The 1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season was the 53rd season in franchise history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70421414259166+9398
2Toronto Maple Leafs70372211232180+5285
3Chicago Black Hawks70312613217186+3175
4New York Rangers70263212195207−1264
5Detroit Red Wings70233314184219−3560
6Boston Bruins7015478177306−12938

Record vs. opponents

1961–62 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —2–10–24–8–23–10–12–10–24–9–1
Chicago 10–2–2—7–3–43–9–27–6–14–6–4
Detroit 8–4–23–7–4—3–8–36–5–33–9–2
Montreal 10–3–19–3–28–3–3—8–1–57–4–3
New York 10–2–26–7–15–6–31–8–5—4–9–1
Toronto 9–4–16–4–49–3–24–7–39–4–1—

Schedule and results

1961–62 regular season[3]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WOctober 14, 19613–1New York Rangers (1961–62)1–0–0
2TOctober 15, 19615–5@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19615–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)2–0–1
4WOctober 21, 19616–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)3–0–1
5WOctober 22, 19613–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)4–0–1
6WOctober 26, 19617–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)5–0–1
7WOctober 28, 19617–5Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)6–0–1
8WOctober 29, 19616–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)7–0–1
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
9LNovember 1, 19612–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)7–1–1
10LNovember 2, 19612–5Boston Bruins (1961–62)7–2–1
11TNovember 4, 19613–3New York Rangers (1961–62)7–2–2
12WNovember 9, 19615–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)8–2–2
13WNovember 11, 19612–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)9–2–2
14LNovember 12, 19610–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)9–3–2
15LNovember 15, 19612–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)9–4–2
16LNovember 16, 19612–3@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)9–5–2
17TNovember 18, 19614–4@ New York Rangers (1961–62)9–5–3
18TNovember 19, 19613–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)9–5–4
19WNovember 23, 19615–3Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)10–5–4
20WNovember 25, 19615–0Boston Bruins (1961–62)11–5–4
21TNovember 26, 19612–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)11–5–5
22TNovember 29, 19612–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)11–5–6
23TNovember 30, 19611–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)11–5–7
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
24WDecember 2, 19613–2Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)12–5–7
25WDecember 3, 19611–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)13–5–7
26WDecember 7, 19614–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)14–5–7
27TDecember 9, 19612–2New York Rangers (1961–62)14–5–8
28WDecember 10, 19614–3@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)15–5–8
29WDecember 16, 19618–4Boston Bruins (1961–62)16–5–8
30LDecember 17, 19611–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)16–6–8
31LDecember 21, 19613–4Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)16–7–8
32WDecember 23, 19616–1Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)17–7–8
33WDecember 25, 19615–2@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)18–7–8
34WDecember 27, 19613–0@ New York Rangers (1961–62)19–7–8
35TDecember 30, 19614–4Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)19–7–9
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
36LJanuary 1, 19620–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)19–8–9
37LJanuary 3, 19621–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)19–9–9
38WJanuary 6, 19625–1New York Rangers (1961–62)20–9–9
39TJanuary 7, 19622–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)20–9–10
40WJanuary 11, 19624–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)21–9–10
41WJanuary 13, 19625–3Boston Bruins (1961–62)22–9–10
42WJanuary 14, 19624–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)23–9–10
43WJanuary 17, 19627–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)24–9–10
44TJanuary 20, 19622–2Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)24–9–11
45WJanuary 21, 19625–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)25–9–11
46WJanuary 27, 19625–1New York Rangers (1961–62)26–9–11
47WJanuary 28, 19625–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)27–9–11
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
48WFebruary 1, 19625–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)28–9–11
49WFebruary 3, 19628–1Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)29–9–11
50LFebruary 4, 19621–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)29–10–11
51WFebruary 10, 19624–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)30–10–11
52WFebruary 11, 19624–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)31–10–11
53WFebruary 15, 19629–1Boston Bruins (1961–62)32–10–11
54WFebruary 17, 19626–2Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)33–10–11
55LFebruary 18, 19622–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)33–11–11
56WFebruary 21, 19624–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)34–11–11
57WFebruary 24, 19624–2New York Rangers (1961–62)35–11–11
58TFebruary 25, 19623–3@ New York Rangers (1961–62)35–11–12
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
59TMarch 3, 19622–2Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)35–11–13
60LMarch 4, 19622–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)35–12–13
61TMarch 8, 19621–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)35–12–14
62WMarch 10, 19625–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)36–12–14
63WMarch 11, 19622–1@ New York Rangers (1961–62)37–12–14
64LMarch 14, 19622–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)37–13–14
65WMarch 15, 19626–5Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)38–13–14
66WMarch 17, 19622–0New York Rangers (1961–62)39–13–14
67LMarch 18, 19622–6@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)39–14–14
68WMarch 22, 19624–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)40–14–14
69WMarch 24, 19625–3Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)41–14–14
70WMarch 25, 19625–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)42–14–14

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

Playoffs

Semi-finals

[4]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ralph BackstromC6627386529
Claude ProvostRW7033296222
Bernie GeoffrionRW6223365936
Gilles TremblayLW7032225428
Bill HickeRW7020315142
Henri RichardC5421295048
Jean-Guy TalbotD705424790
Donnie MarshallLW6618284612
Bobby RousseauRW7021244526
Dickie MooreLW5719224154
Jean BeliveauC4318234136
Phil GoyetteC697273418
Marcel BoninW337142141
J.C. TremblayD703172018
Tom JohnsonD621171845
Lou FontinatoD5421315167
Al MacNeilD6117874
Red BerensonC41234
Jean GauthierD1201110
Billy CarterC70004
Chuck HamiltonLW10000
Jacques PlanteG7000014

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante4200704214141662.374
Team:4200704214141662.374

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie MooreLW64268
Phil GoyetteC61452
Claude ProvostRW62242
Jean BeliveauC62134
Red BerensonC52020
Jean-Guy TalbotD611210
Bill HickeRW602214
Bobby RousseauRW60220
J.C. TremblayD60222
Gilles TremblayLW61012
Ralph BackstromC50116
Lou FontinatoD601123
Bernie GeoffrionRW50116
Tom JohnsonD60110
Donnie MarshallLW60112
Al MacNeilD50002
Keith McCrearyRW10000
Jacques PlanteG60000

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante360624193.170
Team:360624193.170

[5]

Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; 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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Montreal Canadiens 1962-63 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ "1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961–62_Montreal_Canadiens_season