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1945–46 NHL season

Stanley Cup Final winner: MTL Montréal Canadiens

N/A Conference

N/A

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
MTL Montréal Canadiens	50	28	17	0	61	.610	28	28	172	134	+38	16-6-0	12-11-0	L1
BOS Boston Bruins	50	24	18	0	56	.560	24	24	167	156	+11	16-5-0	8-13-0	W1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	50	23	20	0	53	.530	23	23	200	178	+22	15-5-0	8-15-0	L3
DET Detroit Red Wings	50	20	20	0	50	.500	20	20	146	159	-13	16-5-0	4-15-0	L2
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	50	19	24	0	45	.450	19	19	174	185	-11	10-13-0	9-11-0	W2
NYR New York Rangers	50	13	28	0	35	.350	13	13	144	191	-47	8-12-0	5-16-0	W2

Leaders

Points

1	Max Bentley	59
2	Gaye Stewart	52
3	Toe Blake	50
4	Maurice Richard	49
5	Clint Smith	49

Goals

1	Gaye Stewart	37
2	Max Bentley	29
3	Toe Blake	29
4	Maurice Richard	27
5	Clint Smith	25

Assists

1	Elmer Lach	34
2	Bill Mosienko	30
3	Max Bentley	30
4	Ab DeMarco	27
5	Alex Kaleta	26

Plus/minus

1	Ted Lindsay	0
2	Fern Flaman	0
3	Maurice Richard	0
4	Ken Mosdell	0
5	Tony Leswick	0

Power-play goals

1	Max Bentley	9
2	Maurice Richard	6
3	Clint Smith	6
4	Doug Bentley	5
5	Woody Dumart	5

Shots on goal

1	Ted Lindsay	0
2	Fern Flaman	0
3	Maurice Richard	0
4	Ken Mosdell	0
5	Tony Leswick	0

Hits

1	Ted Lindsay	0
2	Fern Flaman	0
3	Maurice Richard	0
4	Ken Mosdell	0
5	Tony Leswick	0

Blocked shots

1	Ted Lindsay	0
2	Fern Flaman	0
3	Maurice Richard	0
4	Ken Mosdell	0
5	Tony Leswick	0

Goalie wins

1	Bill Durnan	24
2	Mike Karakas	22
3	Harry Lumley	20
4	Frank Brimsek	16
5	Chuck Rayner	12

Goals-against avg

1	Bill Durnan	2.60
2	Paul Bibeault	2.80
3	Harry Lumley	3.18
4	Frank Brimsek	3.26
5	Mike Karakas	3.46

Shutouts

1	Bill Durnan	4
2	Harry Lumley	2
3	Frank Brimsek	2
4	Paul Bibeault	2
5	Jim Henry	1

Rate stats need 15+ games (skaters) or 13+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	49	163	151	3.33	3.08	0.00	0.00
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	49	195	174	3.98	3.55	0.00	0.00
DET Detroit Red Wings	50	146	159	2.92	3.18	0.00	0.00
MTL Montréal Canadiens	50	172	134	3.44	2.68	0.00	0.00
NYR New York Rangers	50	144	191	2.88	3.82	0.00	0.00
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	50	174	185	3.48	3.70	0.00	0.00