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vs New York Rangers (February 19, 2008; after trailing 0–5 halfway into the game, the Canadiens scored five goals in regulation time, and won 6–5 in a shootout after overtime.) [3] Streaks [ edit ]
The Canadiens previously played at the Montreal Forum, which housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships. [ note 6 ] Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the league .
The Blueshirts won the playoff and so the Canadiens finished in second place. b From the 1910 season to the 1916–17 season, the O'Brien Cup was awarded to the champion of the NHA. [8] c 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.
Montreal's reason was because they were upset of having to share the province of Quebec with the Quebec Nordiques, and also because the Nordiques were owned by Carling O'Keefe (at the time, a major competitor of Canadiens owner Molson Breweries) while the Bruins were against the merger because they believed that the New England Whalers were ...
Most wins: 38, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins, 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens, and 1944–45 Montreal Canadiens; Fewest wins: 4, by the 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers; Most ties: 15, by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens and 1942–43 Chicago Black Hawks; Fewest ties: 1, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins; Most losses: 39, by the 1943–44 New York Rangers
The Canadiens additionally lead all NHL teams in wins (447). [6] The Vegas Golden Knights lead all NHL teams, in terms of playoff winning percentage, as their 57–38 (.600) record is the highest. [24] The Seattle Kraken, being the most recent established NHL team, have the fewest playoff games played (14). [39]
The Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry is an ice hockey rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, two professional ice hockey clubs in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens and Maple Leafs are the league's oldest teams, with the former established in 1909 and the latter in 1917.
Montreal set new records for most wins (60) and points (132) in a season. [1] Those records were not broken until the re-introduction of regular season overtime [a] and the extension of the schedule to 82 games. The 1976–77 Canadiens continue to hold the all-time records for regulation wins [b] as well as points per game (1.650).