1948–49_Montreal_Canadiens_season

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

NHL hockey team 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.

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		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

1948–49 NHL Records ^[3]
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	—

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

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

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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

1948–49_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

Citations

References

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bill Durnan	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10
Team:	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10