 1–2 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 16–11–6 34 W February 21, 1931 4–2 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 17–11–6 35 T February 24, 1931 1–1 OT @ New York Americans (1930–31) 17–11–7 36 L February 26, 1931 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 17–12–7 37 T February 28, 1931 5–5 OT Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 17–12–8
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 38 W March 3, 1931 5–1 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 18–12–8 39 L March 5, 1931 5–6 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 18–13–8 40 W March 7, 1931 5–2 New York Rangers (1930–31) 19–13–8 41 T March 10, 1931 3–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 19–13–9 42 W March 15, 1931 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 20–13–9 43 W March 19, 1931 8–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 21–13–9 44 W March 21, 1931 9–6 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 22–13–9
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs were defeated by the Chicago Black Hawks in a two-game total goal series,g 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Charlie Conacher	RW	37	31	12	43	78
Ace Bailey	RW	40	23	19	42	46
Joe Primeau	C	38	9	32	41	18
Busher Jackson	LW	43	18	13	31	81
Baldy Cotton	LW	43	12	17	29	45
King Clancy	D	44	7	14	21	63
Andy Blair	C	44	11	8	19	32
Hap Day	D	44	1	13	14	56
Red Horner	D	42	1	11	12	71
Bob Gracie	C/LW	8	4	2	6	4
Rolly Huard	C	1	1	0	1	0
Alex Levinsky	D	8	0	1	1	2
Lorne Chabot	G	37	0	0	0	0
Art Duncan	D	2	0	0	0	0
Babe Dye	RW	6	0	0	0	0
Benny Grant	G	7	0	0	0	0
Herbert Hamel	RW	2	0	0	0	4
Roger Jenkins	RW/D	21	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Chabot	2300	37	21	8	8	80	2.09	6
Benny Grant	430	7	1	5	1	19	2.65	2
Team:	2730	44	22	13	9	99	2.18	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hap Day	D	2	0	3	3	7
Ace Bailey	RW	2	1	1	2	0
Andy Blair	C	2	1	0	1	0
King Clancy	D	2	1	0	1	0
Charlie Conacher	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Lorne Chabot	G	2	0	0	0	0
Baldy Cotton	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Art Duncan	D	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Gracie	C/LW	2	0	0	0	0
Red Horner	D	2	0	0	0	4
Busher Jackson	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Levinsky	D	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Primeau	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Chabot	139	2	0	1	4	1.73	0
Team:	139	2	0	1	4	1.73	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

• July 30, 1930: Signed Free Agent John Gallagher
• October 30, 1930: Acquired King Clancy from the Ottawa Senators for Art Smith, Eric Pettinger, and $35,000
• December 4, 1930: Loaned Roger Jenkins from the Chicago Black Hawks
• December 8, 1930: Released Babe Dye
• December 8, 1930: Signed Free Agent Herb Hamel
• December 26, 1930: Loaned Benny Grant to the Boston Tigers of the Can-Am League for cash
• February 3, 1931: Returned Roger Jenkins to the Chicago Black Hawks
• February 27, 1931: Signed Free Agent Bob Gracie
• March 2, 1931: Signed Free Agent Alex Levinsky

See also

• 1930–31 NHL season

References

1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1930-31 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
4. "1930-31 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.