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1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 44th season of play. The Canadiens placed second in the regular season, defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final and the Boston Bruins in the final to win the club's seventh Stanley Cup championship. As of 2025, the last surviving member of the team is Reg Abbott, following the death of Paul Masnick on March 23, 2024.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 9, 1952||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 11, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 12, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 16, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||3–1–1 |- |6||L||October 19, 1952||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||3–2–1 |- |7||T||October 23, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 25, 1952||9–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1952||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||4–3–2 |-

|- |10||W||November 1, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||5–3–2 |- |11||T||November 2, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||5–3–3 |- |12||W||November 6, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||November 8, 1952||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||7–3–3 |- |14||L||November 13, 1952||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||7–4–3 |- |15||W||November 15, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–4–3 |- |16||L||November 16, 1952||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–5–3 |- |17||T||November 22, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–5–4 |- |18||T||November 23, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–5–5 |- |19||T||November 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–5–6 |- |20||T||November 29, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–5–7 |- |21||L||November 30, 1952||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–6–7 |-

|- |22||L||December 4, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–7–7 |- |23||L||December 6, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–8–7 |- |24||T||December 7, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||8–8–8 |- |25||W||December 10, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||9–8–8 |- |26||W||December 11, 1952||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||10–8–8 |- |27||W||December 13, 1952||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||11–8–8 |- |28||T||December 14, 1952||0–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||11–8–9 |- |29||W||December 18, 1952||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||12–8–9 |- |30||L||December 20, 1952||3–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||12–9–9 |- |31||W||December 21, 1952||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||13–9–9 |- |32||L||December 24, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||13–10–9 |- |33||T||December 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||13–10–10 |- |34||W||December 31, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||14–10–10 |-

|- |35||T||January 1, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||14–10–11 |- |36||L||January 3, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||14–11–11 |- |37||T||January 8, 1953||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||14–11–12 |- |38||W||January 10, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||15–11–12 |- |39||L||January 11, 1953||0–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||15–12–12 |- |40||W||January 15, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||16–12–12 |- |41||T||January 17, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||16–12–13 |- |42||W||January 18, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||17–12–13 |- |43||W||January 21, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||18–12–13 |- |44||W||January 22, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||19–12–13 |- |45||L||January 24, 1953||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||19–13–13 |- |46||T||January 25, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||19–13–14 |- |47||W||January 28, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||20–13–14 |- |48||W||January 29, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||21–13–14 |- |49||T||January 31, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||21–13–15 |-

|- |50||L||February 1, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||21–14–15 |- |51||W||February 5, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||22–14–15 |- |52||L||February 7, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||22–15–15 |- |53||T||February 8, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||22–15–16 |- |54||W||February 12, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||23–15–16 |- |55||T||February 14, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||23–15–17 |- |56||L||February 15, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||23–16–17 |- |57||L||February 19, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||23–17–17 |- |58||W||February 21, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||24–17–17 |- |59||W||February 25, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||25–17–17 |- |60||W||February 26, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||26–17–17 |- |61||L||February 28, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||26–18–17 |-

|- |62||L||March 5, 1953||0–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||26–19–17 |- |63||W||March 7, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||27–19–17 |- |64||L||March 8, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||27–20–17 |- |65||T||March 12, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks <small>(1952–53)</small> ||27–20–18 |- |66||W||March 14, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers <small>(1952–53)</small> ||28–20–18 |- |67||L||March 15, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||28–21–18 |- |68||L||March 19, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(1952–53)</small> ||28–22–18 |- |69||L||March 21, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins <small>(1952–53)</small> ||28–23–18 |- |70||T||March 22, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings <small>(1952–53)</small> ||28–23–19 |-

|- | Legend:

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards

All-Star teams

Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.

Citations

References