1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1947–48 1947 5th 20–29–11 13–13–4 7–16–7 147 169 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Toe Blake Bill Durnan (Jan–Apr) Montreal Forum Elmer Lach (30) Elmer Lach (31) Elmer Lach (61) Ken Reardon (129) Bill Durnan (20) Bill Durnan (2.77) The 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season was the 39th season in club history. The team finished fifth, four points out of a playoff spot and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1939–40 season, their last time missing the playoffs until the 1969–70 season. 2 Regular season Bill Durnan was the last goaltender in the 20th century to serve as captain of an NHL team. He suffered his only losing season during the 1947–48 season, and, for the only time in his career, did not lead the league in goals against average.http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo HHOF – Player Details Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1947–48 regular season1947-48 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1948_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||L||October 16, 1947||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 18, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 22, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 25, 1947||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||October 26, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||3–2–0 |- |6||L||October 29, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||3–3–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |7||W||November 2, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||4–3–0 |- |8||W||November 6, 1947||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||5–3–0 |- |9||L||November 8, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||5–4–0 |- |10||W||November 13, 1947||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||6–4–0 |- |11||L||November 15, 1947||1–9 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||6–5–0 |- |12||L||November 16, 1947||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||6–6–0 |- |13||T||November 19, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||6–6–1 |- |14||L||November 22, 1947||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||6–7–1 |- |15||T||November 23, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||6–7–2 |- |16||W||November 27, 1947||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||7–7–2 |- |17||L||November 29, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||7–8–2 |- |18||T||November 30, 1947||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||7–8–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |19||W||December 6, 1947||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||8–8–3 |- |20||L||December 7, 1947||0–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||8–9–3 |- |21||T||December 10, 1947||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||8–9–4 |- |22||L||December 11, 1947||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||8–10–4 |- |23||W||December 14, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||9–10–4 |- |24||L||December 20, 1947||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||9–11–4 |- |25||W||December 21, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||10–11–4 |- |26||L||December 25, 1947||0–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||10–12–4 |- |27||W||December 27, 1947||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||11–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |28||L||January 1, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||11–13–4 |- |29||T||January 3, 1948||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||11–13–5 |- |30||L||January 4, 1948||2–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||11–14–5 |- |31||T||January 8, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||11–14–6 |- |32||T||January 10, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||11–14–7 |- |33||L||January 11, 1948||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||11–15–7 |- |34||W||January 15, 1948||8–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||12–15–7 |- |35||W||January 17, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||13–15–7 |- |36||T||January 18, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||13–15–8 |- |37||L||January 21, 1948||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||13–16–8 |- |38||L||January 24, 1948||1–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||13–17–8 |- |39||L||January 25, 1948||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||13–18–8 |- |40||T||January 28, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||13–18–9 |- |41||L||January 31, 1948||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||13–19–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||W||February 1, 1948||3–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||14–19–9 |- |43||L||February 5, 1948||2–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||14–20–9 |- |44||L||February 7, 1948||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||14–21–9 |- |45||L||February 14, 1948||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||14–22–9 |- |46||L||February 15, 1948||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||14–23–9 |- |47||W||February 19, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||15–23–9 |- |48||L||February 21, 1948||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||15–24–9 |- |49||L||February 22, 1948||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||15–25–9 |- |50||L||February 28, 1948||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||15–26–9 |- |51||L||February 29, 1948||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||15–27–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||W||March 3, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||16–27–9 |- |53||T||March 4, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||16–27–10 |- |54||T||March 6, 1948||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) ||16–27–11 |- |55||L||March 7, 1948||3–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||16–28–11 |- |56||W||March 11, 1948||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) ||17–28–11 |- |57||W||March 13, 1948||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1947–48) ||18–28–11 |- |58||W||March 14, 1948||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1947–48) ||19–28–11 |- |59||W||March 20, 1948||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) ||20–28–11 |- |60||L||March 21, 1948||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) ||20–29–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Elmer Lach C 60 30 31 61 72 Maurice Richard RW 53 28 25 53 89 Toe Blake LW 32 9 15 24 4 Ken Reardon D 58 7 15 22 129 Billy Reay C 60 6 14 20 24 Bob Fillion LW 32 9 9 18 8 Roger Leger D 48 4 14 18 26 Jacques Locas Jacques Locas (ice hockey, born 1926) RW 56 7 8 15 66 Norm Dussault C 28 5 10 15 4 Glen Harmon D 56 10 4 14 52 Joe Carveth RW 35 1 10 11 6 Emile Bouchard D 60 4 6 10 78 Murph Chamberlain LW 30 6 3 9 62 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 35 4 4 8 32 Rip Riopelle LW 55 5 2 7 12 Bob Carse LW 22 3 3 6 16 Floyd Curry RW 31 1 5 6 0 John Quilty C 20 2 3 5 4 Tod Campeau C 14 2 2 4 4 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 22 1 3 4 6 Hal Laycoe D 14 1 2 3 4 Gerry Plamondon LW 3 1 1 2 0 Murdo MacKay RW/C 14 0 2 2 0 Ken Mosdell C 23 1 0 1 19 Bill Durnan G 59 0 0 0 5 Leo Gravelle RW 15 0 0 0 0 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 1 0 0 0 0 Gerry McNeil G 2 0 0 0 0 George Robertson George Robertson (ice hockey) LW/C 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 3505 59 20 28 10 162 2.77 5 Gerry McNeil 95 2 0 1 1 7 4.42 0 Team: 3600 60 20 29 11 169 2.82 5 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1947-48 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1948.html Awards and records Elmer Lach, Art Ross Trophy Elmer Lach, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star Ken Reardon, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal Montreal Canadiens