# 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.

## Regular season

A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family.
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.

### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 151 | 127 | 57 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 110 | 111 | 49 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 123 | 128 | 49 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 101 | 149 | 30 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
 Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | November 9, 1937 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | November 11, 1937 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | November 13, 1937 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | November 14, 1937 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | T | November 18, 1937 | 6–6 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 1–2–2 |
| 6 | T | November 23, 1937 | 1–1 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 1–2–3 |
| 7 | W | November 27, 1937 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 2–2–3 |
| 8 | W | December 2, 1937 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 3–2–3 |
| 9 | T | December 4, 1937 | 3–3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 3–2–4 |
| 10 | W | December 5, 1937 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 4–2–4 |
| 11 | W | December 7, 1937 | 5–1 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 5–2–4 |
| 12 | W | December 11, 1937 | 4–3 OT | New York Americans (1937–38) | 6–2–4 |
| 13 | T | December 12, 1937 | 4–4 OT | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 6–2–5 |
| 14 | L | December 14, 1937 | 2–3 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 6–3–5 |
| 15 | L | December 16, 1937 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 6–4–5 |
| 16 | T | December 19, 1937 | 2–2 OT | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 6–4–6 |
| 17 | W | December 28, 1937 | 2–0 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 7–4–6 |
| 18 | L | January 1, 1938 | 4–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 7–5–6 |
| 19 | W | January 2, 1938 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 8–5–6 |
| 20 | L | January 4, 1938 | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 8–6–6 |
| 21 | W | January 8, 1938 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 9–6–6 |
| 22 | L | January 11, 1938 | 7–11 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 9–7–6 |
| 23 | T | January 13, 1938 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 9–7–7 |
| 24 | L | January 16, 1938 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 9–8–7 |
| 25 | L | January 18, 1938 | 1–3 OT | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 9–9–7 |
| 26 | L | January 20, 1938 | 2–4 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 9–10–7 |
| 27 | W | January 22, 1938 | 4–0 | New York Americans (1937–38) | 10–10–7 |
| 28 | W | January 27, 1938 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 11–10–7 |
| 29 | W | January 30, 1938 | 4–2 | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 12–10–7 |
| 30 | W | February 1, 1938 | 6–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 13–10–7 |
| 31 | L | February 3, 1938 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 13–11–7 |
| 32 | T | February 5, 1938 | 3–3 OT | New York Americans (1937–38) | 13–11–8 |
| 33 | L | February 6, 1938 | 0–8 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 13–12–8 |
| 34 | W | February 10, 1938 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 14–12–8 |
| 35 | L | February 13, 1938 | 0–1 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 14–13–8 |
| 36 | L | February 15, 1938 | 0–4 | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 14–14–8 |
| 37 | W | February 19, 1938 | 4–3 OT | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 15–14–8 |
| 38 | W | February 22, 1938 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 16–14–8 |
| 39 | T | February 24, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 16–14–9 |
| 40 | T | February 27, 1938 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 16–14–10 |
| 41 | L | March 1, 1938 | 2–4 | @ New York Americans (1937–38) | 16–15–10 |
| 42 | T | March 3, 1938 | 1–1 OT | New York Americans (1937–38) | 16–15–11 |
| 43 | L | March 6, 1938 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 16–16–11 |
| 44 | L | March 10, 1938 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 16–17–11 |
| 45 | T | March 12, 1938 | 3–3 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 16–17–12 |
| 46 | W | March 15, 1938 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 17–17–12 |
| 47 | W | March 17, 1938 | 6–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 18–17–12 |
| 48 | T | March 19, 1938 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 18–17–13 |

## Playoffs

The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 47 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 12 |
| Paul Haynes | C | 48 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 25 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 43 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 33 |
| Rod Lorrain | RW | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 14 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 9 |
| Polly Drouin | LW | 31 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 37 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
| Joffre Desilets | RW | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 44 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| Red Goupille | D | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 44 |
| Don Willson | C | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| George Brown | C | 34 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| Armand Mondou | LW | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Marty Burke | D | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
| Gus Mancuso | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Armand Raymond | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Oscar Asmundson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Demers | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Gauthier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill MacKenzie | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 2990 | 47 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 126 | 2.53 | 3 |
| Paul Gauthier | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.71 | 0 |
| Team: | 3060 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 128 | 2.51 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Toe Blake | LW | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Paul Haynes | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Red Goupille | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Brown | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joffre Desilets | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Polly Drouin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Lorrain | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Summerhill | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Willson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
| Team: | 192 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.44 | 0 |
    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;

## European tour

After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1

## Awards and records

* Toe Blake – NHL Second All-Star team
* Babe Siebert – NHL First All-Star team