1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1941–42
Year:	1941
Leaguerank:	6th
Record:	18–27–3
Goalsfor:	134
Goalsagainst:	173
Goalsleader:	Joe Benoit (20)
Assistsleader:	Toe Blake (28)
Pointsleader:	Toe Blake (45)
Pimleader:	Ken Reardon (93)
Winsleader:	Paul Bibeault (17)
Gaaleader:	Paul Bibeault (3.30)

The 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season was the 33rd season in franchise history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 1, 1941	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	0–1–0
2	T	November 8, 1941	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	0–1–1
3	L	November 13, 1941	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	0–2–1
4	L	November 15, 1941	2–4 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	0–3–1
5	L	November 16, 1941	2–3	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	0–4–1
6	L	November 22, 1941	2–7	New York Rangers (1941–42)	0–5–1
7	W	November 23, 1941	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	1–5–1
8	L	November 29, 1941	1–3	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	1–6–1
9	L	November 30, 1941	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	1–7–1
10	L	December 4, 1941	2–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	1–8–1
11	L	December 6, 1941	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–9–1
12	L	December 7, 1941	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	1–10–1
13	W	December 11, 1941	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	2–10–1
14	W	December 13, 1941	3–2 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	3–10–1
15	W	December 14, 1941	4–2	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	4–10–1
16	L	December 16, 1941	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	4–11–1
17	L	December 20, 1941	2–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	4–12–1
18	L	December 21, 1941	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	4–13–1
19	L	December 27, 1941	2–4	New York Rangers (1941–42)	4–14–1
20	W	December 30, 1941	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	5–14–1
21	W	January 3, 1942	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	6–14–1
22	L	January 4, 1942	0–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	6–15–1
23	L	January 8, 1942	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	6–16–1
24	L	January 10, 1942	0–2	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	6–17–1
25	W	January 11, 1942	2–0	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	7–17–1
26	L	January 15, 1942	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	7–18–1
27	W	January 17, 1942	6–2	New York Rangers (1941–42)	8–18–1
28	L	January 18, 1942	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	8–19–1
29	T	January 24, 1942	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	8–19–2
30	L	January 25, 1942	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	8–20–2
31	L	January 29, 1942	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	8–21–2
32	W	February 1, 1942	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–21–2
33	L	February 5, 1942	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–22–2
34	W	February 7, 1942	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	10–22–2
35	L	February 10, 1942	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	10–23–2
36	L	February 12, 1942	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	10–24–2
37	W	February 14, 1942	5–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	11–24–2
38	L	February 15, 1942	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	11–25–2
39	W	February 17, 1942	2–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	12–25–2
40	W	February 21, 1942	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	13–25–2
41	L	February 26, 1942	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	13–26–2
42	W	February 28, 1942	8–3	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	14–26–2
43	T	March 1, 1942	1–1 OT	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	14–26–3
44	W	March 5, 1942	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	15–26–3
45	W	March 7, 1942	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	16–26–3
46	W	March 14, 1942	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	17–26–3
47	L	March 15, 1942	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	17–27–3
48	W	March 19, 1942	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	18–27–3

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Playoffs

They went against Detroit in the first round in a best of three series and lost in three games, or 1–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	48	17	28	45	19
	RW	46	20	16	36	27
	C/RW	33	17	17	34	14
	C/RW	38	11	16	27	6
	C/LW	45	11	15	26	35
	C	36	9	16	25	4
	C	48	12	12	24	44
	LW	31	10	12	22	7
	RW	40	5	15	20	15
	D	41	3	12	15	93
	D	46	2	9	11	53
	LW	26	6	3	9	30
	RW	7	3	4	7	4
	LW	34	2	5	7	4
	LW/D	23	2	5	7	8
	D	47	1	5	6	51
	D	44	0	6	6	38
	LW	5	1	1	2	0
	C	12	1	1	2	12
	RW	4	1	0	1	0
	C	1	0	1	1	0
	C/RW	4	0	1	1	4
	LW	1	0	1	1	0
	C	4	0	1	1	4
	G	38	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0
	C/D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2380	38	17	19	2	131	3.30	1
	620	10	1	8	1	42	4.06	0
Team:	3000	48	18	27	3	173	3.46	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/RW	3	2	2	4	2
	LW	3	2	1	3	0
	RW	2	2	1	3	0
	LW	3	0	3	3	2
	D	3	1	1	2	0
	RW	3	1	0	1	5
	C	3	0	1	1	0
	C	3	0	1	1	0
	C/RW	3	0	1	1	2
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1
Team:	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1

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See also

• 1941–42 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.