1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season

1957–58 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1957–58 record43–17–10
Goals for250
Goals against158
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainMaurice Richard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsDickie Moore (36)
AssistsHenri Richard (52)
PointsDickie Moore (84)
Penalty minutesDoug Harvey (131)
WinsJacques Plante (34)
Goals against averageLen Broderick (2.00)

The 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 49th season of play. The Canadiens won their third-straight Stanley Cup and the tenth in club history.

Regular season

  • October 19, 1957 – Maurice Richard scored a goal at 15:52 of the first period. Richard became the first player to score 500 goals in a career.
  • Hockey's colour barrier was broken in Montreal. Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, Willie O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history.

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 43 17 10 250 158 +92 96
2 New York Rangers 70 32 25 13 195 188 +7 77
3 Detroit Red Wings 70 29 29 12 176 207 −31 70
4 Boston Bruins 70 27 28 15 199 194 +5 69
5 Chicago Black Hawks 70 24 39 7 163 202 −39 55
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 21 38 11 192 226 −34 53

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 7–3–4 8–5–1 3–9–2 6–5–3 3–6–5
Chicago 3–7–4 — 7–7 3–10–1 4–9–1 7–6–1
Detroit 5–8–1 7–7 — 3–7–4 4–5–5 10–2–2
Montreal 9–3–2 10–3–1 7–3–4 — 6–6–2 11–2–1
New York 5–6–3 9–4–1 5–4–5 6–6–2 — 7–5–2
Toronto 6–3–5 6–7–1 2–10–2 2–11–1 5–7–2 —


Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 10, 1957 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 1–0–0
2 T October 12, 1957 2–2 New York Rangers (1957–58) 1–0–1
3 W October 13, 1957 6–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 2–0–1
4 T October 15, 1957 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 2–0–2
5 W October 17, 1957 9–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 3–0–2
6 W October 19, 1957 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 4–0–2
7 W October 26, 1957 4–3 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 5–0–2
8 L October 27, 1957 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 5–1–2
9 W October 30, 1957 6–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 6–1–2
10 L October 31, 1957 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 6–2–2
11 W November 2, 1957 6–3 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 7–2–2
12 W November 7, 1957 6–0 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 8–2–2
13 W November 9, 1957 4–2 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 9–2–2
14 W November 13, 1957 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 10–2–2
15 L November 16, 1957 2–4 New York Rangers (1957–58) 10–3–2
16 L November 17, 1957 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 10–4–2
17 W November 23, 1957 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 11–4–2
18 T November 24, 1957 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 11–4–3
19 W November 28, 1957 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 12–4–3
20 W November 30, 1957 6–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 13–4–3
21 W December 1, 1957 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 14–4–3
22 T December 4, 1957 0–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 14–4–4
23 W December 5, 1957 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 15–4–4
24 L December 7, 1957 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 15–5–4
25 W December 8, 1957 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 16–5–4
26 W December 12, 1957 3–2 New York Rangers (1957–58) 17–5–4
27 T December 14, 1957 1–1 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 17–5–5
28 W December 15, 1957 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 18–5–5
29 L December 18, 1957 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 18–6–5
30 L December 21, 1957 2–4 New York Rangers (1957–58) 18–7–5
31 W December 22, 1957 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 19–7–5
32 L December 25, 1957 4–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 19–8–5
33 W December 28, 1957 6–0 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 20–8–5
34 W December 29, 1957 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 21–8–5
35 W January 1, 1958 4–3 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 22–8–5
36 W January 2, 1958 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 23–8–5
37 W January 4, 1958 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 24–8–5
38 W January 5, 1958 4–0 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 25–8–5
39 W January 9, 1958 11–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 26–8–5
40 W January 11, 1958 9–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 27–8–5
41 L January 12, 1958 1–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 27–9–5
42 W January 16, 1958 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 28–9–5
43 L January 18, 1958 0–3 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 28–10–5
44 W January 19, 1958 6–2 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 29–10–5
45 W January 22, 1958 2–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 30–10–5
46 W January 25, 1958 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 31–10–5
47 L January 26, 1958 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 31–11–5
48 W January 30, 1958 7–0 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 32–11–5
49 W February 1, 1958 3–1 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 33–11–5
50 W February 2, 1958 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 34–11–5
51 T February 6, 1958 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 34–11–6
52 L February 8, 1958 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 34–12–6
53 W February 9, 1958 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 35–12–6
54 W February 12, 1958 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 36–12–6
55 T February 15, 1958 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 36–12–7
56 L February 16, 1958 0–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 36–13–7
57 W February 20, 1958 4–0 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 37–13–7
58 T February 22, 1958 2–2 New York Rangers (1957–58) 37–13–8
59 T February 23, 1958 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 37–13–9
60 W February 27, 1958 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 38–13–9
61 T March 1, 1958 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 38–13–10
62 L March 8, 1958 2–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 38–14–10
63 W March 9, 1958 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 39–14–10
64 W March 12, 1958 5–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 40–14–10
65 L March 13, 1958 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1957–58) 40–15–10
66 W March 15, 1958 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 41–15–10
67 W March 16, 1958 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 42–15–10
68 W March 20, 1958 7–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 43–15–10
69 L March 22, 1958 5–8 Boston Bruins (1957–58) 43–16–10
70 L March 23, 1958 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 43–17–10

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Playoffs

In the semi-finals, Montreal played third place Detroit. After Detroit traded Ted Lindsay because of his union efforts, Detroit was a team in disarray. Montreal defeated the Red Wings in four straight games to reach the finals.

Stanley Cup Finals

Further information: 1958 Stanley Cup Finals

Rocket Richard, was the top goal scorer during the playoffs with 11. In game five he notched his third final series overtime goal of his career and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 8 Boston 1 Montreal 2
April 10 Boston 5 Montreal 2
April 13 Montreal 3 Boston 0
April 15 Montreal 1 Boston 3
April 17 Boston 2 Montreal 3 OT
April 20 Montreal 5 Boston 3

Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie Moore LW 70 36 48 84 65
Henri Richard C 67 28 52 80 56
Jean Beliveau C 55 27 32 59 93
Claude Provost RW 70 19 32 51 71
Bernie Geoffrion RW 42 27 23 50 51
Phil Goyette C 70 9 37 46 8
Donnie Marshall LW 68 22 19 41 14
Doug Harvey D 68 9 32 41 131
Marcel Bonin W 66 15 24 39 37
Bert Olmstead LW 57 9 28 37 71
Maurice Richard RW 28 15 19 34 28
Andre Pronovost LW 66 16 12 28 55
Dollard St. Laurent D 65 3 20 23 68
Tom Johnson D 66 3 18 21 75
Jean-Guy Talbot D 55 4 15 19 65
Gene Achtymichuk C 16 3 5 8 2
Floyd Curry RW 42 2 3 5 8
Connie Broden C 3 2 1 3 0
Stan Smrke LW 5 0 3 3 0
Bob Turner D 66 0 3 3 30
Murray Balfour RW 3 1 1 2 4
Ralph Backstrom C 2 0 1 1 0
Jack Bownass D 4 0 1 1 0
Ken Mosdell C 2 0 1 1 0
Don Aiken G 1 0 0 0 0
Len Broderick G 1 0 0 0 0
Billy Carter C 1 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hodge G 12 0 0 0 0
Claude Laforge LW 5 0 0 0 0
Albert Langlois D 1 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 57 0 0 0 13

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 3386 57 34 14 8 119 2.11 9
Charlie Hodge 720 12 8 2 2 31 2.58 1
Len Broderick 60 1 1 0 0 2 2.00 0
Don Aiken 34 1 0 1 0 6 10.59 0
Team: 4200 70 43 17 10 158 2.26 10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice Richard RW 10 11 4 15 10
Jean Beliveau C 10 4 8 12 10
Bernie Geoffrion RW 10 6 5 11 2
Dickie Moore LW 10 4 7 11 4
Doug Harvey D 10 2 9 11 16
Henri Richard C 10 1 7 8 11
Phil Goyette C 10 4 1 5 4
Claude Provost RW 10 1 3 4 8
Bert Olmstead LW 9 0 3 3 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 10 0 3 3 12
Andre Pronovost LW 10 2 0 2 16
Donnie Marshall LW 10 0 2 2 4
Marcel Bonin W 9 0 1 1 2
Albert Langlois D 7 0 1 1 4
Connie Broden C 1 0 0 0 0
Floyd Curry RW 7 0 0 0 2
Tom Johnson D 2 0 0 0 0
Ab McDonald LW 2 0 0 0 2
Jacques Plante G 10 0 0 0 2
Dollard St. Laurent D 5 0 0 0 10
Bob Turner D 10 0 0 0 2

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 618 10 8 2 20 1.94 1
Team: 618 10 8 2 20 1.94 1

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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. ^ "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1957–58 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1957-58 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References