1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season was the 30th season in club history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the first round to the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.

1938–39 Montreal Canadiens
League6th NHL
1938–39 record15–24–9
Goals for115
Goals against146
Team information
General managerCecil Hart
CoachCecil Hart
CaptainBabe Siebert
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsToe Blake (24)
AssistsPaul Haynes (33)
PointsToe Blake (47)
Penalty minutesStewart Evans (58)
WinsWilf Cude (8)
Goals against averageClaude Bourque (2.65)

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Boston Bruins48361021567674
New York Rangers482616614910558
Toronto Maple Leafs481920911410747
New York Americans4817211011915744
Detroit Red Wings481824610712842
Montreal Canadiens481524911514639
Chicago Black Hawks48122889113232

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents
1938-39 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYA NYR TOR
Boston —8–07–16–25–2–15–35–2–1
Chicago 0–8—1–5–24–42–4–23–4–12–3–3
Detroit 1–75–1–2—4–3–13–3–22–63–4–1
Montreal 2–64–43–4–1—3–2–31–4–32–4–2
N.Y. Americans 2–5–14–2–23–3–22–3–3—2–5–14–3–1
N.Y. Rangers 3–54–3–16–24–1–35–2–1—4–3–1
Toronto 2–5–13–2–24–3–14–2–23–4–13–4–1—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LNovember 6, 19382–3Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)0–1–0
2LNovember 10, 19380–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)0–2–0
3LNovember 12, 19381–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)0–3–0
4LNovember 13, 19383–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)0–4–0
5LNovember 17, 19381–7Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)0–5–0
6LNovember 20, 19381–2@ New York Rangers (1938–39)0–6–0
7LNovember 22, 19383–7@ New York Americans (1938–39)0–7–0
8TNovember 24, 19382–2 OTNew York Americans (1938–39)0–7–1
9WNovember 27, 19383–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)1–7–1
10WDecember 1, 19382–0Boston Bruins (1938–39)2–7–1
11WDecember 3, 19383–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)3–7–1
12LDecember 8, 19385–6New York Rangers (1938–39)3–8–1
13WDecember 11, 19384–2Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)4–8–1
14LDecember 13, 19382–3@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)4–9–1
15LDecember 15, 19380–1Boston Bruins (1938–39)4–10–1
16LDecember 18, 19382–5@ New York Americans (1938–39)4–11–1
17LDecember 22, 19382–5New York Rangers (1938–39)4–12–1
18LDecember 25, 19381–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)4–13–1
19LDecember 27, 19381–4Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)4–14–1
20WJanuary 1, 19394–3 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)5–14–1
21TJanuary 3, 19392–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)5–14–2
22TJanuary 5, 19392–2 OTNew York Rangers (1938–39)5–14–3
23TJanuary 8, 19391–1 OTDetroit Red Wings (1938–39)5–14–4
24LJanuary 10, 19390–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)5–15–4
25LJanuary 12, 19394–9Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)5–16–4
26TJanuary 14, 19391–1 OTNew York Americans (1938–39)5–16–5
27TJanuary 15, 19391–1 OT@ New York Americans (1938–39)5–16–6
28WJanuary 19, 19391–0Boston Bruins (1938–39)6–16–6
29LJanuary 22, 19393–7@ New York Rangers (1938–39)6–17–6
30LJanuary 24, 19394–6@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)6–18–6
31WJanuary 29, 19391–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)7–18–6
32LFebruary 2, 19392–4Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)7–19–6
33WFebruary 9, 19395–2New York Americans (1938–39)8–19–6
34TFebruary 11, 19393–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)8–19–7
35LFebruary 12, 19393–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)8–20–7
36LFebruary 16, 19391–5Boston Bruins (1938–39)8–21–7
37WFebruary 18, 19397–2New York Americans (1938–39)9–21–7
38WFebruary 19, 19395–4@ New York Americans (1938–39)10–21–7
39TFebruary 25, 19391–1 OTNew York Rangers (1938–39)10–21–8
40WFebruary 26, 19393–0@ New York Rangers (1938–39)11–21–8
41LFebruary 28, 19392–6@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)11–22–8
42WMarch 2, 19393–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)12–22–8
43WMarch 5, 19392–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)13–22–8
44TMarch 7, 19392–2 OT@ New York Rangers (1938–39)13–22–9
45WMarch 9, 19393–2Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)14–22–9
46LMarch 12, 19391–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1938–39)14–23–9
47WMarch 16, 19395–1Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)15–23–9
48LMarch 19, 19395–7 OT@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)15–24–9

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Playoffs

The NHL revised its playoff format and six of seven teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first round, the Canadiens would meet Detroit, which had finished in fifth place. They lost in a best of three series in 3 games, or 1–2.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date Visitor Home Score Record
March 21Detroit Red WingsMontreal Canadiens2–01–0
March 23Montreal CanadiensDetroit Red Wings3–71–1
March 24Montreal CanadiensDetroit Red Wings0–11–2

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toe BlakeLW4824234710
Paul HaynesC475333827
Johnny GagnonRW4512223423
Herb CainLW4513142726
Lou TrudelLW31813212
Rod LorrainRW38109190
Polly DrouinLW28711182
Babe SiebertLW/D44971636
Bill SummerhillRW436101628
Georges ManthaD/LW2555106
Walt BuswellD46371010
Armand MondouLW3437102
George BrownC18191010
Stewart EvansD4327958
Jimmy WardRW364370
Des SmithD163368
Cy WentworthD4503312
Red GoupilleD1802224
Paul RaymondRW110224
Marcel TremblayRW100220
Bob GracieC/LW70114
Claude BourqueG250000
Wilf CudeG230000
Gus MancusoRW20000
Don WillsonC40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wilf Cude1440238114773.212
Claude Bourque1560257135692.652
Team:300048152491462.924

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Rod LorrainRW30330
Walt BuswellD32022
Toe BlakeLW31122
Johnny GagnonRW302210
Armand MondouLW31012
Lou TrudelLW31010
Polly DrouinLW30115
Claude BourqueG30000
Herb CainLW30002
Stewart EvansD30002
Paul HaynesC30004
Georges ManthaD/LW30000
Paul RaymondRW30002
Babe SiebertLW/D30000
Des SmithD30004
Bill SummerhillRW20002
Jimmy WardRW10000
Cy WentworthD30004
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Claude Bourque18831282.551
Team:18831282.551

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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. 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. "1938–39 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "1938-39 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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