1944 NHL Semi-Finals
Montreal Canadiens defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
W-L: 38-5-7, .830
SRS: 2.08 (1st of 6)
Goals: 234 (1st of 6)
Goals Against: 109 (1st of 6)
W-L: 23-23-4, .500
SRS: 0.67 (2nd of 6)
Goals: 214 (3rd of 6)
Goals Against: 174 (2nd of 6)
| Game 1, March 21 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | |
| Game 2, March 23 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Game 3, March 25 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | |
| Game 4, March 28 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | |
| Game 5, March 30 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 11 | |
Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| 9-15 | Maurice Richard | RW | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Toe Blake | LW | 31 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elmer Lach | C | 26 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Getliffe | C/LW | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phil Watson | RW/C | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Harmon | D | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Heffernan | RW | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike McMahon | D | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Bouchard | D | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fillion | LW | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 23 | 35 | 58 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 2 | |||||
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 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 300:00 | 60:00 | ||||
| Team Total | 4-1-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 300:00 | 60:00 | |||||||
Toronto Maple Leafs Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| George Boothman | C/D | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Moe Morris | D | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Babe Pratt | D | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Kennedy | C | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hamilton | C | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reg Hamilton | D | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Carr | RW | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gus Bodnar | C | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davidson | LW | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Johnstone | D | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack McLean | C/RW | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom O'Neill | RW | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Webster | LW | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 6 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Paul Bibeault | G | 24 | 5 | 1-4-0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 300:00 | 60:00 | ||||
| Team Total | 1-4-0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 300:00 | 60:00 | |||||||
1943-44 Regular Season Stats
| Thursday, Nov 18, 1943 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Saturday, Nov 20, 1943 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 7 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
| Saturday, Dec 11, 1943 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 4, 1944 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 11, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | |
| Thursday, Jan 27, 1944 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
| Saturday, Feb 12, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
| Thursday, Feb 24, 1944 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
| Saturday, Mar 4, 1944 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Final |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
| Sunday, Mar 5, 1944 | ||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 8 | |
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 | ||||||||||||
TOR 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 | Lorne Carr | 33 | RW | 50 | 36 | 38 | 74 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 | |||||
| 2 | Gus Bodnar | 20 | C | 50 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 4.5 | |||||
| 3 | Babe Pratt* | 28 | D | 50 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 8.7 | |||||
| 4 | Ted Kennedy* | 18 | C | 49 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 3.9 | |||||
| 5 | Bob Davidson | 31 | LW | 47 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 | |||||
| 6 | Jack Hamilton | 18 | C | 49 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.6 | |||||
| 7 | George Boothman | 27 | C | 49 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | |||||
| 8 | Moe Morris | 23 | D | 50 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 6.5 | |||||
| 9 | Mel Hill | 29 | RW | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | |||||
| 10 | Jack McLean | 21 | C | 32 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||||
| 11 | Reg Hamilton | 29 | D | 39 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | |||||
| 12 | Tom O'Neill | 20 | RW | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |||||
| 13 | Bud Poile* | 19 | RW | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |||||
| 14 | Don Webster | 19 | LW | 27 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||
| 15 | Bucko McDonald | 29 | D | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | |||||
| 16 | Jack Ingoldsby | 19 | D | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |||||
| 17 | Ross Johnstone | 17 | D | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | |||||
| 18 | Red Carr | 27 | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 19 | Frank Dunlap | 19 | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 20 | Paul Bibeault | 24 | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1740 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Jean Marois | 19 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| 22 | Eric Prentice | 17 | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |||||
| 23 | Benny Grant | 35 | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1200 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 50 | 214 | 291 | 505 | 329 | 186 | 27 | 1 | 23 | 253 | 37 | 1 | 23.3 | 27.4 | 61.2 | ||||||||
TOR 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 | Paul Bibeault | 24 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 87 | 3.00 | 5 | 1740 | |||||||||
| 2 | Benny Grant | 35 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 4.15 | 0 | 1200 | |||||||||
| 3 | Jean Marois | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 23 | 23 | 4 | 174 | 3.48 | 5 | 3000 | ||||||||||||
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