The 1966–67 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the Canadiens' 58th

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

Season (sports)

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 of play, and 50th in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 (NHL). The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup final to the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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 in six games. This was the final season before the 1967 NHL Expansion

1967 NHL expansion

The National Hockey League undertook a major expansion for the 1967–68 season, adding six new franchises to double the size of the league. This marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded. Thus, the expansion ended the era of the Original...

.

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 22, 1966	3–1	Boston Bruins	1–0–0
2	W	October 23, 1966	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	2–0–0
3	L	October 26, 1966	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1–0
4	W	October 29, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers	3–1–0
5	T	November 2, 1966	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1–1
6	W	November 5, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	4–1–1
7	L	November 6, 1966	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2–1
8	L	November 9, 1966	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3–1
9	L	November 12, 1966	3–6	New York Rangers	4–4–1
10	L	November 13, 1966	1–2	@ Boston Bruins	4–5–1
11	L	November 19, 1966	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–6–1
12	W	November 20, 1966	2–1	@ New York Rangers	5–6–1
13	W	November 22, 1966	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings	6–6–1
14	L	November 24, 1966	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–7–1
15	W	November 26, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	7–7–1
16	L	November 30, 1966	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	7–8–1
17	W	December 3, 1966	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	8–8–1
18	W	December 4, 1966	3–1	@ New York Rangers	9–8–1
19	W	December 7, 1966	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	10–8–1
20	W	December 10, 1966	5–1	Detroit Red Wings	11–8–1
21	L	December 11, 1966	2–4	@ New York Rangers	11–9–1
22	L	December 14, 1966	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	11–10–1
23	T	December 17, 1966	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks	11–10–2
24	L	December 18, 1966	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	11–11–2
25	W	December 21, 1966	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–11–2
26	L	December 24, 1966	3–4	New York Rangers	12–12–2
27	W	December 25, 1966	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings	13–12–2
28	T	December 28, 1966	1–1	Boston Bruins	13–12–3
29	W	December 31, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers	14–12–3
30	L	January 1, 1967	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	14–13–3
31	T	January 4, 1967	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	14–13–4
32	W	January 7, 1967	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	15–13–4
33	L	January 8, 1967	1–2	@ New York Rangers	15–14–4
34	L	January 11, 1967	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	15–15–4
35	L	January 14, 1967	4–5	Boston Bruins	15–16–4
36	W	January 15, 1967	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	16–16–4
37	T	January 21, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	16–16–5
38	L	January 22, 1967	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	16–17–5
39	W	January 25, 1967	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	17–17–5
40	L	January 26, 1967	1–4	Boston Bruins	17–18–5
41	W	January 28, 1967	3–2	New York Rangers	18–18–5
42	W	January 29, 1967	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	19–18–5
43	W	February 1, 1967	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–18–5
44	T	February 4, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	20–18–6
45	L	February 5, 1967	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	20–19–6
46	L	February 8, 1967	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	20–20–6
47	W	February 11, 1967	4–3	@ Boston Bruins	21–20–6
48	T	February 12, 1967	4–4	@ New York Rangers	21–20–7
49	L	February 16, 1967	1–5	Boston Bruins	21–21–7
50	W	February 18, 1967	3–2	Detroit Red Wings	22–21–7
51	L	February 19, 1967	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	22–22–7
52	L	February 22, 1967	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	22–23–7
53	T	February 23, 1967	2–2	Boston Bruins	22–23–8
54	L	February 25, 1967	0–5	New York Rangers	22–24–8
55	T	February 26, 1967	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	22–24–9
56	T	March 1, 1967	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	22–24–10
57	W	March 4, 1967	6–2	Detroit Red Wings	23–24–10
58	W	March 5, 1967	2–0	@ New York Rangers	24–24–10
59	L	March 8, 1967	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	24–25–10
60	T	March 11, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	24–25–11
61	T	March 12, 1967	2–2	@ New York Rangers	24–25–12
62	W	March 15, 1967	11–2	Boston Bruins	25–25–12
63	W	March 18, 1967	4–2	New York Rangers	26–25–12
64	T	March 19, 1967	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	26–25–13
65	W	March 22, 1967	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–25–13
66	W	March 25, 1967	4–1	Detroit Red Wings	28–25–13
67	W	March 26, 1967	6–3	@ Boston Bruins	29–25–13
68	W	March 29, 1967	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	30–25–13
69	W	April 1, 1967	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks	31–25–13
70	W	April 2, 1967	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	32–25–13

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the Canadiens met the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 in the first round, sweeping the series 4–0 to advance to the Finals.

Finals

In the finals, the Canadiens played the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

, whose "Over the Hill Gang" produced an upset win over the defending champion Canadiens, winning the series 4–2.

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	68	19	44	63	58	5	0	2
	C	65	21	34	55	28	2	0	1
	LW	67	20	22	42	177	5	0	2
	C	69	14	27	41	39	1	0	0
	RW	69	25	15	40	14	20	0	7
	C	53	12	26	38	22	2	0	0
	RW	69	19	16	35	82	2	0	3
	D	60	8	26	34	14	3	0	1
	LW	62	13	19	32	16	3	1	2
	RW	64	11	13	24	16	3	0	3
	LW	51	12	11	23	23	3	0	2
	D	61	0	20	20	48	0	0	0
	LW	48	11	8	19	31	0	0	5
	D	65	2	16	18	86	1	0	0
	RW	27	9	7	16	6	0	0	3
	D	56	0	16	16	99	0	0	0
	D	68	3	5	8	51	0	2	1
	D/RW	63	3	0	3	16	0	0	0
	D	24	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
	D	11	0	3	3	35	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2055	37	11	15	7	88	2.57	3
	1137	19	11	3	4	47	2.48	1
	888	18	9	6	2	47	3.18	1
	120	2	1	1	0	5	2.50	0
Team:	4200	70	32	25	13	187	2.67	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	10	6	5	11	26
	C	10	4	6	10	2
	RW	10	1	7	8	4
	C	10	5	2	7	6
	LW	10	4	2	6	22
	D	10	2	4	6	2
	RW	10	1	5	6	15
	RW	10	2	3	5	6
	LW	10	2	3	5	4
	RW	7	1	1	2	0
	RW	10	1	1	2	4
	LW	9	0	2	2	6
	D/RW	4	1	0	1	0
	D	10	0	1	1	15
	D	10	0	1	1	19
	D	9	0	1	1	9
	LW	10	0	1	1	0
	D	10	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	2
	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	555	9	6	3	22	2.38	0
	80	2	0	1	2	1.50	0
Team:	635	10	6	4	24	2.27	0