1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season was the 31st season in franchise history. The Canadiens finished 7th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1935-36 season.
==Pre-season==
The Canadiens held their training camp in Montreal, Quebec.
==Regular Season==
The New York Rangers-Montreal Canadiens 6-2 game on February 25, 1940 was the first ice hockey game ever to be shown on TV in the USA.
===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 	November 5, 1939 	8–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	November 9, 1939 	2–0 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	2–0–0
3 	T 	November 16, 1939 	3–3 OT 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	November 19, 1939 	2–1 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	3–0–1
5 	W 	November 21, 1939 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	4–0–1
6 	T 	November 23, 1939 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	4–0–2
7 	L 	November 25, 1939 	4–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	November 30, 1939 	2–5 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	4–2–2
9 	W 	December 3, 1939 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	5–2–2
10 	W 	December 7, 1939 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	6–2–2
11 	L 	December 9, 1939 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	6–3–2
12 	L 	December 10, 1939 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	6–4–2
13 	W 	December 14, 1939 	5–3 OT 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	7–4–2
14 	L 	December 16, 1939 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	7–5–2
15 	L 	December 19, 1939 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	7–6–2
16 	L 	December 21, 1939 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	December 25, 1939 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	7–8–2
18 	L 	December 28, 1939 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	December 31, 1939 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	January 1, 1940 	0–1 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	7–11–2
21 	L 	January 4, 1940 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	7–12–2
22 	L 	January 6, 1940 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–13–2
23 	W 	January 7, 1940 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–13–2
24 	L 	January 9, 1940 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	8–14–2
25 	L 	January 14, 1940 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	8–15–2
26 	L 	January 16, 1940 	1–6 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	8–16–2
27 	L 	January 18, 1940 	0–1 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	8–17–2
28 	T 	January 25, 1940 	2–2 OT 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	8–17–3
29 	L 	January 27, 1940 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	8–18–3
30 	L 	January 28, 1940 	1–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–19–3
31 	L 	January 30, 1940 	1–4 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	8–20–3
32 	L 	February 4, 1940 	0–9 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	8–21–3
33 	L 	February 8, 1940 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	8–22–3
34 	W 	February 11, 1940 	3–2 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	9–22–3
35 	T 	February 15, 1940 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	9–22–4
36 	L 	February 17, 1940 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	9–23–4
37 	L 	February 18, 1940 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	9–24–4
38 	L 	February 22, 1940 	1–10 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–25–4
39 	L 	February 24, 1940 	0–2 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	9–26–4
40 	L 	February 25, 1940 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	9–27–4
41 	L 	February 29, 1940 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	9–28–4
42 	T 	March 2, 1940 	3–3 OT 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	9–28–5
43 	L 	March 3, 1940 	0–3 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	9–29–5
44 	L 	March 7, 1940 	1–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	9–30–5
45 	W 	March 9, 1940 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	10–30–5
46 	L 	March 10, 1940 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	10–31–5
47 	L 	March 14, 1940 	4–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 	10–32–5
48 	L 	March 17, 1940 	2–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	10–33–5
==Playoffs==
*The Canadiens did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	48	17	19	36 	48
 	C/RW	47	9 	20	29 	10
 	C/LW	46	11	12	23 	29
 	D/LW	42	9 	11	20 	6
 	LW 	47	12	7 	19 	24
 	LW 	42	4 	11	15 	51
 	C 	30	4 	10	14 	2
 	D 	47	3 	9 	12 	22
 	D 	48	2 	10	12 	48
 	C 	23	2 	8 	10 	8
 	RW 	10	4 	5 	9 	0
 	RW 	41	1 	5 	6 	6
 	RW 	13	3 	2 	5 	24
 	RW 	14	2 	3 	5 	2
 	RW/C	11	1 	4 	5 	4
 	C 	7 	2 	2 	4 	0
 	LW 	21	2 	2 	4 	0
 	D 	46	1 	3 	4 	10
 	D 	32	1 	3 	4 	6
 	D 	6 	0 	3 	3 	6
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	16
 	C 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2210	36	9 	24	3	121	3.29 	2
 	415 	7 	1 	5 	1	24 	3.47 	0
 	310 	5 	0 	4 	1	18 	3.48 	0
 	25 	1 	0 	0 	0	5 	12.00	0
Team: 	2960	48	10	33	5	168	3.41 	2
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==
*Toe Blake, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Gallery==
39-40MonCanTraCamp.jpg|Training camp team photo.
1939-40-Cain_Jackson_Young_Bourque_Hill.jpg|Bruins #4 Herb Cain, #18 Art Jackson, Mel Hill, Canadiens Doug Young, Claude Bourque in 1939-40 action.
39-40NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
39-40NHLMontrealExhShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
39-40BabeSiebertMemMontrealGameAd.jpg|Babe Siebert Memorial Game
39-40NHLMontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
==See Also==
* 1939–40 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1939 in hockey
Category:1940 in hockey