1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-23-9 - 65 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Semi-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-3
Coach: Dick Irvin (28-23-9)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 28 wins and 23 losses and 9 ties for 65 points, finishing third in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Canadiens topped the league with just 126 goals allowed. Montreal scored 152 goals. Billy Reay netted 22 goals for the team and contributed 23 assists. Bill Durnan recorded 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.10 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.

Dick Irvin coached the team. The 1948-49 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Reay	C	60	22	23	45	33
Maurice Richard	R	59	20	18	38	110
Joe Carveth	R	60	15	22	37	8
Elmer Lach	C	36	11	18	29	59
Ken Mosdell	C	60	17	9	26	50
Glen Harmon	D	59	8	12	20	44
Norm Dussault	L	47	9	8	17	6
Rip Riopelle	L	48	10	6	16	34
Ken Reardon	D	46	3	13	16	103
Doug Harvey	D	55	3	13	16	87
Roger Leger	D	28	6	7	13	10
Murph Chamberlain	L	54	5	8	13	111
Bob Fillion	L	59	3	9	12	14
Gerry Plamondon	L	27	5	5	10	8
Leo Gravelle	R	36	4	6	10	6
Tod Campeau	C	26	3	7	10	12
Hal Laycoe	D	51	3	5	8	31
George Robertson	C	30	2	5	7	6
Butch Bouchard	D	27	3	3	6	42
Jacques Locas	R	3	0	0	0	0
Eddie Dorohoy	C	16	0	0	0	6
Bill Durnan	G	60	0	0	0	0
Bud MacPherson	D	3	0	0	0	2
Totals		950	152	197	349	782

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bill Durnan	60	3600	28	23	9	0	10	126	2.10	0
Totals	60	3600	28	23	9	0	10	126	2.10		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Reay	C	7	1	5	6	4
Maurice Richard	R	7	2	1	3	14
Joe Carveth	R	7	0	1	1	8
Elmer Lach	C	1	0	0	0	4
Ken Mosdell	C	7	1	1	2	4
Glen Harmon	D	7	1	1	2	4
Norm Dussault	L	2	0	0	0	0
Rip Riopelle	L	7	1	1	2	2
Ken Reardon	D	7	0	0	0	18
Doug Harvey	D	7	0	1	1	10
Roger Leger	D	5	0	1	1	2
Murph Chamberlain	L	4	0	0	0	8
Bob Fillion	L	7	0	1	1	4
Gerry Plamondon	L	7	5	1	6	0
Leo Gravelle	R	7	2	1	3	0
Tod Campeau	C	1	0	0	0	0
Hal Laycoe	D	7	0	1	1	13
Butch Bouchard	D	7	0	0	0	6
Murdo MacKay	C	6	1	1	2	0
Bill Durnan	G	7	0	0	0	0
Floyd Curry	R	2	0	0	0	2
Totals		119	14	17	31	103

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bill Durnan	7	468	3	4	0	0	0	17	2.18	0
Totals	7	468	3	4	0	0	0	17	2.18		0