# 1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 59th season of play. The Canadiens won their 15th Stanley Cup in club history.

## Offseason
### Expansion draft

The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. The Canadiens lost 18 players in the NHL Expansion Draft. General manager Sam Pollock helped Clarence Campbell draw up the rules for the draft. The most notable players lost were Charlie Hodge, Jean-Guy Talbot, Dave Balon and Jim Roberts.

## Regular season

On March 3, 1968, Jean Beliveau joined Gordie Howe as the only players to have 1000 career points.

### Final standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1967 | 2–1 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 14, 1967 | 6–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | L | October 15, 1967 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | T | October 18, 1967 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | October 19, 1967 | 1–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | W | October 21, 1967 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | T | October 26, 1967 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 4–1–2 |
| 8 | W | October 28, 1967 | 4–1 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 5–1–2 |
| 9 | L | November 1, 1967 | 0–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | L | November 4, 1967 | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 5–3–2 |
| 11 | T | November 5, 1967 | 1–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 5–3–3 |
| 12 | L | November 8, 1967 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 5–4–3 |
| 13 | T | November 11, 1967 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 5–4–4 |
| 14 | L | November 12, 1967 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 5–5–4 |
| 15 | W | November 15, 1967 | 5–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 6–5–4 |
| 16 | L | November 18, 1967 | 1–2 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 6–6–4 |
| 17 | L | November 19, 1967 | 2–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 6–7–4 |
| 18 | W | November 22, 1967 | 3–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 7–7–4 |
| 19 | W | November 23, 1967 | 7–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 8–7–4 |
| 20 | L | November 25, 1967 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 8–8–4 |
| 21 | L | November 29, 1967 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 8–9–4 |
| 22 | T | November 30, 1967 | 1–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 8–9–5 |
| 23 | L | December 2, 1967 | 2–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 8–10–5 |
| 24 | L | December 3, 1967 | 3–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 8–11–5 |
| 25 | T | December 7, 1967 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 8–11–6 |
| 26 | T | December 9, 1967 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 8–11–7 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1967 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 8–12–7 |
| 28 | W | December 13, 1967 | 6–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–12–7 |
| 29 | W | December 16, 1967 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 10–12–7 |
| 30 | L | December 17, 1967 | 6–8 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 10–13–7 |
| 31 | W | December 20, 1967 | 5–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 11–13–7 |
| 32 | W | December 23, 1967 | 4–2 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 12–13–7 |
| 33 | L | December 25, 1967 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 12–14–7 |
| 34 | T | December 27, 1967 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 12–14–8 |
| 35 | W | December 28, 1967 | 6–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 13–14–8 |
| 36 | W | December 30, 1967 | 2–0 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 14–14–8 |
| 37 | T | January 3, 1968 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 14–14–9 |
| 38 | W | January 6, 1968 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 15–14–9 |
| 39 | W | January 7, 1968 | 4–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 16–14–9 |
| 40 | W | January 10, 1968 | 4–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 17–14–9 |
| 41 | W | January 11, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 18–14–9 |
| 42 | W | January 13, 1968 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 19–14–9 |
| 43 | W | January 17, 1968 | 6–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 20–14–9 |
| 44 | W | January 20, 1968 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 21–14–9 |
| 45 | W | January 25, 1968 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 22–14–9 |
| 46 | W | January 27, 1968 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 23–14–9 |
| 47 | W | January 30, 1968 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 24–14–9 |
| 48 | W | February 1, 1968 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 25–14–9 |
| 49 | W | February 3, 1968 | 5–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 26–14–9 |
| 50 | L | February 4, 1968 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 26–15–9 |
| 51 | W | February 7, 1968 | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 27–15–9 |
| 52 | W | February 10, 1968 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 28–15–9 |
| 53 | W | February 11, 1968 | 6–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 29–15–9 |
| 54 | W | February 14, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 30–15–9 |
| 55 | W | February 15, 1968 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 31–15–9 |
| 56 | W | February 17, 1968 | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 32–15–9 |
| 57 | W | February 21, 1968 | 7–2 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 33–15–9 |
| 58 | W | February 22, 1968 | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 34–15–9 |
| 59 | L | February 24, 1968 | 1–6 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 34–16–9 |
| 60 | T | February 28, 1968 | 3–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 34–16–10 |
| 61 | L | March 2, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 34–17–10 |
| 62 | L | March 3, 1968 | 2–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 34–18–10 |
| 63 | W | March 5, 1968 | 6–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 35–18–10 |
| 64 | W | March 6, 1968 | 2–0 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 36–18–10 |
| 65 | W | March 9, 1968 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 37–18–10 |
| 66 | W | March 14, 1968 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 38–18–10 |
| 67 | W | March 16, 1968 | 6–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 39–18–10 |
| 68 | L | March 17, 1968 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 39–19–10 |
| 69 | W | March 20, 1968 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 40–19–10 |
| 70 | W | March 23, 1968 | 7–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 41–19–10 |
| 71 | W | March 24, 1968 | 7–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 42–19–10 |
| 72 | L | March 27, 1968 | 0–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 42–20–10 |
| 73 | L | March 30, 1968 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 42–21–10 |
| 74 | L | March 31, 1968 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 42–22–10 |

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup finals

This was the first Stanley Cup after the 1967 expansion. Montreal defeated Boston and Chicago to advance to the finals as the East Division champion. St. Louis would defeat Philadelphia and Minnesota to advance to the finals as the West Division champion.
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| May 5 | Montreal | 3 | St. Louis | 2 | OT |
| May 7 | Montreal | 1 | St. Louis | 0 | |
| May 9 | St. Louis | 3 | Montreal | 4 | OT |
| May 11 | St. Louis | 2 | Montreal | 3 | |
Montreal wins the series 4–0.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 59 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Rousseau | RW | 74 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 64 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Gilles Tremblay | LW | 71 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Dick Duff | LW | 66 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 70 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Claude Provost | RW | 73 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 69 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| John Ferguson | LW | 61 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. C. Tremblay | D | 73 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | C | 54 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 72 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Harris | D | 67 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Redmond | RW | 41 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | D | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | RW | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Monahan | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gump Worsley | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Rogie Vachon | 2227 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 2.48 | 4 |
| Gump Worsley | 2213 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 1.98 | 6 |
| Team: | 4440 | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 165 | 2.23 | 10 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Provost | RW | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. C. Tremblay | D | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | C | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ferguson | LW | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dick Duff | LW | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Rousseau | RW | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilles Tremblay | LW | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Harris | D | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | RW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry Harper | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Redmond | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gump Worsley | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Gump Worsley | 672 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1.88 | 1 |
| Rogie Vachon | 113 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.12 | 0 |
| Team: | 785 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1.91 | 1 |
    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;

## Awards and records

* Prince of Wales Trophy.
* Jean Beliveau, runner-up, Hart Trophy.
* Claude Provost, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
* J. C. Tremblay, defence, NHL Second Team All-Star.
* J. C. Tremblay, runner-up, Norris Trophy.
* Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley, Vezina Trophy.
* Gump Worsley, goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star.

## Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 8 | Elgin McCann | Canada | Weyburn Red Wings (WCJHL) |