1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 55th season of play. The team placed first in the regular season, earning top seed in the playoffs, but lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semifinals.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 8, 1963||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||0–0–1

|2||W||October 12, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||1–0–1

|3||L||October 16, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||1–1–1

|4||W||October 19, 1963||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||2–1–1

|5||L||October 20, 1963||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||2–2–1

|6||T||October 26, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||2–2–2

|7||W||October 27, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||3–2–2

|8||L||October 30, 1963||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||3–3–2

|9||W||November 2, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||4–3–2

|10||W||November 3, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||5–3–2

|11||T||November 7, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||5–3–3

|12||W||November 9, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||6–3–3

|13||L||November 10, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||6–4–3

|14||T||November 13, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||6–4–4

|15||L||November 16, 1963||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||6–5–4

|16||W||November 17, 1963||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||7–5–4

|17||W||November 20, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||8–5–4

|18||L||November 24, 1963||3–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||8–6–4

|19||W||November 28, 1963||7–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||9–6–4

|20||T||November 30, 1963||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||9–6–5

|21||W||December 1, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||10–6–5

|22||L||December 4, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||10–7–5

|23||W||December 5, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||11–7–5

|24||W||December 7, 1963||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||12–7–5

|25||L||December 8, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||12–8–5

|26||W||December 12, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers||13–8–5

|27||W||December 14, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||14–8–5

|28||L||December 15, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||14–9–5

|29||W||December 18, 1963||7–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||15–9–5

|30||W||December 21, 1963||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||16–9–5

|31||W||December 22, 1963||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||17–9–5

|32||L||December 25, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||17–10–5

|33||T||December 28, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||17–10–6

|34||W||December 29, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||18–10–6

|35||T||January 1, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||18–10–7

|36||W||January 4, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||19–10–7

|37||T||January 5, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||19–10–8

|38||L||January 8, 1964||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||19–11–8

|39||W||January 12, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||20–11–8

|40||W||January 16, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||21–11–8

|41||L||January 18, 1964||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||21–12–8

|42||T||January 19, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||21–12–9

|43||W||January 22, 1964||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||22–12–9

|44||W||January 23, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||23–12–9

|45||L||January 25, 1964||0–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||23–13–9

|46||T||January 26, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||23–13–10

|47||W||January 29, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||24–13–10

|48||W||February 1, 1964||9–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||25–13–10

|49||L||February 2, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||25–14–10

|50||W||February 5, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||26–14–10

|51||W||February 8, 1964||8–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||27–14–10

|52||T||February 9, 1964||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||27–14–11

|53||W||February 12, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||28–14–11

|54||L||February 15, 1964||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||28–15–11

|55||W||February 16, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||29–15–11

|56||W||February 20, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||30–15–11

|57||W||February 22, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||31–15–11

|58||L||February 23, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||31–16–11

|59||W||February 26, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||32–16–11

|60||W||February 29, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers||33–16–11

|61||L||March 1, 1964||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||33–17–11

|62||L||March 5, 1964||5–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||33–18–11

|63||L||March 7, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers||33–19–11

|64||T||March 8, 1964||0–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||33–19–12

|65||L||March 11, 1964||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||33–20–12

|66||W||March 14, 1964||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||34–20–12

|67||L||March 15, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||34–21–12

|68||T||March 18, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||34–21–13

|69||W||March 21, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||35–21–13

|70||W||March 22, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||36–21–13

Legend:

Playoffs

Semifinals

March 26, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 0 March 28, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – 2 March 31, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 2 April 2, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 5 April 4, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 2 April 7, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 0 – 3 April 9, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM C 68 28 50 78 42 RW 70 25 31 56 32 C 66 14 39 53 73 LW 59 18 27 45 125 LW 70 24 18 42 80 RW 55 21 18 39 41 LW 61 22 15 37 21 RW 68 15 17 32 37 D 65 2 28 30 102 C 70 8 21 29 41 D 70 5 16 21 24 RW 48 11 9 20 41 D 70 2 15 17 149 C 69 7 9 16 12 D 66 1 13 14 83 LW 4 1 4 5 2 RW 5 4 0 4 0 RW 21 1 1 2 43 D 39 0 2 2 18 D 4 0 1 1 0 D/RW 15 0 1 1 2 D 1 0 0 0 2 RW 4 0 0 0 6 D 6 0 0 0 2 RW 2 0 0 0 0 G 62 0 0 0 2 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 2 RW 3 0 0 0 0 G 8 0 0 0 0

Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3720 62 33 18 11 140 2.26 8 444 8 3 2 2 22 2.97 1 36 1 0 1 0 4 6.67 0 Team: 4200 70 36 21 13 166 2.37 9

Playoffs

Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 7 2 2 4 22 C 7 2 1 3 8 D 7 2 1 3 9 C 5 2 0 2 18 LW 7 1 1 2 25 RW 7 1 1 2 4 D 7 1 1 2 8 C 7 1 1 2 9 RW 7 1 1 2 2 RW 7 0 2 2 2 D 7 0 2 2 10 RW 2 1 0 1 0 LW 7 0 1 1 25 D/RW 7 0 1 1 14 C 7 0 0 0 4 D 7 0 0 0 6 G 7 0 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 2

Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 420 7 3 4 16 2.29 1 Team: 420 7 3 4 16 2.29 1

Transactions June 4, 1963 – Jacques Plante was traded to the New York Rangers, along with Phil Goyette and Don Marshall, in exchange for Gump Worsley, Dave Balon, and Leon Rochefort.

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1963 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)11 Garry Monahan St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)27 Rodney Presswood Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL)313 Roy Pugh Aurora Bears (SOJCHL)

See also 1963–64 NHL season

Citations

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference