1958-59 NHL season

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The 1958-59 NHL season was the 42nd National Hockey League season. Six teams each played 70 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one in the best-of-seven final series. This marked the fourth consecutive Stanley Cup win for the Canadiens as they became the first team to win four in a row.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Final Standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 Stanley Cup playoffs 2.1 Stanley Cup finals 3 NHL awards 4 See also 5 References

Regular Season

The Montreal Canadiens again won the regular season standings and again their players dominated the trophies as Jacques Plante won his fourth straight Vezina Trophy.

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Image:MTL 53-pres.gif Montreal Canadiens	70	39	18	13	91	258	158	760
Image:BOS 50-95.gif Boston Bruins	70	32	29	9	73	205	215	838
Image:CHI 50s.gif Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	69	197	208	921
Image:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	65	189	201	846
Image:NYR 48-76.gif New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	64	201	217	860
Image:Detroitredwingslogo40s.gif Detroit Red Wings	70	25	37	8	58	167	218	613

Scoring leaders

Stanley Cup playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Dickie Moore, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Ralph Backstrom, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Andy Bathgate, New York Rangers
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Tom Johnson, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy:	Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 12th National Hockey League All-Star Game
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• 1958 in sports
• 1959 in sports

References

• Hockey Database
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Preceded by: 1957-58 NHL season

NHL seasons

Succeeded by: 1959-60 NHL season

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