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The 1939–40 Montreal Canadiens season was the 31st season in franchise history. The team placed seventh in the regular season and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1935–36 season . The Canadiens would not finish a season in last place for another fifty-nine years .
Regular season
The Canadiens' first game saw them score what would be a season-high 8 goals as they defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 8-2 at the Montreal Forum on November 5, 1939. The Habs were undefeated over their first six games (4-0-2) and were 6-2-2 in their first ten. After that, however, long winless streaks were the rule. They went 3-8-0 in December, 1-10-1 in January, 1-8-1 in February and 1-5-1 in March. Their most lopsided loss happened on February 22, 1940 -- 1-10 against the Chicago Black Hawks at Chicago.
Final standings
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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents
1939-40 NHL Records
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MON
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
6–1–1
5–3
6–1–1
7–1
2–4–2
5–2–1
Chicago
1–6–1
—
6–0–2
5–2–1
3–4–1
4–4
4–3–1
Detroit
3–5
0–6–2
—
5–3
5–3
2–3–2
1–6–1
Montreal
1–6–1
2–5–1
3–5
—
2–4–2
1–6–1
1–7
N.Y. Americans
1–7
4–3–1
3–5
4–2–2
—
1–6–1
2–6
N.Y. Rangers
4–2–2
4–4
3–2–2
6–1–1
6–1–1
—
4–1–3
Toronto
2–5–1
3–4–1
6–1–1
7–1
6–2
1–4–3
—
Schedule and results
Regular season results
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
W
November 5, 1939
8–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
1–0–0
2
W
November 9, 1939
2–0
New York Americans (1939–40 )
2–0–0
3
T
November 16, 1939
3–3 OT
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
2–0–1
4
W
November 19, 1939
2–1 OT
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
3–0–1
5
W
November 21, 1939
2–1
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
4–0–1
6
T
November 23, 1939
1–1 OT
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
4–0–2
7
L
November 25, 1939
4–6
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
4–1–2
8
L
November 30, 1939
2–5
@ New York Americans (1939–40 )
4–2–2
9
W
December 3, 1939
3–1
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
5–2–2
10
W
December 7, 1939
4–1
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
6–2–2
11
L
December 9, 1939
0–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
6–3–2
12
L
December 10, 1939
2–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
6–4–2
13
W
December 14, 1939
5–3 OT
New York Americans (1939–40 )
7–4–2
14
L
December 16, 1939
2–4
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
7–5–2
15
L
December 19, 1939
2–5
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
7–6–2
16
L
December 21, 1939
2–3
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
7–7–2
17
L
December 25, 1939
1–3
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
7–8–2
18
L
December 28, 1939
4–6
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
7–9–2
19
L
December 31, 1939
1–6
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
7–10–2
20
L
January 1, 1940
0–1
@ New York Americans (1939–40 )
7–11–2
21
L
January 4, 1940
2–3
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
7–12–2
22
L
January 6, 1940
1–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
7–13–2
23
W
January 7, 1940
2–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
8–13–2
24
L
January 9, 1940
0–2
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
8–14–2
25
L
January 14, 1940
2–4
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
8–15–2
26
L
January 16, 1940
1–6
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
8–16–2
27
L
January 18, 1940
0–1
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
8–17–2
28
T
January 25, 1940
2–2 OT
New York Americans (1939–40 )
8–17–3
29
L
January 27, 1940
1–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
8–18–3
30
L
January 28, 1940
1–8
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
8–19–3
31
L
January 30, 1940
1–4
@ New York Americans (1939–40 )
8–20–3
32
L
February 4, 1940
0–9
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
8–21–3
33
L
February 8, 1940
1–2
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
8–22–3
34
W
February 11, 1940
3–2 OT
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
9–22–3
35
T
February 15, 1940
1–1 OT
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
9–22–4
36
L
February 17, 1940
1–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
9–23–4
37
L
February 18, 1940
1–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
9–24–4
38
L
February 22, 1940
1–10
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
9–25–4
39
L
February 24, 1940
0–2
New York Rangers (1939–40 )
9–26–4
40
L
February 25, 1940
2–6
@ New York Rangers (1939–40 )
9–27–4
41
L
February 29, 1940
2–4
Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
9–28–4
42
T
March 2, 1940
3–3 OT
New York Americans (1939–40 )
9–28–5
43
L
March 3, 1940
0–3
@ New York Americans (1939–40 )
9–29–5
44
L
March 7, 1940
1–6
Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40 )
9–30–5
45
W
March 9, 1940
3–0
Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
10–30–5
46
L
March 10, 1940
2–5
@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40 )
10–31–5
47
L
March 14, 1940
4–8
Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40 )
10–32–5
48
L
March 17, 1940
2–7
@ Boston Bruins (1939–40 )
10–33–5
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Player statistics
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