1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season was the 31st season in franchise history. The team placed seventh in the regular season and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1935–36 season. The Canadiens would not finish a season in last place in their division for another 59 years, and would not finish last in the league for another 82 years.

1939–40 Montreal Canadiens
League7th NHL
1939–40 record10–33–5
Goals for90
Goals against168
Team information
General managerJules Dugal
CoachPit Lepine
CaptainWalter Buswell
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsToe Blake (17)
AssistsCharlie Sands (20)
PointsToe Blake (36)
Penalty minutesPolly Drouin (51)
WinsClaude Bourque (9)
Goals against averageClaude Bourque (3.29)

Regular season

The Canadiens' first game saw them score what would be a season-high 8 goals as they defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 8–2 at the Montreal Forum on November 5, 1939. The Habs were undefeated over their first six games (4-0-2) and were 6-2-2 in their first ten. After that, however, long winless streaks were the rule. They went 3-8-0 in December, 1-10-1 in January, 1-8-1 in February and 1-5-1 in March. Their most lopsided loss happened on February 22, 1940 – 1–10 against the Chicago Black Hawks at Chicago.

Final standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins48311251709833067
New York Rangers482711101367752064
Toronto Maple Leafs482517613411048556
Chicago Black Hawks482319611212035152
Detroit Red Wings48162669012625038
New York Americans481529410614023634
Montreal Canadiens48103359016733825

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents
1939–40 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston —6–1–15–36–1–17–12–4–25–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1—6–0–25–2–13–4–14–44–3–1
Detroit 3–50–6–2—5–35–32–3–21–6–1
Montreal 1–6–12–5–13–5—2–4–21–6–11–7
N.Y. Americans 1–74–3–13–54–2–2—1–6–12–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–24–43–2–26–1–16–1–1—4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–13–4–16–1–17–16–21–4–3—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 5, 19398–2Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)1–0–0
2WNovember 9, 19392–0New York Americans (1939–40)2–0–0
3TNovember 16, 19393–3 OTBoston Bruins (1939–40)2–0–1
4WNovember 19, 19392–1 OT@ New York Rangers (1939–40)3–0–1
5WNovember 21, 19392–1@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)4–0–1
6TNovember 23, 19391–1 OTNew York Rangers (1939–40)4–0–2
7LNovember 25, 19394–6Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)4–1–2
8LNovember 30, 19392–5@ New York Americans (1939–40)4–2–2
9WDecember 3, 19393–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)5–2–2
10WDecember 7, 19394–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)6–2–2
11LDecember 9, 19390–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)6–3–2
12LDecember 10, 19392–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)6–4–2
13WDecember 14, 19395–3 OTNew York Americans (1939–40)7–4–2
14LDecember 16, 19392–4New York Rangers (1939–40)7–5–2
15LDecember 19, 19392–5@ New York Rangers (1939–40)7–6–2
16LDecember 21, 19392–3Boston Bruins (1939–40)7–7–2
17LDecember 25, 19391–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)7–8–2
18LDecember 28, 19394–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)7–9–2
19LDecember 31, 19391–6@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)7–10–2
20LJanuary 1, 19400–1@ New York Americans (1939–40)7–11–2
21LJanuary 4, 19402–3Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)7–12–2
22LJanuary 6, 19401–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)7–13–2
23WJanuary 7, 19402–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)8–13–2
24LJanuary 9, 19400–2Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)8–14–2
25LJanuary 14, 19402–4@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)8–15–2
26LJanuary 16, 19401–6Boston Bruins (1939–40)8–16–2
27LJanuary 18, 19400–1New York Rangers (1939–40)8–17–2
28TJanuary 25, 19402–2 OTNew York Americans (1939–40)8–17–3
29LJanuary 27, 19401–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)8–18–3
30LJanuary 28, 19401–8@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)8–19–3
31LJanuary 30, 19401–4@ New York Americans (1939–40)8–20–3
32LFebruary 4, 19400–9@ New York Rangers (1939–40)8–21–3
33LFebruary 8, 19401–2Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)8–22–3
34WFebruary 11, 19403–2 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)9–22–3
35TFebruary 15, 19401–1 OTChicago Black Hawks (1939–40)9–22–4
36LFebruary 17, 19401–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)9–23–4
37LFebruary 18, 19401–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)9–24–4
38LFebruary 22, 19401–10@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)9–25–4
39LFebruary 24, 19400–2New York Rangers (1939–40)9–26–4
40LFebruary 25, 19402–6@ New York Rangers (1939–40)9–27–4
41LFebruary 29, 19402–4Boston Bruins (1939–40)9–28–4
42TMarch 2, 19403–3 OTNew York Americans (1939–40)9–28–5
43LMarch 3, 19400–3@ New York Americans (1939–40)9–29–5
44LMarch 7, 19401–6Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)9–30–5
45WMarch 9, 19403–0Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)10–30–5
46LMarch 10, 19402–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)10–31–5
47LMarch 14, 19404–8Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)10–32–5
48LMarch 17, 19402–7@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)10–33–5

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toe BlakeLW4817193648
Charlie SandsC/RW479202910
Ray GetliffeC/LW4611122329
Georges ManthaD/LW42911206
Lou TrudelLW471271924
Polly DrouinLW424111551
Marty BarryC30410142
Doug YoungD47391222
Red GoupilleD482101248
Paul HaynesC2328108
Johnny GagnonRW104590
Rod LorrainRW411566
Bill SummerhillRW1332524
Tony DemersRW142352
Earl RobinsonRW/C111454
William MeronekC72240
Armand MondouLW212240
Walt BuswellD4613410
Cy WentworthD321346
John DoranD60336
Armand RaymondD110110
Claude BourqueG360000
Wilf CudeG70000
Mike KarakasG50000
Gus MancusoRW20000
Gordon PoirierC100000
Rhys ThomsonD700016
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Claude Bourque22103692431213.292
Wilf Cude4157151243.470
Mike Karakas3105041183.480
Charlie Sands251000512.000
Team:296048103351683.412

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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

Playoffs

They didn't qualify for the playoffs

See also

References
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1939–40 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. "1939-40 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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