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1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results

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41-21-8 (90 points), Finished 1st in NHL (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1965-66 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 239 goals, Allowed 173 goals, SRS: 0.79 (1st of 6)
Coached by Toe Blake (41-21-8)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) versus Detroit Red Wings
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Toronto Maple Leafs

1965-66 Montreal Canadiens:

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 23, 1965 Detroit Red Wings W 8 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 24, 1965 @ New York Rangers W 4 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Wed, Oct 27, 1965 New York Rangers W 4 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 30, 1965 Chicago Black Hawks L 4 6 3 1 0 L 1
5 Sun, Oct 31, 1965 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 3 1 1 T 1
6 Thu, Nov 4, 1965 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 4 1 1 W 1
7 Sat, Nov 6, 1965 Boston Bruins L 1 3 4 2 1 L 1
8 Sun, Nov 7, 1965 @ Boston Bruins W 5 2 5 2 1 W 1
9 Wed, Nov 10, 1965 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 3 3 5 2 2 T 1
10 Sat, Nov 13, 1965 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 6 2 2 W 1
11 Sun, Nov 14, 1965 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 6 2 3 T 1
12 Thu, Nov 18, 1965 Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 3 6 3 3 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 20, 1965 New York Rangers W 9 3 7 3 3 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 21, 1965 @ Boston Bruins L 2 3 7 4 3 L 1
15 Wed, Nov 24, 1965 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 1 8 4 3 W 1
16 Sat, Nov 27, 1965 Detroit Red Wings W 3 2 9 4 3 W 2
17 Sun, Nov 28, 1965 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 10 4 3 W 3
18 Sat, Dec 4, 1965 New York Rangers W 4 3 11 4 3 W 4
19 Sun, Dec 5, 1965 @ Boston Bruins T 4 4 11 4 4 T 1
20 Wed, Dec 8, 1965 Boston Bruins W 8 3 12 4 4 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 11, 1965 Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 13 4 4 W 2
22 Sun, Dec 12, 1965 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 5 3 14 4 4 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 16, 1965 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 14 5 4 L 1
24 Sat, Dec 18, 1965 Boston Bruins W 2 1 15 5 4 W 1
25 Sun, Dec 19, 1965 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 15 6 4 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 25, 1965 Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 16 6 4 W 1
27 Sun, Dec 26, 1965 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 1 16 7 4 L 1
28 Wed, Dec 29, 1965 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 16 8 4 L 2
29 Sat, Jan 1, 1966 New York Rangers W 5 1 17 8 4 W 1
30 Sun, Jan 2, 1966 @ New York Rangers W 6 3 18 8 4 W 2
31 Wed, Jan 5, 1966 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 18 9 4 L 1
32 Sat, Jan 8, 1966 Boston Bruins W 6 0 19 9 4 W 1
33 Sun, Jan 9, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 19 10 4 L 1
34 Thu, Jan 13, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 6 19 11 4 L 2
35 Sat, Jan 15, 1966 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 4 20 11 4 W 1
36 Sun, Jan 16, 1966 @ Boston Bruins W 3 1 21 11 4 W 2
37 Thu, Jan 20, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 5 21 12 4 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 22, 1966 Detroit Red Wings L 0 3 21 13 4 L 2
39 Sun, Jan 23, 1966 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 21 13 5 T 1
40 Wed, Jan 26, 1966 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 21 14 5 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 29, 1966 New York Rangers W 6 2 22 14 5 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 30, 1966 @ Boston Bruins W 3 1 23 14 5 W 2
43 Thu, Feb 3, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 4 24 14 5 W 3
44 Sat, Feb 5, 1966 Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 24 14 6 T 1
45 Sun, Feb 6, 1966 @ New York Rangers W 4 0 25 14 6 W 1
46 Thu, Feb 10, 1966 @ Boston Bruins L 0 2 25 15 6 L 1
47 Sat, Feb 12, 1966 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 25 15 7 T 1
48 Sun, Feb 13, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 26 15 7 W 1
49 Wed, Feb 16, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 3 26 16 7 L 1
50 Sat, Feb 19, 1966 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 27 16 7 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 20, 1966 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 28 16 7 W 2
52 Wed, Feb 23, 1966 Boston Bruins W 3 2 29 16 7 W 3
53 Sat, Feb 26, 1966 New York Rangers W 4 3 30 16 7 W 4
54 Sun, Feb 27, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 3 31 16 7 W 5
55 Wed, Mar 2, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 3 3 31 16 8 T 1
56 Thu, Mar 3, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 4 31 17 8 L 1
57 Sat, Mar 5, 1966 Detroit Red Wings W 7 2 32 17 8 W 1
58 Sun, Mar 6, 1966 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 1 0 33 17 8 W 2
59 Wed, Mar 9, 1966 Boston Bruins L 1 3 33 18 8 L 1
60 Sat, Mar 12, 1966 Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 34 18 8 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 13, 1966 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 34 19 8 L 1
62 Wed, Mar 16, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 2 35 19 8 W 1
63 Sat, Mar 19, 1966 New York Rangers W 6 2 36 19 8 W 2
64 Sun, Mar 20, 1966 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 36 20 8 L 1
65 Thu, Mar 24, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 2 36 21 8 L 2
66 Sat, Mar 26, 1966 Boston Bruins W 5 2 37 21 8 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 27, 1966 @ Boston Bruins W 3 1 38 21 8 W 2
68 Wed, Mar 30, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 39 21 8 W 3
69 Sat, Apr 2, 1966 Chicago Black Hawks W 8 3 40 21 8 W 4
70 Sun, Apr 3, 1966 @ New York Rangers W 4 1 41 21 8 W 5

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 7, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 9, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 0 2 0 0 W 2
3 Tue, Apr 12, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 3 0 0 W 3
4 Thu, Apr 14, 1966 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 4 0 0 W 4
5 Sun, Apr 24, 1966 Detroit Red Wings L 2 3 4 1 0 L 1
6 Tue, Apr 26, 1966 Detroit Red Wings L 2 5 4 2 0 L 2
7 Thu, Apr 28, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 5 2 0 W 1
8 Sun, May 1, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings W 2 1 6 2 0 W 2
9 Tue, May 3, 1966 Detroit Red Wings W 5 1 7 2 0 W 3
10 Thu, May 5, 1966 @ Detroit Red Wings W OT 3 2 8 2 0 W 4