1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season

1940–41 Montreal Canadiens
League6th NHL
1940–41 record16–26–6
Home record11–9–4
Road record5–17–2
Goals for121
Goals against143
Team information
General managerTommy Gorman
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainToe Blake
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Quilty (18)
AssistsToe Blake (20)
PointsJohn Quilty (34)
Penalty minutesRed Goupille (81)
WinsBert Gardiner (13)
Goals against averageBert Gardiner (2.75)

The 1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season was the 32nd season in club history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against Chicago Black Hawks.

Off-season

During the off-season, Dick Irvin was hired as the new coach of the team. Irvin had previously been the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Maple Leafs' owner Conn Smythe, who wanted to hire Hap Day, suggested Irvin to the Canadiens.[1][2]

Regular season

Rookie Johnny Quilty led the team in scoring and the team increased its wins total to 16 from 10 in the previous season.

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Boston Bruins 48 27 8 13 67 168 102
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 28 14 6 62 145 99
Detroit Red Wings 48 21 16 11 53 112 102
New York Rangers 48 21 19 8 50 143 125
Chicago Black Hawks 48 16 25 7 39 112 139
48 16 26 6 38 121 147
New York Americans 48 8 29 11 27 99 186

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1940–41 NHL Records [4]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston — 4–2–2 3–0–5 5–2–1 7–0–1 4–2–2 4–2–2
Chicago 2–4–2 — 2–6 3–4–1 3–2–3 4–3–1 2–6
Detroit 0–3–5 6–2 — 4–3–1 5–1–2 3–2–3 3–5
2–5–1 4–3–1 3–4–1 — 4–3–1 2–5–1 1–6–1
N.Y. Americans 0–7–1 2–3–3 1–5–2 3–4–1 — 1–6–1 1–4–3
N.Y. Rangers 2–4–2 3–4–1 2–3–2 5–2–1 6–1–1 — 3–5
Toronto 2–4–2 6–2 5–3 6–1–1 4–1–3 5–3 —


Playoffs

The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs and played the Chicago Black Hawks. The Black Hawks won the best-of-three series in three games, two games to one.

Schedule and results

1940–41 regular season[5]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T November 3, 1940 1–1 OT Boston Bruins (1940–41) 0–0–1
2 L November 10, 1940 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 0–1–1
3 L November 14, 1940 2–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 0–2–1
4 L November 16, 1940 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 0–3–1
5 T November 17, 1940 4–4 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 0–3–2
6 L November 21, 1940 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 0–4–2
7 W November 23, 1940 3–1 New York Americans (1940–41) 1–4–2
8 L November 24, 1940 1–2 @ New York Americans (1940–41) 1–5–2
9 W November 26, 1940 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 2–5–2
10 L November 30, 1940 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1940–41) 2–6–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 L December 5, 1940 2–3 New York Rangers (1940–41) 2–7–2
12 W December 7, 1940 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 3–7–2
13 L December 12, 1940 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 3–8–2
14 W December 15, 1940 2–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 4–8–2
15 L December 19, 1940 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 4–9–2
16 W December 21, 1940 3–1 Boston Bruins (1940–41) 5–9–2
17 W December 26, 1940 7–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 6–9–2
18 W December 28, 1940 3–0 New York Americans (1940–41) 7–9–2
19 L December 31, 1940 2–4 @ New York Americans (1940–41) 7–10–2
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
20 W January 1, 1941 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1940–41) 8–10–2
21 T January 4, 1941 3–3 OT New York Rangers (1940–41) 8–10–3
22 L January 5, 1941 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 8–11–3
23 L January 7, 1941 3–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 8–12–3
24 L January 9, 1941 1–3 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 8–13–3
25 L January 11, 1941 1–2 Boston Bruins (1940–41) 8–14–3
26 L January 12, 1941 5–7 @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 8–15–3
27 W January 16, 1941 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 9–15–3
28 W January 18, 1941 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 10–15–3
29 L January 23, 1941 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 10–16–3
30 T January 25, 1941 2–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 10–16–4
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
31 L February 2, 1941 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1940–41) 10–17–4
32 L February 4, 1941 3–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 10–18–4
33 T February 6, 1941 4–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 10–18–5
34 T February 8, 1941 3–3 OT New York Americans (1940–41) 10–18–6
35 L February 9, 1941 3–6 OT @ New York Americans (1940–41) 10–19–6
36 W February 11, 1941 6–2 New York Rangers (1940–41) 11–19–6
37 W February 13, 1941 6–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 12–19–6
38 L February 15, 1941 0–5 Boston Bruins (1940–41) 12–20–6
39 L February 16, 1941 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 12–21–6
40 L February 20, 1941 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 12–22–6
41 W February 22, 1941 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 13–22–6
42 L February 27, 1941 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1940–41) 13–23–6
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
43 L March 1, 1941 1–3 New York Rangers (1940–41) 13–24–6
44 W March 2, 1941 3–2 @ New York Americans (1940–41) 14–24–6
45 W March 6, 1941 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 15–24–6
46 L March 8, 1941 0–4 Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 15–25–6
47 L March 9, 1941 0–8 @ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 15–26–6
48 W March 15, 1941 6–0 New York Americans (1940–41) 16–26–6

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
John Quilty C 48 18 16 34 31
Joe Benoit RW 45 16 16 32 32
Toe Blake LW 48 12 20 32 49
Ray Getliffe C/LW 39 15 10 25 25
Murph Chamberlain LW 45 10 15 25 75
Tony Demers RW 46 13 10 23 17
Elmer Lach C 43 7 14 21 16
Jack Adams LW 42 6 12 18 11
Charlie Sands C/RW 43 5 13 18 4
Polly Drouin LW 21 4 7 11 0
Ken Reardon D 34 2 8 10 41
Red Goupille D 48 3 6 9 81
Jack Portland D 42 2 7 9 34
Tony Graboski LW/D 34 4 3 7 12
Lou Trudel LW 16 2 3 5 2
Alex Singbush D 32 0 5 5 15
Stuart Ernest Smith LW 3 2 1 3 2
Jim O'Neil C/RW 12 0 3 3 0
Georges Mantha D/LW 6 0 1 1 0
Paul Bibeault G 4 0 0 0 0
Wilf Cude G 3 0 0 0 0
Bert Gardiner G 42 0 0 0 0
Paul Haynes C 7 0 0 0 12
Doug Young D 3 0 0 0 4

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bert Gardiner 2600 42 13 23 6 119 2.75 1
Wilf Cude 180 3 2 1 0 13 4.33 0
Paul Bibeault 210 4 1 2 0 15 4.29 0
Team: 2990 48 16 26 6 147 2.95 1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Joe Benoit RW 3 4 0 4 2
Toe Blake LW 3 0 3 3 5
Ray Getliffe C/LW 3 1 1 2 0
Murph Chamberlain LW 3 0 2 2 11
John Quilty C 3 0 2 2 0
Elmer Lach C 3 1 0 1 0
Charlie Sands C/RW 2 1 0 1 0
Jack Portland D 3 0 1 1 2
Jack Adams LW 3 0 0 0 0
Tony Demers RW 2 0 0 0 0
Polly Drouin LW 1 0 0 0 0
Bert Gardiner G 3 0 0 0 0
Red Goupille D 2 0 0 0 0
Tony Graboski LW/D 3 0 0 0 6
Jim O'Neil C/RW 3 0 0 0 0
Ken Reardon D 3 0 0 0 4
Alex Singbush D 3 0 0 0 4
Stuart Ernest Smith LW 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Bert Gardiner 214 3 1 2 8 2.24 0
Team: 214 3 1 2 8 2.24 0

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Main article: 1940–41 NHL transactions

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Smythe & Young 1981, p. 143.
  2. ^ Hunter 1997, p. 42.
  3. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "1940-41 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  6. ^ "1940-41 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References

  • Hunter, Douglas (1997). Champions: The Illustrated History of Hockey's Greatest Dynasties. Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-213-6.
  • Smythe, Conn; Young, Scott (1981). Conn Smythe: If you can't beat 'em in the alley. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-9078-1.
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