1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 37th season of play. The Canadiens placed first during the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the sixth time.Offseason
Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
Stanley Cup Finals
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| March 30 | Boston | 3 | Montreal | 4 | OT |
| April 2 | Boston | 2 | Montreal | 3 | OT |
| April 4 | Montreal | 4 | Boston | 2 | |
| April 7 | Montreal | 2 | Boston | 3 | OT |
| April 9 | Boston | 3 | Montreal | 6 | |
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| LW | 50 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 2 |
| RW | 50 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 50 |
| C | 50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 34 |
| RW | 47 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 |
| C | 44 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 10 |
| LW | 40 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 42 |
| C | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 |
| RW | 39 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 |
| LW | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
| D | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 52 |
| D | 49 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| LW | 50 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 |
| C/D | 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| D | 43 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 45 |
| C | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| RW/C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LW/C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2400 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 104 | 2.60 | 4 |
| 600 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 2.68 | 4 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| C | 9 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
| LW | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| RW | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| LW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| LW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| LW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| RW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| C/D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 581 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2.07 | 0 |
| Team: | 581 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2.07 | 0 |
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