# 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 vte :
| | | 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–7–1 | 8–5–1 | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–6–2 |
| Chicago | 7–6–1 | — | 6–7–1 | 1–8–5 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8–1 | 7–6–1 | — | 1–9–4 | 6–7–1 | 6–7–1 |
| Montreal | 6–6–2 | 8–1–5 | 9–1–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 5–6–3 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 5–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | 5–5–4 | — |

## 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 |

## Playoffs
### 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 won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Dickie Moore | LW | 70 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 61 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 64 | 45 | 46 | 91 | 67 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 59 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 30 |
| Henri Richard | C | 63 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 33 |
| Marcel Bonin | W | 57 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 38 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 64 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 19 |
| Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 76 |
| Maurice Richard | RW | 42 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 27 |
| Claude Provost | RW | 69 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 37 |
| Ab McDonald | LW | 69 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 35 |
| Donnie Marshall | LW | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 |
| Phil Goyette | C | 63 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 |
| Bob Turner | D | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 66 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 70 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 69 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 77 |
| Doug Harvey | D | 61 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 61 |
| Ian Cushenan | D | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| Albert Langlois | D | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Jacques Plante | G | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Claude Cyr | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hodge | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Pronovost | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jacques Plante | 4000 | 67 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 144 | 2.16 | 9 |
| Charlie Hodge | 120 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Claude Cyr | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Claude 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 |
| Dickie Moore | LW | 11 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
| Marcel Bonin | W | 11 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
| Doug Harvey | D | 11 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 22 |
| Henri Richard | C | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Claude Provost | RW | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| Tom Johnson | D | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Phil Goyette | C | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Ab McDonald | LW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Donnie Marshall | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Turner | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Bill Hicke | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Langlois | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Plante | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Richard | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jacques Plante | 670 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 2.33 | 0 |
| Team: | 670 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 2.33 | 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;