1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
League2nd NHL
1949–50 record29–22–19
Home record17–8–10
Road record12–14–9
Goals for172
Goals against150
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMaurice Richard (43)
AssistsElmer Lach (33)
PointsMaurice Richard (65)
Penalty minutesMaurice Richard (114)
WinsBill Durnan (26)
Goals against averageGerry McNeil (1.50)

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 37 19 14 229 164 +65 88
2 70 29 22 19 172 150 +22 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 31 27 12 176 173 +3 74
4 New York Rangers 70 28 31 11 170 189 −19 67
5 Boston Bruins 70 22 32 16 198 228 −30 60
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 22 38 10 203 244 −41 54

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 5–7–2 3–8–3 4–5–5 5–5–4 5–7–2
Chicago 7–5–2 — 3–9–2 4–8–2 4–9–1 4–7–3
Detroit 8–3–3 9–3–2 — 5–3–6 7–5–2 8–5–1
5–4–5 8–4–2 3–5–6 — 7–5–2 6–4–4
New York 5–5–4 9–4–1 5–7–2 5–7–2 — 4–8–2
Toronto 7–5–2 7–4–3 5–8–1 4–6–4 8–4–2 —


Schedule and results

1949–50 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 13, 1949 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 1–0–0
2 W October 15, 1949 3–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 2–0–0
3 W October 19, 1949 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 3–0–0
4 L October 22, 1949 1–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 3–1–0
5 T October 23, 1949 0–0 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 3–1–1
6 L October 27, 1949 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 3–2–1
7 L October 29, 1949 0–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 3–3–1
8 W October 30, 1949 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 4–3–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
9 L November 2, 1949 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 4–4–1
10 T November 5, 1949 3–3 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 4–4–2
11 T November 9, 1949 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 4–4–3
12 W November 10, 1949 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 5–4–3
13 W November 12, 1949 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 6–4–3
14 T November 13, 1949 0–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 6–4–4
15 L November 16, 1949 0–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 6–5–4
16 L November 20, 1949 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 6–6–4
17 W November 24, 1949 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 7–6–4
18 W November 26, 1949 5–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 8–6–4
19 W November 27, 1949 6–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 9–6–4
20 L November 30, 1949 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 9–7–4
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
21 L December 3, 1949 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 9–8–4
22 L December 4, 1949 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 9–9–4
23 T December 8, 1949 2–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 9–9–5
24 T December 10, 1949 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 9–9–6
25 W December 11, 1949 3–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 10–9–6
26 T December 14, 1949 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 10–9–7
27 W December 15, 1949 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 11–9–7
28 W December 17, 1949 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 12–9–7
29 L December 18, 1949 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 12–10–7
30 L December 21, 1949 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 12–11–7
31 T December 24, 1949 0–0 New York Rangers (1949–50) 12–11–8
32 L December 25, 1949 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 12–12–8
33 T December 28, 1949 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 12–12–9
34 W December 31, 1949 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 13–12–9
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
35 L January 1, 1950 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 13–13–9
36 W January 5, 1950 5–3 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 14–13–9
37 L January 7, 1950 1–3 New York Rangers (1949–50) 14–14–9
38 W January 10, 1950 7–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 15–14–9
39 W January 14, 1950 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 16–14–9
40 W January 18, 1950 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–14–9
41 L January 19, 1950 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–15–9
42 W January 21, 1950 3–1 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 18–15–9
43 W January 22, 1950 5–4 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 19–15–9
44 T January 26, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–15–10
45 T January 28, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–15–11
46 L January 29, 1950 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 19–16–11
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
47 T February 1, 1950 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–16–12
48 W February 2, 1950 4–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 20–16–12
49 L February 4, 1950 2–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 20–17–12
50 W February 5, 1950 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 21–17–12
51 L February 11, 1950 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 21–18–12
52 T February 12, 1950 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 21–18–13
53 T February 16, 1950 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 21–18–14
54 L February 18, 1950 2–4 New York Rangers (1949–50) 21–19–14
55 L February 20, 1950 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 21–20–14
56 T February 23, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 21–20–15
57 W February 25, 1950 3–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 22–20–15
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
58 L March 2, 1950 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 22–21–15
59 W March 4, 1950 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 23–21–15
60 T March 6, 1950 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 23–21–16
61 T March 9, 1950 1–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 23–21–17
62 W March 11, 1950 5–0 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 24–21–17
63 W March 12, 1950 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 25–21–17
64 L March 15, 1950 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 25–22–17
65 T March 16, 1950 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 25–22–18
66 W March 18, 1950 5–3 New York Rangers (1949–50) 26–22–18
67 W March 19, 1950 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 27–22–18
68 W March 22, 1950 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 28–22–18
69 W March 25, 1950 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 29–22–18
70 T March 26, 1950 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 29–22–19

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

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice Richard RW 70 43 22 65 114
Elmer Lach C 64 15 33 48 33
Billy Reay C 68 19 26 45 48
Norm Dussault C 67 13 24 37 22
Leo Gravelle RW 70 19 10 29 18
Ken Reardon D 67 1 27 28 109
Ken Mosdell C 67 15 12 27 42
Doug Harvey D 70 4 20 24 76
Rip Riopelle LW 66 12 8 20 27
Glen Harmon D 62 3 16 19 28
Calum MacKay LW 52 8 10 18 44
Floyd Curry RW 49 8 8 16 8
Roger Leger D 55 3 12 15 21
Grant Warwick RW 26 2 6 8 19
Emile Bouchard D 69 1 7 8 88
Gerry Plamondon LW 37 1 5 6 0
Bob Fillion LW 57 1 3 4 8
Gilles Dube LW 12 1 2 3 2
Bert Hirschfeld LW 13 1 2 3 2
Joe Carveth RW 11 1 1 2 2
Hal Laycoe D 30 0 2 2 21
Bob Fryday RW 2 1 0 1 0
Lulu Denis RW 2 0 1 1 0
Bill Durnan G 64 0 1 1 2
Bob Frampton LW 2 0 0 0 0
Gerry McNeil G 6 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bill Durnan 3840 64 26 21 17 141 2.20 8
Gerry McNeil 360 6 3 1 2 9 1.50 1
Team: 4200 70 29 22 19 150 2.14 9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Norm Dussault C 5 3 1 4 0
Elmer Lach C 5 1 2 3 4
Maurice Richard RW 5 1 1 2 6
Emile Bouchard D 5 0 2 2 2
Doug Harvey D 5 0 2 2 10
Ken Reardon D 2 0 2 2 12
Floyd Curry RW 5 1 0 1 2
Bert Hirschfeld LW 5 1 0 1 0
Glen Harmon D 5 0 1 1 21
Calum MacKay LW 5 0 1 1 2
Gerry Plamondon LW 3 0 1 1 2
Billy Reay C 4 0 1 1 0
Bill Durnan G 3 0 0 0 0
Bob Fillion LW 5 0 0 0 0
Bob Frampton LW 3 0 0 0 0
Leo Gravelle RW 4 0 0 0 0
Tom Johnson D 1 0 0 0 0
Hal Laycoe D 2 0 0 0 0
Roger Leger D 4 0 0 0 2
Gerry McNeil G 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Meger LW 2 0 0 0 2
Ken Mosdell C 5 0 0 0 12
Rip Riopelle LW 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil 135 2 1 1 5 2.22 0
Bill Durnan 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0
Team: 315 5 1 4 15 2.86 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

Citations

  1. ^ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1950-51 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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