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1952–53 NHL season

Stanley Cup Final winner: MTL Montréal Canadiens

N/A Conference

N/A

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
DET Detroit Red Wings	70	36	16	0	90	.643	36	36	222	133	+89	20-5-0	16-11-0	T1
MTL Montréal Canadiens	70	28	23	0	75	.536	28	28	155	148	+7	18-12-0	10-11-0	T1
BOS Boston Bruins	70	28	29	0	69	.493	28	28	152	172	-20	19-10-0	9-19-0	L1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	70	27	28	0	69	.493	27	27	169	175	-6	14-11-0	13-17-0	W2
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	30	0	67	.479	27	27	156	167	-11	17-12-0	10-18-0	W4
NYR New York Rangers	70	17	37	0	50	.357	17	17	152	211	-59	11-14-0	6-23-0	L3

Leaders

Points

1	Gordie Howe	94
2	Ted Lindsay	70
3	Maurice Richard	61
4	Alex Delvecchio	58
5	Wally Hergesheimer	58

Goals

1	Gordie Howe	48
2	Ted Lindsay	31
3	Wally Hergesheimer	29
4	Maurice Richard	28
5	Fleming MacKell	27

Assists

1	Gordie Howe	46
2	Alex Delvecchio	43
3	Ted Lindsay	39
4	Paul Ronty	38
5	Maurice Richard	33

Plus/minus

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Jean Beliveau	0
5	Alex Delvecchio	0

Power-play goals

1	Gordie Howe	11
2	Ted Lindsay	8
3	Bert Olmstead	8
4	Elmer Lach	8
5	Maurice Richard	7

Shots on goal

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Jean Beliveau	0
5	Alex Delvecchio	0

Hits

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Jean Beliveau	0
5	Alex Delvecchio	0

Blocked shots

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Jean Beliveau	0
5	Alex Delvecchio	0

Goalie wins

1	Terry Sawchuk	31
2	Jim Henry	28
3	Harry Lumley	27
4	Al Rollins	26
5	Gerry McNeil	25

Goals-against avg

1	Terry Sawchuk	1.87
2	Gerry McNeil	2.08
3	Harry Lumley	2.34
4	Jim Henry	2.43
5	Al Rollins	2.51

Shutouts

1	Harry Lumley	10
2	Gerry McNeil	10
3	Terry Sawchuk	9
4	Jim Henry	8
5	Al Rollins	6

Rate stats need 21+ games (skaters) or 18+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	70	152	172	2.17	2.46	0.00	0.00
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	69	166	173	2.41	2.51	0.00	0.00
DET Detroit Red Wings	69	217	130	3.14	1.88	0.00	0.00
MTL Montréal Canadiens	69	153	145	2.22	2.10	0.00	0.00
NYR New York Rangers	69	149	206	2.16	2.99	0.00	0.00
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	70	156	167	2.23	2.39	0.00	0.00