1944 NHL Stanley Cup Final
Montreal Canadiens defeat Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
W-L: 22-23-5, .490
SRS: -0.15 (4th of 6)
Goals: 178 (5th of 6)
Goals Against: 187 (4th of 6)
W-L: 38-5-7, .830
SRS: 2.08 (1st of 6)
Goals: 234 (1st of 6)
Goals Against: 109 (1st of 6)
| Game 1, April 4 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 6 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
| Game 3, April 9 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |
| Game 4, April 13 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 4 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | OT |
Chicago Black Hawks Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| George Allen | LW/D | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clint Smith | C | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Harms | RW | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Bentley | LW | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cully Dahlstrom | C | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Johnson | D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Mosienko | RW | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art Wiebe | D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cooper | D | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gottselig | LW | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grigor | C | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fido Purpur | RW | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Seibert | D | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Toupin | RW | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 8 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Chicago Black Hawks Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Mike Karakas | G | 32 | 4 | 0-4-0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 249:12 | 62:18 | ||||
| Team Total | 0-4-0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 249:12 | 62:18 | |||||||
Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| 6 | Toe Blake | LW | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9-15 | Maurice Richard | RW | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elmer Lach | C | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Getliffe | C/LW | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Watson | RW/C | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Bouchard | D | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McMahon | D | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Heffernan | RW | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fillion | LW | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Harmon | D | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fern Majeau | C/LW | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 16 | 18 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Bill Durnan | G | 28 | 4 | 4-0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 249:12 | 62:18 | ||||
| Team Total | 4-0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 249:12 | 62:18 | |||||||
1943-44 Regular Season Stats
| Thursday, Nov 4, 1943 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | |
| Sunday, Nov 7, 1943 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Thursday, Dec 2, 1943 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Saturday, Dec 25, 1943 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Saturday, Jan 1, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 0 | |
| Sunday, Jan 16, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
| Saturday, Feb 5, 1944 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Sunday, Feb 13, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |
| Thursday, Mar 9, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |
| Thursday, Mar 16, 1944 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
CBH Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Doug Bentley* | 27 | LW | 50 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 6.3 | |||||
| 2 | Clint Smith* | 30 | C | 50 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 4.9 | |||||
| 3 | Bill Mosienko* | 22 | RW | 50 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 5.4 | |||||
| 4 | Cully Dahlstrom | 31 | C | 50 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | |||||
| 5 | George Allen | 29 | LW | 45 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | |||||
| 6 | Mush March | 35 | RW | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | |||||
| 7 | Earl Seibert* | 32 | D | 50 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 5.9 | |||||
| 8 | Johnny Gottselig | 38 | LW | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | -0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | |||||
| 9 | Fido Purpur | 29 | RW | 40 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |||||
| 10 | Virgil Johnson | 31 | D | 49 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | |||||
| 11 | Bill Thoms | 33 | RW | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |||||
| 12 | Art Wiebe | 31 | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |||||
| 13 | Vic Heyliger | 31 | C | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.6 | -0.4 | |||||
| 14 | Don Campbell | 18 | LW | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |||||
| 15 | Jacques Toupin | 33 | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| 16 | Joe Cooper | 29 | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | |||||
| 17 | Jack Dyte | 25 | D | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | |||||
| 18 | George Grigor | 27 | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| 19 | Gord Buttrey | 17 | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |||||
| 20 | Walt Farrant | 31 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 21 | John Harms | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 22 | Hec Highton | 20 | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | |||||||||
| 23 | Mike Karakas | 32 | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 50 | 178 | 274 | 452 | 240 | 151 | 26 | 1 | 22 | 228 | 45 | 1 | 14.0 | 24.1 | 47.7 | ||||||||
CBH Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Mike Karakas | 32 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 79 | 3.04 | 3 | 1560 | |||||||||
| 2 | Hec Highton | 20 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 108 | 4.50 | 0 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 22 | 23 | 5 | 187 | 3.74 | 3 | 3000 | ||||||||||||
MTL Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Elmer Lach* | 26 | C | 48 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 5.6 | |||||
| 2 | Toe Blake* | 31 | LW | 41 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 5.0 | |||||
| 3 | Maurice Richard* | 22 | RW | 46 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 45 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.9 | |||||
| 4 | Buddy O'Connor* | 27 | C | 44 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.6 | |||||
| 5 | Ray Getliffe | 29 | LW | 44 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.6 | |||||
| 6 | Phil Watson | 29 | RW | 44 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.6 | |||||
| 7 | Gerry Heffernan | 27 | RW | 43 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 4.3 | |||||
| 8 | Murph Chamberlain | 28 | LW | 47 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 105 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | |||||
| 9 | Fern Majeau | 27 | C | 44 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | |||||
| 10 | Leo Lamoureux | 27 | D | 45 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 7.6 | |||||
| 11 | Bob Fillion | 22 | LW | 41 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | |||||
| 12 | Mike McMahon | 28 | D | 42 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 6.7 | |||||
| 13 | Glen Harmon | 23 | D | 43 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 6.5 | |||||
| 14 | Butch Bouchard* | 24 | D | 39 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 5.9 | |||||
| 15 | Tod Campeau | 20 | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 16 | Bill Durnan* | 28 | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3000 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Bobby Walton | 31 | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| Team Total | 50 | 234 | 365 | 599 | 587 | 200 | 30 | 4 | 38 | 312 | 49 | 4 | 27.7 | 38.3 | 81.0 | ||||||||
MTL Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Bill Durnan* | 28 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 109 | 2.18 | 2 | 3000 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 5 | 7 | 109 | 2.18 | 2 | 3000 | ||||||||||||
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