1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

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
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

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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 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 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

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

References

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

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1948–49 NHL season

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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References