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TEAM	GP Games played - Number of games the team has played	W Wins - Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime	L Losses - Games the team has lost in regulation	T Ties - Games that have ended in a tie	PTS Points - Team points, calculated from W, L, T, OTL and SOL; used to determine standings	GF Goals for - Number of goals the team has scored	GA Goals against - Number of goals scored against the team
New York Rangers	48	29	17	2	60	177	143
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	27	18	3	57	158	136
Boston Bruins	48	25	17	6	56	160	118
Chicago Blackhawks	48	22	23	3	47	145	155
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	25	4	42	140	147
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	27	3	39	134	173
Brooklyn Americans	48	16	29	3	35	133	175

Roster 27 PLAYERS

STUART
SMITH

BUNNY
DAME

TOE
BLAKE

PAUL
BIBEAULT

JOHN
PORTLAND

JOHN
QUILTY

Season's leaders see the complete stats

#	SKATERS	GP Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice	G Goals - Number of goals the player has scored	A Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in	PTS Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
6	Toe Blake	48	17	28	45
11	Joe Benoit	46	20	16	36
4	Terry Reardon	33	17	17	34
9	Charlie Sands	38	11	16	27
11	Ray Getliffe	45	11	15	26

#	#1 GOALIE	GP Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice	RECORD Record - Goalie record (W-L-T)	SO Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal	GAA Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
1	Paul Bibeault	38	17-19-2	1	3.30

Season results

DATE	AWAY		HOME

1/11/1941	DET 3	vs	MTL 2
8/11/1941	CHI 2	vs	MTL 2
13/11/1941	MTL 2	vs	TOR 4
15/11/1941	BRK 4	vs	MTL 2
16/11/1941	MTL 2	vs	BRK 3
22/11/1941	NYR 7	vs	MTL 2
23/11/1941	MTL 6	vs	NYR 4
29/11/1941	BOS 3	vs	MTL 1
30/11/1941	MTL 2	vs	BOS 3
4/12/1941	MTL 2	vs	CHI 9
6/12/1941	MTL 1	vs	TOR 3
7/12/1941	MTL 2	vs	DET 3
11/12/1941	TOR 1	vs	MTL 2
13/12/1941	BRK 2	vs	MTL 3
14/12/1941	MTL 4	vs	BRK 2
16/12/1941	MTL 0	vs	BOS 4
20/12/1941	BOS 4	vs	MTL 2
21/12/1941	MTL 3	vs	NYR 4
27/12/1941	NYR 4	vs	MTL 2
30/12/1941	CHI 3	vs	MTL 5
3/01/1942	DET 1	vs	MTL 4
4/01/1942	MTL 0	vs	DET 10
8/01/1942	MTL 1	vs	CHI 5
10/01/1942	BRK 2	vs	MTL 0
11/01/1942	MTL 2	vs	BRK 0
15/01/1942	TOR 3	vs	MTL 2
17/01/1942	NYR 2	vs	MTL 6
18/01/1942	MTL 4	vs	NYR 5
24/01/1942	BOS 2	vs	MTL 2
25/01/1942	MTL 3	vs	BOS 7
29/01/1942	MTL 3	vs	TOR 7
1/02/1942	MTL 3	vs	CHI 2
5/02/1942	CHI 4	vs	MTL 3
7/02/1942	DET 1	vs	MTL 3
10/02/1942	MTL 1	vs	BOS 8
12/02/1942	TOR 6	vs	MTL 4
14/02/1942	NYR 3	vs	MTL 5
15/02/1942	MTL 0	vs	DET 5
17/02/1942	MTL 2	vs	NYR 1
21/02/1942	CHI 3	vs	MTL 5
26/02/1942	MTL 4	vs	CHI 5
28/02/1942	BRK 3	vs	MTL 8
1/03/1942	MTL 1	vs	BRK 1
5/03/1942	MTL 5	vs	TOR 2
7/03/1942	BOS 3	vs	MTL 4
14/03/1942	DET 3	vs	MTL 4
15/03/1942	MTL 1	vs	DET 4
19/03/1942	TOR 3	vs	MTL 7

THE REGULAR SEASON

The 1941-42 season is marked by uncertainty for the Canadiens when Frank Patrick, the team’s governor and primary investor, suffers a heart attack. Patrick decides to sell his shares to other investors and the team comes very close to being moved to Cleveland.

Thanks to the dedicated work of general manager Tommy Gorman, the Canadiens not only stay put in Montreal but are able, once again, to add impact players to their lineup, as they did the season before.

This time it’s defenseman Emile Bouchard and center Buddy O’Connor who join the team. In goal, rookie Paul Bibeault takes over the starting job from the struggling Bert Gardiner.

Bibeault’s outings are, while frequently spectacular, often inconsistent. All the same, he still manages to record 17 of the Canadiens’ 18 wins during the regular season.

On offense, Joe Benoit develops into a 20-goal scorer, becoming the first Canadiens player to achieve that feat since Toe Blake in 1938-39. Benoit finishes the regular season tied for seventh among the league’s leading goal scorers.

Blake finishes with 45 points in 48 games to lead the team in scoring ahead of Benoit’s 36 points. Rookie O’Connor posts an impressive 25 points in 36 games.

THE PLAYOFFS

After finishing in sixth place, the final qualifying spot for the playoffs, for a second year in a row, the Canadiens face the fifth-place Detroit Red Wings in the opening round.

The Red Wings claim the first game of the series with a 2-1 win before Montreal roars back in the second game, a 5-0 victory as rookie goalie Bibeault claims his first career playoff shutout.

Detroit bounces back at home to claim the series with a 6-2 win in the decisive third game. Despite the loss, Bibeault’s showing between the pipes is promising. Terry Reardon has two goals and two assists in three games.

The playoffs roadmap

Semi-finals - Detroit Red Wings
Date	AWAY	HOME
March 22nd, 1942	MTL 1	DET 2
March 24th, 1942	DET 0	MTL 5
March 26th, 1942	MTL 2	DET 6
Detroit won best-of-three series 2-1

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