1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season was the 40th season in club history. The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the semi-finals against the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.set a long-standing modern NHL record between February 26 and March 6, 1949, when he amassed four consecutive shutouts, not allowing a goal over a span of 309 minutes, 21 seconds. This record was not surpassed until 2004, when Brian Boucher, then of the Phoenix Coyotes, broke it.Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
The Canadiens would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| March 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | OT |
| March 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | OT |
| March 26 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
| March 29 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | |
| March 31 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
| April 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
| April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3.Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| C | 60 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 33 |
| RW | 59 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 110 |
| RW | 60 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 8 |
| C | 36 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 59 |
| C | 60 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 50 |
| D | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
| C | 47 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
| LW | 48 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| D | 55 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 87 |
| D | 46 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 103 |
| D | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| LW | 54 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 111 |
| LW | 59 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
| LW | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| RW | 36 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| C | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| D | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 |
| LW/C | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| D | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 42 |
| C/LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3600 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 126 | 2.10 | 10 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 126 | 2.10 | 10 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| LW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| RW/C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 468 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2.18 | 0 |
| Team: | 468 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2.18 | 0 |
Awards and records
Roster
