1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

Template:Short description The 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season was the 40th season in club history. The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the semi-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.

Regular season

Bill Durnan set a long-standing modern NHL record between February 26 and March 6, 1949, when he amassed four consecutive shutouts, not allowing a goal over a span of 309 minutes, 21 seconds. This record was not surpassed until 2003–04, when Brian Boucher, then of the Phoenix Coyotes, broke it.

Schedule and results

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied |1||T||October 14, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||0–0–1 |- Template:Game-won |2||W||October 16, 1948||8–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||1–0–1 |- Template:Game-won |3||W||October 21, 1948||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||2–0–1 |- Template:Game-tied |4||T||October 23, 1948||0–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||2–0–2 |- Template:Game-lost |5||L||October 27, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||2–1–2 |- Template:Game-tied |6||T||October 30, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||2–1–3 |- Template:Game-lost |7||L||October 31, 1948||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||2–2–3 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |8||W||November 6, 1948||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||3–2–3 |- Template:Game-won |9||W||November 11, 1948||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||4–2–3 |- Template:Game-won |10||W||November 13, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||5–2–3 |- Template:Game-lost |11||L||November 14, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||5–3–3 |- Template:Game-lost |12||L||November 17, 1948||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||5–4–3 |- Template:Game-won |13||W||November 21, 1948||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||6–4–3 |- Template:Game-tied |14||T||November 24, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||6–4–4 |- Template:Game-lost |15||L||November 25, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||6–5–4 |- Template:Game-lost |16||L||November 27, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||6–6–4 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |17||W||December 4, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||7–6–4 |- Template:Game-lost |18||L||December 5, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||7–7–4 |- Template:Game-lost |19||L||December 11, 1948||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–8–4 |- Template:Game-tied |20||T||December 12, 1948||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–8–5 |- Template:Game-won |21||W||December 15, 1948||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||8–8–5 |- Template:Game-won |22||W||December 18, 1948||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||9–8–5 |- Template:Game-lost |23||L||December 19, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||9–9–5 |- Template:Game-won |24||W||December 23, 1948||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||10–9–5 |- Template:Game-lost |25||L||December 25, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||10–10–5 |- Template:Game-lost |26||L||December 26, 1948||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||10–11–5 |- Template:Game-won |27||W||December 30, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||11–11–5 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost |28||L||January 1, 1949||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||11–12–5 |- Template:Game-won |29||W||January 6, 1949||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||12–12–5 |- Template:Game-lost |30||L||January 8, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||12–13–5 |- Template:Game-tied |31||T||January 9, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||12–13–6 |- Template:Game-won |32||W||January 12, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||13–13–6 |- Template:Game-won |33||W||January 15, 1949||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||14–13–6 |- Template:Game-lost |34||L||January 16, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||14–14–6 |- Template:Game-won |35||W||January 19, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||15–14–6 |- Template:Game-won |36||W||January 20, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||16–14–6 |- Template:Game-won |37||W||January 22, 1949||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||17–14–6 |- Template:Game-lost |38||L||January 23, 1949||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||17–15–6 |- Template:Game-won |39||W||January 26, 1949||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||18–15–6 |- Template:Game-lost |40||L||January 29, 1949||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||18–16–6 |- Template:Game-lost |41||L||January 30, 1949||0–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||18–17–6 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost |42||L||February 3, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||18–18–6 |- Template:Game-lost |43||L||February 5, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||18–19–6 |- Template:Game-lost |44||L||February 6, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||18–20–6 |- Template:Game-tied |45||T||February 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||18–20–7 |- Template:Game-lost |46||L||February 13, 1949||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||18–21–7 |- Template:Game-won |47||W||February 17, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||19–21–7 |- Template:Game-won |48||W||February 19, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||20–21–7 |- Template:Game-lost |49||L||February 20, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||20–22–7 |- Template:Game-won |50||W||February 24, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||21–22–7 |- Template:Game-won |51||W||February 26, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||22–22–7 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |52||W||March 2, 1949||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||23–22–7 |- Template:Game-won |53||W||March 5, 1949||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||24–22–7 |- Template:Game-won |54||W||March 6, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||25–22–7 |- Template:Game-tied |55||T||March 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||25–22–8 |- Template:Game-won |56||W||March 12, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||26–22–8 |- Template:Game-tied |57||T||March 13, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||26–22–9 |- Template:Game-won |58||W||March 17, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||27–22–9 |- Template:Game-won |59||W||March 19, 1949||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||28–22–9 |- Template:Game-lost |60||L||March 20, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||28–23–9 |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Playoffs

The Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 22	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	2	OT
March 24	Montreal Canadiens	4	Detroit Red Wings	3	OT
March 26	Detroit Red Wings	2	Montreal Canadiens	3
March 29	Detroit Red Wings	3	Montreal Canadiens	1
March 31	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	3
April 2	Detroit Red Wings	1	Montreal Canadiens	3
April 5	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	3

Detroit won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	60	22	23	45	33
	RW	59	20	18	38	110
	RW	60	15	22	37	8
	C	36	11	18	29	59
	C	60	17	9	26	50
	D	59	8	12	20	44
	C	47	9	8	17	6
	LW	48	10	6	16	34
	D	55	3	13	16	87
	D	46	3	13	16	103
	D	28	6	7	13	10
	LW	54	5	8	13	111
	LW	59	3	9	12	14
	LW	27	5	5	10	8
	RW	36	4	6	10	6
	C	26	3	7	10	12
	D	51	3	5	8	31
	LW/C	30	2	5	7	6
	D	27	3	3	6	42
	C/LW	16	0	0	0	6
	G	60	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10
Team:	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	7	5	1	6	0
	C	7	1	5	6	4
	RW	7	2	1	3	0
	RW	7	2	1	3	14
	D	7	1	1	2	4
	RW/C	6	1	1	2	0
	C	7	1	1	2	4
	LW	7	1	1	2	2
	RW	7	0	1	1	8
	LW	7	0	1	1	4
	D	7	0	1	1	10
	D	7	0	1	1	13
	D	5	0	1	1	2
	D	7	0	0	0	6
	C	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	8
	RW	2	0	0	0	2
	G	7	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	4
	D	7	0	0	0	18

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	468	7	3	4	17	2.18	0
Team:	468	7	3	4	17	2.18	0

Awards and records

• Bill Durnan, Vezina Trophy
• Bill Durnan, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
• Glen Harmon, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Ken Reardon, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

See also

• 1948–49 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference