1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1941–42 1941 6th 18–27–3 12–10–2 6–17–1 134 173 Tommy Gorman Dick Irvin Toe Blake Montreal Forum Joe Benoit (20) Toe Blake (28) Toe Blake (45) Ken Reardon (93) Paul Bibeault (17) Paul Bibeault (3.30)The 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season was the 33rd season in franchise history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1941–42 regular season1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1942_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 8, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||November 1, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||November 8, 1941||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||November 13, 1941||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||0–2–1 |- |4||L||November 15, 1941||2–4 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||0–3–1 |- |5||L||November 16, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||November 22, 1941||2–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||0–5–1 |- |7||W||November 23, 1941||6–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||1–5–1 |- |8||L||November 29, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||1–6–1 |- |9||L||November 30, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||1–7–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||December 4, 1941||2–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||1–8–1 |- |11||L||December 6, 1941||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||1–9–1 |- |12||L||December 7, 1941||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||1–10–1 |- |13||W||December 11, 1941||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||2–10–1 |- |14||W||December 13, 1941||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||3–10–1 |- |15||W||December 14, 1941||4–2 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||4–10–1 |- |16||L||December 16, 1941||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||4–11–1 |- |17||L||December 20, 1941||2–4 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||4–12–1 |- |18||L||December 21, 1941||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||4–13–1 |- |19||L||December 27, 1941||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||4–14–1 |- |20||W||December 30, 1941||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||5–14–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||January 3, 1942||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||6–14–1 |- |22||L||January 4, 1942||0–10 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||6–15–1 |- |23||L||January 8, 1942||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||6–16–1 |- |24||L||January 10, 1942||0–2 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||6–17–1 |- |25||W||January 11, 1942||2–0 || align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||7–17–1 |- |26||L||January 15, 1942||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||7–18–1 |- |27||W||January 17, 1942||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||8–18–1 |- |28||L||January 18, 1942||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||8–19–1 |- |29||T||January 24, 1942||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||8–19–2 |- |30||L||January 25, 1942||3–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||8–20–2 |- |31||L||January 29, 1942||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||8–21–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||February 1, 1942||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||9–21–2 |- |33||L||February 5, 1942||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||9–22–2 |- |34||W||February 7, 1942||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||10–22–2 |- |35||L||February 10, 1942||1–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||10–23–2 |- |36||L||February 12, 1942||4–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||10–24–2 |- |37||W||February 14, 1942||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1941–42) ||11–24–2 |- |38||L||February 15, 1942||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||11–25–2 |- |39||W||February 17, 1942||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1941–42) ||12–25–2 |- |40||W||February 21, 1942||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||13–25–2 |- |41||L||February 26, 1942||4–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) ||13–26–2 |- |42||W||February 28, 1942||8–3 || align="left"| Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||14–26–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||T||March 1, 1942||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) ||14–26–3 |- |44||W||March 5, 1942||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||15–26–3 |- |45||W||March 7, 1942||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1941–42) ||16–26–3 |- |46||W||March 14, 1942||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||17–26–3 |- |47||L||March 15, 1942||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) ||17–27–3 |- |48||W||March 19, 1942||7–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) ||18–27–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs They went against Detroit in the first round in a best of three series and lost in three games, or 1–2. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Toe Blake LW 48 17 28 45 19 Joe Benoit RW 46 20 16 36 27 Terry Reardon C/RW 33 17 17 34 14 Charlie Sands Charlie Sands (ice hockey) C/RW 38 11 16 27 6 Ray Getliffe C/LW 45 11 15 26 35 Buddy O'Connor C 36 9 16 25 4 John Quilty C 48 12 12 24 44 Pete Morin LW 31 10 12 22 7 Gerry Heffernan RW 40 5 15 20 15 Ken Reardon D 41 3 12 15 93 Jack Portland D 46 2 9 11 53 Murph Chamberlain LW 26 6 3 9 30 Tony Demers RW 7 3 4 7 4 Bunny Dame LW 34 2 5 7 4 Tony Graboski LW/D 23 2 5 7 8 Red Goupille D 47 1 5 6 51 Emile Bouchard D 44 0 6 6 38 Jim Haggarty LW 5 1 1 2 0 Red Heron C 12 1 1 2 12 Rod Lorrain RW 4 1 0 1 0 Elmer Lach C 1 0 1 1 0 Jim O'Neil Jim O'Neil (ice hockey) C/RW 4 0 1 1 4 Stu Smith LW 1 0 1 1 0 Connie Tudin C 4 0 1 1 4 Paul Bibeault G 38 0 0 0 0 Bert Gardiner G 10 0 0 0 0 Leo Lamoureux C/D 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Paul Bibeault 2380 38 17 19 2 131 3.30 1 Bert Gardiner 620 10 1 8 1 42 4.06 0 Team: 3000 48 18 27 3 173 3.46 1 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Terry Reardon C/RW 3 2 2 4 2 Jim Haggarty LW 3 2 1 3 0 Gerry Heffernan RW 2 2 1 3 0 Toe Blake LW 3 0 3 3 2 Emile Bouchard D 3 1 1 2 0 Joe Benoit RW 3 1 0 1 5 Buddy O'Connor C 3 0 1 1 0 John Quilty C 3 0 1 1 0 Charlie Sands Charlie Sands (ice hockey) C/RW 3 0 1 1 2 Paul Bibeault G 3 0 0 0 0 Ray Getliffe C/LW 3 0 0 0 0 Red Goupille D 3 0 0 0 2 Red Heron C 3 0 0 0 0 Pete Morin LW 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Portland D 3 0 0 0 0 Ken Reardon D 3 0 0 0 4 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Paul Bibeault 180 3 1 2 8 2.67 1 Team: 180 3 1 2 8 2.67 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1942.html See also 1941–42 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens