1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season

1930–31 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
Division1st Canadian
1930–31 record26–10–8
Home record15–3–4
Road record11–7–4
Goals for129
Goals against89
Team information
General managerLeo Dandurand
CoachCecil Hart
CaptainSylvio Mantha
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsHowie Morenz (28)
AssistsHowie Morenz (23)
PointsHowie Morenz (51)
Penalty minutesMarty Burke (104)
WinsGeorge Hainsworth (26)
Goals against averageGeorge Hainsworth (1.95)

The 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup Finals for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.

Regular season

Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
44 26 10 8 129 89 60
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 22 13 9 118 99 53
Montreal Maroons 44 20 18 6 105 106 46
New York Americans 44 18 16 10 76 74 46
Ottawa Senators 44 10 30 4 91 142 24

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1930–31 regular season[3]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W November 15, 1930 5–1 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 1–0–0
2 L November 18, 1930 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 1–1–0
3 W November 20, 1930 7–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 2–1–0
4 L November 23, 1930 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 2–2–0
5 L November 27, 1930 2–3 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 2–3–0
6 W November 29, 1930 3–2 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 3–3–0
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
7 W December 2, 1930 2–0 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 4–3–0
8 W December 4, 1930 5–4 New York Rangers (1930–31) 5–3–0
9 W December 7, 1930 3–2 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 6–3–0
10 W December 9, 1930 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 7–3–0
11 W December 11, 1930 5–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 8–3–0
12 T December 13, 1930 1–1 OT New York Americans (1930–31) 8–3–1
13 T December 18, 1930 0–0 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 8–3–2
14 L December 23, 1930 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 8–4–2
15 W December 27, 1930 8–5 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 9–4–2
16 T December 30, 1930 1–1 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 9–4–3
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
17 L January 3, 1931 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 9–5–3
18 L January 6, 1931 2–6 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 9–6–3
19 W January 8, 1931 2–1 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 10–6–3
20 W January 10, 1931 6–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 11–6–3
21 W January 13, 1931 2–1 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 12–6–3
22 W January 15, 1931 4–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 13–6–3
23 L January 17, 1931 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 13–7–3
24 W January 20, 1931 3–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 14–7–3
25 W January 22, 1931 3–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 15–7–3
26 W January 24, 1931 6–1 New York Americans (1930–31) 16–7–3
27 W January 29, 1931 7–1 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 17–7–3
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
28 W February 1, 1931 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 18–7–3
29 W February 3, 1931 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 19–7–3
30 T February 5, 1931 4–4 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 19–7–4
31 L February 7, 1931 1–2 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 19–8–4
32 W February 15, 1931 2–0 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 20–8–4
33 W February 17, 1931 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 21–8–4
34 T February 19, 1931 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 21–8–5
35 W February 21, 1931 6–4 New York Americans (1930–31) 22–8–5
36 W February 26, 1931 5–0 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 23–8–5
37 T February 28, 1931 5–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 23–8–6
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 W March 3, 1931 1–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 24–8–6
39 L March 5, 1931 1–2 New York Rangers (1930–31) 24–9–6
40 W March 8, 1931 2–0 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 25–9–6
41 W March 10, 1931 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 26–9–6
42 L March 12, 1931 0–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 26–10–6
43 T March 14, 1931 3–3 OT Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 26–10–7
44 T March 21, 1931 4–4 OT Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 26–10–8

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the Boston Bruins, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens took the best-of-five series three games to two to advance to the final.

Finals

Further information: 1931 Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 3 Montreal Canadiens 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1
April 5 Montreal Canadiens 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2 2OT
April 9 Chicago Black Hawks 3 Montreal Canadiens 2 3OT
April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 1 Montreal Canadiens 2
April 14 Chicago Black Hawks 1 Montreal Canadiens 2

Montreal won the best-of-five series 3–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Howie Morenz C 39 28 23 51 49
Aurel Joliat LW 43 13 22 35 73
Johnny Gagnon RW 41 18 7 25 43
Pit Lepine C 44 17 7 24 63
Georges Mantha D/LW 44 11 6 17 25
Albert Leduc D 44 8 6 14 82
Wildor Larochelle RW 40 8 5 13 35
Nick Wasnie RW 44 9 2 11 26
Sylvio Mantha D 44 4 7 11 75
Armand Mondou LW 40 5 4 9 10
Marty Burke D 44 2 5 7 91
Gus Rivers RW 44 2 5 7 6
Bert McCaffrey RW/D 22 2 1 3 10
Art Lesieur D 21 2 0 2 14
George Hainsworth G 44 0 0 0 0
Jean Pusie D 6 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth 2740 44 26 10 8 89 1.95 8
Team: 2740 44 26 10 8 89 1.95 8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny Gagnon RW 10 6 2 8 8
Georges Mantha D/LW 10 5 1 6 4
Pit Lepine C 10 4 2 6 6
Nick Wasnie RW 10 4 1 5 8
Howie Morenz C 10 1 4 5 10
Aurel Joliat LW 10 0 4 4 12
Sylvio Mantha D 10 2 1 3 26
Marty Burke D 10 1 2 3 10
Wildor Larochelle RW 10 1 2 3 8
Albert Leduc D 7 0 2 2 9
Gus Rivers RW 10 1 0 1 0
George Hainsworth G 10 0 0 0 0
Art Lesieur D 10 0 0 0 4
Armand Mondou LW 8 0 0 0 0
Jean Pusie D 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth 722 10 6 4 21 1.75 2
Team: 722 10 6 4 21 1.75 2

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Note:
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

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
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