1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 49th season of play. The Canadiens won their third-straight Stanley Cup and the tenth in club history.

1957–58 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1957–58 record43–17–10
Goals for250
Goals against158
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainMaurice Richard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsDickie Moore (36)
AssistsHenri Richard (52)
PointsDickie Moore (84)
Penalty minutesDoug Harvey (131)
WinsJacques Plante (34)
Goals against averageLen Broderick (2.00)

Regular season
  • October 19, 1957 – Maurice Richard scores a goal at 15:52 of the first period. Richard becomes the first player to score 500 goals in a career.
  • Hockey's color barrier was broken in Montreal. Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, Willie O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history.

Record vs. opponents
1957–58 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —7–3–48–5–13–9–26–5–33–6–5
Chicago 3–7–4—7–73–10–14–9–17–6–1
Detroit 5–8–17–7—3–7–44–5–510–2–2
Montreal 9–3–210–3–17–3–4—6–6–211–2–1
New York 5–6–39–4–15–4–56–6–2—7–5–2
Toronto 6–3–56–7–12–10–22–11–15–7–2—

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70431710250158+9296
2New York Rangers70322513195188+777
3Detroit Red Wings70292912176207−3170
4Boston Bruins70272815199194+569
5Chicago Black Hawks7024397163202−3955
6Toronto Maple Leafs70213811192226−3453

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 10, 19575–1Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)1–0–0
2TOctober 12, 19572–2New York Rangers (1957–58)1–0–1
3WOctober 13, 19576–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)2–0–1
4TOctober 15, 19573–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)2–0–2
5WOctober 17, 19579–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)3–0–2
6WOctober 19, 19573–1Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)4–0–2
7WOctober 26, 19574–3Boston Bruins (1957–58)5–0–2
8LOctober 27, 19571–4@ New York Rangers (1957–58)5–1–2
9WOctober 30, 19576–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)6–1–2
10LOctober 31, 19571–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)6–2–2
11WNovember 2, 19576–3Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)7–2–2
12WNovember 7, 19576–0Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)8–2–2
13WNovember 9, 19574–2Boston Bruins (1957–58)9–2–2
14WNovember 13, 19574–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)10–2–2
15LNovember 16, 19572–4New York Rangers (1957–58)10–3–2
16LNovember 17, 19572–4@ New York Rangers (1957–58)10–4–2
17WNovember 23, 19574–2@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)11–4–2
18TNovember 24, 19573–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)11–4–3
19WNovember 28, 19572–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)12–4–3
20WNovember 30, 19576–1Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)13–4–3
21WDecember 1, 19574–1@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)14–4–3
22TDecember 4, 19570–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)14–4–4
23WDecember 5, 19574–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)15–4–4
24LDecember 7, 19571–2Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)15–5–4
25WDecember 8, 19573–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)16–5–4
26WDecember 12, 19573–2New York Rangers (1957–58)17–5–4
27TDecember 14, 19571–1Boston Bruins (1957–58)17–5–5
28WDecember 15, 19572–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)18–5–5
29LDecember 18, 19574–5@ New York Rangers (1957–58)18–6–5
30LDecember 21, 19572–4New York Rangers (1957–58)18–7–5
31WDecember 22, 19574–1@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)19–7–5
32LDecember 25, 19574–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)19–8–5
33WDecember 28, 19576–0Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)20–8–5
34WDecember 29, 19574–3@ New York Rangers (1957–58)21–8–5
35WJanuary 1, 19584–3@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)22–8–5
36WJanuary 2, 19585–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)23–8–5
37WJanuary 4, 19582–1Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)24–8–5
38WJanuary 5, 19584–0@ New York Rangers (1957–58)25–8–5
39WJanuary 9, 195811–3Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)26–8–5
40WJanuary 11, 19589–3New York Rangers (1957–58)27–8–5
41LJanuary 12, 19581–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)27–9–5
42WJanuary 16, 19585–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)28–9–5
43LJanuary 18, 19580–3Boston Bruins (1957–58)28–10–5
44WJanuary 19, 19586–2@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)29–10–5
45WJanuary 22, 19582–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)30–10–5
46WJanuary 25, 19582–1Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)31–10–5
47LJanuary 26, 19582–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)31–11–5
48WJanuary 30, 19587–0Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)32–11–5
49WFebruary 1, 19583–1Boston Bruins (1957–58)33–11–5
50WFebruary 2, 19583–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)34–11–5
51TFebruary 6, 19581–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)34–11–6
52LFebruary 8, 19582–3Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)34–12–6
53WFebruary 9, 19583–1@ New York Rangers (1957–58)35–12–6
54WFebruary 12, 19585–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)36–12–6
55TFebruary 15, 19582–2@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)36–12–7
56LFebruary 16, 19580–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)36–13–7
57WFebruary 20, 19584–0Boston Bruins (1957–58)37–13–7
58TFebruary 22, 19582–2New York Rangers (1957–58)37–13–8
59TFebruary 23, 19583–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)37–13–9
60WFebruary 27, 19584–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)38–13–9
61TMarch 1, 19582–2Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)38–13–10
62LMarch 8, 19582–3New York Rangers (1957–58)38–14–10
63WMarch 9, 19584–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)39–14–10
64WMarch 12, 19585–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)40–14–10
65LMarch 13, 19583–7@ Boston Bruins (1957–58)40–15–10
66WMarch 15, 19584–1Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58)41–15–10
67WMarch 16, 19583–2@ New York Rangers (1957–58)42–15–10
68WMarch 20, 19587–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58)43–15–10
69LMarch 22, 19585–8Boston Bruins (1957–58)43–16–10
70LMarch 23, 19582–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58)43–17–10

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Playoffs

In the semi-finals, Montreal played third place Detroit. After Detroit traded Ted Lindsay because of his union efforts, Detroit was a team in disarray. Montreal defeated the Red Wings in four straight games to reach the finals.

Stanley Cup Finals
Further information: 1958 Stanley Cup Finals

Rocket Richard, was the top goal scorer during the playoffs with 11. In game five he notched his third final series overtime goal of his career and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 8Boston1Montreal2
April 10Boston5Montreal2
April 13Montreal3Boston0
April 15Montreal1Boston3
April 17Boston2Montreal3OT
April 20Montreal 5Boston3

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 2

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie MooreLW7036488465
Henri RichardC6728528056
Jean BeliveauC5527325993
Claude ProvostRW7019325171
Bernie GeoffrionRW4227235051
Phil GoyetteC70937468
Don MarshallLW6822194114
Doug HarveyD6893241131
Marcel BoninW6615243937
Bert OlmsteadLW579283771
Maurice RichardRW2815193428
Andre PronovostLW6616122855
Dollard St. LaurentD653202368
Tom JohnsonD663182175
Jean-Guy TalbotD554151965
Gene AchtymichukC163582
Floyd CurryRW422358
Connie BrodenC32130
Stan SmrkeLW50330
Bob TurnerD6603330
Murray BalfourRW31124
Ralph BackstromC20110
Jack BownassD40110
Ken MosdellC20110
Don AikenG10000
Len BroderickG10000
Billy CarterC10000
Charlie HodgeG120000
Claude LaforgeLW50000
Albert LangloisD10000
Jacques PlanteG5700013
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante338657341481192.119
Charlie Hodge72012822312.581
Len Broderick60110022.000
Don Aiken341010610.590
Team:4200704317101582.2610

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice RichardRW101141510
Jean BeliveauC10481210
Bernie GeoffrionRW1065112
Dickie MooreLW1047114
Doug HarveyD10291116
Henri RichardC1017811
Phil GoyetteC104154
Claude ProvostRW101348
Bert OlmsteadLW90330
Jean-Guy TalbotD1003312
Andre PronovostLW1020216
Don MarshallLW100224
Marcel BoninW90112
Albert LangloisD70114
Connie BrodenC10000
Floyd CurryRW70002
Tom JohnsonD20000
Ab McDonaldLW20002
Jacques PlanteG100002
Dollard St. LaurentD500010
Bob TurnerD100002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante6181082201.941
Team:6181082201.941

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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;

Roster
1958–1959 Montréal Canadiens Roster
Goaltenders Defencemen Wingers Centres

See also

References
  1. "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1957–58 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "1957-58 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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