best gaa as a goalie in a season with montreal canadiens in the 1950s

Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, Jacques Plante had the best goals-against average by a Canadiens goalie in a season, with a 1.86 average in 1955-56.

Interpreted as:
best gaa with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games as a goalie in a season with montreal canadiens in the 1950s
NAMEGAASEASONTMGPGSWLTSASVSV%GASHOMIN
1Jacques Plante
J. Plante
1.86
1955-56
MTL MTL
64
42
12
10
1,689
1,570
.930
119
7
3840
2Jacques Plante
J. Plante
2.00
1956-57
MTL MTL
61
31
18
12
1,523
1,401
.920
122
9
3658
3Gerry McNeil
G. McNeil
2.09
1952-53
MTL MTL
66
25
23
18
138
10
3960
4Jacques Plante
J. Plante
2.11
1957-58
MTL MTL
57
34
14
8
1,561
1,442
.924
119
9
3386
5Jacques Plante
J. Plante
2.12
1954-55
MTL MTL
52
33
12
7
109
5
3079
6Gerry McNeil
G. McNeil
2.13
1953-54
MTL MTL
53
28
19
6
113
6
3180
7Jacques Plante
J. Plante
2.16
1958-59
MTL MTL
67
38
16
13
1,924
1,780
.925
144
9
4000
8Bill Durnan
B. Durnan
2.20
1949-50
MTL MTL
64
26
21
17
141
8
3840
9Gerry McNeil
G. McNeil
2.34
1951-52
MTL MTL
70
34
26
10
164
5
4200
10Gerry McNeil
G. McNeil
2.61
1950-51
MTL MTL
70
25
30
15
183
6
4200

More Canadiens Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.67

3rd

GA/GP

3.00

15th

PP%

28.6

6th

PK%

76.9

18th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Canadiens Canadiens
9
3
0
18
8
Red Wings Red Wings
8
4
0
16
2
Bruins Bruins
7
7
0
14
-3
Senators Senators
6
5
2
14
-3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
6
5
1
13
-1
Sabres Sabres
5
4
3
13
-1
Panthers Panthers
6
5
1
13
-3
Lightning Lightning
5
4
2
12
0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/4
PHI PHI
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
11/6
MTL MTL
@
NJD NJD
7:00 PM
Sat
11/8
UTA UTA
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Tue
11/11
LAK LAK
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
11/13
DAL DAL
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Last Game
OTT Senators

6 - 5 - 2

3

Final

4

MTL Canadiens

9 - 3 - 0

Sat 1 Nov 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
7
1
5
19
12
Jets Jets
9
3
0
18
15
Mammoth Mammoth
8
3
0
16
10
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
6
2
3
15
7
Oilers Oilers
6
4
3
15
0
Kraken Kraken
5
2
4
14
-2
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Canadiens Canadiens
9
3
0
18
8
Red Wings Red Wings
8
4
0
16
2
Senators Senators
6
5
2
14
-3
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Devils Devils
9
3
0
18
9
Penguins Penguins
8
3
2
18
10
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
7
4
0
14
5

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/6
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
2-3
Mon
10/6
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
3-0
Mon
10/6
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
4-1
Tue
10/7
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
2-5
Tue
10/7
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
3-1

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
TBL TBL
@
UTA UTA
3:30 PM
Sun
11/2
CBJ CBJ
@
NYI NYI
5:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CGY CGY
@
PHI PHI
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
NJD NJD
@
ANA ANA
8:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DET DET
@
SJS SJS
8:00 PM