1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1948–49 1948 3rd 28–23–9 19–8–3 9–15–6 152 126 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Billy Reay (22) Billy Reay (23) Billy Reay (45) Murph Chamberlain (111) Bill Durnan (28) Bill Durnan (2.10) 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. 2 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.http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo HHOF – Player Details This record was not surpassed until 2003–04, when Brian Boucher, then of the Phoenix Coyotes, broke it. Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1948–49 regular season1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1949_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 14, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 16, 1948||8–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 21, 1948||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||2–0–1 |- |4||T||October 23, 1948||0–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||2–0–2 |- |5||L||October 27, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||2–1–2 |- |6||T||October 30, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||2–1–3 |- |7||L||October 31, 1948||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||2–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||W||November 6, 1948||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||3–2–3 |- |9||W||November 11, 1948||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||4–2–3 |- |10||W||November 13, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||5–2–3 |- |11||L||November 14, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||5–3–3 |- |12||L||November 17, 1948||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||5–4–3 |- |13||W||November 21, 1948||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||6–4–3 |- |14||T||November 24, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||6–4–4 |- |15||L||November 25, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||6–5–4 |- |16||L||November 27, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||6–6–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |17||W||December 4, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||7–6–4 |- |18||L||December 5, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||7–7–4 |- |19||L||December 11, 1948||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–8–4 |- |20||T||December 12, 1948||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||7–8–5 |- |21||W||December 15, 1948||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||8–8–5 |- |22||W||December 18, 1948||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||9–8–5 |- |23||L||December 19, 1948||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||9–9–5 |- |24||W||December 23, 1948||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||10–9–5 |- |25||L||December 25, 1948||0–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||10–10–5 |- |26||L||December 26, 1948||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||10–11–5 |- |27||W||December 30, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||11–11–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |28||L||January 1, 1949||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||11–12–5 |- |29||W||January 6, 1949||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||12–12–5 |- |30||L||January 8, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||12–13–5 |- |31||T||January 9, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||12–13–6 |- |32||W||January 12, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||13–13–6 |- |33||W||January 15, 1949||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||14–13–6 |- |34||L||January 16, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||14–14–6 |- |35||W||January 19, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||15–14–6 |- |36||W||January 20, 1949||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||16–14–6 |- |37||W||January 22, 1949||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||17–14–6 |- |38||L||January 23, 1949||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||17–15–6 |- |39||W||January 26, 1949||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||18–15–6 |- |40||L||January 29, 1949||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||18–16–6 |- |41||L||January 30, 1949||0–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||18–17–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||L||February 3, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||18–18–6 |- |43||L||February 5, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||18–19–6 |- |44||L||February 6, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||18–20–6 |- |45||T||February 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||18–20–7 |- |46||L||February 13, 1949||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||18–21–7 |- |47||W||February 17, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||19–21–7 |- |48||W||February 19, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||20–21–7 |- |49||L||February 20, 1949||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||20–22–7 |- |50||W||February 24, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||21–22–7 |- |51||W||February 26, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||22–22–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||W||March 2, 1949||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||23–22–7 |- |53||W||March 5, 1949||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||24–22–7 |- |54||W||March 6, 1949||1–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1948–49) ||25–22–7 |- |55||T||March 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||25–22–8 |- |56||W||March 12, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1948–49) ||26–22–8 |- |57||T||March 13, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1948–49) ||26–22–9 |- |58||W||March 17, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) ||27–22–9 |- |59||W||March 19, 1949||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) ||28–22–9 |- |60||L||March 20, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) ||28–23–9 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 22 Montreal Canadiens 1 Detroit Red Wings2 OTMarch 24 Montreal Canadiens 4 Detroit Red Wings 3 OTMarch 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 Wings3 Detroit won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 3. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Billy Reay C 60 22 23 45 33 Maurice Richard RW 59 20 18 38 110 Joe Carveth RW 60 15 22 37 8 Elmer Lach C 36 11 18 29 59 Ken Mosdell C 60 17 9 26 50 Glen Harmon D 59 8 12 20 44 Norm Dussault C 47 9 8 17 6 Rip Riopelle LW 48 10 6 16 34 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 55 3 13 16 87 Ken Reardon D 46 3 13 16 103 Roger Leger D 28 6 7 13 10 Murph Chamberlain LW 54 5 8 13 111 Bob Fillion LW 59 3 9 12 14 Gerry Plamondon LW 27 5 5 10 8 Leo Gravelle RW 36 4 6 10 6 Tod Campeau C 26 3 7 10 12 Hal Laycoe D 51 3 5 8 31 George Robertson George Robertson (ice hockey) LW/C 30 2 5 7 6 Emile Bouchard D 27 3 3 6 42 Ed Dorohoy C/LW 16 0 0 0 6 Bill Durnan G 60 0 0 0 0 Jacques Locas Jacques Locas (ice hockey, born 1926) RW 3 0 0 0 0 Bud MacPherson D 3 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 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 Gerry Plamondon LW 7 5 1 6 0 Billy Reay C 7 1 5 6 4 Leo Gravelle RW 7 2 1 3 0 Maurice Richard RW 7 2 1 3 14 Glen Harmon D 7 1 1 2 4 Murdo MacKay RW/C 6 1 1 2 0 Ken Mosdell C 7 1 1 2 4 Rip Riopelle LW 7 1 1 2 2 Joe Carveth RW 7 0 1 1 8 Bob Fillion LW 7 0 1 1 4 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 7 0 1 1 10 Hal Laycoe D 7 0 1 1 13 Roger Leger D 5 0 1 1 2 Emile Bouchard D 7 0 0 0 6 Tod Campeau C 1 0 0 0 0 Murph Chamberlain LW 4 0 0 0 8 Floyd Curry RW 2 0 0 0 2 Bill Durnan G 7 0 0 0 0 Norm Dussault C 2 0 0 0 0 Elmer Lach C 1 0 0 0 4 Ken Reardon D 7 0 0 0 18 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 468 7 3 4 17 2.18 0 Team: 468 7 3 4 17 2.18 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1949.html 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 Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal