Regular season The New York Americans, last place finishers in 1927–28, surprised everyone by occupying first place for much of the season in the Canadian Division. However, the Montreal Canadiens dislodged the Americans and finished first. George Hainsworth , Canadiens goaltender, set an unprecedented record of 22 shutouts and a 0.98 goals against average.
Final standings [1]
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results Regular season results No. R Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 15, 1928 3–1 Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 1–0–0 2 L November 17, 1928 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 1–1–0 3 W November 20, 1928 1–0 @ Boston Bruins (1928–29 ) 2–1–0 4 T November 22, 1928 0–0 OT @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29 ) 2–1–1 5 L November 24, 1928 3–4 New York Americans (1928–29 ) 2–2–1 6 T November 29, 1928 1–1 OT Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29 ) 2–2–2 7 W December 1, 1928 2–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 3–2–2 8 L December 4, 1928 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 3–3–2 9 W December 8, 1928 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29 ) 4–3–2 10 L December 13, 1928 2–3 OT New York Rangers (1928–29 ) 4–4–2 11 T December 15, 1928 0–0 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 4–4–3 12 W December 18, 1928 5–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29 ) 5–4–3 13 L December 20, 1928 1–5 @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29 ) 5–5–3 14 W December 22, 1928 1–0 Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 6–5–3 15 W December 27, 1928 3–0 Detroit Cougars (1928–29 ) 7–5–3 16 T January 1, 1929 1–1 OT @ New York Americans (1928–29 ) 7–5–4 17 T January 3, 1929 1–1 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 7–5–5 18 T January 5, 1929 0–0 OT Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 7–5–6 19 L January 10, 1929 2–4 Boston Bruins (1928–29 ) 7–6–6 20 W January 12, 1929 3–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 8–6–6 21 W January 15, 1929 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29 ) 9–6–6 22 T January 17, 1929 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 9–6–7 23 T January 19, 1929 0–0 OT New York Rangers (1928–29 ) 9–6–8 24 W January 20, 1929 1–0 @ New York Rangers (1928–29 ) 10–6–8 25 T January 22, 1929 0–0 OT @ Boston Bruins (1928–29 ) 10–6–9 26 T January 24, 1929 1–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 10–6–10 27 W January 26, 1929 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 11–6–10 28 W January 29, 1929 1–0 @ New York Americans (1928–29 ) 12–6–10 29 W February 2, 1929 1–0 Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 13–6–10 30 T February 7, 1929 2–2 OT Detroit Cougars (1928–29 ) 13–6–11 31 T February 10, 1929 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1928–29 ) 13–6–12 32 W February 12, 1929 2–0 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29 ) 14–6–12 33 W February 14, 1929 1–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29 ) 15–6–12 34 T February 16, 1929 1–1 OT New York Americans (1928–29 ) 15–6–13 35 W February 21, 1929 1–0 Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 16–6–13 36 L February 23, 1929 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 16–7–13 37 W February 26, 1929 4–0 Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29 ) 17–7–13 38 T February 28, 1929 0–0 OT @ New York Americans (1928–29 ) 17–7–14 39 W March 2, 1929 3–0 Boston Bruins (1928–29 ) 18–7–14 40 W March 7, 1929 3–0 Ottawa Senators (1928–29 ) 19–7–14 41 T March 10, 1929 1–1 OT @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29 ) 19–7–15 42 W March 12, 1929 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29 ) 20–7–15 43 W March 14, 1929 1–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29 ) 21–7–15 44 W March 16, 1929 4–1 New York Americans (1928–29 ) 22–7–15
Playoffs The Canadiens received a first-round bye and met the Boston Bruins in the semi-finals. In a best-of-five series, the Bruins defeated the Canadiens in three straight. The games were very defensive, Boston scoring five goals in the three games, Montreal only two.
Date Home Score Visitors Score Record March 19 Boston 1 Montreal 0 0–1 March 21 Boston 1 Montreal 0 0–2 March 23 Montreal 2 Boston 3 0–3
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Goaltending Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO George Hainsworth 2800 44 22 7 15 43 0.92 22 Team: 2800 44 22 7 15 43 0.92 22
Playoffs Scoring Goaltending [3]
Awards and records
Transactions
See also
References Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc . National Hockey League. pp. 59–74. Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens . Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X .