1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

1941–42 Montreal Canadiens
League6th NHL
1941–42 record18–27–3
Home record12–10–2
Road record6–17–1
Goals for134
Goals against173
Team information
General managerTommy Gorman
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainToe Blake
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Benoit (20)
AssistsToe Blake (28)
PointsToe Blake (45)
Penalty minutesKen Reardon (93)
WinsPaul Bibeault (17)
Goals against averagePaul Bibeault (3.30)

The 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season was the 33rd season in franchise history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
New York Rangers 48 29 17 2 60 177 143
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 27 18 3 57 158 136
Boston Bruins 48 25 17 6 56 160 118
Chicago Black Hawks 48 22 23 3 47 145 155
Detroit Red Wings 48 19 25 4 42 140 147
48 18 27 3 39 134 173
Brooklyn Americans 48 16 29 3 35 133 175

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1941–42 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS BRK CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 4–4 3–3–2 4–2–2 6–1–1 4–4 4–3–1
Brooklyn 4–4 — 2–6 3–4–1 3–4–1 2–5–1 2–6
Chicago 3–3–2 6–2 — 3–5 4–3–1 2–6 4–4
Detroit 2–4–2 4–3–1 5–3 — 5–3 1–7 2–5–1
1–6–1 4–3–1 3–4–1 3–5 — 4–4 3–5
New York 4–4 5–2–1 6–2 7–1 4–4 — 3–4–1
Toronto 3–4–1 6–2 4–4 5–2–1 5–3 4–3–1 —


Schedule and results

1941–42 regular season[3]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 1, 1941 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 0–1–0
2 T November 8, 1941 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 0–1–1
3 L November 13, 1941 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 0–2–1
4 L November 15, 1941 2–4 OT Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 0–3–1
5 L November 16, 1941 2–3 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 0–4–1
6 L November 22, 1941 2–7 New York Rangers (1941–42) 0–5–1
7 W November 23, 1941 6–4 @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 1–5–1
8 L November 29, 1941 1–3 Boston Bruins (1941–42) 1–6–1
9 L November 30, 1941 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 1–7–1
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 L December 4, 1941 2–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 1–8–1
11 L December 6, 1941 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 1–9–1
12 L December 7, 1941 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 1–10–1
13 W December 11, 1941 2–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 2–10–1
14 W December 13, 1941 3–2 OT Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 3–10–1
15 W December 14, 1941 4–2 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 4–10–1
16 L December 16, 1941 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 4–11–1
17 L December 20, 1941 2–4 OT Boston Bruins (1941–42) 4–12–1
18 L December 21, 1941 3–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 4–13–1
19 L December 27, 1941 2–4 New York Rangers (1941–42) 4–14–1
20 W December 30, 1941 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 5–14–1
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
21 W January 3, 1942 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 6–14–1
22 L January 4, 1942 0–10 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 6–15–1
23 L January 8, 1942 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 6–16–1
24 L January 10, 1942 0–2 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 6–17–1
25 W January 11, 1942 2–0 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 7–17–1
26 L January 15, 1942 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 7–18–1
27 W January 17, 1942 6–2 New York Rangers (1941–42) 8–18–1
28 L January 18, 1942 4–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 8–19–1
29 T January 24, 1942 2–2 OT Boston Bruins (1941–42) 8–19–2
30 L January 25, 1942 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 8–20–2
31 L January 29, 1942 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 8–21–2
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
32 W February 1, 1942 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 9–21–2
33 L February 5, 1942 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 9–22–2
34 W February 7, 1942 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 10–22–2
35 L February 10, 1942 1–8 @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 10–23–2
36 L February 12, 1942 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 10–24–2
37 W February 14, 1942 5–3 New York Rangers (1941–42) 11–24–2
38 L February 15, 1942 0–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 11–25–2
39 W February 17, 1942 2–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 12–25–2
40 W February 21, 1942 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 13–25–2
41 L February 26, 1942 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 13–26–2
42 W February 28, 1942 8–3 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 14–26–2
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
43 T March 1, 1942 1–1 OT @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 14–26–3
44 W March 5, 1942 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 15–26–3
45 W March 7, 1942 4–3 OT Boston Bruins (1941–42) 16–26–3
46 W March 14, 1942 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 17–26–3
47 L March 15, 1942 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 17–27–3
48 W March 19, 1942 7–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 18–27–3

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

They went against Detroit in the first round in a best of three series and lost in three games, or 1–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toe Blake LW 48 17 28 45 19
Joe Benoit RW 46 20 16 36 27
Terry Reardon C/RW 33 17 17 34 14
Charlie Sands C/RW 38 11 16 27 6
Ray Getliffe C/LW 45 11 15 26 35
Buddy O'Connor C 36 9 16 25 4
John Quilty C 48 12 12 24 44
Pete Morin LW 31 10 12 22 7
Gerry Heffernan RW 40 5 15 20 15
Ken Reardon D 41 3 12 15 93
Jack Portland D 46 2 9 11 53
Murph Chamberlain LW 26 6 3 9 30
Tony Demers RW 7 3 4 7 4
Bunny Dame LW 34 2 5 7 4
Tony Graboski LW/D 23 2 5 7 8
Red Goupille D 47 1 5 6 51
Emile Bouchard D 44 0 6 6 38
Jim Haggarty LW 5 1 1 2 0
Red Heron C 12 1 1 2 12
Rod Lorrain RW 4 1 0 1 0
Elmer Lach C 1 0 1 1 0
Jim O'Neil C/RW 4 0 1 1 4
Stu Smith LW 1 0 1 1 0
Connie Tudin C 4 0 1 1 4
Paul Bibeault G 38 0 0 0 0
Bert Gardiner G 10 0 0 0 0
Leo Lamoureux C/D 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Paul Bibeault 2380 38 17 19 2 131 3.30 1
Bert Gardiner 620 10 1 8 1 42 4.06 0
Team: 3000 48 18 27 3 173 3.46 1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Terry Reardon C/RW 3 2 2 4 2
Jim Haggarty LW 3 2 1 3 0
Gerry Heffernan RW 2 2 1 3 0
Toe Blake LW 3 0 3 3 2
Emile Bouchard D 3 1 1 2 0
Joe Benoit RW 3 1 0 1 5
Buddy O'Connor C 3 0 1 1 0
John Quilty C 3 0 1 1 0
Charlie Sands C/RW 3 0 1 1 2
Paul Bibeault G 3 0 0 0 0
Ray Getliffe C/LW 3 0 0 0 0
Red Goupille D 3 0 0 0 2
Red Heron C 3 0 0 0 0
Pete Morin LW 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Portland D 3 0 0 0 0
Ken Reardon D 3 0 0 0 4

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Paul Bibeault 180 3 1 2 8 2.67 1
Team: 180 3 1 2 8 2.67 1

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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;

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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