1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season explained

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1949	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–0–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4	L	October 22, 1949	1–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1949	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	L	October 27, 1949	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–2–1
7	L	October 29, 1949	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	3–3–1
8	W	October 30, 1949	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1949	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10	T	November 5, 1949	3–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	4–4–2
11	T	November 9, 1949	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–4–3
13	W	November 12, 1949	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1949	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1949	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16	L	November 20, 1949	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	6–6–4
17	W	November 24, 1949	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	7–6–4
18	W	November 26, 1949	5–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–6–4
20	L	November 30, 1949	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	9–7–4
21	L	December 3, 1949	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–8–4
22	L	December 4, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–4
23	T	December 8, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–5
24	T	December 10, 1949	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–9–6
25	W	December 11, 1949	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26	T	December 14, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27	W	December 15, 1949	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–9–7
28	W	December 17, 1949	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–9–7
29	L	December 18, 1949	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	12–10–7
30	L	December 21, 1949	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–7
31	T	December 24, 1949	0–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–8
32	L	December 25, 1949	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–12–8
33	T	December 28, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34	W	December 31, 1949	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–12–9
35	L	January 1, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36	W	January 5, 1950	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	14–13–9
37	L	January 7, 1950	1–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	14–14–9
38	W	January 10, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39	W	January 14, 1950	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–14–9
40	W	January 18, 1950	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41	L	January 19, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–15–9
42	W	January 21, 1950	3–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	18–15–9
43	W	January 22, 1950	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	19–15–9
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–10
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–11
46	L	January 29, 1950	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	19–16–11
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–16–12
48	W	February 2, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	20–16–12
49	L	February 4, 1950	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	20–17–12
50	W	February 5, 1950	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51	L	February 11, 1950	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52	T	February 12, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	21–18–13
53	T	February 16, 1950	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–14
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–4	New York Rangers (1949–50)	21–19–14
55	L	February 20, 1950	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–14
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–15
57	W	February 25, 1950	3–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–20–15
58	L	March 2, 1950	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59	W	March 4, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–15
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	23–21–16
61	T	March 9, 1950	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–21–17
62	W	March 11, 1950	5–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	24–21–17
63	W	March 12, 1950	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	25–21–17
64	L	March 15, 1950	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–17
65	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–18
66	W	March 18, 1950	5–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–22–18
67	W	March 19, 1950	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	27–22–18
68	W	March 22, 1950	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69	W	March 25, 1950	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	29–22–18
70	T	March 26, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	29–22–19

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	70	43	22	65	114
	C	64	15	33	48	33
	C	68	19	26	45	48
	C	67	13	24	37	22
	RW	70	19	10	29	18
	D	67	1	27	28	109
	C	67	15	12	27	42
	D	70	4	20	24	76
	LW	66	12	8	20	27
	D	62	3	16	19	28
	LW	52	8	10	18	44
	RW	49	8	8	16	8
	D	55	3	12	15	21
	RW	26	2	6	8	19
	D	69	1	7	8	88
	LW	37	1	5	6	0
	LW	57	1	3	4	8
	LW	12	1	2	3	2
	LW	13	1	2	3	2
	RW	11	1	1	2	2
	D	30	0	2	2	21
	RW	2	1	0	1	0
	RW	2	0	1	1	0
	G	64	0	1	1	2
	LW	2	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
	360	6	3	1	2	9	1.50	1
Team:	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	5	3	1	4	0
	C	5	1	2	3	4
	RW	5	1	1	2	6
	D	5	0	2	2	2
	D	5	0	2	2	10
	D	2	0	2	2	12
	RW	5	1	0	1	2
	LW	5	1	0	1	0
	D	5	0	1	1	21
	LW	5	0	1	1	2
	LW	3	0	1	1	2
	C	4	0	1	1	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2
	G	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	2
	C	5	0	0	0	12
	LW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	135	2	1	1	5	2.22	0
	180	3	0	3	10	3.33	0
Team:	315	5	1	4	15	2.86	0

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Awards and records

• Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan

See also

• 1949–50 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Montreal Canadiens 1950-51 Game Log and Scores . 2008-11-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160149/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950 . 2012-02-12 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.