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1955–56 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	70	45	15	0	100	.714	45	45	222	131	+91	29-5-0	16-10-0	W3
DET Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	0	76	.543	30	30	183	148	+35	21-6-0	9-18-0	L1
NYR New York Rangers	70	32	28	0	74	.529	32	32	204	203	+1	20-7-0	12-21-0	L2
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	33	0	61	.436	24	24	153	181	-28	19-10-0	5-23-0	W1
BOS Boston Bruins	70	23	34	0	59	.421	23	23	147	185	-38	14-14-0	9-20-0	L1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	70	19	39	0	50	.357	19	19	155	216	-61	9-19-0	10-20-0	W1

Leaders

Points

1	Jean Beliveau	88
2	Gordie Howe	78
3	Maurice Richard	70
4	Bert Olmstead	69
5	Andy Bathgate	66

Goals

1	Jean Beliveau	47
2	Gordie Howe	38
3	Tod Sloan	37
4	Maurice Richard	37
5	Bernie Geoffrion	29

Assists

1	Bert Olmstead	56
2	Andy Bathgate	47
3	Bill Gadsby	42
4	Jean Beliveau	41
5	Gordie Howe	40

Plus/minus

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Johnny Bucyk	0
5	Larry Cahan	0

Power-play goals

1	Jean Beliveau	19
2	Gordie Howe	14
3	Ted Lindsay	13
4	Maurice Richard	13
5	Bernie Geoffrion	12

Shots on goal

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Johnny Bucyk	0
5	Larry Cahan	0

Hits

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Johnny Bucyk	0
5	Larry Cahan	0

Blocked shots

1	Gordie Howe	0
2	George Armstrong	0
3	Leo Boivin	0
4	Johnny Bucyk	0
5	Larry Cahan	0

Goalie wins

1	Jacques Plante	41
2	Gump Worsley	32
3	Glenn Hall	30
4	Terry Sawchuk	22
5	Harry Lumley	21

Save %

1	Jacques Plante	.930
2	Glenn Hall	.925
3	Gump Worsley	.923
4	Terry Sawchuk	.916
5	Al Rollins	.916

Goals-against avg

1	Jacques Plante	1.89
2	Glenn Hall	2.09
3	Terry Sawchuk	2.60
4	Harry Lumley	2.68
5	Gump Worsley	2.83

Shutouts

1	Glenn Hall	12
2	Terry Sawchuk	9
3	Jacques Plante	6
4	Gump Worsley	4
5	Harry Lumley	3

Rate stats need 21+ games (skaters) or 18+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	70	147	185	2.10	2.64	29.74	29.59
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	69	152	214	2.20	3.10	26.99	30.83
DET Detroit Red Wings	69	181	145	2.62	2.10	33.61	27.55
MTL Montréal Canadiens	69	220	131	3.19	1.90	32.07	26.62
NYR New York Rangers	70	204	203	2.91	2.90	25.57	35.87
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	69	153	179	2.22	2.59	30.96	28.33