1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
League	2nd NHL
1949–50 record	29–22–19
Goals for	172
Goals against	150
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Emile Bouchard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Maurice Richard (43)
Assists	Elmer Lach (33)
Points	Maurice Richard (65)
Penalty minutes	Maurice Richard (114)
Wins	Bill Durnan (26)
Goals against average	Gerry McNeil (1.50)

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	229	164	+65	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	172	150	+22	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	176	173	+3	74
4	New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	170	189	−19	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	198	228	−30	60
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	203	244	−41	54

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–7–2	3–8–3	4–5–5	5–5–4	5–7–2
Chicago	7–5–2	—	3–9–2	4–8–2	4–9–1	4–7–3
Detroit	8–3–3	9–3–2	—	5–3–6	7–5–2	8–5–1
Montreal	5–4–5	8–4–2	3–5–6	—	7–5–2	6–4–4
New York	5–5–4	9–4–1	5–7–2	5–7–2	—	4–8–2
Toronto	7–5–2	7–4–3	5–8–1	4–6–4	8–4–2	—

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1949	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–0–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4	L	October 22, 1949	1–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1949	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	L	October 27, 1949	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–2–1
7	L	October 29, 1949	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	3–3–1
8	W	October 30, 1949	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1949	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10	T	November 5, 1949	3–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	4–4–2
11	T	November 9, 1949	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–4–3
13	W	November 12, 1949	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1949	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1949	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16	L	November 20, 1949	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	6–6–4
17	W	November 24, 1949	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	7–6–4
18	W	November 26, 1949	5–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–6–4
20	L	November 30, 1949	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	9–7–4
21	L	December 3, 1949	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–8–4
22	L	December 4, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–4
23	T	December 8, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–5
24	T	December 10, 1949	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–9–6
25	W	December 11, 1949	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26	T	December 14, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27	W	December 15, 1949	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–9–7
28	W	December 17, 1949	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–9–7
29	L	December 18, 1949	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	12–10–7
30	L	December 21, 1949	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–7
31	T	December 24, 1949	0–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–8
32	L	December 25, 1949	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–12–8
33	T	December 28, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34	W	December 31, 1949	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–12–9
35	L	January 1, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36	W	January 5, 1950	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	14–13–9
37	L	January 7, 1950	1–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	14–14–9
38	W	January 10, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39	W	January 14, 1950	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–14–9
40	W	January 18, 1950	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41	L	January 19, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–15–9
42	W	January 21, 1950	3–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	18–15–9
43	W	January 22, 1950	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	19–15–9
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–10
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–11
46	L	January 29, 1950	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	19–16–11
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–16–12
48	W	February 2, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	20–16–12
49	L	February 4, 1950	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	20–17–12
50	W	February 5, 1950	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51	L	February 11, 1950	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52	T	February 12, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	21–18–13
53	T	February 16, 1950	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–14
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–4	New York Rangers (1949–50)	21–19–14
55	L	February 20, 1950	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–14
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–15
57	W	February 25, 1950	3–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–20–15
58	L	March 2, 1950	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59	W	March 4, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–15
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	23–21–16
61	T	March 9, 1950	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–21–17
62	W	March 11, 1950	5–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	24–21–17
63	W	March 12, 1950	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	25–21–17
64	L	March 15, 1950	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–17
65	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–18
66	W	March 18, 1950	5–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–22–18
67	W	March 19, 1950	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	27–22–18
68	W	March 22, 1950	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69	W	March 25, 1950	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	29–22–18
70	T	March 26, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	29–22–19

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	RW	70	43	22	65	114
Elmer Lach	C	64	15	33	48	33
Billy Reay	C	68	19	26	45	48
Norm Dussault	C	67	13	24	37	22
Leo Gravelle	RW	70	19	10	29	18
Ken Reardon	D	67	1	27	28	109
Ken Mosdell	C	67	15	12	27	42
Doug Harvey	D	70	4	20	24	76
Rip Riopelle	LW	66	12	8	20	27
Glen Harmon	D	62	3	16	19	28
Calum MacKay	LW	52	8	10	18	44
Floyd Curry	RW	49	8	8	16	8
Roger Leger	D	55	3	12	15	21
Grant Warwick	RW	26	2	6	8	19
Emile Bouchard	D	69	1	7	8	88
Gerry Plamondon	LW	37	1	5	6	0
Bob Fillion	LW	57	1	3	4	8
Gilles Dube	LW	12	1	2	3	2
Bert Hirschfeld	LW	13	1	2	3	2
Joe Carveth	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Hal Laycoe	D	30	0	2	2	21
Bob Fryday	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Lulu Denis	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Bill Durnan	G	64	0	1	1	2
Bob Frampton	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bill Durnan	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
Gerry McNeil	360	6	3	1	2	9	1.50	1
Team:	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Norm Dussault	C	5	3	1	4	0
Elmer Lach	C	5	1	2	3	4
Maurice Richard	RW	5	1	1	2	6
Emile Bouchard	D	5	0	2	2	2
Doug Harvey	D	5	0	2	2	10
Ken Reardon	D	2	0	2	2	12
Floyd Curry	RW	5	1	0	1	2
Bert Hirschfeld	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Glen Harmon	D	5	0	1	1	21
Calum MacKay	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Gerry Plamondon	LW	3	0	1	1	2
Billy Reay	C	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Durnan	G	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Fillion	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Bob Frampton	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Leo Gravelle	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Tom Johnson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Hal Laycoe	D	2	0	0	0	0
Roger Leger	D	4	0	0	0	2
Gerry McNeil	G	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Meger	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Ken Mosdell	C	5	0	0	0	12
Rip Riopelle	LW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Gerry McNeil	135	2	1	1	5	2.22	0
Bill Durnan	180	3	0	3	10	3.33	0
Team:	315	5	1	4	15	2.86	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

• Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan

Transactions

See also

• 1949–50 NHL season

Citations

1. "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "Montreal Canadiens 1950-51 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
4. "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference