# 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season was the 33rd season in franchise history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League :
| | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 60 | 177 | 143 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 158 | 136 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 160 | 118 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 145 | 155 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 140 | 147 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 134 | 173 |
| Brooklyn Americans | 48 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 133 | 175 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

1941–42 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | BRK | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–4 | 3–3–2 | 4–2–2 | 6–1–1 | 4–4 | 4–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 4–4 | — | 2–6 | 3–4–1 | 3–4–1 | 2–5–1 | 2–6 |
| Chicago | 3–3–2 | 6–2 | — | 3–5 | 4–3–1 | 2–6 | 4–4 |
| Detroit | 2–4–2 | 4–3–1 | 5–3 | — | 5–3 | 1–7 | 2–5–1 |
| Montreal | 1–6–1 | 4–3–1 | 3–4–1 | 3–5 | — | 4–4 | 3–5 |
| New York | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 4–4 | — | 3–4–1 |
| Toronto | 3–4–1 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2–1 | 5–3 | 4–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 1, 1941 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | November 8, 1941 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | November 13, 1941 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | L | November 15, 1941 | 2–4 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 0–3–1 |
| 5 | L | November 16, 1941 | 2–3 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 0–4–1 |
| 6 | L | November 22, 1941 | 2–7 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 0–5–1 |
| 7 | W | November 23, 1941 | 6–4 | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | L | November 29, 1941 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 1–6–1 |
| 9 | L | November 30, 1941 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 1–7–1 |
| 10 | L | December 4, 1941 | 2–9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 1–8–1 |
| 11 | L | December 6, 1941 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 1–9–1 |
| 12 | L | December 7, 1941 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 1–10–1 |
| 13 | W | December 11, 1941 | 2–1 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 2–10–1 |
| 14 | W | December 13, 1941 | 3–2 OT | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 3–10–1 |
| 15 | W | December 14, 1941 | 4–2 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 4–10–1 |
| 16 | L | December 16, 1941 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 4–11–1 |
| 17 | L | December 20, 1941 | 2–4 OT | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 4–12–1 |
| 18 | L | December 21, 1941 | 3–4 OT | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 4–13–1 |
| 19 | L | December 27, 1941 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 4–14–1 |
| 20 | W | December 30, 1941 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 5–14–1 |
| 21 | W | January 3, 1942 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 6–14–1 |
| 22 | L | January 4, 1942 | 0–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 6–15–1 |
| 23 | L | January 8, 1942 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 6–16–1 |
| 24 | L | January 10, 1942 | 0–2 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 6–17–1 |
| 25 | W | January 11, 1942 | 2–0 | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 7–17–1 |
| 26 | L | January 15, 1942 | 2–3 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 7–18–1 |
| 27 | W | January 17, 1942 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 8–18–1 |
| 28 | L | January 18, 1942 | 4–5 OT | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 8–19–1 |
| 29 | T | January 24, 1942 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 8–19–2 |
| 30 | L | January 25, 1942 | 3–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 8–20–2 |
| 31 | L | January 29, 1942 | 3–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 8–21–2 |
| 32 | W | February 1, 1942 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 9–21–2 |
| 33 | L | February 5, 1942 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 9–22–2 |
| 34 | W | February 7, 1942 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 10–22–2 |
| 35 | L | February 10, 1942 | 1–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 10–23–2 |
| 36 | L | February 12, 1942 | 4–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 10–24–2 |
| 37 | W | February 14, 1942 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1941–42) | 11–24–2 |
| 38 | L | February 15, 1942 | 0–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 11–25–2 |
| 39 | W | February 17, 1942 | 2–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1941–42) | 12–25–2 |
| 40 | W | February 21, 1942 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 13–25–2 |
| 41 | L | February 26, 1942 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) | 13–26–2 |
| 42 | W | February 28, 1942 | 8–3 | Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 14–26–2 |
| 43 | T | March 1, 1942 | 1–1 OT | @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) | 14–26–3 |
| 44 | W | March 5, 1942 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 15–26–3 |
| 45 | W | March 7, 1942 | 4–3 OT | Boston Bruins (1941–42) | 16–26–3 |
| 46 | W | March 14, 1942 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 17–26–3 |
| 47 | L | March 15, 1942 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) | 17–27–3 |
| 48 | W | March 19, 1942 | 7–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) | 18–27–3 |

## Playoffs

They went against Detroit in the first round in a best of three series and lost in three games, or 1–2.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Toe Blake | LW | 48 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 19 |
| Joe Benoit | RW | 46 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 27 |
| Terry Reardon | C/RW | 33 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 14 |
| Charlie Sands | C/RW | 38 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 6 |
| Ray Getliffe | C/LW | 45 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 35 |
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 36 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 4 |
| John Quilty | C | 48 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 44 |
| Pete Morin | LW | 31 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
| Gerry Heffernan | RW | 40 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
| Ken Reardon | D | 41 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 93 |
| Jack Portland | D | 46 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 53 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| Tony Demers | RW | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Bunny Dame | LW | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Tony Graboski | LW/D | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Red Goupille | D | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 51 |
| Emile Bouchard | D | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 38 |
| Jim Haggarty | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Red Heron | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Rod Lorrain | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmer Lach | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim O'Neil | C/RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Stu Smith | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Connie Tudin | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Paul Bibeault | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Gardiner | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Paul Bibeault | 2380 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 131 | 3.30 | 1 |
| Bert Gardiner | 620 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 4.06 | 0 |
| Team: | 3000 | 48 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 173 | 3.46 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Terry Reardon | C/RW | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jim Haggarty | LW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerry Heffernan | RW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Emile Bouchard | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Benoit | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Quilty | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Sands | C/RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Bibeault | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Getliffe | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Goupille | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Heron | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Morin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Portland | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Reardon | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Paul Bibeault | 180 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2.67 | 1 |
| Team: | 180 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2.67 | 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;