1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1930–31
Year:	1930
Team:	Montreal Canadiens
Division:	Canadian
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	26–10–8
Goalsfor:	129
Goalsagainst:	89
Gaaleader:	George Hainsworth (2.02)
Winsleader:	George Hainsworth (26)
Goalsleader:	Howie Morenz (28)
Assistsleader:	Howie Morenz (23)
Pointsleader:	Howie Morenz (51)
Coach:	Cecil Hart
Captain:	Sylvio Mantha
Generalmanager:	Leo Dandurand
Arena:	Montreal Forum
Stanleycup:	yes
Obrientrophy:	yes

The 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup Finals for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.

Regular season

Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 15, 1930	5–1	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	1–0–0
2	L	November 18, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	1–1–0
3	W	November 20, 1930	7–1	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	2–1–0
4	L	November 23, 1930	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	2–2–0
5	L	November 27, 1930	2–3	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	2–3–0
6	W	November 29, 1930	3–2	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	3–3–0
7	W	December 2, 1930	2–0	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	4–3–0
8	W	December 4, 1930	5–4	New York Rangers (1930–31)	5–3–0
9	W	December 7, 1930	3–2	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	6–3–0
10	W	December 9, 1930	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	7–3–0
11	W	December 11, 1930	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	8–3–0
12	T	December 13, 1930	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1930–31)	8–3–1
13	T	December 18, 1930	0–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	8–3–2
14	L	December 23, 1930	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	8–4–2
15	W	December 27, 1930	8–5	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	9–4–2
16	T	December 30, 1930	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	9–4–3
17	L	January 3, 1931	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	9–5–3
18	L	January 6, 1931	2–6	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	9–6–3
19	W	January 8, 1931	2–1	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	10–6–3
20	W	January 10, 1931	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	11–6–3
21	W	January 13, 1931	2–1	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	12–6–3
22	W	January 15, 1931	4–1	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	13–6–3
23	L	January 17, 1931	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	13–7–3
24	W	January 20, 1931	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	14–7–3
25	W	January 22, 1931	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	15–7–3
26	W	January 24, 1931	6–1	New York Americans (1930–31)	16–7–3
27	W	January 29, 1931	7–1	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	17–7–3
28	W	February 1, 1931	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	18–7–3
29	W	February 3, 1931	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	19–7–3
30	T	February 5, 1931	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	19–7–4
31	L	February 7, 1931	1–2	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	19–8–4
32	W	February 15, 1931	2–0	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	20–8–4
33	W	February 17, 1931	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	21–8–4
34	T	February 19, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	21–8–5
35	W	February 21, 1931	6–4	New York Americans (1930–31)	22–8–5
36	W	February 26, 1931	5–0	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	23–8–5
37	T	February 28, 1931	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	23–8–6
38	W	March 3, 1931	1–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	24–8–6
39	L	March 5, 1931	1–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	24–9–6
40	W	March 8, 1931	2–0	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	25–9–6
41	W	March 10, 1931	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	26–9–6
42	L	March 12, 1931	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	26–10–6
43	T	March 14, 1931	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	26–10–7
44	T	March 21, 1931	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	26–10–8

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Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the Boston Bruins, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens took the best-of-five series three games to two to advance to the final.

Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 3	Montreal Canadiens	2	Chicago Black Hawks	1
April 5	Montreal Canadiens	1	Chicago Black Hawks	2	2OT
April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	3	Montreal Canadiens	2	3OT
April 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Montreal Canadiens	2
April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	1	Montreal Canadiens	2

Montreal won the best-of-five series 3–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	39	28	23	51	49
	LW	43	13	22	35	73
	RW	41	18	7	25	43
	C	44	17	7	24	63
	D/LW	44	11	6	17	25
	D	44	8	6	14	82
	RW	40	8	5	13	35
	RW	44	9	2	11	26
	D	44	4	7	11	75
	LW	40	5	4	9	10
	D	44	2	5	7	91
	RW	44	2	5	7	6
	RW/D	22	2	1	3	10
	D	21	2	0	2	14
	G	44	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8
Team:	2740	44	26	10	8	89	1.95	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	10	6	2	8	8
	D/LW	10	5	1	6	4
	C	10	4	2	6	6
	RW	10	4	1	5	8
	C	10	1	4	5	10
	LW	10	0	4	4	12
	D	10	2	1	3	26
	D	10	1	2	3	10
	RW	10	1	2	3	8
	D	7	0	2	2	9
	RW	10	1	0	1	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0
	D	10	0	0	0	4
	LW	8	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2
Team:	722	10	6	4	21	1.75	2

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Awards and records

• O'Brien Cup – winner of Canadian division

See also

• 1930–31 NHL season

References

• Book: Coleman, Charles L. . The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. . 1969 . National Hockey League . 109–134.
• Book: Mouton, Claude . The Montreal Canadiens . Key Porter Books . 1987 . 1-55013-051-X . Toronto, Ontario.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.