1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

1948–49 Montreal Canadiens
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)
Penalties in minutes Murph Chamberlain (111)
Wins Bill Durnan (28)
Goals against average Bill Durnan (2.10)

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.

Regular season

Bill 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

National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 14, 19481–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 0–0–1
2WOctober 16, 19488–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 1–0–1
3WOctober 21, 19485–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 2–0–1
4TOctober 23, 19480–0 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 2–0–2
5LOctober 27, 19482–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 2–1–2
6TOctober 30, 19483–3 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 2–1–3
7LOctober 31, 19481–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 2–2–3
8WNovember 6, 19482–0 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 3–2–3
9WNovember 11, 19484–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 4–2–3
10WNovember 13, 19483–1 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 5–2–3
11LNovember 14, 19482–3 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 5–3–3
12LNovember 17, 19483–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 5–4–3
13WNovember 21, 19483–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 6–4–3
14TNovember 24, 19483–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 6–4–4
15LNovember 25, 19480–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 6–5–4
16LNovember 27, 19480–2 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 6–6–4
17WDecember 4, 19483–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 7–6–4
18LDecember 5, 19481–2 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 7–7–4
19LDecember 11, 19482–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 7–8–4
20TDecember 12, 19484–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 7–8–5
21WDecember 15, 19484–2 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 8–8–5
22WDecember 18, 19485–3 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 9–8–5
23LDecember 19, 19482–3 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 9–9–5
24WDecember 23, 19484–2 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 10–9–5
25LDecember 25, 19480–2 New York Rangers (1948–49) 10–10–5
26LDecember 26, 19481–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 10–11–5
27WDecember 30, 19483–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 11–11–5
28LJanuary 1, 19493–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 11–12–5
29WJanuary 6, 19497–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 12–12–5
30LJanuary 8, 19491–4 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 12–13–5
31TJanuary 9, 19491–1 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 12–13–6
32WJanuary 12, 19495–3 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 13–13–6
33WJanuary 15, 19497–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 14–13–6
34LJanuary 16, 19492–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 14–14–6
35WJanuary 19, 19494–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 15–14–6
36WJanuary 20, 19492–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 16–14–6
37WJanuary 22, 19494–2 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 17–14–6
38LJanuary 23, 19490–3 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 17–15–6
39WJanuary 26, 19493–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 18–15–6
40LJanuary 29, 19492–5 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 18–16–6
41LJanuary 30, 19490–9 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 18–17–6
42LFebruary 3, 19491–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 18–18–6
43LFebruary 5, 19492–3 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 18–19–6
44LFebruary 6, 19490–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 18–20–6
45TFebruary 9, 19492–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 18–20–7
46LFebruary 13, 19493–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 18–21–7
47WFebruary 17, 19493–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 19–21–7
48WFebruary 19, 19493–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 20–21–7
49LFebruary 20, 19492–3 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 20–22–7
50WFebruary 24, 19493–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 21–22–7
51WFebruary 26, 19491–0 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 22–22–7
52WMarch 2, 19492–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 23–22–7
53WMarch 5, 19494–0 Boston Bruins (1948–49) 24–22–7
54WMarch 6, 19491–0 @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) 25–22–7
55TMarch 9, 19492–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 25–22–8
56WMarch 12, 19493–0 New York Rangers (1948–49) 26–22–8
57TMarch 13, 19491–1 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 26–22–9
58WMarch 17, 19493–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 27–22–9
59WMarch 19, 19495–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 28–22–9
60LMarch 20, 19491–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 28–23–9

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Playoffs

The Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 22 Montreal Canadiens 1 Detroit Red Wings2 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 Wings3

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 60 22 23 45 33
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 59 20 18 38 110
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth RW 60 15 22 37 8
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 36 11 18 29 59
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 60 17 9 26 50
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 59 8 12 20 44
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault C 47 9 8 17 6
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle LW 48 10 6 16 34
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 55 3 13 16 87
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 46 3 13 16 103
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 28 6 7 13 10
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 54 5 8 13 111
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 59 3 9 12 14
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 27 5 5 10 8
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 36 4 6 10 6
Campeau, TodTod Campeau C 26 3 7 10 12
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe D 51 3 5 8 31
Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson LW/C 30 2 5 7 6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 27 3 3 6 42
Dorohoy, EddieEddie Dorohoy C/LW 16 0 0 0 6
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 60 0 0 0 0
Locas, JacquesJacques Locas RW 3 0 0 0 0
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson D 3 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 3600 60 28 23 9 126 2.10 10
Team: 3600 60 28 23 9 126 2.10 10

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 7 5 1 6 0
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 7 1 5 6 4
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 7 2 1 3 0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 7 2 1 3 14
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 7 1 1 2 4
MacKay, MurdoMurdo MacKay RW/C 6 1 1 2 0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 7 1 1 2 4
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle LW 7 1 1 2 2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth RW 7 0 1 1 8
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 7 0 1 1 4
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 7 0 1 1 10
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe D 7 0 1 1 13
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 5 0 1 1 2
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 7 0 0 0 6
Campeau, TodTod Campeau C 1 0 0 0 0
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 4 0 0 0 8
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry RW 2 0 0 0 2
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 7 0 0 0 0
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault C 2 0 0 0 0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 1 0 0 0 4
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 7 0 0 0 18
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 468 7 3 4 17 2.18 0
Team: 468 7 3 4 17 2.18 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

See also

References

  1. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo
  2. "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. "1948–49 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  4. "1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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