1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

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
Montreal Canadiens	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.

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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

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Playoffs

They went against Detroit in the first round in a best of three series and lost in 3 games, or 1–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	48	17	28	45	19
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	46	20	16	36	27
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	33	17	17	34	14
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	38	11	16	27	6
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	45	11	15	26	35
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	36	9	16	25	4
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty	C	48	12	12	24	44
Morin, PetePete Morin	LW	31	10	12	22	7
Heffernan, GerryGerry Heffernan	RW	40	5	15	20	15
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	41	3	12	15	93
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	46	2	9	11	53
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	26	6	3	9	30
Demers, TonyTony Demers	RW	7	3	4	7	4
Dame, BunnyBunny Dame	LW	34	2	5	7	4
Graboski, TonyTony Graboski	LW/D	23	2	5	7	8
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	47	1	5	6	51
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	44	0	6	6	38
Haggarty, JimJim Haggarty	LW	5	1	1	2	0
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	12	1	1	2	12
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	4	1	0	1	0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	1	0	1	1	0
O'Neil, JimJim O'Neil	C/RW	4	0	1	1	4
Smith, StuStu Smith	LW	1	0	1	1	0
Tudin, ConnieConnie Tudin	C	4	0	1	1	4
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	38	0	0	0	0
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	G	10	0	0	0	0
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	2380	38	17	19	2	131	3.30	1
Gardiner, BertBert 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
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	3	2	2	4	2
Haggarty, JimJim Haggarty	LW	3	2	1	3	0
Heffernan, GerryGerry Heffernan	RW	2	2	1	3	0
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	3	0	3	3	2
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	3	1	1	2	0
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	3	1	0	1	5
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	3	0	1	1	0
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty	C	3	0	1	1	0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	3	0	1	1	2
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	3	0	0	0	0
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	3	0	0	0	2
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	3	0	0	0	0
Morin, PetePete Morin	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	3	0	0	0	0
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	3	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul 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;

References

↑ 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.
↑ "1941–42 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1941-42 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

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

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

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

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1941–42 NHL season

Teams	Brooklyn Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal Canadiens New York Toronto

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References