1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 43rd season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in second place, the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to advance to the final series. The Detroit Red Wings would sweep the Canadiens in the finals, four games to none.Offseason
Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| C | 70 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 36 |
| RW | 67 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 66 |
| RW | 48 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 44 |
| LW | 69 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 44 |
| C | 68 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 20 |
| LW | 64 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 8 |
| RW | 64 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 10 |
| LW | 69 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 49 |
| LW | 33 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 44 |
| D | 68 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 82 |
| C | 44 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 |
| D | 40 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| D | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| C | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| D | 67 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 76 |
| D/LW | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 |
| D | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 4200 | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 164 | 2.34 | 5 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 164 | 2.34 | 5 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| RW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| RW | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| RW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| LW | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| D/LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| LW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 688 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 2.01 | 1 |
| Team: | 688 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 2.01 | 1 |
Transactions
Roster
