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1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season
NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)
NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Team | Montreal Canadiens |
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1957–58 |
| year | 1957 |
| LeagueRank | 1st |
| Record | 43–17–10 |
| HomeRecord | 23–8–4 |
| RoadRecord | 20–9–6 |
| GoalsFor | 250 |
| GoalsAgainst | 158 |
| GeneralManager | Frank J. Selke |
| Coach | Toe Blake |
| Captain | Maurice Richard |
| Arena | Montreal Forum |
| GoalsLeader | Dickie Moore (36) |
| AssistsLeader | Henri Richard (52) |
| PointsLeader | Dickie Moore (84) |
| PIMLeader | Doug Harvey (131) |
| WinsLeader | Jacques Plante (34) |
| GAALeader | Jacques Plante (2.11) |
| PoWTrophy | yes |
| StanleyCup | yes |
Regular season
- October 19, 1957 – Maurice Richard scored a goal at 15:52 of the first period. Richard became the first player to score 500 goals in a career.
- Hockey's colour barrier was broken in Montreal. Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, Willie O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history.
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||W||October 10, 1957||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 12, 1957||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1957–58) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 13, 1957||6–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) ||2–0–1 |- |4||T||October 15, 1957||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) ||2–0–2 |- |5||W||October 17, 1957||9–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) ||3–0–2 |- |6||W||October 19, 1957||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) ||4–0–2 |- |7||W||October 26, 1957||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1957–58) ||5–0–2 |- |8||L||October 27, 1957||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1957–58) ||5–1–2 |- |9||W||October 30, 1957||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) ||6–1–2 |- |10||L||October 31, 1957||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) ||6–2–2
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Playoffs
In the semi-finals, Montreal played third place Detroit. After Detroit traded Ted Lindsay because of his union efforts, Detroit was a team in disarray. Montreal defeated the Red Wings in four straight games to reach the finals.
Stanley Cup Finals
Rocket Richard, was the top goal scorer during the playoffs with 11. In game five he notched his third final series overtime goal of his career and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 8 | Boston | 1 | **Montreal** | **2** | |
| April 10 | **Boston** | **5** | Montreal | 2 | |
| April 13 | **Montreal** | **3** | Boston | 0 | |
| April 15 | Montreal | 1 | **Boston** | **3** | |
| April 17 | Boston | 2 | **Montreal** | **3** | OT |
| April 20 | **Montreal ** | **5** | Boston | 3 |
Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 2.
Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW | 70 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 65 | |
| C | 67 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 56 | |
| C | 55 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 93 | |
| RW | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 71 | |
| RW | 42 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 51 | |
| C | 70 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 8 | |
| LW | 68 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 14 | |
| D | 68 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 131 | |
| W | 66 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 37 | |
| LW | 57 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 71 | |
| RW | 28 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 28 | |
| LW | 66 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 55 | |
| D | 65 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 68 | |
| D | 66 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 75 | |
| D | 55 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 65 | |
| C | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| RW | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| D | 66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3386 | 57 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 119 | 2.11 | 9 | |
| 720 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 2.58 | 1 | |
| 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | |
| 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10.59 | 0 | |
| **Team:** | 4200 | 70 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 158 | 2.26 | 10 |
Playoffs
Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RW | 10 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |
| C | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | |
| RW | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |
| LW | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
| D | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | |
| C | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |
| C | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| RW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| LW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| LW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| W | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 618 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1.94 | 1 | |
| **Team:** | 618 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1.94 | 1 |
Citations
References
References
- "1957-58 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
- "1957-58 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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