Stanley Cup playoffs 1959

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Stanley Cup playoffs 1959
Period March 24, 1959 to April 18, 1959
Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal (11th title)
finalist Toronto Maple Leafs
Top scorer Canada 1957Canada Dickie Moore (Montréal)
Gates 108 (6.0 per game)
Events
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 1959 began on March 24, 1959 and ended on April 18, 1959 with the Canadiens de Montréal's 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs . The Canadiens won their eleventh title and the fourth in a row, which they set a new record, which they improved in the following year with the fifth success. In addition, Dickie Moore was the top scorer this post-season . The Maple Leafs, on the other hand, played their first final since 1951 , in which they again defeated the Canadiens 4-1.

mode

The four best teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the first and third as well as the second and fourth of the final table faced each other. The respective winners then contested the Stanley Cup final.

All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.

Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .

Qualified teams

Playoff tree

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Canadiens de Montréal 4th    
3 Chicago Black Hawks 2  
1 Canadiens de Montréal 4th
  4th Toronto Maple Leafs 1
2 Boston Bruins 3
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 4th  

Semifinals

(1) Canadiens de Montréal - (3) Chicago Black Hawks

24 Mar 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
Claude Provost (10:46)
Henri Richard (24:05)
Marcel Bonin (39:23)
Marcel Bonin (42:04) 		4: 2
(1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Chicago Black Hawks
Death Sloan (16:34)
Death Sloan (43:26) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
26th Mar 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
Marcel Bonin (5:56)
Bernie Geoffrion (12:01)
Dickie Moore (12:48)
Jean Béliveau (28:29)
Marcel Bonin (37:06) 		5: 1
(3: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Chicago Black Hawks
Eric Nesterenko (14:35) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
28 Mar 1959 Chicago Black Hawks
Al Arbor (11:17)
Lorne Ferguson (13:15)
Ed Litzenberger (36:44)
Glen Skov (59:54) 		4: 2
(2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Marcel Bonin (26:30)
Henri Richard (48:48) 		Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois
31 Mar 1959 Chicago Black Hawks
Bobby Hull (18:08)
Lorne Ferguson (53:26)
Glen Skov (59:49) 		3: 1
(1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Marcel Bonin (4:33) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
0Apr 2, 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
André Pronovost (1:34)
Marcel Bonin (10:48)
Claude Provost (14:35)
Bernie Geoffrion (16:38) 		4: 2
(4: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Chicago Black Hawks
Tod Sloan (23:00)
Eric Nesterenko (45:11) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
0Apr 4, 1959 Chicago Black Hawks
Ted Lindsay (13:05)
Ed Litzenberger (25:52)
Ed Litzenberger (43:22)
Ted Lindsay (54:32) 		4: 5
(1: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 4 		Canadiens de Montréal
Doug Harvey (2:20)
Dickie Moore (29:09)
Claude Provost (30:22)
Dickie Moore (53:18)
Claude Provost (58:32) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

(2) Boston Bruins - (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

24 Mar 1959 Boston Bruins
Jerry Toppazzini (7:50)
Leo Labine (30:53)
Vic Stasiuk (31:53)
Larry Leach (38:45)
Don McKenney (46:18) 		5: 1
(1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Gerry Ehman (26:07) 		Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
26th Mar 1959 Boston Bruins
Fleming Mackell (10:00)
Fleming Mackell (12:14)
Jean-Guy Gendron (55:59)
Leo Labine (59:15) 		4: 2
(2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Dick Duff (15:45)
Ron Stewart (28:09) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
28 Mar 1959 Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Pulford (16:21)
Gerry Ehman (57:08)
Gerry Ehman (65:02) 		3: 2 n.V.
(1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Boston Bruins
Vic Stasiuk (2:43)
Vic Stasiuk (37:34) 		Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
31 Mar 1959 Toronto Maple Leafs
Gerry Ehman (6:58)
Brian Cullen (42:46)
Frank Mahovlich (71:21) 		3: 2 n.V.
(1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Boston Bruins
Jerry Toppazzini (42:02)
Bronco Horvath (47:20) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
0Apr 2, 1959 Boston Bruins
Jerry Toppazzini (51:25) 		1: 4
(0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Bert Olmstead (9:26)
Dick Duff (26:37)
Frank Mahovlich (40:19)
Bob Pulford (49:02) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
0Apr 4, 1959 Toronto Maple Leafs
Bert Olmstead (15:13)
Frank Mahovlich (23:50)
Gerry Ehman (42:55)
Frank Mahovlich (47:37) 		4: 5
(1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Boston Bruins
Jerry Toppazzini (7:28)
Don McKenney (9:34)
Johnny Bucyk (29:57)
Johnny Bucyk (37:19)
Bronco Horvath (52:56) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
0Apr 7, 1959 Boston Bruins
Vic Stasiuk (1:11)
Leo Boivin (34:33) 		2: 3
(1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 3: 4 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Larry Regan (5:33)
Bob Pulford (48:36)
Gerry Ehman (57:27) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Stanley Cup Final

(1) Canadiens de Montréal - (4) Toronto Maple Leafs

0Apr 9, 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
Henri Richard (0:36)
Ralph Backstrom (15:41)
André Pronovost (36:28)
Marcel Bonin (51:59)
Dickie Moore (55:02) 		5: 3
(2: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Dick Duff (4:53)
Billy Harris (6:24)
Ron Stewart (38:26) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
Apr 11, 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
Tom Johnson (5:12)
Claude Provost (45:02)
Claude Provost (58:33) 		3: 1
(1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Stewart (31:41) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Apr 14, 1959 Toronto Maple Leafs
Billy Harris (16:29)
Bert Olmstead (37:11)
Dick Duff (70:06) 		3: 2 a.d.
(1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Marcel Bonin (17:31)
Dickie Moore (41:30) 		Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
Apr 16, 1959 Toronto Maple Leafs
Billy Harris (43:45)
Frank Mahovlich (58:36) 		2: 3
(0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 3)
Match report
as of 1: 3 		Canadiens de Montréal
Ab McDonald (49:54)
Ralph Backstrom (53:01)
Bernie Geoffrion (55:56) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Apr 18, 1959 Canadiens de Montréal
Ralph Backstrom (4:13)
Bernie Geoffrion (13:42)
Tom Johnson (16:26)
Marcel Bonin (29:55)
Bernie Geoffrion (39:25) 		5: 3
(3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 4: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Pulford (24:27)
Frank Mahovlich (52:07)
Bert Olmstead (56:19) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal
Montréal Canadiens logo

Goalkeepers: Charlie Hodge , Jacques Plante

Defenders: Ian Cushenan , Doug Harvey , Bill Hicke , Tom Johnson , Al Langlois , Jean-Guy Talbot , Bob Turner

Attackers: Ralph Backstrom , Jean Béliveau , Marcel Bonin , Bernie Geoffrion , Phil Goyette , Don Marshall , Ab McDonald , Dickie Moore , Ken Mosdell , André Pronovost , Claude Provost , Henri Richard , Maurice Richard  ( C )

Head Coach: Toe Blake   General Manager: Frank J. Selke

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Dickie Moore Montréal 11 5 12 17th 8th
Marcel Bonin Montréal 11 10 5 15th 4th
Gerry Ehman Toronto 12 6th 7th 13 8th
Bernie Geoffrion Montréal 11 5 8th 13 10
Doug Harvey Montréal 11 1 11 12 22nd
Frank Mahovlich Toronto 12 6th 5 11 18th
Henri Richard Montréal 11 3 8th 11 13
Billy Harris Toronto 12 3 6th 9 16
Claude Provost Montréal 11 6th 2 8th 2
Bob Pulford Toronto 12 4th 4th 8th 8th

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = saved shots (in%), GAA = goals against goals against; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. GA SO Sv% ATM
Jacques Plante Montréal 11 668: 46 8th 3 26th 0 90.8 2.33
Harry Lumley Boston 7th 436: 23 3 4th 20th 0 90.6 2.75
Johnny Bower Toronto 12 746: 29 5 7th 38 0 89.7 3.05

The 1959 playoffs were the only ones in NHL history in which no goalkeeper succeeded in a shutout.

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