# 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to two.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 189 | 138 | +51 | 78 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 209 | 172 | +37 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 190 | 175 | +15 | 63 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 190 | 193 | −3 | 55 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 60 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 167 | 186 | −19 | 50 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 193 | 274 | −81 | 42 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946–47 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 6–3–3 | 1–9–2 | 7–3–2 | 5–5–2 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 4–7–1 | 3–8–1 | 4–8 | 3–8–1 |
| Detroit | 3–6–3 | 7–4–1 | — | 4–6–2 | 6–3–3 | 2–8–2 |
| Montreal | 9–1–2 | 8–3–1 | 6–4–2 | — | 6–5–1 | 5–3–4 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 8–4 | 3–6–3 | 5–6–1 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 5–5–2 | 8–3–1 | 8–2–2 | 3–5–4 | 8–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 17, 1946 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | October 19, 1946 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | October 23, 1946 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 26, 1946 | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | L | October 27, 1946 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | T | November 1, 1946 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 2–2–2 |
| 7 | W | November 7, 1946 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 3–2–2 |
| 8 | W | November 9, 1946 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 4–2–2 |
| 9 | L | November 10, 1946 | 3–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 4–3–2 |
| 10 | T | November 13, 1946 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 4–3–3 |
| 11 | W | November 14, 1946 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 5–3–3 |
| 12 | L | November 16, 1946 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 5–4–3 |
| 13 | W | November 17, 1946 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 6–4–3 |
| 14 | L | November 23, 1946 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 6–5–3 |
| 15 | W | November 24, 1946 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 7–5–3 |
| 16 | W | November 27, 1946 | 6–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 8–5–3 |
| 17 | W | November 30, 1946 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 9–5–3 |
| 18 | W | December 3, 1946 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 10–5–3 |
| 19 | L | December 4, 1946 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 10–6–3 |
| 20 | W | December 8, 1946 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 11–6–3 |
| 21 | W | December 11, 1946 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 12–6–3 |
| 22 | W | December 15, 1946 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 13–6–3 |
| 23 | W | December 21, 1946 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 14–6–3 |
| 24 | W | December 22, 1946 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 15–6–3 |
| 25 | L | December 25, 1946 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 15–7–3 |
| 26 | W | December 26, 1946 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 16–7–3 |
| 27 | W | December 28, 1946 | 8–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 17–7–3 |
| 28 | W | January 1, 1947 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 18–7–3 |
| 29 | W | January 4, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 19–7–3 |
| 30 | L | January 8, 1947 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 19–8–3 |
| 31 | L | January 11, 1947 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 19–9–3 |
| 32 | L | January 12, 1947 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 19–10–3 |
| 33 | L | January 15, 1947 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 19–11–3 |
| 34 | T | January 16, 1947 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 19–11–4 |
| 35 | W | January 18, 1947 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 20–11–4 |
| 36 | T | January 19, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 20–11–5 |
| 37 | W | January 22, 1947 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 21–11–5 |
| 38 | W | January 25, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 22–11–5 |
| 39 | W | January 28, 1947 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 23–11–5 |
| 40 | W | January 30, 1947 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 24–11–5 |
| 41 | W | February 1, 1947 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 25–11–5 |
| 42 | L | February 2, 1947 | 1–7 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 25–12–5 |
| 43 | W | February 5, 1947 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 26–12–5 |
| 44 | W | February 6, 1947 | 8–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 27–12–5 |
| 45 | W | February 8, 1947 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 28–12–5 |
| 46 | T | February 12, 1947 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 28–12–6 |
| 47 | T | February 15, 1947 | 4–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 28–12–7 |
| 48 | T | February 16, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 28–12–8 |
| 49 | L | February 22, 1947 | 3–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 28–13–8 |
| 50 | T | February 23, 1947 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 28–13–9 |
| 51 | W | February 26, 1947 | 1–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 29–13–9 |
| 52 | W | February 27, 1947 | 6–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 30–13–9 |
| 53 | L | March 1, 1947 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 30–14–9 |
| 54 | T | March 6, 1947 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 30–14–10 |
| 55 | W | March 9, 1947 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 31–14–10 |
| 56 | W | March 15, 1947 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 32–14–10 |
| 57 | W | March 16, 1947 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 33–14–10 |
| 58 | L | March 19, 1947 | 4–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 33–15–10 |
| 59 | L | March 22, 1947 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 33–16–10 |
| 60 | W | March 23, 1947 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 34–16–10 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Maurice Richard | RW | 60 | 45 | 26 | 71 | 69 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 60 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 6 |
| Billy Reay | C | 59 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 17 |
| Leo Gravelle | RW | 53 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 12 |
| Elmer Lach | C | 31 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 22 |
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 46 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 6 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 60 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 27 |
| Ken Reardon | D | 52 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 84 |
| Roger Leger | D | 49 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12 |
| George Allen | LW/D | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 49 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 97 |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 54 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 50 |
| Glen Harmon | D | 57 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 53 |
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 50 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Emile Bouchard | D | 60 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 60 |
| Bob Fillion | LW | 57 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| John Quilty | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hub Macey | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Benoit | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Durnan | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Eddolls | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Lewis | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Pargeter | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bill Durnan | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 138 | 2.30 | 4 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 138 | 2.30 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Maurice Richard | RW | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Reay | C | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Roger Leger | D | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| John Quilty | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| George Allen | LW/D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Ken Reardon | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Emile Bouchard | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Leo Gravelle | RW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Glen Harmon | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Murdo MacKay | RW/C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Durnan | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Eddolls | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Fillion | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hub Macey | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bill Durnan | 720 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 1.92 | 1 |
| Team: | 720 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 1.92 | 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

* Hart Memorial Trophy : Maurice Richard
* Vezina Trophy : Bill Durnan