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The 1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 22nd season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks three games to two in a best-of-five Stanley Cup Finals for their second consecutive Cup win and fourth in team history.

Regular season

Howie Morenz led the league in scoring.

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Canadiens 44 26 10 8 129 89 60
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 22 13 9 118 99 53
Montreal Maroons 44 20 18 6 105 106 46
New York Americans 44 18 16 10 76 74 46
Ottawa Senators 44 10 30 4 91 142 24

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

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W November 15, 1930 5–1 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 1–0–0
2 L November 18, 1930 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 1–1–0
3 W November 20, 1930 7–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 2–1–0
4 L November 23, 1930 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 2–2–0
5 L November 27, 1930 2–3 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 2–3–0
6 W November 29, 1930 3–2 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 3–3–0
7 W December 2, 1930 2–0 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 4–3–0
8 W December 4, 1930 5–4 New York Rangers (1930–31) 5–3–0
9 W December 7, 1930 3–2 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 6–3–0
10 W December 9, 1930 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 7–3–0
11 W December 11, 1930 5–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 8–3–0
12 T December 13, 1930 1–1 OT New York Americans (1930–31) 8–3–1
13 T December 18, 1930 0–0 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 8–3–2
14 L December 23, 1930 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 8–4–2
15 W December 27, 1930 8–5 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 9–4–2
16 T December 30, 1930 1–1 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 9–4–3
17 L January 3, 1931 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 9–5–3
18 L January 6, 1931 2–6 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 9–6–3
19 W January 8, 1931 2–1 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 10–6–3
20 W January 10, 1931 6–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 11–6–3
21 W January 13, 1931 2–1 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 12–6–3
22 W January 15, 1931 4–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 13–6–3
23 L January 17, 1931 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 13–7–3
24 W January 20, 1931 3–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 14–7–3
25 W January 22, 1931 3–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 15–7–3
26 W January 24, 1931 6–1 New York Americans (1930–31) 16–7–3
27 W January 29, 1931 7–1 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 17–7–3
28 W February 1, 1931 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 18–7–3
29 W February 3, 1931 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 19–7–3
30 T February 5, 1931 4–4 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 19–7–4
31 L February 7, 1931 1–2 Boston Bruins (1930–31) 19–8–4
32 W February 15, 1931 2–0 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 20–8–4
33 W February 17, 1931 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 21–8–4
34 T February 19, 1931 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1930–31) 21–8–5
35 W February 21, 1931 6–4 New York Americans (1930–31) 22–8–5
36 W February 26, 1931 5–0 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 23–8–5
37 T February 28, 1931 5–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 23–8–6
38 W March 3, 1931 1–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 24–8–6
39 L March 5, 1931 1–2 New York Rangers (1930–31) 24–9–6
40 W March 8, 1931 2–0 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 25–9–6
41 W March 10, 1931 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 26–9–6
42 L March 12, 1931 0–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 26–10–6
43 T March 14, 1931 3–3 OT Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 26–10–7
44 T March 21, 1931 4–4 OT Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 26–10–8

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Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing first, received a bye to the semi-finals where they met the Boston Bruins, who had won the American Division. The Canadiens took the best-of-five series three games to two to advance to the final.

Finals

Further information: 1931 Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 3 Montreal Canadiens 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1
April 5 Montreal Canadiens 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2 2OT
April 9 Chicago Black Hawks 3 Montreal Canadiens 2 3OT
April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 1 Montreal Canadiens 2
April 14 Chicago Black Hawks 1 Montreal Canadiens 2

Montreal won the best-of-five series 3–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Howie Morenz C 39 28 23 51 49
Aurel Joliat LW 43 13 22 35 73
Johnny Gagnon RW 41 18 7 25 43
Pit Lepine C 44 17 7 24 63
Georges Mantha D/LW 44 11 6 17 25
Albert Leduc D 44 8 6 14 82
Wildor Larochelle RW 40 8 5 13 35
Nick Wasnie RW 44 9 2 11 26
Sylvio Mantha D 44 4 7 11 75
Armand Mondou LW 40 5 4 9 10
Marty Burke D 44 2 5 7 91
Gus Rivers RW 44 2 5 7 6
Bert McCaffrey RW/D 22 2 1 3 10
Art Lesieur D 21 2 0 2 14
George Hainsworth G 44 0 0 0 0
Jean Pusie D 6 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth 2740 44 26 10 8 89 1.95 8
Team: 2740 44 26 10 8 89 1.95 8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny Gagnon RW 10 6 2 8 8
Georges Mantha D/LW 10 5 1 6 4
Pit Lepine C 10 4 2 6 6
Nick Wasnie RW 10 4 1 5 8
Howie Morenz C 10 1 4 5 10
Aurel Joliat LW 10 0 4 4 12
Sylvio Mantha D 10 2 1 3 26
Marty Burke D 10 1 2 3 10
Wildor Larochelle RW 10 1 2 3 8
Albert Leduc D 7 0 2 2 9
Gus Rivers RW 10 1 0 1 0
George Hainsworth G 10 0 0 0 0
Art Lesieur D 10 0 0 0 4
Armand Mondou LW 8 0 0 0 0
Jean Pusie D 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
George Hainsworth 722 10 6 4 21 1.75 2
Team: 722 10 6 4 21 1.75 2

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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

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1930–31 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1930-31 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
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