1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season

1945–46 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1945–46 record28–17–5
Home record16–6–3
Road record12–11–2
Goals for172
Goals against134
Team information
General managerTommy Gorman
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainToe Blake
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsToe Blake (29)
AssistsElmer Lach (34)
PointsToe Blake (50)
Penalty minutesEmile Bouchard (52)
WinsBill Durnan (28)
Goals against averageBill Durnan (2.60)

The 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 37th season of play. The Canadiens placed first during the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the sixth time.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 50 28 17 5 172 134 +38 61
2 Boston Bruins 50 24 18 8 167 156 +11 56
3 Chicago Black Hawks 50 23 20 7 200 178 +22 53
4 Detroit Red Wings 50 20 20 10 146 159 −13 50
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 174 185 −11 45
6 New York Rangers 50 13 28 9 144 191 −47 35

Record vs. opponents

1945–46 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 4–6 4–3–3 4–5–1 6–3–1 6–1–3
Chicago 6–4 — 3–4–3 4–5–1 5–2–3 5–5
Detroit 3–4–3 4–3–3 — 6–3–1 4–4–2 3–6–1
5–4–1 5–4–1 3–6–1 — 8–1–1 7–2–1
New York 3–6–1 2–5–3 4–4–2 1–8–1 — 3–5–2
Toronto 1–6–3 5–5 6–3–1 2–7–1 5–3–2 —


Schedule and results

1945–46 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 27, 1945 8–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 1–0–0
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
2 W November 1, 1945 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 2–0–0
3 W November 3, 1945 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 3–0–0
4 L November 4, 1945 5–6 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 3–1–0
5 W November 10, 1945 5–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 4–1–0
6 L November 11, 1945 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 4–2–0
7 W November 14, 1945 6–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 5–2–0
8 W November 15, 1945 2–0 New York Rangers (1945–46) 6–2–0
9 W November 17, 1945 7–3 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 7–2–0
10 L November 21, 1945 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 7–3–0
11 W November 24, 1945 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 8–3–0
12 L November 25, 1945 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 8–4–0
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
13 W December 1, 1945 4–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 9–4–0
14 W December 8, 1945 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–4–0
15 L December 9, 1945 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 10–5–0
16 L December 13, 1945 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–6–0
17 T December 15, 1945 3–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 10–6–1
18 W December 16, 1945 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 11–6–1
19 T December 19, 1945 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 11–6–2
20 W December 23, 1945 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 12–6–2
21 W December 26, 1945 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 13–6–2
22 L December 29, 1945 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 13–7–2
23 T December 31, 1945 0–0 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 13–7–3
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
24 W January 5, 1946 4–2 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 14–7–3
25 L January 10, 1946 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 14–8–3
26 W January 12, 1946 9–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 15–8–3
27 L January 13, 1946 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 15–9–3
28 L January 16, 1946 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 15–10–3
29 W January 19, 1946 3–1 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–10–3
30 L January 20, 1946 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–11–3
31 L January 23, 1946 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 16–12–3
32 W January 26, 1946 5–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 17–12–3
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
33 W February 2, 1946 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–12–3
34 L February 3, 1946 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–13–3
35 W February 9, 1946 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 19–13–3
36 W February 10, 1946 2–0 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 20–13–3
37 W February 13, 1946 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 21–13–3
38 W February 16, 1946 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 22–13–3
39 W February 17, 1946 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 23–13–3
40 L February 20, 1946 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 23–14–3
41 W February 24, 1946 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 24–14–3
42 L February 27, 1946 3–5 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 24–15–3
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
43 T March 2, 1946 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–15–4
44 L March 3, 1946 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–16–4
45 W March 6, 1946 7–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 25–16–4
46 W March 9, 1946 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 26–16–4
47 W March 10, 1946 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 27–16–4
48 T March 14, 1946 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 27–16–5
49 W March 16, 1946 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 28–16–5
50 L March 17, 1946 5–8 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 28–17–5

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

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1946 Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 30 Boston 3 Montreal 4 OT
April 2 Boston 2 Montreal 3 OT
April 4 Montreal 4 Boston 2
April 7 Montreal 2 Boston 3 OT
April 9 Boston 3 Montreal 6

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toe Blake LW 50 29 21 50 2
Maurice Richard RW 50 27 21 48 50
Elmer Lach C 50 13 34 47 34
Jimmy Peters RW 47 11 19 30 10
Billy Reay C 44 17 12 29 10
Murph Chamberlain LW 40 12 14 26 42
Buddy O'Connor C 45 11 11 22 2
Joe Benoit RW 39 9 10 19 8
Dutch Hiller LW 45 7 11 18 4
Emile Bouchard D 45 7 10 17 52
Glen Harmon D 49 7 10 17 28
Bob Fillion LW 50 10 6 16 12
Leo Lamoureux C/D 45 5 7 12 18
Ken Reardon D 43 5 4 9 45
Ken Mosdell C 13 2 1 3 8
Gerry Plamondon LW 6 0 2 2 2
Frank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 6
Murdo MacKay RW/C 5 0 1 1 0
Mike McMahon D 13 0 1 1 2
Moe White LW/C 4 0 1 1 2
Paul Bibeault G 10 0 0 0 0
Bill Durnan G 40 0 0 0 0
Vic Lynn LW/D 2 0 0 0 0
Lorrain Thibeault LW 1 0 0 0 0
Nils Tremblay C 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bill Durnan 2400 40 24 11 5 104 2.60 4
Paul Bibeault 600 10 4 6 0 30 3.00 0
Team: 3000 50 28 17 5 134 2.68 4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Elmer Lach C 9 5 12 17 4
Toe Blake LW 9 7 6 13 5
Maurice Richard RW 9 7 4 11 15
Bob Fillion LW 9 4 3 7 6
Murph Chamberlain LW 9 4 2 6 18
Dutch Hiller LW 9 4 2 6 2
Ken Mosdell C 9 4 1 5 6
Buddy O'Connor C 9 2 3 5 0
Glen Harmon D 9 1 4 5 0
Jimmy Peters RW 9 3 1 4 6
Emile Bouchard D 9 2 1 3 17
Billy Reay C 9 1 2 3 4
Ken Reardon D 9 1 1 2 4
Leo Lamoureux C/D 9 0 2 2 2
Frank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 2
Bill Durnan G 9 0 0 0 0
Gerry Plamondon LW 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Bill Durnan 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0
Team: 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0

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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;

See also

Citations

  1. ^ "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References

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