1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 50th season of play. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive season, and the 11th time in club history.

1958–59 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1958–59 record39–18–13
Goals for258
Goals against158
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainMaurice Richard
Alternate captainsDoug Harvey
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJean Beliveau (45)
AssistsDickie Moore (55)
PointsDickie Moore (96)
Penalty minutesJean-Guy Talbot (77)
WinsJacques Plante (38)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (2.16)

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70391813258158+10091
2Boston Bruins7032299205215−1073
3Chicago Black Hawks70282913197208−1169
4Toronto Maple Leafs70273211189201−1265
5New York Rangers70263212201217−1664
6Detroit Red Wings7025378167218−5158

Record vs. opponents
1958–59 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —6–7–18–5–16–6–26–5–36–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1—6–7–11–8–57–4–37–4–3
Detroit 5–8–17–6–1—1–9–46–7–16–7–1
Montreal 6–6–28–1–59–1–4—8–5–18–5–1
New York 5–6–34–7–37–6–15–8–1—5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–24–7–37–6–15–8–15–5–4—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 9, 19583–2Boston Bruins (1958–59)1–0–0
2WOctober 11, 19582–0Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)2–0–0
3LOctober 12, 19582–4@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)2–1–0
4WOctober 16, 19584–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)3–1–0
5TOctober 18, 19582–2New York Rangers (1958–59)3–1–1
6WOctober 19, 19585–3@ New York Rangers (1958–59)4–1–1
7WOctober 23, 19589–1Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)5–1–1
8LOctober 25, 19582–5Boston Bruins (1958–59)5–2–1
9WOctober 26, 19585–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)6–2–1
10TOctober 28, 19585–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)6–2–2
11WOctober 29, 19585–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)7–2–2
12LNovember 1, 19582–4Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)7–3–2
13LNovember 8, 19585–6New York Rangers (1958–59)7–4–2
14WNovember 12, 19584–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)8–4–2
15WNovember 15, 19583–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)9–4–2
16LNovember 16, 19581–2@ New York Rangers (1958–59)9–5–2
17TNovember 20, 19584–4Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)9–5–3
18WNovember 22, 19585–1Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)10–5–3
19LNovember 23, 19580–2@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)10–6–3
20LNovember 26, 19583–5@ New York Rangers (1958–59)10–7–3
21WNovember 27, 19582–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)11–7–3
22WNovember 29, 19586–2Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)12–7–3
23WNovember 30, 19587–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)13–7–3
24TDecember 4, 19582–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)13–7–4
25WDecember 6, 19586–0New York Rangers (1958–59)14–7–4
26WDecember 7, 19584–1@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)15–7–4
27TDecember 13, 19582–2Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)15–7–5
28WDecember 14, 19586–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)16–7–5
29WDecember 18, 19584–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)17–7–5
30WDecember 20, 19584–1Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)18–7–5
31WDecember 21, 19585–0@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)19–7–5
32WDecember 25, 19584–1New York Rangers (1958–59)20–7–5
33WDecember 27, 19586–1Boston Bruins (1958–59)21–7–5
34LDecember 28, 19583–5@ New York Rangers (1958–59)21–8–5
35LDecember 31, 19580–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)21–9–5
36TJanuary 1, 19592–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)21–9–6
37WJanuary 3, 19595–1New York Rangers (1958–59)22–9–6
38TJanuary 4, 19592–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)22–9–7
39WJanuary 8, 19593–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)23–9–7
40WJanuary 10, 19591–0Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)24–9–7
41TJanuary 11, 19593–3@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)24–9–8
42TJanuary 17, 19593–3Boston Bruins (1958–59)24–9–9
43TJanuary 18, 19591–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)24–9–10
44LJanuary 21, 19591–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)24–10–10
45WJanuary 24, 19593–1New York Rangers (1958–59)25–10–10
46WJanuary 25, 19597–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)26–10–10
47LJanuary 29, 19591–4Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)26–11–10
48TJanuary 31, 19593–3Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)26–11–11
49TFebruary 1, 19593–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)26–11–12
50LFebruary 5, 19593–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)26–12–12
51LFebruary 7, 19592–3Boston Bruins (1958–59)26–13–12
52WFebruary 8, 19593–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)27–13–12
53WFebruary 11, 19595–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)28–13–12
54WFebruary 14, 19592–1@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)29–13–12
55WFebruary 15, 19595–1@ New York Rangers (1958–59)30–13–12
56WFebruary 19, 19597–0Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)31–13–12
57WFebruary 21, 19596–0Boston Bruins (1958–59)32–13–12
58LFebruary 22, 19591–5@ New York Rangers (1958–59)32–14–12
59LFebruary 25, 19592–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)32–15–12
60WFebruary 28, 19596–1New York Rangers (1958–59)33–15–12
61WMarch 5, 19592–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)34–15–12
62WMarch 7, 195910–2Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)35–15–12
63WMarch 8, 19592–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)36–15–12
64TMarch 10, 19595–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)36–15–13
65WMarch 11, 19596–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)37–15–13
66WMarch 14, 19598–4Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)38–15–13
67LMarch 15, 19593–5@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)38–16–13
68LMarch 19, 19593–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)38–17–13
69LMarch 21, 19593–4Boston Bruins (1958–59)38–18–13
70WMarch 22, 19594–2@ New York Rangers (1958–59)39–18–13

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals
Further information: 1959 Stanley Cup Finals

Rocket Richard, hampered by injuries, did not score at all during the playoffs. Toronto was making its first finals appearance since 1951.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 9Toronto3Montreal5
April 11Toronto1Montreal3
April 14Montreal2Toronto3OT
April 16Montreal 3Toronto2
April 18Toronto3Montreal5

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie MooreLW7041559661
Jean BeliveauC6445469167
Bernie GeoffrionRW5922446630
Henri RichardC6321305133
Marcel BoninW5713304338
Ralph BackstromC6418224019
Tom JohnsonD7010293976
Maurice RichardRW4217213827
Claude ProvostRW6916223837
Ab McDonaldLW6913233635
Don MarshallLW7010223212
Phil GoyetteC631018288
Bob TurnerD684242866
Andre PronovostLW709142348
Jean-Guy TalbotD694172177
Doug HarveyD614162061
Ian CushenanD3512328
Albert LangloisD4803326
Jacques PlanteG6701111
Claude CyrG10000
Charlie HodgeG20000
Claude PronovostG20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante4000673816131442.169
Charlie Hodge120211063.000
Claude Cyr20100013.000
Claude Pronovost60201077.000
Team:4200703918131582.269

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie MooreLW11512178
Marcel BoninW11105154
Bernie GeoffrionRW11581310
Doug HarveyD111111222
Henri RichardC11381113
Claude ProvostRW116282
Ralph BackstromC1135812
Tom JohnsonD112358
Jean BeliveauC31454
Phil GoyetteC100440
Andre PronovostLW112136
Ab McDonaldLW111126
Don MarshallLW110222
Bob TurnerD1102220
Jean-Guy TalbotD1101110
Bill HickeRW10000
Albert LangloisD70004
Ken MosdellC30000
Jacques PlanteG110000
Maurice RichardRW40002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante6701183262.330
Team:6701183262.330

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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

See also

References
  1. "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1958–59 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. "1958-59 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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