1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 43rd season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in second place, the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to advance to the final series. The Detroit Red Wings would sweep the Canadiens in the finals, four games to none.

1951–52 Montreal Canadiens
League2nd NHL
1951–52 record34–26–10
Goals for195
Goals against164
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsBernie Geoffrion (30)
AssistsElmer Lach (50)
PointsElmer Lach (65)
Penalty minutesDoug Harvey (82)
WinsGerry McNeil (34)
Goals against averageGerry McNeil (2.34)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70441412215133+82100
2Montreal Canadiens70342610195164+3178
3Toronto Maple Leafs70292516168157+1174
4Boston Bruins70252916162176−1466
5New York Rangers70233413192219−2759
6Chicago Black Hawks7017449158241−8343

Record vs. opponents
1951–52 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —9–3–23–8–37–5–24–6–42–7–5
Chicago 3–9–2—2–121–10–35–7–26–6–2
Detroit 8–3–312–2—9–2–39–3–26–4–4
Montreal 5–7–210–1–32–9–3—9–4–18–5–1
New York 6–4–47–5–23–9–24–9–1—3–7–4
Toronto 7–2–56–6–24–6–45–8–17–3–4—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 19514–2Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)1–0–0
2LOctober 13, 19511–2Boston Bruins (1951–52)1–1–0
3WOctober 14, 19514–3@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)2–1–0
4WOctober 18, 19513–2New York Rangers (1951–52)3–1–0
5LOctober 20, 19510–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)3–2–0
6LOctober 22, 19511–3Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)3–3–0
7TOctober 25, 19512–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)3–3–1
8LOctober 28, 19511–2@ New York Rangers (1951–52)3–4–1
9WOctober 29, 19516–1New York Rangers (1951–52)4–4–1
10LOctober 31, 19510–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)4–5–1
11LNovember 1, 19512–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)4–6–1
12LNovember 3, 19512–3Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)4–7–1
13WNovember 8, 19514–2Boston Bruins (1951–52)5–7–1
14WNovember 10, 19514–2Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)6–7–1
15TNovember 11, 19513–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)6–7–2
16WNovember 17, 19513–2New York Rangers (1951–52)7–7–2
17TNovember 18, 19513–3@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)7–7–3
18LNovember 22, 19511–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)7–8–3
19LNovember 24, 19512–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)7–9–3
20LNovember 25, 19511–2@ New York Rangers (1951–52)7–10–3
21WNovember 29, 19515–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)8–10–3
22WDecember 1, 19514–2Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)9–10–3
23LDecember 2, 19511–4@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)9–11–3
24LDecember 8, 19510–3Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)9–12–3
25LDecember 9, 19512–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)9–13–3
26TDecember 13, 19511–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)9–13–4
27WDecember 15, 19513–1Boston Bruins (1951–52)10–13–4
28WDecember 16, 19514–2@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)11–13–4
29LDecember 19, 19512–4@ New York Rangers (1951–52)11–14–4
30WDecember 20, 19514–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)12–14–4
31WDecember 22, 19515–1Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)13–14–4
32LDecember 23, 19510–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)13–15–4
33WDecember 26, 19513–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)14–15–4
34WDecember 29, 19517–2New York Rangers (1951–52)15–15–4
35WDecember 31, 19515–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)16–15–4
36WJanuary 1, 19523–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)17–15–4
37WJanuary 3, 19523–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)18–15–4
38LJanuary 5, 19522–3Boston Bruins (1951–52)18–16–4
39WJanuary 12, 19528–3Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)19–16–4
40TJanuary 13, 19522–2@ New York Rangers (1951–52)19–16–5
41TJanuary 17, 19522–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)19–16–6
42LJanuary 19, 19520–4Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)19–17–6
43LJanuary 20, 19521–2@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)19–18–6
44WJanuary 23, 19524–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)20–18–6
45WJanuary 24, 19524–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)21–18–6
46WJanuary 26, 19525–3Boston Bruins (1951–52)22–18–6
47WJanuary 27, 19525–3@ New York Rangers (1951–52)23–18–6
48WJanuary 31, 19521–0New York Rangers (1951–52)24–18–6
49TFebruary 2, 19522–2Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)24–18–7
50LFebruary 3, 19520–1@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)24–19–7
51LFebruary 7, 19523–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)24–20–7
52LFebruary 9, 19522–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)24–21–7
53WFebruary 10, 19523–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)25–21–7
54WFebruary 14, 19523–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)26–21–7
55WFebruary 16, 19525–1New York Rangers (1951–52)27–21–7
56LFebruary 17, 19522–3@ New York Rangers (1951–52)27–22–7
57TFebruary 21, 19523–3Boston Bruins (1951–52)27–22–8
58WFebruary 23, 19527–0Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)28–22–8
59WFebruary 28, 19523–2Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)29–22–8
60WMarch 1, 19523–1New York Rangers (1951–52)30–22–8
61WMarch 2, 19526–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)31–22–8
62LMarch 5, 19522–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)31–23–8
63TMarch 8, 19524–4Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)31–23–9
64WMarch 9, 19522–0@ New York Rangers (1951–52)32–23–9
65WMarch 13, 19523–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)33–23–9
66LMarch 15, 19520–2Boston Bruins (1951–52)33–24–9
67LMarch 16, 19521–2@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)33–25–9
68WMarch 19, 19523–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)34–25–9
69TMarch 22, 19523–3Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)34–25–10
70LMarch 23, 19522–7@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)34–26–10

Playoffs
Main article: 1952 Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Elmer LachC7015506536
Bernie GeoffrionRW6730245466
Maurice RichardRW4827174444
Paul MegerLW6924184244
Billy ReayC687344120
Dick GambleLW642317408
Floyd CurryRW6420183810
Bert OlmsteadLW697283549
Dickie MooreLW3318153344
Doug HarveyD686232982
Ken MosdellC445111619
Dollard St. LaurentD403101330
Butch BouchardD60391245
John McCormackC54210124
Tom JohnsonD6707776
Ross LoweD/LW3115642
Bud MacPhersonD5421324
Paul MasnickC151232
Lorne DavisRW31122
Gerry CoutureRW100114
Calum MacKayLW120118
Gene AchtymichukC10000
Garry EdmundsonLW10002
Bob FrydayRW30000
Cliff MaloneRW30000
Don MarshallLW10000
Gerry McNeilG700000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil4200703426101642.345
Team:4200703426101642.345

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Floyd CurryRW114376
Maurice RichardRW114266
Bernie GeoffrionRW113146
Billy ReayC102247
Elmer LachC111234
Doug HarveyD110338
Paul MegerLW110332
Dollard St. LaurentD90336
Eddie MazurD/LW52024
Dickie MooreLW1111212
Butch BouchardD1102214
Dick GambleLW70220
Tom JohnsonD111012
Paul MasnickC610112
Ken MosdellC21010
Bert OlmsteadLW110114
Garry EdmundsonLW20004
Stan LongD30000
Bud MacPhersonD110000
Gerry McNeilG110000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil6881147232.011
Team:6881147232.011

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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;

See also

References
  1. "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1951-52 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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