The Montreal Canadiens () are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL), and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. The club is officially known as . Founded in 1909, they have played a total of 116 seasons, eight with the National Hockey Association (NHA) and 108 with the NHA's successor, the NHL. They are the only club to have played every season for both leagues and the only active NHL team to pre-date the founding of that league. They have won the Stanley Cup 24 times, once under the NHA and 23 times since the founding of the NHL, and have also won 11 O'Brien Cup titles, 24 division championships, and eight conference championships. Overall they have the most games played, most wins, most ties, most points, most years in the playoffs, most division championships, and most Stanley Cup championships of any team in the NHL.
Table key +Key of colors and symbolsColor/symbolExplanationStanley Cup championsConference champions§O'Brien Cup championsDivision champions Led league in points
+Key of terms and abbreviationsTerm or abbreviationDefinitionFinishFinal position in division or league standingsGPNumber of games playedWNumber of winsLNumber of lossesTNumber of tiesOTNumber of losses in overtime (since the 1999–2000 season)PtsNumber of pointsGFGoals for (goals scored by the Canadiens)GAGoals against (goals scored by the Canadiens' opponents)—Does not applyTGTwo-game total goals series
NHA (1910–1917) From 1909–10 until 1916–17 the Canadiens played 8 seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA). They qualified for the postseason three times and won two NHA championships as well as their first Stanley Cup title.
+Montreal Canadiens NHA regular season and postseason statistics and results, 1910–1917NHA seasonCanadiens seasonRegular seasonPostseasonFinishGPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGAResult19101909–107th122100459100——————Did not qualify1910–111910–112nd16880166662——————Did not qualify1911–121911–124th188100165966——————Did not qualify1912–131912–135th209110188381——————Did not qualify1913–141913–142nd201370268565211026Lost in NHA Finals, 2–6 (TG) (Blueshirts)1914–151914–156th206140126581——————Did not qualify1915–161915–161st§241671 3310476532—1513Won in Stanley Cup Final, 3–2 (Rosebuds)1916–171916–171st§1073014583862401829Won in NHA Finals, 7–6 (TG) (Senators)Lost in Stanley Cup Final, 1–3 (Metropolitans)3rd§1037063142Totals, 1910–191715072771145610611136703548
Notes (1910–1917) The Canadiens finished the 1913–14 season tied with the Toronto Blueshirts. The Blueshirts won the playoff and so the Canadiens finished in second place. From the 1910 season to the 1916–17 season, the O'Brien Cup was awarded to the champion of the NHA. The 1916–17 NHA season was played in two half seasons. Montreal qualified for the two-game total-goal playoff by winning the first half of the schedule.
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