1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season

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

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	39	18	13	258	158	+100	91
2	Boston Bruins	70	32	29	9	205	215	−10	73
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	197	208	−11	69
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	189	201	−12	65
5	New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	201	217	−16	64
6	Detroit Red Wings	70	25	37	8	167	218	−51	58

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

For more details on this topic, see 1959 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 wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	70	41	55	96	61
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	64	45	46	91	67
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	59	22	44	66	30
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	63	21	30	51	33
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	57	13	30	43	38
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	64	18	22	40	19
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	70	10	29	39	76
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	42	17	21	38	27
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	69	16	22	38	37
McDonald, AbAb McDonald	LW	69	13	23	36	35
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	70	10	22	32	12
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	63	10	18	28	8
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	68	4	24	28	66
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	70	9	14	23	48
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	69	4	17	21	77
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	61	4	16	20	61
Cushenan, IanIan Cushenan	D	35	1	2	3	28
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	48	0	3	3	26
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	67	0	1	1	11
Cyr, ClaudeClaude Cyr	G	1	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	2	0	0	0	0
Pronovost, ClaudeClaude Pronovost	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	4000	67	38	16	13	144	2.16	9
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00	0
Cyr, ClaudeClaude Cyr	20	1	0	0	0	1	3.00	0
Pronovost, ClaudeClaude Pronovost	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
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	11	5	12	17	8
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	11	10	5	15	4
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	11	5	8	13	10
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	11	1	11	12	22
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	11	3	8	11	13
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	11	6	2	8	2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	11	3	5	8	12
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	11	2	3	5	8
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	3	1	4	5	4
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	10	0	4	4	0
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	11	2	1	3	6
McDonald, AbAb McDonald	LW	11	1	1	2	6
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	11	0	2	2	2
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	11	0	2	2	20
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	11	0	1	1	10
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	7	0	0	0	4
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	3	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	11	0	0	0	0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

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

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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

2 – Doug Harvey
10 – Tom Johnson
11 – Bob Turner
17 – Jean-Guy Talbot
19 – Albert Langlois
21 – Ian Cushenan

Wingers

Centres

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

References

↑ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1958–59 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1958-59 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

1958–59 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References