1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season

1958–59 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1958–59 record39–18–13
Goals for258
Goals against158
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainMaurice Richard
Alternate captainsDoug Harvey
Unknown
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJean Beliveau (45)
AssistsDickie Moore (55)
PointsDickie Moore (96)
Penalty minutesJean-Guy Talbot (77)
WinsJacques Plante (38)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (2.16)

The 1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 50th season of play. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive season, and the 11th time in club history.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 39 18 13 258 158 +100 91
2 Boston Bruins 70 32 29 9 205 215 −10 73
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 197 208 −11 69
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 189 201 −12 65
5 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 201 217 −16 64
6 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 37 8 167 218 −51 58

Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–7–1 8–5–1 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1 — 6–7–1 1–8–5 7–4–3 7–4–3
Detroit 5–8–1 7–6–1 — 1–9–4 6–7–1 6–7–1
Montreal 6–6–2 8–1–5 9–1–4 — 8–5–1 8–5–1
New York 5–6–3 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 — 5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–2 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 9, 1958 3–2 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 1–0–0
2 W October 11, 1958 2–0 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 2–0–0
3 L October 12, 1958 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 2–1–0
4 W October 16, 1958 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 3–1–0
5 T October 18, 1958 2–2 New York Rangers (1958–59) 3–1–1
6 W October 19, 1958 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 4–1–1
7 W October 23, 1958 9–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 5–1–1
8 L October 25, 1958 2–5 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 5–2–1
9 W October 26, 1958 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 6–2–1
10 T October 28, 1958 5–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 6–2–2
11 W October 29, 1958 5–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 7–2–2
12 L November 1, 1958 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 7–3–2
13 L November 8, 1958 5–6 New York Rangers (1958–59) 7–4–2
14 W November 12, 1958 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 8–4–2
15 W November 15, 1958 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 9–4–2
16 L November 16, 1958 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 9–5–2
17 T November 20, 1958 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 9–5–3
18 W November 22, 1958 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 10–5–3
19 L November 23, 1958 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 10–6–3
20 L November 26, 1958 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 10–7–3
21 W November 27, 1958 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 11–7–3
22 W November 29, 1958 6–2 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 12–7–3
23 W November 30, 1958 7–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 13–7–3
24 T December 4, 1958 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 13–7–4
25 W December 6, 1958 6–0 New York Rangers (1958–59) 14–7–4
26 W December 7, 1958 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 15–7–4
27 T December 13, 1958 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 15–7–5
28 W December 14, 1958 6–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 16–7–5
29 W December 18, 1958 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 17–7–5
30 W December 20, 1958 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 18–7–5
31 W December 21, 1958 5–0 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 19–7–5
32 W December 25, 1958 4–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 20–7–5
33 W December 27, 1958 6–1 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 21–7–5
34 L December 28, 1958 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 21–8–5
35 L December 31, 1958 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 21–9–5
36 T January 1, 1959 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 21–9–6
37 W January 3, 1959 5–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 22–9–6
38 T January 4, 1959 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 22–9–7
39 W January 8, 1959 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 23–9–7
40 W January 10, 1959 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 24–9–7
41 T January 11, 1959 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 24–9–8
42 T January 17, 1959 3–3 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 24–9–9
43 T January 18, 1959 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 24–9–10
44 L January 21, 1959 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 24–10–10
45 W January 24, 1959 3–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 25–10–10
46 W January 25, 1959 7–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 26–10–10
47 L January 29, 1959 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 26–11–10
48 T January 31, 1959 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 26–11–11
49 T February 1, 1959 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 26–11–12
50 L February 5, 1959 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 26–12–12
51 L February 7, 1959 2–3 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 26–13–12
52 W February 8, 1959 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 27–13–12
53 W February 11, 1959 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 28–13–12
54 W February 14, 1959 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 29–13–12
55 W February 15, 1959 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 30–13–12
56 W February 19, 1959 7–0 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 31–13–12
57 W February 21, 1959 6–0 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 32–13–12
58 L February 22, 1959 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 32–14–12
59 L February 25, 1959 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 32–15–12
60 W February 28, 1959 6–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 33–15–12
61 W March 5, 1959 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 34–15–12
62 W March 7, 1959 10–2 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 35–15–12
63 W March 8, 1959 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 36–15–12
64 T March 10, 1959 5–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 36–15–13
65 W March 11, 1959 6–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 37–15–13
66 W March 14, 1959 8–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 38–15–13
67 L March 15, 1959 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (1958–59) 38–16–13
68 L March 19, 1959 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 38–17–13
69 L March 21, 1959 3–4 Boston Bruins (1958–59) 38–18–13
70 W March 22, 1959 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 39–18–13

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Further information: 1959 Stanley Cup Finals

Rocket Richard, hampered by injuries, did not score at all during the playoffs. Toronto was making its first finals appearance since 1951.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 9 Toronto 3 Montreal 5
April 11 Toronto 1 Montreal 3
April 14 Montreal 2 Toronto 3 OT
April 16 Montreal 3 Toronto 2
April 18 Toronto 3 Montreal 5

Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie Moore LW 70 41 55 96 61
Jean Beliveau C 64 45 46 91 67
Bernie Geoffrion RW 59 22 44 66 30
Henri Richard C 63 21 30 51 33
Marcel Bonin W 57 13 30 43 38
Ralph Backstrom C 64 18 22 40 19
Tom Johnson D 70 10 29 39 76
Maurice Richard RW 42 17 21 38 27
Claude Provost RW 69 16 22 38 37
Ab McDonald LW 69 13 23 36 35
Donnie Marshall LW 70 10 22 32 12
Phil Goyette C 63 10 18 28 8
Bob Turner D 68 4 24 28 66
Andre Pronovost LW 70 9 14 23 48
Jean-Guy Talbot D 69 4 17 21 77
Doug Harvey D 61 4 16 20 61
Ian Cushenan D 35 1 2 3 28
Albert Langlois D 48 0 3 3 26
Jacques Plante G 67 0 1 1 11
Claude Cyr G 1 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hodge G 2 0 0 0 0
Claude Pronovost G 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 4000 67 38 16 13 144 2.16 9
Charlie Hodge 120 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 0
Claude Cyr 20 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 0
Claude Pronovost 60 2 0 1 0 7 7.00 0
Team: 4200 70 39 18 13 158 2.26 9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie Moore LW 11 5 12 17 8
Marcel Bonin W 11 10 5 15 4
Bernie Geoffrion RW 11 5 8 13 10
Doug Harvey D 11 1 11 12 22
Henri Richard C 11 3 8 11 13
Claude Provost RW 11 6 2 8 2
Ralph Backstrom C 11 3 5 8 12
Tom Johnson D 11 2 3 5 8
Jean Beliveau C 3 1 4 5 4
Phil Goyette C 10 0 4 4 0
Andre Pronovost LW 11 2 1 3 6
Ab McDonald LW 11 1 1 2 6
Donnie Marshall LW 11 0 2 2 2
Bob Turner D 11 0 2 2 20
Jean-Guy Talbot D 11 0 1 1 10
Bill Hicke RW 1 0 0 0 0
Albert Langlois D 7 0 0 0 4
Ken Mosdell C 3 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 11 0 0 0 0
Maurice Richard RW 4 0 0 0 2

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 670 11 8 3 26 2.33 0
Team: 670 11 8 3 26 2.33 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. ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1958–59 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1958-59 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References