1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 60th season of play. The Canadiens would defeat the St. Louis Blues to win their 16th Stanley Cup championship in club history.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 12, 1968||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 16, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||1–0–1

|3||W||October 17, 1968||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||2–0–1

|4||W||October 20, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||3–0–1

|5||W||October 23, 1968||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||4–0–1

|6||W||October 25, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||5–0–1

|7||L||October 27, 1968||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||5–1–1

|8||W||October 30, 1968||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||6–1–1

|9||W||November 2, 1968||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||7–1–1

|10||L||November 3, 1968||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||7–2–1

|11||W||November 7, 1968||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||8–2–1

|12||W||November 9, 1968||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||9–2–1

|13||T||November 10, 1968||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||9–2–2

|14||L||November 14, 1968||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||9–3–2

|15||T||November 16, 1968||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||9–3–3

|16||L||November 17, 1968||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||9–4–3

|17||W||November 20, 1968||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||10–4–3

|18||W||November 21, 1968||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||11–4–3

|19||W||November 23, 1968||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||12–4–3

|20||W||November 27, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||13–4–3

|21||L||November 29, 1968||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||13–5–3

|22||W||December 1, 1968||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||14–5–3

|23||L||December 4, 1968||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||14–6–3

|24||T||December 5, 1968||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||14–6–4

|25||W||December 7, 1968||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||15–6–4

|26||T||December 11, 1968||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||15–6–5

|27||W||December 12, 1968||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||16–6–5

|28||W||December 14, 1968||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||17–6–5

|29||T||December 18, 1968||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||17–6–6

|30||T||December 21, 1968||0–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||17–6–7

|31||L||December 22, 1968||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||17–7–7

|32||W||December 26, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||18–7–7

|33||W||December 28, 1968||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||19–7–7

|34||L||December 29, 1968||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||19–8–7

|35||W||December 31, 1968||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||20–8–7

|36||L||January 2, 1969||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||20–9–7

|37||L||January 4, 1969||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||20–10–7

|38||W||January 5, 1969||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||21–10–7

|39||W||January 7, 1969||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||22–10–7

|40||W||January 9, 1969||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||23–10–7

|41||L||January 11, 1969||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||23–11–7

|42||L||January 15, 1969||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||23–12–7

|43||W||January 16, 1969||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||24–12–7

|44||W||January 18, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||25–12–7

|45||L||January 23, 1969||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||25–13–7

|46||W||January 25, 1969||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||26–13–7

|47||L||January 26, 1969||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||26–14–7

|48||W||January 29, 1969||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||27–14–7

|49||W||February 1, 1969||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||28–14–7

|50||W||February 2, 1969||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||29–14–7

|51||L||February 5, 1969||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||29–15–7

|52||W||February 6, 1969||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||30–15–7

|53||W||February 8, 1969||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||31–15–7

|54||T||February 9, 1969||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||31–15–8

|55||W||February 11, 1969||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||32–15–8

|56||W||February 13, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||33–15–8

|57||W||February 15, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||34–15–8

|58||W||February 16, 1969||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||35–15–8

|59||L||February 19, 1969||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||35–16–8

|60||W||February 20, 1969||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||36–16–8

|61||W||February 22, 1969||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||37–16–8

|62||W||February 26, 1969||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||38–16–8

|63||W||March 1, 1969||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||39–16–8

|64||L||March 2, 1969||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||39–17–8

|65||W||March 6, 1969||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||40–17–8

|66||T||March 8, 1969||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||40–17–9

|67||T||March 9, 1969||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||40–17–10

|68||W||March 11, 1969||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||41–17–10

|69||T||March 13, 1969||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||41–17–11

|70||W||March 15, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||42–17–11

|71||W||March 19, 1969||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||43–17–11

|72||W||March 20, 1969||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||44–17–11

|73||W||March 22, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||45–17–11

|74||L||March 26, 1969||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||45–18–11

|75||W||March 29, 1969||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||46–18–11

|76||L||March 30, 1969||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||46–19–11

Legend:

Playoffs

|1||W||April 2, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers ||1–0

|2||W||April 3, 1969||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers ||2–0

|3||W||April 5, 1969||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers ||3–0

|4||W||April 6, 1969||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers ||4–0

|1||W||April 10, 1969||3–2 (OT) || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins ||1–0

|2||W||April 13, 1969||4–3 (OT) || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins ||2–0

|3||L||April 17, 1969||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins ||2–1

|4||L||April 20, 1969||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins ||2–2

|5||W||April 22, 1969||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins ||3–2

|6||W||April 24, 1969||2–1 (OT) || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins ||4–2

|1||W||April 27, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues ||1–0

|2||W||April 29, 1969||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues ||2–0

|3||W||May 1, 1969||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues ||3–0

|4||W||May 4, 1969||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues ||4–0

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 76 43 44 87 311408 C 69 33 49 82 55705 RW 76 30 40 70 59308 C 75 29 34 63 29504 LW 71 29 23 52 185207 C 64 15 37 52 45200 C 72 13 28 41 16203 LW 68 19 21 40 24502 D 75 7 32 39 18201 D 74 8 23 31 73002 D 69 5 26 31 45001 RW 73 13 15 28 18015 LW 44 10 15 25 2000 D 76 7 18 25 102010 RW 65 9 15 24 12100 D 25 0 5 5 17000 C 13 1 3 4 4000 D 21 0 3 3 37000 C 9 0 1 1 0000 LW 2 0 0 0 0000 RW 2 0 0 0 0000 G 13 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 2000 LW 3 0 0 0 0000 G 36 0 0 0 2000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 G 30 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2051 36 22 9 3 98 2.87 2 1703 30 19 5 4 64 2.25 5 746 13 5 4 4 34 2.73 2 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4560 76 46 19 11 200 2.63 9

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 14 5 10 15 8101 LW 14 6 8 14 11301 RW 14 4 7 11 5202 D 14 4 6 10 24101 LW 14 4 3 7 80202 C 14 3 4 7 10101 C 14 4 2 6 6100 C 14 2 4 6 8000 RW 14 3 2 5 8012 RW 14 2 3 5 2101 D 13 1 4 5 6001 RW 10 2 2 4 2000 D 14 1 3 4 28100 D 14 1 2 3 34000 C 6 1 0 1 0100 RW 2 0 0 0 0000 D 11 0 0 0 8000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 8 0 0 0 2000 G 7 0 0 0 5000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 507 8 7 1 12 1.42 1 370 7 5 1 14 2.27 0 Team: 877 14 12 2 26 1.78 1

Awards and records Prince of Wales Trophy Conn Smythe Trophy: || Serge Savard, Montreal Canadiens Jean Beliveau, Runner-Up, Hart TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, . Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL Second All-Star Team Yvan Cournoyer, Right Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team Ted Harris, NHL Second All-Star Team

Transactions

Trades May 21, 1968 To Oakland Seals Norm FergusonStan FullerFrancois LacombeMichel Jacques To Montreal Canadiens Wally BoyerAlain Caronrights to Lyle Bradley June 6, 1968 To Oakland Seals Bryan Watsoncash To Montreal Canadiens 1st round pick in 1972 (Michel Larocque) June 10, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins Wally Boyer To Montreal Canadiens Al MacNeil August, 1968 To Oakland Seals Len Ronson To Montreal Canadiens cash

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1968 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)11 Michel Plasse Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)12 Roger Belisle Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)13 Jim Pritchard Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)323 Don Grierson North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)

See also 1968–69 NHL season List of Stanley Cup champions

Citations

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference