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Montréal Canadiens, 1955-56

Be the GM of the Montréal Canadiens Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1955-56 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 70 45-15-10 100 0.714 222 131 +91 29-5-1 16-10-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Semifinals New York Rangers Won 4-1
Stanley Cup Final Detroit Red Wings Won 4-1

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Jean Beliveau C 70 47 41 88 0 143 0 0
Maurice Richard R 70 38 33 71 0 89 0 0
Bert Olmstead L 70 14 56 70 0 99 0 0
Bernie Geoffrion R 59 29 33 62 0 66 0 0
Dickie Moore L 70 11 38 49 0 55 0 0
Doug Harvey D 63 5 39 44 0 60 0 0
Henri Richard C 65 19 21 40 0 46 0 0
Floyd Curry R 70 14 18 32 0 12 0 0
Ken Mosdell C 70 13 17 30 0 48 0 0
Claude Provost R 60 13 16 29 0 30 0 0
Jack LeClair C 58 6 8 14 0 28 0 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 70 1 13 14 0 78 0 0
Dollard St. Laurent D 47 4 9 13 0 58 0 0
Tom Johnson D 64 3 10 13 0 75 0 0
Bob Turner D 33 1 4 5 0 35 0 0
Donnie Marshall L 66 4 1 5 0 8 0 0
Dick Gamble L 12 0 3 3 0 8 0 0
Butch Bouchard D 67 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
Connie Broden C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jacques Deslauriers D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Clune D 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Jacques Plante 64 42121007 1714 1595 119 1.86 0.931
Bob Perreault 6 33001 174 162 12 2.00 0.931

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Mar 18, 1956 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0
Mar 17, 1956 vs NYR W 7-2 0 0
Mar 15, 1956 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0
Mar 11, 1956 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0
Mar 10, 1956 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0
Mar 8, 1956 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0
Mar 4, 1956 @ DET W 6-4 0 0
Mar 3, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0
Mar 2, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0
Feb 29, 1956 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0
Feb 25, 1956 vs DET W 5-1 0 0
Feb 23, 1956 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0
Feb 18, 1956 vs NYR W 9-4 0 0
Feb 16, 1956 vs TOR W 8-1 0 0
Feb 12, 1956 @ BOS W 7-1 0 0
Feb 10, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0
Feb 8, 1956 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0
Feb 5, 1956 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0
Feb 4, 1956 vs DET W 2-1 0 0
Feb 2, 1956 @ DET W 2-0 0 0
Jan 29, 1956 @ DET T 1-1 0 0
Jan 28, 1956 vs BOS W 6-1 0 0
Jan 26, 1956 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0
Jan 22, 1956 @ CHI W 6-2 0 0
Jan 21, 1956 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0
Jan 19, 1956 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0
Jan 18, 1956 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0
Jan 15, 1956 @ DET L 0-2 0 0
Jan 14, 1956 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0
Jan 11, 1956 @ NYR L 1-6 0 0
Jan 7, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0
Jan 5, 1956 vs DET L 2-5 0 0
Dec 31, 1955 vs CHI W 7-3 0 0
Dec 29, 1955 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0
Dec 28, 1955 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0
Dec 25, 1955 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0
Dec 24, 1955 vs DET W 4-2 0 0
Dec 20, 1955 @ CHI W 7-1 0 0
Dec 18, 1955 @ DET L 0-2 0 0
Dec 17, 1955 vs CHI W 5-0 0 0
Dec 15, 1955 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0
Dec 11, 1955 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0
Dec 10, 1955 vs DET W 4-2 0 0
Dec 8, 1955 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0
Dec 4, 1955 @ CHI W 5-1 0 0
Dec 3, 1955 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0
Dec 1, 1955 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0
Nov 27, 1955 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0
Nov 26, 1955 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0
Nov 24, 1955 @ DET L 2-3 0 0
Nov 20, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0
Nov 19, 1955 vs NYR W 6-1 0 0
Nov 16, 1955 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0
Nov 13, 1955 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0
Nov 12, 1955 vs DET W 3-0 0 0
Nov 9, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0
Nov 6, 1955 @ BOS T 3-3 0 0
Nov 5, 1955 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0
Nov 3, 1955 vs TOR T 3-3 0 0
Oct 30, 1955 @ DET T 2-2 0 0
Oct 29, 1955 vs DET W 2-1 0 0
Oct 27, 1955 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0
Oct 26, 1955 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0
Oct 22, 1955 vs CHI W 6-0 0 0
Oct 20, 1955 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0
Oct 16, 1955 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0
Oct 15, 1955 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0
Oct 9, 1955 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0
Oct 8, 1955 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0
Oct 6, 1955 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0