Game 476
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, December 30, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Although the Toronto Maple Leafs have reached the point of no return with incumbent personnel in their bid to halt a disastrous slump, manager-coach Punch Imlach will take no immediate steps to make major personnel changes.
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Game 475
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 17, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Montréal Canadiens left winger Gilles Tremblay suffered a broken right leg last night during the Canadiens’ come-from-behind 2-2 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He is probably out for the balance of the season.
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Game 474
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, December 9, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The seventh goal this season against the Toronto Maple Leafs’ power play last night provided the Montréal Canadiens with a 3-2 victory and second place in the National Hockey League.
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Game 473
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 3, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the National Hockey League last night, whipping the lethargic Leafs 4-2 at the Forum.
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Game 472
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, November 18, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Despite a deplorable lack of finesse around the net in the early stages, the Toronto Maple Leafs last night reclaimed third place in the National Hockey League by defeating the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 at the Gardens.
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Game 471
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, November 5, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Jean-Guy Talbot’s goal late in the second period gave the Montréal Canadiens a 2-2 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, and permitted the Detroit Red Wings to move into first place in the National Hockey League.
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Game 470
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, October 28, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for first place in the National Hockey League last night at Maple Gardens.
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Playoff Game 47
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 7
Thursday, April 9, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Dave Keon put them in and Johnny Bower kept them out, and between them they escorted the Toronto Maple Leafs into the Stanley Cup final round with a 3-1 victory over the Montréal Canadiens last night.
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Playoff Game 46
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 6
Tuesday, April 7, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Johnny Bower gave the back of his hand to adversity and nothing at all to the Montréal Canadiens last night, as he guided the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-0 win over the Habitants.
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Playoff Game 45
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 5
Saturday, April 4, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens used two soft goals and another into an empty net to hustle their way to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 44
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Thursday, April 2, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Frank Mahovlich, the hockey player who has all the skills to lead the Leafs to another Stanley Cup, is confounding to dietitians.
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Playoff Game 43
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Tuesday, March 31, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Bob Pulford threw himself a birthday party last night but his friends gave the presents to his enemies.
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Playoff Game 42
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Saturday, March 28, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Frank Mahovlich was “The Big M” again Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 41
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Thursday, March 26, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens powered past the Toronto Maple Leafs last night for a 2-0 victory in the opening game of their Stanley Cup best-of-seven semifinal series.
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Game 469
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, March 18, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs spotted the Montréal Canadiens two first period goals and fought back to a 2-2 tie in a National Hockey League game at the Forum last night.
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Game 468
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, March 11, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Charlie Hodge’s spectacular goaltending last night forced the Toronto Maple Leafs to settle for a 1-0 victory in a National Hockey League game in which they could conceivably have routed the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 467
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, February 26, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Bernie Geoffrion, suffering from a throat infection and earlier in the day listed as a non-starter, scored the only goal of last night’s National Hockey League game here, as the Montréal Canadiens shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0.
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Game 466
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, February 12, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Bernie Geoffrion, who has been rumoured on the verge of shinny senility this season, scored two goals last night, and Charlie Hodge earned his fifth shutout on Toronto’s muzzled Maple Leafs 4-0.
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Game 465
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, February 5, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens remained tied for first place in the National Hockey League last night, accomplishing the now commonplace feat of shutting out the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 464
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, January 29, 1964
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
A bouncing puck caromed off Bobby Rousseau’s chest and past Johnny Bower late in the third period last night, giving the Montréal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs – and first place in the National Hockey League.
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Game 463
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, January 22, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Charlie Hodge, whose major achievements prior to this National Hockey League season had been shares in two Canadian tandem kayak paddling championships, spared the Montréal Canadiens into a tie for first place in the NHL last night.
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Game 462
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, January 8, 1964
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Frank Mahovlich and Red Kelly, one of the National Hockey League’s most productive partnerships of the past three seasons, are definitely back in business.
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Game 461
Canadiens 7, Maple Leafs 3
Wednesday, December 18, 1963
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens assumed the role of the flying Frenchmen against the Toronto Maple Leafs for the first time in more than two seasons last night and destroyed the mediocre Leafs 7-3 at the Forum.
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Game 460
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, December 4, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Don Simmons, replacing Johnny Bower who had the flu, earned the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first shutout of the National Hockey League season last night, as the Leafs easily defeated Montréal’s short-staffed Canadiens 3-0 before 13,740 at the Gardens.
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Game 459
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, November 20, 1963
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens scored at a goal-a-period pace last night to score their first National Hockey League victory in four starts against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The score was 3-1.
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Two Solitudes 