1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season
NHL hockey team season
The 1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season was the 42nd in franchise history. The team placed third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in Stanley Cup Finals against Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1. The five games were decided in overtime.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
1950–51 NHL Records [2]
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MTL
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
9–4–1
2–8–4
5–6–3
4–2–8
2–10–2
Chicago
4–9–1
—
1–13
4–8–2
2–9–3
2–8–4
Detroit
8–2–4
13–1
—
8–4–2
8–3–3
7–3–4
Montreal
6–5–3
8–4–2
4–8–2
—
5–3–6
2–10–2
New York
2–4–8
9–2–3
5–7–2
3–5–6
—
3–10–1
Toronto
10–2–2
8–2–4
3–7–4
10–2–2
10–3–1
—
Schedule and results
Regular season results
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
T
October 12, 1950
3–3
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
0–0–1
2
T
October 14, 1950
1–1
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
0–0–2
3
W
October 15, 1950
2–1
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
1–0–2
4
W
October 19, 1950
4–0
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
2–0–2
5
W
October 21, 1950
2–0
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
3–0–2
6
L
October 22, 1950
2–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
3–1–2
7
L
October 26, 1950
1–5
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
3–2–2
8
W
October 28, 1950
5–1
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
4–2–2
9
T
October 29, 1950
2–2
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
4–2–3
10
L
November 1, 1950
3–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
4–3–3
11
L
November 2, 1950
1–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
4–4–3
12
L
November 4, 1950
2–3
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
4–5–3
13
L
November 9, 1950
1–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
4–6–3
14
T
November 11, 1950
1–1
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
4–6–4
15
L
November 12, 1950
0–4
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
4–7–4
16
W
November 16, 1950
5–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
5–7–4
17
W
November 18, 1950
3–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
6–7–4
18
W
November 19, 1950
3–0
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
7–7–4
19
L
November 22, 1950
2–3
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
7–8–4
20
L
November 25, 1950
1–4
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
7–9–4
21
W
November 26, 1950
3–1
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
8–9–4
22
T
November 30, 1950
0–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
8–9–5
23
L
December 2, 1950
1–7
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
8–10–5
24
W
December 3, 1950
4–1
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
9–10–5
25
L
December 6, 1950
1–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
9–11–5
26
L
December 7, 1950
0–3
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
9–12–5
27
L
December 9, 1950
0–5
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
9–13–5
28
L
December 10, 1950
2–5
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
9–14–5
29
L
December 13, 1950
2–3
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
9–15–5
30
T
December 16, 1950
1–1
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
9–15–6
31
W
December 17, 1950
7–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
10–15–6
32
L
December 20, 1950
1–6
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
10–16–6
33
T
December 23, 1950
4–4
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
10–16–7
34
L
December 28, 1950
1–8
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
10–17–7
35
W
December 30, 1950
4–3
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
11–17–7
36
T
January 1, 1951
3–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
11–17–8
37
L
January 4, 1951
2–4
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
11–18–8
38
W
January 6, 1951
5–2
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
12–18–8
39
W
January 10, 1951
3–0
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
13–18–8
40
W
January 11, 1951
4–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
14–18–8
41
W
January 13, 1951
4–0
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
15–18–8
42
L
January 14, 1951
2–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
15–19–8
43
L
January 18, 1951
2–5
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
15–20–8
44
T
January 20, 1951
2–2
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
15–20–9
45
W
January 21, 1951
3–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
16–20–9
46
L
January 24, 1951
3–4
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
16–21–9
47
W
January 27, 1951
4–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
17–21–9
48
T
January 28, 1951
1–1
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
17–21–10
49
L
February 1, 1951
1–3
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
17–22–10
50
W
February 3, 1951
4–1
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
18–22–10
51
T
February 4, 1951
3–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
18–22–11
52
L
February 7, 1951
1–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
18–23–11
53
L
February 10, 1951
0–6
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
18–24–11
54
L
February 11, 1951
1–3
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
18–25–11
55
T
February 15, 1951
2–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
18–25–12
56
L
February 17, 1951
1–2
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
18–26–12
57
L
February 22, 1951
2–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
18–27–12
58
W
February 24, 1951
6–2
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
19–27–12
59
W
March 1, 1951
3–1
Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
20–27–12
60
L
March 3, 1951
1–3
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
20–28–12
61
T
March 4, 1951
2–2
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
20–28–13
62
W
March 7, 1951
3–2
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
21–28–13
63
W
March 10, 1951
12–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51 )
22–28–13
64
T
March 11, 1951
5–5
@ New York Rangers (1950–51 )
22–28–14
65
W
March 15, 1951
5–3
New York Rangers (1950–51 )
23–28–14
66
W
March 17, 1951
3–1
Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
24–28–14
67
T
March 18, 1951
2–2
@ Boston Bruins (1950–51 )
24–28–15
68
L
March 21, 1951
0–2
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51 )
24–29–15
69
W
March 24, 1951
3–2
Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
25–29–15
70
L
March 25, 1951
0–5
@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51 )
25–30–15
[3]
Playoffs
The Canadiens first played the Detroit Red Wings in the semi-finals. The first four games of the series was won by the visiting team. The Canadiens then won the last two to win the series four games to two to advance to the final against Toronto.
Date
Home
Score
Visitor
Score
Notes
March 27
Detroit Red Wings
2
Montreal Canadiens
3
(OT)
March 29
Detroit Red Wings
0
Montreal Canadiens
1
(OT)
March 31
Montreal Canadiens
0
Detroit Red Wings
2
April 3
Montreal Canadiens
1
Detroit Red Wings
4
April 5
Detroit Red Wings
2
Montreal Canadiens
5
April 7
Montreal Canadiens
3
Detroit Red Wings
2
Stanley Cup Finals
The Canadiens lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one.
Date
Away
Score
Home
Score
Notes
April 11
Montreal
2
Toronto
3
OT
April 14
Montreal
3
Toronto
2
OT
April 17
Toronto
2
Montreal
1
OT
April 19
Toronto
3
Montreal
2
OT
April 21
Montreal
2
Toronto
3
OT
[4]
Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SO
Gerry McNeil
4200
70
25
30
15
184
2.63
6
Team:
4200
70
25
30
15
184
2.63
6
Playoffs
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Gerry McNeil
785
11
5
6
25
1.91
1
Team:
785
11
5
6
25
1.91
1
[5]
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