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The '''1931–32 NHL season''' was the fifteenth [[Season (sport)|season]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. Eight teams played 48 games each. The [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] swept the [[New York Rangers]] in three games for the [[Stanley Cup]].

==Regular season==
===Final standings===

''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
<br>
''Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold''
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | Canadian Division
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | PIM
|-
| '''[[Montreal Canadiens]]'''|| 48 || 25 ||16 ||7 || 57 ||128 ||111 ||450
|-
| '''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]''' || 48 || 23 ||18 ||7 ||53 ||155 ||127 ||625
|-
| '''[[Montreal Maroons]]''' || 48 || 19 ||22 ||7 || 45 ||142 ||139 ||593
|-
| [[New York Americans]] || 48 || 16 ||24 ||8 || 40 ||95 ||142 ||596
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | American Division
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | PIM
|-
| '''[[New York Rangers]]''' || 48 ||23|| 17 ||8 || 54 ||134|| 112 ||511
|-
| '''[[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]''' ||48 || 18 ||19 ||11 || 47 ||86 ||101 ||464
|-
| '''[[Detroit Falcons (hockey)|Detroit Falcons]]''' || 48 || 18 ||20 ||10 || 46 ||95 ||108|| 415
|-
| [[Boston Bruins]] || 48 ||15 ||21 ||12 || 42 ||122 ||117 ||373
|}

===Leading scorers===
''Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | PLAYER
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | TEAM
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | PTS
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | PIM
|-
| [[Busher Jackson]] || Toronto Maple Leafs || 48 ||28 ||25 ||53 ||63
|-
| [[Joe Primeau]] || Toronto Maple Leafs || 46 ||13 ||37 ||50 ||25
|-
| [[Howie Morenz]] || Montreal Canadiens || 48 ||24 ||25 ||49 ||46
|-
| [[Charlie Conacher]] || Toronto Maple Leafs || 44 ||34 ||14 ||48 ||66
|-
| [[Bill Cook]] || New York Rangers || 48 ||33 ||14 ||47 ||33
|}

==Stanley Cup playoffs==
===Playoff bracket===
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1-seed5='''C2'''
| RD1-team5='''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]'''
| RD1-score5='''6G'''
| RD1-seed6=A2
| RD1-team6=[[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
| RD1-score6=2G
| RD1-seed7='''C3'''
| RD1-team7='''[[Montreal Maroons]]'''
| RD1-score7='''3G'''
| RD1-seed8=A3
| RD1-team8=[[Detroit Falcons (hockey)|Detroit Falcons]]
| RD1-score8=1G
| RD2-seed1=C1
| RD2-team1=[[Montreal Canadiens]]
| RD2-score1=1
| RD2-seed2='''A1'''
| RD2-team2='''[[New York Rangers]]'''
| RD2-score2='''3'''
| RD2-seed3='''C2'''
| RD2-team3='''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]'''
| RD2-score3='''4G'''
| RD2-seed4=C3
| RD2-team4=[[Montreal Maroons]]
| RD2-score4=3G
| RD3-seed1=A1
| RD3-team1=[[New York Rangers]]
| RD3-score1=0
| RD3-seed2='''C2'''
| RD3-team2='''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]'''
| RD3-score2='''3'''
}}

==NHL awards==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="1" class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2" | 1931–32 NHL awards
|-
|[[O'Brien Trophy]]: || [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|[[Prince of Wales Trophy]]: || [[New York Rangers]]
|-
|[[Hart Memorial Trophy]]: || [[Howie Morenz]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|[[Lady Byng Trophy]]: || [[Joe Primeau]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
|[[Vezina Trophy]]: || [[Chuck Gardiner]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
|}

===All-Star teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! First Team !! &nbsp; Position &nbsp; !! Second Team
|-
|[[Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)|Chuck Gardiner]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
| align=center | [[Goaltender|G]]
|[[Roy Worters]], [[New York Americans]]
|-
|[[Eddie Shore]], [[Boston Bruins]]
| align=center | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
|[[Sylvio Mantha]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|[[Ching Johnson]], [[New York Rangers]]
| align=center | D
|[[King Clancy]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
|[[Howie Morenz]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]]
|[[Hooley Smith]], [[Montreal Maroons]]
|-
|[[Bill Cook]], [[New York Rangers]]
| align=center | [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]]
|[[Charlie Conacher]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
|[[Aurel Joliat]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]]
|[[Bun Cook]], [[New York Rangers]]
|-
|[[Lester Patrick]], [[New York Rangers]]
| align=center | [[Coach (ice hockey)|Coach]]
|[[Dick Irvin]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|}

==First games==
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1931–32 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
*[[Art Coulter]], Chicago Black Hawks
*[[Earl Seibert]], New York Rangers
*[[Ott Heller]], New York Rangers

==Last games==
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1931–32 (listed with their last team):
*[[Georges Boucher]], Chicago Black Hawks
*[[Art Gagne]], Detroit Falcons
*[[Carson Cooper]], Detroit Falcons

==References==
<references />
*[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/nhl1927.html Hockey Database]
*[http://nhl.com/ NHL.com]

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