1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 50th season of play. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 in the 1959 Stanley Cup Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the eleventh time in team history and fourth year in a row.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season 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==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
Rocket Richard, hampered by injuries, did not score at all during the playoffs. Toronto was making its first Finals appearance since 1951.
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 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	70	41	55	96 	61
 	C 	64	45	46	91 	67
 	RW 	59	22	44	66 	30
 	C 	63	21	30	51 	33
 	W 	57	13	30	43 	38
 	C 	64	18	22	40 	19
 	D 	70	10	29	39 	76
 	RW 	42	17	21	38 	27
 	RW 	69	16	22	38 	37
 	LW 	69	13	23	36 	35
 	LW 	70	10	22	32 	12
 	C 	63	10	18	28 	8
 	D 	68	4 	24	28 	66
 	LW 	70	9 	14	23 	48
 	D 	69	4 	17	21 	77
 	D 	61	4 	16	20 	61
 	D 	35	1 	2 	3 	28
 	D 	48	0 	3 	3 	26
 	G 	67	0 	1 	1 	11
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4000	67	38	16	13	144	2.16	9
 	120 	2 	1 	1 	0 	6 	3.00	0
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	3.00	0
 	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
 	LW 	11	5 	12	17 	8
 	W 	11	10	5 	15 	4
 	RW 	11	5 	8 	13 	10
 	D 	11	1 	11	12 	22
 	C 	11	3 	8 	11 	13
 	RW 	11	6 	2 	8 	2
 	C 	11	3 	5 	8 	12
 	D 	11	2 	3 	5 	8
 	C 	3 	1 	4 	5 	4
 	C 	10	0 	4 	4 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	1 	3 	6
 	LW 	11	1 	1 	2 	6
 	LW 	11	0 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	20
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	10
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	670	11	8	3	26	2.33	0
Team: 	670	11	8	3	26	2.33	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
*Art Ross Trophy: Dickie Moore
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Tom Johnson
*Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Ralph Backstrom
*Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
*Dickie Moore, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Tom Johnson, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Jacques Plante, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
*Henri Richard, Centre, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Doug Harvey, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Roster==
Jacques Plante, Charlie Hodge, Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Bob Turner, Jean-Guy Talbot, Albert Langlois, Ralph Backstrom, Jean Beliveau, Marcel Bonin, Bernie Geoffrion, Phil Goyette, Bill Hicke, Don Marshall, Ab McDonald, Dickie Moore, Andre Pronovost, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Maurice Richard (captain), Frank Selke (manager), Toe Blake (coach), Hector Dubois, Larry Aubut (trainers).
==Farm Teams==
*Montreal Royals, Quebec Hockey League
*Rochester Americans, American Hockey League
==Gallery==
12Oct1958-Mckenney_gold_Johnson.jpg|Don McKenney shoots past Canadiens Tom Johnson during the Bruins 4-2 win on October 12, 1958. McKenney is wearing the new gold pants introduced in 1958.
58-59NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home opener
58-59NHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
58-59NHLExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
58-59NHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
58-59NHLMontrealTVAd.jpg|TV Ad
==See Also==
* 1958–59 NHL season
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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