The 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season was the 40th season in club history. The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the semi-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.
1948–49 Montreal Canadiens | |
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League | 3rd NHL |
1948–49 record | 28–23–9 |
Goals for | 152 |
Goals against | 126 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Dick Irvin |
Captain | Emile Bouchard |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Billy Reay (22) |
Assists | Billy Reay (23) |
Points | Billy Reay (45) |
Penalty minutes | Murph Chamberlain (111) |
Wins | Bill Durnan (28) |
Goals against average | Bill Durnan (2.10) |
Regular season
editBill Durnan set a long-standing modern NHL record between February 26 and March 6, 1949, when he amassed four consecutive shutouts, not allowing a goal over a span of 309 minutes, 21 seconds.[1] This record was not surpassed until 2004, when Brian Boucher, then of the Phoenix Coyotes, broke it.
Final standings
editGP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 195 | 145 | +50 | 75 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 178 | 163 | +15 | 66 |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 65 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 147 | 161 | −14 | 57 |
5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 173 | 211 | −38 | 50 |
6 | New York Rangers | 60 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 133 | 172 | −39 | 47 |
Record vs. opponents
edit1948–49 NHL Records [3] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 5–4–3 | 5–6–1 | 8–2–2 | 5–6–1 | ||||||
Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 3–9 | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 | ||||||
Detroit | 4–5–3 | 9–3 | — | 7–4–1 | 7–4–1 | 7–3–2 | ||||||
Montreal | 6–5–1 | 7–3–2 | 4–7–1 | — | 5–4–3 | 6–4–2 | ||||||
New York | 2–8–2 | 5–6–1 | 4–7–1 | 4–5–3 | — | 3–5–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 5–3–4 | — |
Schedule and results
editRegular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | T | October 14, 1948 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 0–0–1 |
2 | W | October 16, 1948 | 8–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 1–0–1 |
3 | W | October 21, 1948 | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 2–0–1 |
4 | T | October 23, 1948 | 0–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 2–0–2 |
5 | L | October 27, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 2–1–2 |
6 | T | October 30, 1948 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 2–1–3 |
7 | L | October 31, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 2–2–3 |
8 | W | November 6, 1948 | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 3–2–3 |
9 | W | November 11, 1948 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 4–2–3 |
10 | W | November 13, 1948 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 5–2–3 |
11 | L | November 14, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 5–3–3 |
12 | L | November 17, 1948 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 5–4–3 |
13 | W | November 21, 1948 | 3–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 6–4–3 |
14 | T | November 24, 1948 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 6–4–4 |
15 | L | November 25, 1948 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 6–5–4 |
16 | L | November 27, 1948 | 0–2 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 6–6–4 |
17 | W | December 4, 1948 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 7–6–4 |
18 | L | December 5, 1948 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 7–7–4 |
19 | L | December 11, 1948 | 2–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 7–8–4 |
20 | T | December 12, 1948 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 7–8–5 |
21 | W | December 15, 1948 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 8–8–5 |
22 | W | December 18, 1948 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 9–8–5 |
23 | L | December 19, 1948 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 9–9–5 |
24 | W | December 23, 1948 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 10–9–5 |
25 | L | December 25, 1948 | 0–2 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 10–10–5 |
26 | L | December 26, 1948 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 10–11–5 |
27 | W | December 30, 1948 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 11–11–5 |
28 | L | January 1, 1949 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 11–12–5 |
29 | W | January 6, 1949 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 12–12–5 |
30 | L | January 8, 1949 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 12–13–5 |
31 | T | January 9, 1949 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 12–13–6 |
32 | W | January 12, 1949 | 5–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 13–13–6 |
33 | W | January 15, 1949 | 7–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 14–13–6 |
34 | L | January 16, 1949 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 14–14–6 |
35 | W | January 19, 1949 | 4–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 15–14–6 |
36 | W | January 20, 1949 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 16–14–6 |
37 | W | January 22, 1949 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 17–14–6 |
38 | L | January 23, 1949 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 17–15–6 |
39 | W | January 26, 1949 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 18–15–6 |
40 | L | January 29, 1949 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 18–16–6 |
41 | L | January 30, 1949 | 0–9 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 18–17–6 |
42 | L | February 3, 1949 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 18–18–6 |
43 | L | February 5, 1949 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 18–19–6 |
44 | L | February 6, 1949 | 0–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 18–20–6 |
45 | T | February 9, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 18–20–7 |
46 | L | February 13, 1949 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 18–21–7 |
47 | W | February 17, 1949 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 19–21–7 |
48 | W | February 19, 1949 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 20–21–7 |
49 | L | February 20, 1949 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 20–22–7 |
50 | W | February 24, 1949 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 21–22–7 |
51 | W | February 26, 1949 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 22–22–7 |
52 | W | March 2, 1949 | 2–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 23–22–7 |
53 | W | March 5, 1949 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 24–22–7 |
54 | W | March 6, 1949 | 1–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) | 25–22–7 |
55 | T | March 9, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 25–22–8 |
56 | W | March 12, 1949 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 26–22–8 |
57 | T | March 13, 1949 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 26–22–9 |
58 | W | March 17, 1949 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 27–22–9 |
59 | W | March 19, 1949 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 28–22–9 |
60 | L | March 20, 1949 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 28–23–9 |
Playoffs
editThe Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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March 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | OT |
March 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | OT |
March 26 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
March 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | |
March 31 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
April 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 |
Detroit won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 3.
Player statistics
editRegular season
editScoring
editPlayer | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Billy Reay | C | 60 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 33 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 59 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 110 |
Joe Carveth | RW | 60 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 8 |
Elmer Lach | C | 36 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 59 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 60 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 50 |
Glen Harmon | D | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
Norm Dussault | C | 47 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
Rip Riopelle | LW | 48 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
Doug Harvey | D | 55 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 87 |
Ken Reardon | D | 46 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 103 |
Roger Leger | D | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 54 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 111 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 59 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 36 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
Tod Campeau | C | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 |
George Robertson | LW/C | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Emile Bouchard | D | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 42 |
Ed Dorohoy | C/LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Bill Durnan | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Locas | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
editPlayer | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Bill Durnan | 3600 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 126 | 2.10 | 10 |
Team: | 3600 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 126 | 2.10 | 10 |
Playoffs
editScoring
editPlayer | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Billy Reay | C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
Glen Harmon | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Murdo MacKay | RW/C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Rip Riopelle | LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Joe Carveth | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Doug Harvey | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Roger Leger | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Emile Bouchard | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Tod Campeau | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Durnan | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norm Dussault | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Lach | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Ken Reardon | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Goaltending
editPlayer | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Bill Durnan | 468 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2.18 | 0 |
Team: | 468 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2.18 | 0 |
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
edit- Bill Durnan, Vezina Trophy
- Bill Durnan, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
- Glen Harmon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Transactions
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See also
editCitations
edit- ^ "HHOF - Player Details".
- ^ "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1948–49 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.