1957 NHL Semi-Finals
Montreal Canadiens defeat New York Rangers 4-1
| Game 1, March 26 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 1 | |
| Game 2, March 28 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 4 | OT |
| Game 3, March 30 | ||
| New York Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 8 | |
| Game 4, April 2 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |
| Game 5, April 4 | ||
| New York Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | OT |
Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| 5 | Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | Jean Béliveau | C | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Maurice Richard | RW | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Bert Olmstead | LW | 30 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Dickie Moore | LW | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Henri Richard | C | 20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Doug Harvey | D | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Floyd Curry | RW | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Phil Goyette | C | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Bob Turner | D | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Don Marshall | LW | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Claude Provost | RW | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | André Pronovost | LW | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Dollard St. Laurent | D | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tom Johnson | D | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Connie Broden | C | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 22 | 34 | 56 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 0 | |||||
Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| 1 | Jacques Plante | G | 28 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 12 | 138 | 126 | .913 | 0 | 4 | 314:49 | 62:58 |
| Team Total | 4-1-0 | 12 | 138 | 126 | .913 | 0 | 4 | 314:49 | 62:58 | ||||
New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| 21 | Camille Henry | C | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Dave Creighton | C | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Red Sullivan | C | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bill Gadsby | D | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Larry Popein | C | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Andy Hebenton | RW | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Andy Bathgate | RW | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Parker MacDonald | C | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Dean Prentice | LW | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Harry Howell | D | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Danny Lewicki | LW | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jack Evans | D | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lou Fontinato | D | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Gerry Foley | RW | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ron Murphy | LW | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Larry Cahan | D | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 12 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |||||
New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| 1 | Gump Worsley | G | 27 | 5 | 1-4-0 | 21 | 196 | 175 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 314:19 | 62:52 |
| Team Total | 1-4-0 | 21 | 196 | 175 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 314:19 | 62:52 | ||||
1956-57 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Oct 20, 1956 | ||
| New York Rangers | 0 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Wednesday, Oct 24, 1956 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 3 | |
| Thursday, Nov 8, 1956 | ||
| New York Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
| Wednesday, Nov 14, 1956 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 3 | |
| Saturday, Nov 24, 1956 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Sunday, Nov 25, 1956 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 1 | |
| Sunday, Dec 16, 1956 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 4 | |
| Saturday, Dec 29, 1956 | ||
| New York Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Sunday, Jan 6, 1957 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 2 | |
| Saturday, Jan 19, 1957 | ||
| New York Rangers | 0 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Sunday, Feb 10, 1957 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 5 | |
| Saturday, Feb 16, 1957 | ||
| New York Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | |
| Saturday, Feb 23, 1957 | ||
| New York Rangers | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
| Sunday, Feb 24, 1957 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| New York Rangers | 4 | |
MTL Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Jean Béliveau* | 25 | C | 69 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 105 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 10.2 | |||||
| 2 | Maurice Richard* | 35 | RW | 63 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 74 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 8.1 | |||||
| 3 | Dickie Moore* | 26 | LW | 70 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 56 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 7.1 | |||||
| 4 | Henri Richard* | 20 | C | 63 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 5.7 | |||||
| 5 | Doug Harvey* | 32 | D | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 9.8 | |||||
| 6 | Bert Olmstead* | 30 | LW | 64 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 4.7 | |||||
| 7 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 25 | RW | 41 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 5.0 | |||||
| 8 | Claude Provost | 23 | RW | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.9 | |||||
| 9 | André Pronovost | 20 | LW | 64 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |||||
| 10 | Don Marshall | 24 | C | 70 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| 11 | Floyd Curry | 31 | RW | 70 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | -0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |||||
| 12 | Tom Johnson* | 28 | D | 70 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | |||||
| 13 | Jackie Leclair | 27 | C | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |||||
| 14 | Jean-Guy Talbot | 24 | D | 69 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | |||||
| 15 | Dollard St. Laurent | 27 | D | 64 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | |||||
| 16 | Phil Goyette | 23 | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |||||
| 17 | Bob Turner | 23 | D | 58 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | |||||
| 18 | Allan Johnson | 21 | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 19 | Gene Achtymichuk | 24 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 20 | Ralph Backstrom | 19 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 21 | Murray Balfour | 20 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||||
| 22 | Glen Cressman | 22 | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 23 | Bronco Horvath | 26 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 24 | Bud MacPherson | 29 | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |||||
| 25 | Gerry McNeil | 30 | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 538 | 59:47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jacques Plante* | 28 | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3658 | 59:58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| 27 | Guy Rousseau | 22 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||||
| 28 | Stan Smrke | 28 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 29 | Jerry Wilson | 19 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| Team Total | 70 | 210 | 339 | 549 | 878 | 151 | 54 | 5 | 35 | 239 | 97 | 3 | 38.0 | 40.3 | 93.3 | ||||||||
MTL Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Jacques Plante* | 28 | 61 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 122 | 1523 | 1401 | .920 | 2.00 | 9 | 3658 | 90 | 13.6 | ||||
| 2 | Gerry McNeil | 30 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 252 | 221 | .877 | 3.46 | 0 | 538 | 138 | -8.6 | ||||
| Team Total | 35 | 23 | 12 | 153 | 1775 | 1622 | .914 | 2.19 | 9 | 4196 | 97 | 5.1 | |||||||
NYR Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Andy Bathgate* | 24 | RW | 70 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 8.1 | |||||
| 2 | Andy Hebenton | 27 | RW | 70 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 4.1 | |||||
| 3 | Dean Prentice | 24 | LW | 68 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 | |||||
| 4 | Bill Gadsby* | 29 | D | 70 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 6.0 | |||||
| 5 | Dave Creighton | 26 | C | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 | |||||
| 6 | Danny Lewicki | 25 | LW | 70 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | |||||
| 7 | Larry Popein | 26 | C | 67 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | |||||
| 8 | Camille Henry | 24 | C | 36 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 | |||||
| 9 | Red Sullivan | 27 | C | 42 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||
| 10 | Ron Murphy | 23 | LW | 33 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | |||||
| 11 | Gerry Foley | 24 | RW | 69 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | -0.8 | 0.7 | -0.2 | |||||
| 12 | Jean-Guy Gendron | 22 | LW | 70 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -0.8 | 0.7 | -0.1 | |||||
| 13 | Parker MacDonald | 23 | C | 45 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |||||
| 14 | Lou Fontinato | 25 | D | 70 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | |||||
| 15 | Harry Howell* | 24 | D | 65 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | |||||
| 16 | Larry Cahan | 23 | D | 61 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | |||||
| 17 | Jack Evans | 28 | D | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | |||||
| 18 | Bruce Cline | 25 | RW | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.3 | -0.4 | |||||
| 19 | Bronco Horvath | 26 | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||
| 20 | Johnny Bower* | 32 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 59:48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |||||||||
| 21 | Gump Worsley* | 27 | G | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4078 | 59:58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 70 | 184 | 297 | 481 | 877 | 127 | 49 | 8 | 26 | 201 | 91 | 5 | 27.5 | 19.9 | 55.0 | ||||||||
NYR Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Gump Worsley* | 27 | 68 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 216 | 2295 | 2079 | .906 | 3.18 | 3 | 4078 | 106 | -11.6 | ||||
| 2 | Johnny Bower* | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 45 | .882 | 3.01 | 0 | 120 | 132 | -1.5 | ||||
| Team Total | 26 | 30 | 14 | 222 | 2346 | 2124 | .905 | 3.17 | 3 | 4198 | 106 | -13.1 | |||||||


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