1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season was the 45th season in franchise history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in Stanley Cup final against Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.Pre-season
"Punch Line" center Elmer Lach retired.Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| RW | 70 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 112 |
| RW | 54 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 87 |
| LW | 70 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 85 |
| C | 67 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 64 |
| D | 68 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 110 |
| C | 44 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 22 |
| C | 50 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 57 |
| C | 48 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 28 |
| LW | 47 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 54 |
| RW | 70 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 22 |
| D/LW | 67 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 95 |
| D | 70 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 85 |
| C | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
| D | 53 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 43 |
| LW | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
| LW | 32 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| D | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 89 |
| RW | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| LW | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| D | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 41 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C/RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3180 | 53 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 114 | 2.15 | 6 |
| 1020 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 1.59 | 5 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 141 | 2.01 | 11 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| LW | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
| RW | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| C | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| RW | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| C | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| RW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| D | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| D/LW | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| RW | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 480 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1.88 | 2 |
| 190 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.95 | 1 |
| Team: | 670 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 1.61 | 3 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
