NHL hockey team season
The 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season was the 40th season in club history. The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the semi-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.
Regular season
Bill Durnan set a long-standing modern NHL record between February 26 and March 6, 1949, when he amassed four consecutive shutouts , not allowing a goal over a span of 309 minutes, 21 seconds.[1] This record was not surpassed until 2004 , when Brian Boucher , then of the Phoenix Coyotes , broke it.
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
1948–49 NHL Records [3]
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MTL
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
6–5–1
5–4–3
5–6–1
8–2–2
5–6–1
Chicago
5–6–1
—
3–9
3–7–2
6–5–1
4–4–4
Detroit
4–5–3
9–3
—
7–4–1
7–4–1
7–3–2
Montreal
6–5–1
7–3–2
4–7–1
—
5–4–3
6–4–2
New York
2–8–2
5–6–1
4–7–1
4–5–3
—
3–5–4
Toronto
6–5–1
4–4–4
3–7–2
4–6–2
5–3–4
—
Schedule and results
Regular season results
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
T
October 14, 1948
1–1
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
0–0–1
2
W
October 16, 1948
8–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
1–0–1
3
W
October 21, 1948
5–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
2–0–1
4
T
October 23, 1948
0–0
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
2–0–2
5
L
October 27, 1948
2–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
2–1–2
6
T
October 30, 1948
3–3
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
2–1–3
7
L
October 31, 1948
1–4
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
2–2–3
8
W
November 6, 1948
2–0
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
3–2–3
9
W
November 11, 1948
4–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
4–2–3
10
W
November 13, 1948
3–1
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
5–2–3
11
L
November 14, 1948
2–3
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
5–3–3
12
L
November 17, 1948
3–4
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
5–4–3
13
W
November 21, 1948
3–0
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
6–4–3
14
T
November 24, 1948
3–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
6–4–4
15
L
November 25, 1948
0–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
6–5–4
16
L
November 27, 1948
0–2
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
6–6–4
17
W
December 4, 1948
3–1
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
7–6–4
18
L
December 5, 1948
1–2
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
7–7–4
19
L
December 11, 1948
2–5
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
7–8–4
20
T
December 12, 1948
4–4
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
7–8–5
21
W
December 15, 1948
4–2
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
8–8–5
22
W
December 18, 1948
5–3
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
9–8–5
23
L
December 19, 1948
2–3
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
9–9–5
24
W
December 23, 1948
4–2
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
10–9–5
25
L
December 25, 1948
0–2
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
10–10–5
26
L
December 26, 1948
1–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
10–11–5
27
W
December 30, 1948
3–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
11–11–5
28
L
January 1, 1949
3–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
11–12–5
29
W
January 6, 1949
7–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
12–12–5
30
L
January 8, 1949
1–4
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
12–13–5
31
T
January 9, 1949
1–1
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
12–13–6
32
W
January 12, 1949
5–3
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
13–13–6
33
W
January 15, 1949
7–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
14–13–6
34
L
January 16, 1949
2–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
14–14–6
35
W
January 19, 1949
4–1
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
15–14–6
36
W
January 20, 1949
2–1
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
16–14–6
37
W
January 22, 1949
4–2
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
17–14–6
38
L
January 23, 1949
0–3
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
17–15–6
39
W
January 26, 1949
3–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
18–15–6
40
L
January 29, 1949
2–5
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
18–16–6
41
L
January 30, 1949
0–9
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
18–17–6
42
L
February 3, 1949
1–4
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
18–18–6
43
L
February 5, 1949
2–3
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
18–19–6
44
L
February 6, 1949
0–1
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
18–20–6
45
T
February 9, 1949
2–2
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
18–20–7
46
L
February 13, 1949
3–4
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
18–21–7
47
W
February 17, 1949
3–0
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
19–21–7
48
W
February 19, 1949
3–1
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
20–21–7
49
L
February 20, 1949
2–3
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
20–22–7
50
W
February 24, 1949
3–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
21–22–7
51
W
February 26, 1949
1–0
Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
22–22–7
52
W
March 2, 1949
2–0
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
23–22–7
53
W
March 5, 1949
4–0
Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
24–22–7
54
W
March 6, 1949
1–0
@ Boston Bruins (1948–49 )
25–22–7
55
T
March 9, 1949
2–2
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
25–22–8
56
W
March 12, 1949
3–0
New York Rangers (1948–49 )
26–22–8
57
T
March 13, 1949
1–1
@ New York Rangers (1948–49 )
26–22–9
58
W
March 17, 1949
3–1
Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49 )
27–22–9
59
W
March 19, 1949
5–1
Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49 )
28–22–9
60
L
March 20, 1949
1–2
@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49 )
28–23–9
[4]
Playoffs
The Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
Date
Away
Score
Home
Score
Notes
March 22
Montreal Canadiens
1
Detroit Red Wings
2
OT
March 24
Montreal Canadiens
4
Detroit Red Wings
3
OT
March 26
Detroit Red Wings
2
Montreal Canadiens
3
March 29
Detroit Red Wings
3
Montreal Canadiens
1
March 31
Montreal Canadiens
1
Detroit Red Wings
3
April 2
Detroit Red Wings
1
Montreal Canadiens
3
April 5
Montreal Canadiens
1
Detroit Red Wings
3
Detroit won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 3.
Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SO
Bill Durnan
3600
60
28
23
9
126
2.10
10
Team:
3600
60
28
23
9
126
2.10
10
Playoffs
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Bill Durnan
468
7
3
4
17
2.18
0
Team:
468
7
3
4
17
2.18
0
[5]
Awards and records
Transactions
See also
Citations
References
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