1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season explained

The 1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 50th season of play. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive season, and the 11th time in club history.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1958	3–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1958	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	2–0–0
3	L	October 12, 1958	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	2–1–0
4	W	October 16, 1958	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	3–1–0
5	T	October 18, 1958	2–2	New York Rangers (1958–59)	3–1–1
6	W	October 19, 1958	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	4–1–1
7	W	October 23, 1958	9–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	5–1–1
8	L	October 25, 1958	2–5	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	5–2–1
9	W	October 26, 1958	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	6–2–1
10	T	October 28, 1958	5–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	6–2–2
11	W	October 29, 1958	5–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	7–2–2
12	L	November 1, 1958	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	7–3–2
13	L	November 8, 1958	5–6	New York Rangers (1958–59)	7–4–2
14	W	November 12, 1958	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	8–4–2
15	W	November 15, 1958	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	9–4–2
16	L	November 16, 1958	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	9–5–2
17	T	November 20, 1958	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	9–5–3
18	W	November 22, 1958	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	10–5–3
19	L	November 23, 1958	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	10–6–3
20	L	November 26, 1958	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	10–7–3
21	W	November 27, 1958	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	11–7–3
22	W	November 29, 1958	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	12–7–3
23	W	November 30, 1958	7–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	13–7–3
24	T	December 4, 1958	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	13–7–4
25	W	December 6, 1958	6–0	New York Rangers (1958–59)	14–7–4
26	W	December 7, 1958	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	15–7–4
27	T	December 13, 1958	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	15–7–5
28	W	December 14, 1958	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	16–7–5
29	W	December 18, 1958	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	17–7–5
30	W	December 20, 1958	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	18–7–5
31	W	December 21, 1958	5–0	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	19–7–5
32	W	December 25, 1958	4–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	20–7–5
33	W	December 27, 1958	6–1	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	21–7–5
34	L	December 28, 1958	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	21–8–5
35	L	December 31, 1958	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	21–9–5
36	T	January 1, 1959	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	21–9–6
37	W	January 3, 1959	5–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	22–9–6
38	T	January 4, 1959	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	22–9–7
39	W	January 8, 1959	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	23–9–7
40	W	January 10, 1959	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–9–7
41	T	January 11, 1959	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	24–9–8
42	T	January 17, 1959	3–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	24–9–9
43	T	January 18, 1959	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–9–10
44	L	January 21, 1959	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	24–10–10
45	W	January 24, 1959	3–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	25–10–10
46	W	January 25, 1959	7–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	26–10–10
47	L	January 29, 1959	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	26–11–10
48	T	January 31, 1959	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	26–11–11
49	T	February 1, 1959	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	26–11–12
50	L	February 5, 1959	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	26–12–12
51	L	February 7, 1959	2–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	26–13–12
52	W	February 8, 1959	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	27–13–12
53	W	February 11, 1959	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	28–13–12
54	W	February 14, 1959	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	29–13–12
55	W	February 15, 1959	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	30–13–12
56	W	February 19, 1959	7–0	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	31–13–12
57	W	February 21, 1959	6–0	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	32–13–12
58	L	February 22, 1959	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	32–14–12
59	L	February 25, 1959	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	32–15–12
60	W	February 28, 1959	6–1	New York Rangers (1958–59)	33–15–12
61	W	March 5, 1959	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	34–15–12
62	W	March 7, 1959	10–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	35–15–12
63	W	March 8, 1959	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	36–15–12
64	T	March 10, 1959	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	36–15–13
65	W	March 11, 1959	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	37–15–13
66	W	March 14, 1959	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	38–15–13
67	L	March 15, 1959	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	38–16–13
68	L	March 19, 1959	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	38–17–13
69	L	March 21, 1959	3–4	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	38–18–13
70	W	March 22, 1959	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1958–59)	39–18–13

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Rocket Richard, hampered by injuries, did not score at all during the playoffs. Toronto was making its first finals appearance since 1951.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 9	Toronto	3	Montreal	5
April 11	Toronto	1	Montreal	3
April 14	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT
April 16	Montreal	3	Toronto	2
April 18	Toronto	3	Montreal	5

Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	70	41	55	96	61
	C	64	45	46	91	67
	RW	59	22	44	66	30
	C	63	21	30	51	33
	W	57	13	30	43	38
	C	64	18	22	40	19
	D	70	10	29	39	76
	RW	42	17	21	38	27
	RW	69	16	22	38	37
	LW	69	13	23	36	35
	LW	70	10	22	32	12
	C	63	10	18	28	8
	D	68	4	24	28	66
	LW	70	9	14	23	48
	D	69	4	17	21	77
	D	61	4	16	20	61
	D	35	1	2	3	28
	D	48	0	3	3	26
	G	67	0	1	1	11
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4000	67	38	16	13	144	2.16	9
	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00	0
	20	1	0	0	0	1	3.00	0
	60	2	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Team:	4200	70	39	18	13	158	2.26	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	11	5	12	17	8
	W	11	10	5	15	4
	RW	11	5	8	13	10
	D	11	1	11	12	22
	C	11	3	8	11	13
	RW	11	6	2	8	2
	C	11	3	5	8	12
	D	11	2	3	5	8
	C	3	1	4	5	4
	C	10	0	4	4	0
	LW	11	2	1	3	6
	LW	11	1	1	2	6
	LW	11	0	2	2	2
	D	11	0	2	2	20
	D	11	0	1	1	10
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	4
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	G	11	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	670	11	8	3	26	2.33	0
Team:	670	11	8	3	26	2.33	0

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See also

• 1958–59 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1958–59 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1958-59 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.