1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 49th season of play. The Canadiens won their third-straight Stanley Cup and the tenth in club history.

Regular season

October 19, 1957 – Maurice Richard scores a goal at 15:52 of the first period. Richard becomes the first player to score 500 goals in a career.
Hockey's color barrier was broken in Montreal. Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, Willie O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history.

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	250	158	+92	96
2	New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	195	188	+7	77
3	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	176	207	−31	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	199	194	+5	69
5	Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	163	202	−39	55
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	192	226	−34	53

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1957	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	1–0–0
2	T	October 12, 1957	2–2	New York Rangers (1957–58)	1–0–1
3	W	October 13, 1957	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	2–0–1
4	T	October 15, 1957	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	2–0–2
5	W	October 17, 1957	9–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	3–0–2
6	W	October 19, 1957	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	4–0–2
7	W	October 26, 1957	4–3	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	5–0–2
8	L	October 27, 1957	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	5–1–2
9	W	October 30, 1957	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–1–2
10	L	October 31, 1957	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	6–2–2
11	W	November 2, 1957	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	7–2–2
12	W	November 7, 1957	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	8–2–2
13	W	November 9, 1957	4–2	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	9–2–2
14	W	November 13, 1957	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	10–2–2
15	L	November 16, 1957	2–4	New York Rangers (1957–58)	10–3–2
16	L	November 17, 1957	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	10–4–2
17	W	November 23, 1957	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	11–4–2
18	T	November 24, 1957	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	11–4–3
19	W	November 28, 1957	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	12–4–3
20	W	November 30, 1957	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	13–4–3
21	W	December 1, 1957	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	14–4–3
22	T	December 4, 1957	0–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	14–4–4
23	W	December 5, 1957	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	15–4–4
24	L	December 7, 1957	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	15–5–4
25	W	December 8, 1957	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	16–5–4
26	W	December 12, 1957	3–2	New York Rangers (1957–58)	17–5–4
27	T	December 14, 1957	1–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	17–5–5
28	W	December 15, 1957	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	18–5–5
29	L	December 18, 1957	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	18–6–5
30	L	December 21, 1957	2–4	New York Rangers (1957–58)	18–7–5
31	W	December 22, 1957	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	19–7–5
32	L	December 25, 1957	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	19–8–5
33	W	December 28, 1957	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	20–8–5
34	W	December 29, 1957	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	21–8–5
35	W	January 1, 1958	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	22–8–5
36	W	January 2, 1958	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	23–8–5
37	W	January 4, 1958	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	24–8–5
38	W	January 5, 1958	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	25–8–5
39	W	January 9, 1958	11–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	26–8–5
40	W	January 11, 1958	9–3	New York Rangers (1957–58)	27–8–5
41	L	January 12, 1958	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	27–9–5
42	W	January 16, 1958	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	28–9–5
43	L	January 18, 1958	0–3	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	28–10–5
44	W	January 19, 1958	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	29–10–5
45	W	January 22, 1958	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	30–10–5
46	W	January 25, 1958	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	31–10–5
47	L	January 26, 1958	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	31–11–5
48	W	January 30, 1958	7–0	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	32–11–5
49	W	February 1, 1958	3–1	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	33–11–5
50	W	February 2, 1958	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	34–11–5
51	T	February 6, 1958	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	34–11–6
52	L	February 8, 1958	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	34–12–6
53	W	February 9, 1958	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	35–12–6
54	W	February 12, 1958	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	36–12–6
55	T	February 15, 1958	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	36–12–7
56	L	February 16, 1958	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	36–13–7
57	W	February 20, 1958	4–0	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	37–13–7
58	T	February 22, 1958	2–2	New York Rangers (1957–58)	37–13–8
59	T	February 23, 1958	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	37–13–9
60	W	February 27, 1958	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	38–13–9
61	T	March 1, 1958	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	38–13–10
62	L	March 8, 1958	2–3	New York Rangers (1957–58)	38–14–10
63	W	March 9, 1958	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	39–14–10
64	W	March 12, 1958	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	40–14–10
65	L	March 13, 1958	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)	40–15–10
66	W	March 15, 1958	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)	41–15–10
67	W	March 16, 1958	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1957–58)	42–15–10
68	W	March 20, 1958	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)	43–15–10
69	L	March 22, 1958	5–8	Boston Bruins (1957–58)	43–16–10
70	L	March 23, 1958	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)	43–17–10

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Playoffs

In the semi-finals, Montreal played third place Detroit. After Detroit traded Ted Lindsay because of his union efforts, Detroit was a team in disarray. Montreal defeated the Red Wings in four straight games to reach the finals.

Stanley Cup Finals

For more details on this topic, see 1958 Stanley Cup Finals.

Rocket Richard, was the top goal scorer during the playoffs with 11. In game five he notched his third final series overtime goal of his career and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 8	Boston	1	Montreal	2
April 10	Boston	5	Montreal	2
April 13	Montreal	3	Boston	0
April 15	Montreal	1	Boston	3
April 17	Boston	2	Montreal	3	OT
April 20	Montreal	5	Boston	3

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	70	36	48	84	65
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	67	28	52	80	56
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	55	27	32	59	93
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	70	19	32	51	71
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	42	27	23	50	51
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	70	9	37	46	8
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	68	22	19	41	14
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	68	9	32	41	131
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	66	15	24	39	37
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	57	9	28	37	71
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	28	15	19	34	28
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	66	16	12	28	55
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	65	3	20	23	68
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	66	3	18	21	75
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	55	4	15	19	65
Achtymichuk, GeneGene Achtymichuk	C	16	3	5	8	2
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	42	2	3	5	8
Broden, ConnieConnie Broden	C	3	2	1	3	0
Smrke, StanStan Smrke	LW	5	0	3	3	0
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	66	0	3	3	30
Balfour, MurrayMurray Balfour	RW	3	1	1	2	4
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	2	0	1	1	0
Bownass, JackJack Bownass	D	4	0	1	1	0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	2	0	1	1	0
Aiken, DonDon Aiken	G	1	0	0	0	0
Broderick, LenLen Broderick	G	1	0	0	0	0
Carter, BillyBilly Carter	C	1	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	12	0	0	0	0
Laforge, ClaudeClaude Laforge	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	1	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	57	0	0	0	13

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	3386	57	34	14	8	119	2.11	9
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	720	12	8	2	2	31	2.58	1
Broderick, LenLen Broderick	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Aiken, DonDon Aiken	34	1	0	1	0	6	10.59	0
Team:	4200	70	43	17	10	158	2.26	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	10	11	4	15	10
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	10	4	8	12	10
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	10	6	5	11	2
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	10	4	7	11	4
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	10	2	9	11	16
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	10	1	7	8	11
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	10	4	1	5	4
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	10	1	3	4	8
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	9	0	3	3	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	10	0	3	3	12
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	10	2	0	2	16
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	10	0	2	2	4
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	9	0	1	1	2
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	7	0	1	1	4
Broden, ConnieConnie Broden	C	1	0	0	0	0
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	7	0	0	0	2
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	2	0	0	0	0
McDonald, AbAb McDonald	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	10	0	0	0	2
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	5	0	0	0	10
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	10	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	618	10	8	2	20	1.94	1
Team:	618	10	8	2	20	1.94	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;

Roster

1958–1959 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

GM: Frank J. Selke
Coach: Toe Blake
Trainers: Hector Dubois,
Larry Aubut

References

↑ "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1957–58 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1957-58 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

1957–58 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References